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Diving

Tonga Dive Adventure

Freedive with humpback whales in Tonga, staying in boutique island accommodation.

Dive in the flipper trails of the film crew from Ocean with David Attenborough. This extremely rare Tongan adventure is one of few permitted access visits into the area this year.

Highlights

  • World-class encounters with humpbacks during peak breeding and calving season
  • Expert instruction to dive deeper, refine technique, and interact respectfully
  • Full dive days with ample opportunity to explore underwater, maximising overall time in the water

Accommodation

  • Boutique island accommodation in local villa offering comfort and easy access to shore-based amenities
  • Guided daily excursions including boat transfers to prime dive and whale interaction locations

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The journey will take you to the warm protected lagoons of Vava’u to get up-close to these majestic creatures of the sea, spending seven nights at a boutique local villa joined by a private chef and guided by adventure photographer and expedition leader, Harper Dammann Smith.

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Custom Adventures

This adventure is also offered as a private trip on alternative dates. Travel alone or in a group. Send a request.

LED BY Harper Dammann Smith

Harper Dammann Smith is an adventure photographer, expedition leader, and aerospace engineer from the UK. He has travelled across some of the most remote environments on Earth, documenting high-altitude and underwater worlds through photography and film. His work has taken him twice to the Himalayas, where he climbed 7,000m peaks and moved through the Khumbu on Everest while working alongside world-record mountaineers such as Nimsdai Purja. Underwater, he has trained as as a freediver and scuba diver, exploring and filming in regions as remote as Papua New Guinea.

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