Sunset House Grand Cayman launches scuba diving package for single scuba divers

One of the disadvantages of travelling solo is that you are often forced to pay expensive singles supplements when staying at hotels and resorts.

But no more, at least at one very special Grand Cayman resort. Sunset House in the Cayman Islands has launched a brand new package for solo divers planning scuba diving holidays in the New Year, which will save them money and will entice more individual diving enthusiasts travelling alone to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands.

The "test" package is available for a limited time only and will be offered during the first quarter of 2012. Single divers will be able to stay in Courtyard Rooms at the popular diving resort.

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Solo divers will be able to book scuba diving holidays in the Cayman Islands with the Sunset House for travel between 4th January and 14th April, 2012 and a seven-night stay costs $1568.80 (originally $2,077). The package includes ground transfers to and from the airport, daily breakfast, welcome gifts and cocktail, unlimited complimentary shore diving, and two daily tank boat dives.

Sunset House is a fantastic place to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands and its prime beachfront location on Grand Cayman Island enables divers to access the beautiful depths of the ocean in just a few steps. The resort has recently undergone $250,000 of renovations and facilities include the SeaHarvest Restaurant, My Bar, and a swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

The scuba diving resort commissioned Simon Morris to create a nine-foot-tall bronze statue of a mermaid - Amphitrite, Siren of Sunset Reef. The statue was submerged 50 feet beneath the surface of the ocean in waters just off the shores of Sunset House in 2004 and it is now a popular attraction for divers.

The resort also sank an old naval landing craft, LCM David Nicholson, in 60 feet of water near the resort and it is a highlight for wreck diving enthusiasts.

The Cayman Islands is a British overseas territory situated in the west Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and is made up of three islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman.

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The collection of islands make for one of the most popular scuba diving destinations in the Caribbean due to the surrounding crystal-clear, turquoise ocean waters that are teeming with spectacular marine creatures such as manta rays, sea turtles, stingrays, tropical fish, and colourful coral gardens and reefs.

Earlier this year, the former United Sates Navy submarine, USS Kittiwake, was submerged in the waters off Grand Cayman to create an artificial reef and it is already proving to be a success with scuba divers.