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Want to learn all about underwater photography? Then there's no better place to be than at award-winning Eco Divers Resort Lembeh this September.

Wolfgang Pölzer, respected underwater photo journalist, book author and double gold medallist at the CMAS World Championship of Underwater Photography, will be running a FREE week-long underwater photography workshop: plenty of diving, discovery and underwater fun, plus nightly presentations. Dates run from 28th September to 5th October.

Wolfgang has won numerous top international prizes including gold medals at the CMAS world championship on two separate occasions: 1998 (category "Macro") and 2002 (category "wide angle") and at Antibes in 2000 (category "software image"). Born in a small town in Austria, he studied marine biology at university and over the past fifteen years has published many books and worked as freelance journalist and photographer for several diving, travel and nature magazines.

In this workshop everybody – from beginner to professional – can learn from his extensive knowledge, through nightly slide shows and also one-on-one critique sessions with individual guests. Taking part is absolutely free when guests book a 7-night package, as Wolfgang is offering his workshop purely out of his aspiration to share a love of underwater photography.

To book your stay at Eco Divers Resort Lembeh: info@eco-divers.com

The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is sponsoring an event for the first time which, in just its first year, has instantly become the largest, longest and most prestigious photo contest in the world, with a staggering total prize value of over US$200,000!

This contest is open to anyone with a camera, with prizes in 6 underwater categories and 1 conservation category, plus a Best of Show category.

Enrolment is free – to enter the competition all you have to do is dive with a Participating Dive Operator before 30 November and then submit up to 5 images in each category. Your images will then be judged by a panel of respected judges. It’s as simple as that!

Eco Divers is a Participating Dive Operator, so if you’d like to enter IWUPC 2013 please book a stay with us in Manado or Lembeh, or a combination of both if you wish to take both macro and wide-angle photos.

If you’re interested in entering IWUPC 2013, please visit the Indonesia World Underwater Photo Contest website to learn more about this amazing contest.

L.U.P. Week is simply THE best opportunity this year in Asia to take your photo skills to the next level.

World-renowned photo geniuses Takako Uno, Stephen Wong and Jason Isley will be sharing their secrets for free, through nightly workshops and presentations.

This week is open to any and all, from beginner to accomplished photographer.

The celebrations will be rounded off with a Gala Dinner & Birthday Party Night, an informal photo contest and a prize-giving. Each guest will also receive a free gift.

For full details, click here.

This is simply THE best opportunity this year in Asia to take your photo skills to the next level.

World-renowned photo geniuses Takako Uno, Stephen Wong and Jason Isley will be sharing their secrets for free, through nightly workshops and presentations.

This week is open to any and all, from beginner to accomplished photographer. The celebrations will be rounded off with a Gala Dinner & Birthday Party.

Each evening’s lecture will run around 25 minutes, conducted by Jason, Stephen and Takako. Additionally after each talk our Guest Lecturers will make themselves available to individual guests, to offer further tips and advice. Each day our Guests Lecturers will accompany guests on the dive trips, to continue offering advice as guests require.

This event is totally free of charge, there is nothing extra to pay, just book a one week all inclusive dive package with Eco Divers Manado.

For full details, click here or send an email to info@eco-divers.com.

Farewell, thanks and good luck in the future, Christian. Welcome, Sam Lewis! They say that time flies and that all good things must come to an end. Well, it’s true. In the past 1.5 years Christian Loader has become an integral member of the Eco Divers Family and a popular photo instructor, having helped many of our guests improve their photo skills. Those of you who follow our FB page will also have witnessed Christian’s considerable talent in photography, through his regular postings of strikingly artistic underwater images.

Now Christian’s time at Eco Divers has sadly come to an end, as ScubaZoo takes him back-to-base (in Kota Kinabalu) to take on a new role as photographer/videographer on film and book projects. 

We’d like to thank Christian for his efforts. We will miss him being here, but still expect him to be a regular visitor to Eco Divers. We wish him success and happiness and look forward to seeing many of his great images and films in the future.

Replacing Christian from ScubaZoo is Sam Lewis. Sam arrived at Eco Divers this week from the Maldives, where he provided photo and video services on-board The Four Seasons Explorer Liveaboard. From the UK, Sam has a Master’s Degree in Animal Behaviour and a Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology, so his knowledge is not limited to taking photos or videos. He specialises in film-making and is proficient with Adobe Premier CS5 and Final Cut Pro to edit videos. Sam has a great passion for all water sports, in particular water polo. He provides photo & video services for The Digital Centre (www.digitalcentreindonesia.com) at Eco Divers Manado & Lembeh. Welcome, Sam!

As Minahasa Lagoon Resort celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, three different Birthday Party Packages have been put together offering many free extra activities:

Month of May


Celebrate North Sulawesi’s natural and culture heritage, through a series of free nature tours, local cultural dances and traditional Indonesian spa treatments.

Fish Geek Week, 01-08 Sep


A free workshop on North Sulawesi’s underwater riches, hosted by three of the world’s most illustrious names in marine biology: Massimo Boyer, Gerry Allen & Mark Erdmann.
 

Learn Underwater Photography week, 24 Nov to 01 Dec


Nightly free workshops by world-renowned photo geniuses 
Jason Isley, Stephen Wong & Takako Uno.

To join any of these free events, simply book a 7-night all inclusive dive package with Eco Divers Manado.

Click here for further details: www.eco-divers.com/special-trips.php or just send a booking enquiry to info@eco-divers.com.
 

Minahasa Lagoon Resort is celebrating its 10th anniversary since inception and to mark the occasion there will be three very different Birthday Party Packages, each offering many free extra activities.

Book your holiday during one of our Party Weeks and come join in the fun! We’ve got three very different parties planned:

• Month of May - North Sulawesi's Nature & Culture
• 01-08 September - Fish Geek Week
• 24 November-01 December - Learn Underwater Photography Week

The first is throughout the month of May, when we’ll be celebrating North Sulawesi’s natural and culture heritage with a series of nature tours, local cultural dances and traditional Indonesian spa treatments.

01-08 September is Fish Geek Week: Guests will have the opportunity to join an educational week on North Sulawesi’s underwater riches, with nightly workshops by three of the world’s most illustrious names in marine biology: Massimo Boyer, Gerry Allen and Mark Erdmann.

24 November to 01 December is Learn Underwater Photography Week, with nightly workshops by world-renowned photo geniuses Takako Uno, Stephen Wong and Jason Isley.

All three events are completely free of charge when one books a minimum of 7 nights All Inclusive Dive Package at Minahasa Lagoon / Eco Divers Manado. There also promises to be many more free fun activities, competitions, prize-giving and a Birthday Dinner Party Night each week.

Click here for further details: http://www.eco-divers.com/special-trips.php

To make your enquiry, email Eco Divers on info@eco-divers.com

We’re delighted that interest in our free biology workshop with world-famous Ned & Anna DeLoach has been so much that the first two weeks are both almost fully-booked. Those people lucky enough to have a confirmed place on this “Critter Hunt” are in for a treat…

Great news: Ned & Anna have agreed to extend their workshop at Eco Divers Resort Lembeh into a third week, from 16 to 23 June!! This means that 14 more places are now available. But book now, as it’s first come, first served. There definitely won’t be a fourth week, so this is really is the last chance for anyone who wants to learn all about fish behaviour to join Ned & Anna at Eco Divers Resort Lembeh. See details here: http://www.eco-divers.com/special-trips.php or just send a booking enquiry to info@eco-divers.com.