Mexico Budget Trip

[slaterson19]

Hey, I am trying to plan a trip to dive some of the caves in Mexico. Could anyone recommend a (safe) cave guide and lodging that would not break the bank. The cheapest I could find was Steve Gerrard and Cave Heaven. Thanks.

[FW]

Hey, I am trying to plan a trip to dive some of the caves in Mexico. Could anyone recommend a (safe) cave guide and lodging that would not break the bank. The cheapest I could find was Steve Gerrard and Cave Heaven. Thanks.

There are a couple of guides on here. If nobody answers in a day or so, I will move this to the travel advisor forum.

[slaterson19]

Thanks

[JCDdiver]

Hey, I am trying to plan a trip to dive some of the caves in Mexico. Could anyone recommend a (safe) cave guide and lodging that would not break the bank. The cheapest I could find was Steve Gerrard and Cave Heaven. Thanks.

I used Etienne (His screen name is Attchoum) as a guide when I was down a few months ago and would dive with him again without hesitation. As for lodging I stayed at an AI resort in Cancun, so I can't help you there.

[MichaelBaranowski]

I sent a PM.

But I will post it here also.

Dennis Weeks of Diablo Diver and former owner of Aquanauts is a great instructor and guide. If he already has a class schueduled the time you are there I am sure that he can help you get a good guide. I don't think Dennis is a member of Cavediver but is Pez de Diablo on TDS and Scubaboard.
His website is www.diablodivers.com

I dove with Natalie Gibbs last month and was a great guide plus a little easier on the eyes than Dennis. She was one of Dennis cave guides when he owned Aquanauts.
Her website is cenoteland.com

If you use either if them tell them that "The Mike's" said hello.

[Attchoum]

I used Etienne (His screen name is Attchoum) as a guide when I was down a few months ago and would dive with him again without hesitation. As for lodging I stayed at an AI resort in Cancun, so I can't help you there.

Thank's, it was nice for me too.

Whit pleasure I will help you for the cheaper possible.

Etienne

[mdax]

We stayed last week at the Hotel Aguilar on coz for 44 a night.

[AB8CD]

I'll throw in my two cents...

Ela and Adam at Cave Heaven are people that I consider good friends now (so I'm admitting a bias) but we started out as student/instructor and I was truly impressed by their philosophy and they are just good people.

They are starting to build a new dive shop/motel across from the marketplace in Tulum (on the Coba road) to the West of main street a few hundred feet.

Let us know how it works out for you!

Dan

[LCF]

Are you going alone? There's a condo owner in Akumal who's renting a 2 bdrm condo right now for $80 a night -- he put a post about it on ScubaBoard. I've seen the pictures and the place looks quite nice. Split that a couple of ways, and it gets REALLY inexpensive.

I'd second the recommendation for Dennis or Natalie (although which is easier on the eyes may depend a little on your point of view ). I did Full Cave with Dennis, but I've known him much longer than that, and my husband has done guiding days with him and enjoyed them enormously. I have met, but haven't dived with Adam and Ela, and they're working hard to build their business. Another person you could contact is German Yanez of Yucatech. He lives on Cozumel but does classes and guiding on the mainland, and he is also an extremely nice man and a very experienced cave diver and explorer. I don't know his current fees for guiding.

Bil Phillips has a very nice lodging setup in Tulum, but I don't know what he charges.

[John Bailey]

+1 for Ela and Adam at Cave Heaven. I did my cave course with them in December and my son had a couple of really enjoyable cavern dives with Ela. I plan on diving with them again.

John