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Travel Planning Tips For Havelock
Travel planning tips for Havelock Havelock has just recently entered the limelight for being a tourist destination. In many ways it still retains its remote and disconnected demeanor, which is appreciated by us and many others who get the opportunity to take a break from their hectic city lives. It can get frustrating if you […]
Meet Our New In-House Free Diving Instructor
We’re happy to inform you that we will now be conducting freediving training at Scubalov. Our senior Divemaster/dolphin, Shubham Pandey decided to follow his passion and became an SSI  Freediving Instructor this off-season. Also known as the Aquaman of Scubalov, Shubham was a gold medalist swimmer since childhood. He is especially known on Havelock for […]
Our Instructor Prashant Wins Accolades From PADI 
Our instructor Prashant wins accolades from PADI We’re proud to announce that Scubalov was awarded ‘Diver Education Center of the Month’ for the month of August, 2019 by PADI Asia Pacific. The award followed amazing feedback from some of our Open Water students for our senior Instructor Prashant Choudhary. Here is the awesome review that […]
Diving With Sharks And Rays In Thailand
We just got back from Scubalov’s second international triof the season! We were hosted by a warm and eco-friendly operator on a well equipped, comfortable boat from the 20th – 23rd April and the experience was pure bliss. We were fortunate enough to dive the best Thailand had to offer. The trip took us around to the Surin […]
Mimansa’s Diving Journey With Scubalov
Our Divemaster trainee narrates her love story with the ocean My diving journey started on a lark for me, three years ago. I used to be a graphic designer in Delhi, working idiotic hours but loving it. The little money I could save was instantly spent on traveling and the one place that had always […]
Havelock: Getting Here And Getting Around
Andaman Islands

Havelock: Getting Here And Getting Around

Getting here Flight The Veer Sarvarkar airport in Port Blair is currently the only one in the Andamans and is connected to most major cities in India. Although most flights you might find are long connecting flights that stop at either Chennai or Kolkata, there are a few flights from Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi that are direct and usually the ones we personally try to book. Also we recommend you book flights that arrive in the morning so that you can catch a ferry to Havelock the same day if you’re not interested in spending the night at Port Blair.  Ship  There are ships that leave for Port Blair from Chennai, Vizag and Kolkata about 2-3 times a month. The tickets cannot be booked online

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Travel Planning Tips for Havelock
Andaman Islands

Travel Planning Tips For Havelock

Travel planning tips for Havelock Havelock has just recently entered the limelight for being a tourist destination. In many ways it still retains its remote and disconnected demeanor, which is appreciated by us and many others who get the opportunity to take a break from their hectic city lives. It can get frustrating if you don’t know what to expect, so we’ve prepared for you a list things you should know to make your trip as smooth as butter. Advance booking You must try to book everything well in advance, your flights, accommodation, ferries and your primary activities. That is if you want affordable rates or even space on the above. Flights and hotels should be booked months in advance as they can get very

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Free In House Diving Instructor - Shubham Pandey
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Meet Our New In-House Free Diving Instructor

We’re happy to inform you that we will now be conducting freediving training at Scubalov. Our senior Divemaster/dolphin, Shubham Pandey decided to follow his passion and became an SSI  Freediving Instructor this off-season. Also known as the Aquaman of Scubalov, Shubham was a gold medalist swimmer since childhood. He is especially known on Havelock for completing his 400m DM swim in a mere 5.40 minutes. This year he decided to take his newfound passion in freediving to the next level and trained at Blue Immersion in Koh Tao, which is one of the best international freediving schools in the world. He completed his level 1 SSI Freediving Instructor Training Course (FITC) and plans to finish his level 2 SSI FITC by the end of the

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