Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and to mark this special occasion we are discounting our rates! Take advantage of our midyear anniversary and save big from June 2011-October 2011. We are discounting ($200/person) all Hotel/Dive Packages of 7 nights or longer.  These packages include Room, 10%...

Marta Lewandowski has been working with owner Robi Frommenwiler for more than a year to put a group of Swiss divers into Yap and Palau.  Marta, who has been here numerous times and is a personal favorite of mine, as well as our staff, was to be the group leader.  At the last minute, she...

The Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers recently received a new NITROX membrane from NRC of Germany.  Mr. Kay Schmalschläger the main technical person for NRC Germany was in Yap to personally design and then build the new membrane.  The membrane runs off of an Atlas Copco compressor, also supplied by NRC and then...

Jack Grove recently brought a group of 7 divers and 9 snorkelers to Yap.  This was Jack’s 12th time in Yap and he has already mentioned that on his next trip, he will schedule additional time in Yap before, or after, the Zegrahm Expeditions’ visit.  For those of you unfamiliar with whom and what Zegrahms...

For a number of years, Sea for Yourself, Inc. has been leading groups of snorkelers to Yap and other points in Micronesia.  Per their website, they “offer small group programs focused on tropical reef ecology designed especially for snorkelers of any age or skill level.”  You can learn more about their programs by visiting their...

Bill Dwyer and his wife Linda recently led a group of 8 divers from the Scuba Hut Dive Shop to Yap.  Bill first came to Yap with our good friend Mike Musto, former owner of Trip N Tour Dive Travel.  This was back in 2006 and Bill dreamed of coming back ever since.  Unfortunately, Bill...

Mr. Takashi Ito and his wife Kyoko Ito owner of Kohama Island Dive Shop (Ito Service) in Okinawa, Japan has returned to Yap and among other things celebrated a birthday with us.  This is Mr. & Mrs. Itos’ 26th visit to Yap and the Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers.  Ito’s diving love is...

Congratulations to Mr. Guntram Vogelsgesang of Hohenfurch, Germany whose name was drawn from over 550 entries during a ceremony Friday the 4th of February on the S/V Mnuw.  Guntram has been notified that he has won a free 7 night/5 dive day stay at the Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers, Micronesia's finest dedicated...

We at Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers would like to take a minute to thank the newbies, the repeaters and colleagues from the industry who passed by at our booths at the „Salon de la Plongee“ in Paris, the „boot“ show in Düsseldorf as well as the „FESPO“ in Zürich. Bill, Jan, Detlef...

Nachdem die europäischen Messen vorbei sind (und die Erkältungen überstanden sind), möchten wir uns bei allen alten und neuen Gästen und den Kollegen aus der Tauchsportindustrie für ihren Besuch an unseren Ständen bedanken, ganz gleich ob im „Salon de la Plongee“ in Paris, der „boot“ in Düsseldorf, oder der „FESPO“ in Zürich. Bill, Jan, Detlef...

Wir Bill Acker, Detlef Trux, Jan Sledsens und Daniel Brinckmann moechten uns recht herzlich fuer euren Besuch und euer Interesse an Yap – Mikronesien, den Yap Divers und dem Manta Ray Bay Resort bedanken.  Es war uns eine Freude euch zu begruessen, kennenzulernen und zu informieren.  Zu Fragen bei eurer Urlaubsplanung Wer, Wie, Wo, Was,...

I was touring a group of Hong Kong wholesalers and travel agents around the hotel this week.  They were over here for a week of investigation for the travel industry in Hong Kong and South East Asia.  They had spent the morning with us on a Kayak Tour with our two excellent and very knowledgeable...