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ETA Safaris specializes in custom designed independent, and guided Safari tours.

09/07/2026

Leaving our new friends in Dumaguete was tough. We couldn’t have asked for a nicer group of people to be around. Resort was beautiful, staff friendly, diving superior, and new friends “priceless”.

Huge shout out to
Ken Hoppen for putting this fabulous trip together.

Next stop is Moalboal, on the island of Cebu. Looking for sardine bait balls.

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09/06/2026

Philippines “muck diving” was definitely not what I expected. Scorpionfish, octopus, sea horses, pipefish, crabs, boxfish, cuttlefish, puffers and more. So many cool little creatures. thinking my favorite is the “Wunderpus” octopus, although the cuttlefish were close seconds.

09/02/2026

Apo island, Philippines.

The oldest “marine protected area” in the Philippines. Apo is about 6 miles away from Dauin coast of Negros Oriental island. We took a day trip over, made 3 dives and had a picnic lunch on the boat. Reef is pristine, only thing missing are the large fish (they were eaten during the Covid lockdown) plenty of tropicals, turtles, sea snakes, and even a school of large trevally.

Pretty entertaining to have the souvenir ladies arrive via tiny outrigger canoes.

The Aussie’s have been great to dive with. Tomorrow is “muck” diving, should be interesting.

09/01/2026

First couple days of diving from Dumaguete, Negros island have been pretty good. Turtles, octopus, tropical fish, and even sea snakes.

Dive staff are very good and lots of fun. Resort is laid back and very comfortable.

Next adventure is a dive trip to Apo Island. More details to follow.

08/30/2026

Manila, day 2, calling for serious rain on the island of Luzon. We decided to take an “old city” tour.

Rizal gardens, China town, and the walled city of Intramuros. Had a great guide “Derek” and driver “Joel”, interesting history lessons about Spanish colonial era, USA era, World War II, and Philippines independence starting in 1946. Toss in some details about the Marcos, and Aquino families, a great way to spend a rainy afternoon.

The morning of day 3, still pouring rain in Manila. Hopped a 400 mile flight to the Visayas islands and finally found the blue skies we were hoping for.

Diving starts in the morning.

08/28/2026

Manila Philippines.

We weren’t planning to take a vacation until our house was done but, one of our friends talk us into “you’re going to need a break”. Guess who bailed out to finish building their house???

We made it to the Philippines.
28 hours of travel with stops in Atlanta and South Korea and we’re here. Staying at the Conrad Hotel Manila, amazing service, from pick up, that included VIP greeter who walked us to our suite and did the check in while we unpacked, very cool. Our room view is looking across Manila bay, would be amazing if it was not dreary weather.

Next door is the “Mall of Asia”, every designer store you can think of along with Philippine and Asian counterparts. American standards like Longhorn, DQ, KFC, and TGI Friday, along side French bakery, Mediterranean grill, Chinese and Philippine restaurants.

Today started with huge breakfast buffet, then we’re off to a tour of the old walled city of Manila, Intramuros.

Tomorrow we fly south to Dumaguete and meet the Aussie’s for some diving. Updates to follow.

07/05/2026

Happy 250th Birthday America!

06/16/2026

Arlene & Tim got to spend some quality time at Mont Rochelle. Tours of Cape Town, and some fine South African wineries before flying up to Kings Camp.

Looks like the first couple games drives have been pretty good. Lions, leopard, elephant, giraffe and so much more.

Glad they shared a few pictures.

06/13/2026

Tim and Arlene arrived in South Africa yesterday without any issues. (We were a bit nervous about them flying through Dubai with the unrest in that area.)

Cape Town and Robben Island tours today. Time in Franschhoek tomorrow. Safari’s in the greater Kruger park Timbavati and Sabi Sand reserves start Monday.

Know they will have a great time.
Photos to follow.

05/29/2026

20 years, sounds like a long time but, it truly passed in the blink of an eye!

Judy and I married 20 years ago today. What a wonderful life we have shared together. Today we relived something from our honeymoon in Africa, feeding and interacting with elephants. 8,000 miles, and 20 years apart, both of us laughed, and smiled, as much today as the first time in Zimbabwe.

The Myakka elephant ranch was a hit. Feeding, bathing, and interacting with both African and Asian elephants, not a first but definitely another day to remember.

Highly recommended

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Edgewater, FL

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+13868468181

Website

http://Etasafaris.com/

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