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Guests choosing to stay at Kima Bajo Resort & Spa will be in the experienced and capable hands of the General Manager, South African born Karin van Zyl.

Karin started diving 20 years ago and as is so often the case, diving changed her life. She swapped her business suit and pumps for a wetsuit and fins and started travelling the world. She spent almost 10 years in the Fiji islands, where she managed small luxury boutique resorts. The Caribbean lured her away and she accepted a position as manager of a very busy 5 Star PADI dive centre in Belize. During this time she became a PADI course director. Karin fell in love with the diving and the people of Indonesia during a month long visit to Tasik Ria and KBR about 2 years ago, and soon thereafter made the big move to North Sulawesi. Now that she has taken the reins at Kima Bajo, guests can expect her wealth of knowledge of resort management and the needs of divers to make a real difference to their holiday experience. How may resorts can claim to be managed by a PADI Course Director? Kima Bajo can!

We're delighted to be welcoming Luca Vaime and Miho Takeda to Eco Divers team on July 1. They will manage our new dive operation at Kima Bajo Resort & Spa. Luca and Miho, who were recently married, come to us with a wealth of experience in diving. They have worked previously in the Red Sea, the Maldives, Thailand and, most recently, have managed an upscale dive centre right here in Manado. Luca is Italian and Miho Japanese and between them can speak Japanese, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Indonesian. We wish them success and enjoyment in their new job.

A new Japanese representative will join Eco Divers on 1 April.

Ms Takako Wada is an experienced PADI IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Instructor, Specialty Instructor in eight subjects and a Recompression Chamber Operator, who also worked for several years as Inbound Manager for a travel agency in Malaysia. Takako's role is to make sure that Japanese dive guests staying at either Tasik Ria, Kima Bajo or Kungkungan Bay have a memorable and fantastic experience. We welcome Takako to her new job and we wish her every success!

From May 2008, Eco Divers will be offering diving and snorkelling services at the attractive upscale boutique Kima Bajo Resort, Manado. The resort beautifully compliments Eco Divers' Kungkungan Bay Resort in Lembeh as it give you the same high standards.

This exciting development sees Kima Bajo and Eco Divers offering highly competitive new dive package prices (see below).

With its own private beach, this phenomenal, unspoilt location is idyllic for diving and relaxation being just a short boat ride away from world renowned dive sites of the Bunaken National Park. So you can take advantage of choosing two dives in the morning and one dive in the afternoon with a leisurely lunch back at the resort.

Kima Bajo is the ideal place for divers and non-divers alike with its bar, restaurant, Mayana Spa, private beach and excursions to nearby places of interest.