Snorkeling the Solomon Islands!
Coral reefs around the Solomon Islands are some of the healthiest and diverse in the world. Every island group in the archipelago showcases a variety of amazing marine habitats, and the beauty and charm of the islands only add to the pageantry of reef life below. Please join our small group of adventurous snorkelers on board our comfortable motor yacht for this incredible journey to the soft coral capital of the world!
Itinerary
Each departure is unique and hand-crafted to expose you to a diversity of marine habitats and the incredible snorkeling sites that can be found there. The Russell and Florida Island groups offer us the chance to snorkel in just about every type of shallow marine habitat imaginable. Coral gardens, mangroves, fringing reefs, sea grass communities, walls and slopes, WWII wrecks, mixed sand and rubble, and even some unusual geology in the form of a partially submerged canyon. At Mary Island seaward fringing reefs attract large reef and oceanic fish like sharks, manta rays, and schools of barracuda. And what CTA snorkeling tour to the Solomon Islands would be complete without visits to the village of Karumolun and a cruise through the Popcorn Passage!
The usual disclaimer about weather and tides affecting the itinerary are only a bonus for us, since we use them to ensure we visit each site at the best times possible! Our snorkeling tour begins and ends in Nadi, Fiji, with one, round-trip international flight from Nadi, Fiji to Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Tour Dates and Pricing
Accommodations: MV Bilikiki
Length: 13 days
Arrival / Departure city: Nadi, Fiji
Guides: Lee Goldman, Ethan Daniels
Prices and Payment schedule:
$9,200 USD per person, double occupancy
Reservation deposit: $500 USD
June 01, 2025: $4,500 USD
September 01, 2025: $4,200 USD
Cancellation policy:
180 – 91 days prior to departure: 50% of trip cost
90 days or less prior to departure: 100% of tour cost
This tour is currently sold out. Please contact us to be waitlisted.
Accommodations: Solomons Master
Length: 13 days
Arrival / Departure city: Nadi, Fiji
Guides: Lee Goldman, Ethan Daniels
Prices and Payment schedule:
$ USD per person, double occupancy
Reservation deposit: $ USD
September 01, 2027: $ USD
December 01, 2027: $ USD
Cancellation policy:
180 – 91 days prior to departure: 50% of trip cost
90 days or less prior to departure: 100% of tour cost
Inclusions / Exclusions
Tour cost includes:
- Accommodations throughout tour dates
- All meals on days 2 through 12 (dinner on day 1 – breakfast on day 13)
- All internal transfers including international arrival and departure transfers
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- All snorkeling and park fees
- All gratuities
Tour cost does not include:
- Round-trip international airfare
- Additional hotel accommodations and meals as a result of travel outside of the program dates
- Visa requirements including payments
- Alcoholic beverages
- International departure taxes
- Extra / overweight baggage fees
- Trip insurance (we recommend Travel Guard or World Nomads)
- Emergency medical evacuation insurance (required). Check your medical health care plan or contact DAN or DiveAssure.
- Additional accommodations while on tour in the event of flight schedule changes or events of force majeure
- Fuel surcharges (if applicable)
Accommodations
We begin the design of our snorkeling-trips-of-a-lifetime around luxurious live-aboard motor yachts and stunning, spacious resorts, both offering the highest levels of service. For our departures to the Solomon Islands we use the MV Bilikiki and the Solomons Master. The hotel/resort we use in Fiji is the Radisson Blu, Denarau Island.
What to Expect
The Solomon Islands are about nine degrees south of the Equator and enjoy year-round tropical weather that can be hot and humid during the day. Days can also include occasional early morning or afternoon squalls. For more details about the Solomon Islands, what to expect and what to bring, download the pdf brochure and check out the gallery of marine life we have seen while snorkeling in the Solomons!
