Emperor Bilikiki, Solomon Islands
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Excellent3 reviews
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- Wi-FiNo
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- Fleet name
- Year built1966
- Length38
- Width7.5
- Capacity20
- MaterialSteel
Bilikiki is the most spacious boat on the Solomon Islands and has been operating in this region for more than 25 years. She is equipped with a large carpeted camera table for photographers. Up to 4 dives can be made throughout the day and diving is exceptionally easy. Everything you wanted to see, you can find on Solomons: wrecks, spectacular reefs, caves, walls, seamounts, macro creatures.
Boat Interior
Bilikiki has 10 staterooms, all are equipped with private facilities. The cabins are located on the lower deck. Divers can book an entire cabin or share a twin stateroom with another diver. Also, each room has storage facilities, that can be useful during the trip. The salon area is large, it has the necessary facilities for you to feel comfortable, and relaxed after the day of diving, chatting with other divers on board. Meals are served in an open-air diving area, where you can also enjoy the gorgeous view. The sundeck has a number of sun loungers, it is ideal to observe the marvelous scenery.
Dive Deck
Bilikiki has a diving platform, with comfortable access to the water. It is big, and comfortable to prepare for the dive. Here divers will find numerous storage boxes for the gear and a camera table, comfortable to maintain your equipment.
Safety
To ensure your safety Bilikiki has life rafts and life vests, a first aid kit, fire alarm fire extinguishers, etc. The crew team is trained to manage emergency situations.
Photographers Friendly
The liveaboard suits photo enthusiasts. Its equipped with a large camera table. Besides, a boat has a separate camera room, and a dive deck supplied with a rinsing tank for a camera. The boat can offer trips dedicated to marine photography. Even divers with no experience can take part in expeditions with experienced photographers. Even if you haven’t much experience yet, you can still be a part of a trip.
Itinerary
One of the few boats that offer Solomon Islands itineraries. This destination is not very crowded, its nature is still unspoiled by tourists. Its reefs are full of different fish. Plenty of clownfish, angel fish, and butterfly fish live between coral reefs and walls of the Solomon Islands. This area is popular for macro diving. Manta shrimp, ghost pipefish, and pygmy seahorses inhabit this destination.
When to Go
Solomon Island is a year-round destination. The average water temperature is from 27ะก/80F. There is a period of the heaviest rainfall occurs from November to April
Schedule, Prices and Deals
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Payment schedule
- 35% will be required within 3 days after the booking confirmation to secure the booking
- 100% will be required in 95 days prior to the embarkation date
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Cancellation fees
- If you cancel after the booking is secured with a payment the cancellation fee of 35% will be charged
- 100% will be charged if cancelled in 93 days before the embarkation date
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CabinsView deck plan
Deluxe Cabin (#3 - 10)
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- Double Bed + Twin Bed (Bunk-Style)
- Max occupancy
- 2 Guests
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 8 Cabins
Eight with a double bed and single bunk. All cabins are air-conditioned and have their own en-suite.
Twin Cabin (#1 & 2)
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- Twin Beds
- Max occupancy
- 2 Guests
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 2 Cabins
Two cabins with twin single beds and no bunk. All cabins are air-conditioned and have their own en-suite
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Emperor Bilikiki Reviews
5
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5
An incredibly diverse trip!Verified review
I had an amazing 10 nights onboard the Bilikiki! The dive sites were so diverse and so beautiful, we had some amazing encounters with wildlife, the crew are phenomenal and have so much energy and enthusiasm for what they do, and lastly it is so well organized and run which allowed us to dive to our hearts content. The dive deck is spacious and well sorted making suiting up and getting back on the boat so easy. We will be heading back next year!
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5
Diving like 30 or 40 years ago...Verified review
Solomon Islands is still one of the least dived and visited archipelago where diving is still excellent and where pollution is minimum.
When diving with Bilikiki, one of the rare diving boat, the highlight is that you step back in the past by visiting isolated islands where people are still practising a traditional life.
It is a pleasure between some dives to see these friendly people canoeing around the Bilikiki to sell their fresh food.
Bilikiki despite his age is still a comfortable diving boat with an excellent local crew and foreign management.
Service and food are excellent.
As a non professional photographer but responsible diver (Just using a GoPro) I have appreciate the fact that I could dive solo when I wanted, exploring the reef the way I have been doing for years.
This is not always possible with many dive companies...and dives could be boring when you are forced to team with macro photographers!
I have also appreciate the fact that the Owner (Kelly) and the managers have rerouted the boat the second night to sail back to Honiara to collect my luggage as it did not arrive the day before on my arrival.
I was feeling so miserable the first day without my diving gear and personal belongings. Thanks a lot!
Solomon islands is still a destination with few international flights , so I advise the divers to arrive one or two days before the departure of Bilikiki in case something goes wrong. Flight delay, lost baggage, etc...
Because of the configuration of this archipelago, the islands and their people, the dives, this was certainly my best live aboard experience.
One of the last diving frontier, authentic and not crowded...
So enjoy the Solomon islands with Bilkiki
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5
Everything good in a liveaboardVerified review
All the best terms used to describe the best-run cruises must be used to describe our trip on the MV Bilikiki. Ship shape, tight ship, seaworthy. I'm sure there are others! Excellence is another key term that can be used to describe the Bilikiki experience. Fabulous accommodations (specially designed for easy diving), along with great food and outstanding diving equals a boat full of really happy travelers. We did the 10-day trip in March 2016. It was my first-ever liveaboard, leaving us full of plans to do another and another and another.
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