This is an excellent yacht for diving adventure, ideal for groups of eight to ten divers.

On Caballones you will find 5 cabins, each with private bathroom. It is perfect for groups of ten. All of the Caballones cabins have excellent A/C, comfortable beds. Good showers with plenty of hot water make things comfortable at the end of a long diving day.
The guides stay on aboard the Caballones during the week, in the crew quarters, near the bow of the boat. This ensures the privacy and comfort of our guests on board.
Meals are usually served on the fly deck where there is normally a nice breeze.
Dining on board, combines the flair of the best Continental Italian cuisine with delicious fresh seafood every day and traditional Cuban favorites like rice and beans, black bean soup and fried bananas. Beverages available on board include bottled water (2 lt/day included in the package), Mineral and Tonic water, various soft drinks, beer, rum and excellent wines.
Chef on the Caballones is excellent. The day starts out with a energetic breakfast. Lunch and dinners are primarily fresh fish, sea food, every day provided by the crew. Lobster is our specialty that you can enjoy and served in a variety of ways. For those that would like something different, chicken and pork are also available. Salads and a variety of fruits are served every day. Desserts feature our famous Cub flan, or rum cake topped off with some aged Havana Club rum. It is very easy for us to prepare also vegetarian meals on request and the chef serves a variety of salads and fruits each day
For Divers the Caballones is the perfect craft, having the ability to travel around the island system , in order to offer a huge variety of dive sites during the week. Availability and access to the very best dives in the Jardines de la Reina and the unlimited range of the Caballones is the key to its popularity as a dive boat. Your diving guides live aboard the Caballones along with the guests. The ideal group of divers is 10, with 2 diving guides.

Divers booked on the Caballones will make the 2 hours and half transfer to Jardines on M/Y Sol or M/Mares , boarding at the port of Júcaro. Then if time permits, check out immersion takes place for divers to be acquainted with the location.
Daily routine:
Diving hours are usually at the discretion of the clients following instructors´ suggestion. 2 to 3 daily dives. Our diving day normally begins with wake up at 7:00 with coffee, breakfast at 7:30am, and our Dive Masters and instructors are ready to go diving from 8:0 0 am on. Specialized diving boats will be used to reach diving spots and divers have the opportunity to explore different sites each day. There´s no chance for loneliness, dive masters and boatmen help every single minute. Our group guarantees all the specialized equipment required (Fist Aid kit with O2 on every boat). Once reaching the selected diving area, instructor will make a briefing, explaining what would be seen during diving, behavior to have diving with the sharks, highlighting characteristics of the marine flora and fauna present. After the first dive, surface interval on one of the beautiful beaches…to rest and sun. Second dive and, at midday, boats will return for lunch. Together with the instructor, arrange time for afternoon or night dives or for excursions through the lagoon, boat rides along the mangrove channels. Coming back to the life aboard, there´s time for drinking, chatting and to watching photos and videos. Around 8:00 dinner is served and, like a family, is time to enjoy this pleasant time with other divers. Some staff members will be in contact with clients, thus they have chance to make special requests or suggestions. Evening time next to bar, breathing the sea atmosphere, it´s time to plan with the Instructors what will happen next day.
In Jardines de la Reina, our season is year round, with no service in September to mid-October. A normal week includes 12 dives in five full days of diving and one half day. On request is available to book night and extra dives.
Our diving weeks on board the yachts run from Saturday to the following Friday.
Tipping
Tipping is widespread in Cuba. Many Cuban workers rely on tips to supplement their basic income and they all work really hard. Tips help them get better lifestyle. So if you receive a good service, it is very good etiquette to tip accordingly.
Our Recommendation:
Reina y Caballones: 70 Euros x person would be appreciated at the end of you stay.

Shopping on board of Caballones: We have for sale Diving T-shirts, at very reasonable prices. We want to remind you that we do not accept credit cards. You will need cash for any purchases and gratuities. You can easily exchange money at the airport or at any bank for CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos). The best currency to bring on your trip to Cuba is Euros. At present there is a 10% penalty in addition to the exchange rate for US dollars.

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