A once in a lifetime golden experience. This trip with Cristina was everything I had hoped for and then some more. The trip was excellent in each and every aspect. The crew was extremely experienced in all aspects of diving and boat handling. Their warm hospitality made up feel like we are diving from a luxury resort. Cristina shared her knowledge on sharks, marine life, dive sites, dive skills, constantly throughout the trip. The knowledge made the diving experience even better. The diving and dive sites are top notch and we were blessed to have stellar interactions with Great Hammerheads, Tigers, Carribean Reef sharks, Nurse sharks. Cristina and the entire crew made us feel safe and in control during the dives. This is more than just a dive trip and I would recommend this life changing experience to every diver.
A fabulous experience. The cavern is just stunning. Millions of years of geological storytelling. The ethereal light and the halocline were mesmerising. Kewin was an excellent guide.
Cristina Zenato and her shark interactive course are the reason why I waited almost one year and crossed the Atlantic Ocean , to dive with her and her sharks.
It was the most beautiful thing I have ever done in my life.
Never ever I had dared dreaming to pet a shark. This experience brings you so close to the heart of the Ocean. Cristina and Kewin are super professional, and during the course I felt relaxed, safe and excited at the same time, Touching a shark is an amazing feeling, seeing them so close a privilege. I hope I’ll be able to repeat this experience one day. It’s totally worth.
My wife cannot stop smiling and telling everyone that the time she spent sharing Cristina and Kewin's passion was the best thing she's ever done! It was surreal!!! Cristina was so knowledgeable, so patient, and so kind that there was never even a moment of concern just simply overwhelming excitement! The incredible pictures and videos that Kewin shared with us so quickly are fantastic!
We are already planning trips to bring other family members back and even going to gift scuba certifications for a couple to make it possible.
When we first decided we wanted to experience time with sharks, we looked at countless operators... We had no desire to do this like some tourist viewing from the periphery.... We wanted to be hands-on interactive not rushed and not just spectate as an activity but to truly share an experience. Christina made this a reality! A+++++
Best adventure ever! And I have 42 years of experience in commercial diving, cave diving, and even in uncovering a mastodon jaw from the Ichetucknee River.... This topped them all and reminded me why I fell in love with diving in the first place!
I had an amazing time, completely exceeded all expectations, starting with the pre trip info, this really did lay out all the information you needed. The first day of diving was all about the Caribbean reef sharks and their personalties, it felt like we were living one of the reels we see Cristina posting, the sharks have no concept of personal space skimming over the top of your head and around you. Day 2-4 we spent in doing dives in and around Tiger beach. Getting to meet the Tiger sharks was truly amazing, however even more magical was just diving with sharks, I don't mean kneeling, I mean swimming around a reef with Caribbean's and Tigers just swimming around, over and under us, it was completely stress free. We then headed down to Bimini to meet the Great Hammerheads, our first dive with them we had 7 of them including the amazing and huge Queeny (about 6/7 m long with a span of just under 2m). Along side all the fantastic shark dives, we also did a couple of wrecks, a couple of reefs, saw turtles, visited stingray beach (they get even closer than the sharks!), we had bottle nose dolphins on the way out and spotted on the way back from Bimini. I really can't recommend this trip enough, if you love sharks and want to get to know more it is an absolute must, and if your memories are not enough, at the end you will get a full set of professional photos to help keep your memories fresh. I have been diving for nearly 30 years, all year round, in the UK and abroad and I can quite honestly say this was the best dive trip I have ever been on, from the other guests and crew, the weather but most importantly the dives and their organisation. if you are thinking of doing this trip JUST DO IT!!
Being on a trip with Cristina Zenato Explorer is an honor and an incredible opportunity to witness and learn about the majesty of sharks and to get to know Cristina and pick her brain about everything that has to do with diving! She is incredibly kind, patient and loves to teach, will give you pointers to improve your diving skills and always make sure you are comfortable and safe! Now, diving with her and her babies (the Caribbean reef sharks) is magical, devine and breath taking beautiful! It’s not just a dive, it’s an experience like no other! It opens your heart and your soul and you are forever changed! You get to witness the result of decades of experience and relationship building with these beautiful sharks, her gentleness, and kindness and yes their love for her is obvious in the way the behave with her! A beautiful ballet, communication and interaction based on trust and mutual respect! Kewin Lorenzen’s artistry in photography is the assurance that you will have the memories of the trip in stunningly beautiful photographs to remember forever! If you are curious to learn more, their presentations will open your
mind to new science, about sharks, understanding behavior and new species in caves in jaw dropping photographs that Kewin takes! This is not just a liveaboard! It’s an experience like no other, a lifetime opportunity!