Life is in the detail

Learn a few phrases of the local language – when engaging with local people they will be touched that you have made the effort. Plus it’s pretty cool to say you can speak a little Malagasy or Swahili.

India - Original Diver

India Tyndall

Original Travel Expert

I have extensive travel experience throughout Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Australia, Europe, Far East and Africa.

My travels

Travel Things I Want To Do Before I Die

Liveaboard trip to Raja Ampat
Dive with Great Hammerhead sharks in French Polynesia
Watch turtles hatching and their perilous first trip into the sea (the only time they will touch land until they return to the same beach to lay their own eggs)
See a wild pangolin on Safari - they are one of the world's most endangered species and my favourite animal!
Go birding in Papua New Guinea

Best Moments

Helping out with a big cat charity in Namibia during their annual health checks - watching the process of darting 46 cheetahs, 6 leopards and 4 lions over 10 days to then bring them in for a full health and dental check. Safe to say watching a lion have a root canal treatment was surreal, and being able to touch such incredible animals is something I'll never forget.
Qualifying as an Open Water diver in 2008 and diving with manta rays on my first qualified dive whilst staying at Soneva Fushi - I didn't really know what they were at this point but was blown away by their size and grace.
A helicopter Safari from the Northern Kenya to Lake Turkana with my whole family. The change in landscape was breath-taking and seeing hunting cheetahs and basking crocs from an open-sided helicopter was awe-inspiring.
Fulfilling a life-long dream and night-snorkelling with a feeding whale shark while staying at Maalifushi in the Maldives.

Toughest Travel Moment

Standing my ground as a young elephant in musth charged at me and the lodge manager in Kenya, despite every ounce of me wanting to turn around and bolt. The elephant had broken in to the lodge grounds in search of some juicier trees, and was determined not to be ushered out!

Weirdest Travel Moment

Finding a Brookesia Minima (one of the world's smallest chameleons at about the size of your pinky nail) on a small island off the Northwest of Madagascar, when the species had never been recorded there before.

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The Top 6 Dive Sites In Northern Sulawesi

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The Philippines Has It All

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Diver’s Long Weekender

As the eternal summer is drawing to an end and rainy days are starting to rear their head again, it's only natural to start yearning for your next diving adventure, and the great news is that if you are short of holiday days (as most travel enthusiasts tend to be eight months into the year)…

Marooned in Mozambique

Ever dreamed of being marooned on a desert island? Well, I have the perfect way to do it, in style, comfort and total bliss!

My Journey Into The Deep Blue

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Indonesia’s Final Frontier: Alor

Arriving into Alor you can just feel that you are in for something special. There is something so tantalising for a diver about arriving at a destination surrounded only by locals and I think that's when you know in for a treat - unspoiled reefs, charming people and a wealth of dive sites…

The Undiscovered Dive Sites Of The Azores

When people think about diving in the Azores, inevitably the stars of the show are the offshore sites where you are bombarded with mobulas, manta rays, blue sharks and all manner of predatory species. But what happens when the sea isn't perfectly flat-calm? I went to visit early in June to…