YAP -

Manta Ray Bay Hotel -

The Manta Ray Bay Hotel is a dedicated dive resort, designed by divers and built for divers. It's 23 rooms offer air conditioning, satellite TV, mini-bars, and VCR's. We have often been called "The Best Little Dive Hotel in the Pacific".

Traders Ridge Resort

With 20 mini suites and 2 Grand suites Traders Ridge resort is the newest and most intimate luxury resort in Micronesia. The Resortâs architecture is reminiscent of the 19th century traders who built houses on the ridge where the Resort now stands. Traders Ridge Resort has an on site PADI dive facility staffed by Yapâs most experienced Dive Masters to guide you on your manta experience.

Three Routes Yap SCUBA Diving Directory -

Check out this directory that lists the dive shops and tour operators found in Yap.

Yap -

Located in the Western Carolines, about midway between Guam and Palau, Yap is comprised of the main islands of Yap, Gagil-Tomil, Map, and Rumung. Yap State stretches eastward, for another 1,200 or so kilometers and includes another 134 outer island, most of them low-lying atolls. While the state covers a vast expanse of ocean, its land area is only 120 square kilometers.

Yap - Diving with Gentle Giants -

Click on the pics to get a larger view. All pictures were taken with NIKONOS V with either 35mm lens or Sea & Sea 16mm conversion lens. Single NIKONOS B-105 Strobe and Sea & Sea target light was used.

Yap - Federated States of Micronesia -

Yap is the most intriguing island in Micronesia. It is a land steeped in ancient traditions, fascinating legends, and peopled by one of the most distinctive cultures in the Pacific. Attractions like a handmade seaside men's house, cultural village tours, huge, ancient stone money discs and stone money banks, dancing, handicraft making, marine life and mangrove forests highlight a visit to this unique outpost.

Yap - Nature's Way -

Nature's Way Visit Yap. Dive and Explore Yap Island, Micronesia.

Yap - Welcome to Yap -

Diving is excellent and unexplored in Yap's clear waters and virgin reefs. Manta Ridge, in Milli Channel, offers divers a unique experience. a school of manta rays--the graceful, gentle giants of the ocean--regularly feed here, unperturbed by divers swimming among them.

Yap - Western Caroline Islands -

"Tourist Map Of Yap , Island Of Stone Money" Pictorial , historical and geographic information with interesting anthropological notes on Yapese culture . For information on the availability of this map contact : YAP Office of Tourism , P.O. Box 136 Colonia , Yap , F.S.M. 96943.

Welcome to Yap

Known as the Mysterious Isle of Stone Money, Yap is a wonderful mix of past, present and future, where an ancient culture exists side by side with the 21st century. Located in the Western Caroline Islands, Yap is considered the most traditional corner of Micronesia.