Burma Boating is set to launch monthly cruises around the Mergui Archipelago, combining two of the most sought-after activities in these clear waters – yachting and scuba diving. Oriented towards the distant Mergui Archipelago, the Victoria Cliff Hotel and Resort in Kawthuang is the best place on the mainland of southern Myanmar for stopovers and sunsets. The waters of Mergui Archipelagos are the safe and prospering home to a group of nomadic people, locally known as Salons or the Mokens.
From here, spend the day adjusting to your beautiful new surroundings (think high island peaks in the hazy distance and impossibly clear waters containing a spectacular array of marine life); at 14,000 sq miles, there’s certainly no shortage of places to explore.
The only difference between them is that the islands of the Mergui Archipelago have not been exploited for their beauty… yet. Over 700 marine species have been recorded in the Mergui, and this great biodiversity is bound to reveal some unusual and rare creatures not found elsewhere.
Currents and surge can be strong at Northern Rocky and visibility can drop to no more than 5 metres at times here but when conditions are suitable this is also a very attractive night dive site as the orange cup corals open up. Crabs, shrimps and moray eels can be spotted all over the wall.
During the season, October to April, it is possible to island-hop aboard the Sea Gipsy, stay in rustic cabins on the secluded Boulder Bay Eco Resort on a remote island shaped just like Peter Pan’s Neverland, or Sandor Poppinga escape to the ultimate luxury hideaway, and live in a tented villa in the region’s only marine national park at Wa Ale Island Resort.