ProWin ProNature Explorer (Narobla)

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Liveaboard

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Portugal & Azores

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  5.1 out of 6
total of 16 Ratings
6 Stars
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Martina & Danielle

Travelled in: September 2023, Rated on 05.11.2023, Booked with WiroDive
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The team on the Narobla was brilliant! Emmanuel a great local captain who knows the Azores like the back of his hand. Jana & Arne as dive guides, cooks & dream team for everything simply awesome. The dives were well briefed, you always knew exactly what was going to happen! We would go on the Narobla again, but definitely with this crew! Many thanks

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Sarah und Malte

Travelled in: September 2022, Rated on 04.11.2022, Booked with WiroDive
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The crew is very dedicated and reliable. Communication and briefings were very good. However, the ship has some "construction sites" that should be worked on, from broken cables to broken locking mechanisms on windows. There could be better solutions for the compressor as well.

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Melanie und Armin

Travelled in: September 2021, Rated on 15.10.2021, Booked with WeDive
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The Narobla is in the harbor, we were on another boat.
The boat is much too small.
Dive leader very bad, without help from the crew you can not get on the boat.
The food was o.k. but not special.

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Markus

Travelled in: September 2021, Rated on 27.09.2021, Booked with WeDive
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If you go to the Azores only for diving you have to know that depending on the weather the good dive sites can not be visited.
Princes Alice and the Condor Banks or similar shark dive sites are worthwhile. The sites close to the islands are rather mediocre and cold 16 - 24 degrees for divers who have travelled far. The boat Padaschilingi Narobla was defective is for 6 divers at the lowest limit and from the price rather expensive. Dinner mostly not included. The captain Fransisco and the two guides Emi and Tsiory were super friendly.
The helpfulness was good for the Azores, for the international comparison Asia or Egypt rather poor.

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Cordula und Klaus

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 28.09.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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The toilets need urgent repair.

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Anne und Martin

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 15.09.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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The weak point was the ship itself. So the fresh water smelled and tasted like diesel, which is said to have been caused by a wrong refuelling. Furthermore, the existing toilets did not work, which according to reports on 'www.taucher.net' should have been the case in 2019. Also the number of 2 baths/toilets for up to 10 persons we would consider too small. Altogether the ship made a bad impression, which is perhaps also due to the fact that no investments are made in maintenance. If the price for the safari is put in relation to the condition of the ship, then it is absolutely not justified.

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Ronald Rahn

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 09.09.2020, Booked with tourmare
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Sensational dives with blue sharks and mobula's make the safari a unique experience. I have been on several safaris (Sudan, Djibouti, Oman and Seychelles).
But the Azores top everything. I would come back any time. Thanks to all the staff (dive guides; skipper who served the fish he personally caught freshly

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Claudia und Matthias

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 08.09.2020, Booked with tourmare
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A week safari in the Azores is not comparable with a safari in Egypt. The boat is smaller, the number of participants more limited (we were 6 divers) and the fish bigger!
To keep it short: it was terrific! Our skipper Emanuel loves his country, the sea and his job and does everything to make his guests happy. We had sharks at every shark dive (at peak times 12 at a time :) ), in the Princess Alice Bank there were mobulas and baitballs and during the trip there were often enough dolphins, sperm whales and even a sperm whale baby to see!
For friends of big fish, Pico Sport with its Narobla is highly recommended, not quite as luxurious as a big safari ship, but definitely a trip that will remain unforgettable. Maybe repeated :)

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Hans-Peter Kolb

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 18.08.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Seb and Emi were very good dive guides. Emanuel our skipper showed us a lot of dolphins and sperm whales on the last day of whale watching.

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Florian Böcker

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 17.08.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Many thanks to the great crew consisting of Captain Emanuel and the two guides Seb and Emi. It was fantastic!
Great atmosphere on board, great guiding on the boat and underwater, great food.

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Stephan Popp

Travelled in: August 2020, Rated on 17.08.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Dirk

Travelled in: July 2020, Rated on 31.07.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Great crew. Were all really top notch and put in a lot of effort - great personalities with whom one likes to spend time. Blue sharks and mobulas were great. But the boat was not so great. It fell apart at every turn. Engine damage, toilets, pumps, electricity, door handles that fell off, cockroaches...etc. The crew had to put in extra shifts to repair the boat and keep it in good shape. As great as the crew and the liveaboard was, the condition of the boat was annoying.

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Priska

Travelled in: July 2020, Rated on 29.07.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions, we could't go to Pricess Alice Banks, but we found another exiting dive spot near Pico Island with lots of fisch, except the Mobulas.
Great crew and a fantastic guide (Ed: you rock!)

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Katrin und Andreas

Travelled in: July 2020, Rated on 29.07.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Already last year, before the Corona period, we (57 yrs., ~600 dg) booked the dive safari on the "Narobla". We chose the master cabin. We had our own shower/toilet and also a little more space, which proved to be very useful.
We were looking forward to great dives with many blue sharks, mobulas, barracudas... As we had "caught" a week with wonderful Azores weather, sun, wind and current were perfect, our expectations were more than exceeded. We saw blue sharks, mobulas and barracudas "full", this experience will remain unforgettable for us.
We would like to thank the crew Bruno, Seb and Emi, for their diligent and careful work from morning till night on the ship! Their relaxed and friendly manner did us good. We enjoyed the time very much!!!
Wirodive organized everything wonderfully despite constant changes of departure times by the airlines (because of Corona), we are very grateful for that!

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Patric

Travelled in: July 2020, Rated on 28.07.2020, Booked with WiroDive
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Great crew with the Captain Emmanuel and the guides Ed and Elfie.

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Ralf Gugelmann

Travelled in: September 2019, Rated on 01.07.2020, Booked with WeDive
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