Beautiful Palau is an island in the Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles east of the Philippines. It gained iindependence in 1994, making it one of the youngest nations. The name of Palau itself is relatively unknown among travelers... expect for divers!

With 200 islands plus, Palau offers some of the most spectacular diving sites in the world. The underwater world here is uniquely amazing, with almost everything from vertical walls, channels, underwater tunnels and caves to lagoons. The variety of fish here is surpassed by few destinations around the globe, and there are plenty of sharks and mantas. 

Wreck diving amateurs will be delighted by the unique wrecks of Japanese warships and planes from WWII. The visibility here is typically excellent, although during the rainy months from July to October can be less and the access to the best diving sites can sometimes not be possible for up to a week. Water temperature typically maintains a consistent 27-29 degrees Celsius year round.

Palau can definitely be enjoyed on a liveaboard charter quite nicely.

Peleliu island,Is located about 23 miles south of Koror island. Peleliu is a small reef island and is only about 5sq miles in size. Population is only about 700. Palau was a colony of Germany from 1899 to 1914. At that time, Germany developed industries like  phosphate mining and copra harvesting. The Japanese took over in 1915 and continued until 1944. It was during this time that Palauan culture went through its most radical transformation. Japanese expanded the commercial ventures started by the Germans and developed many more.

Peleliu was also the site of one of the bloodiest battles of WW2. In two months of fighting on Peleliu,there were  over 20,000 casualties, more than todays population of all Palau. During the fighting, Peleliu’s forests were bombed and burned to the ground. Today the island is alive tropical foliage that have grown up to cover the battle scars.

If you get a chance to dive around Palau, consider yourself lucky, as most divers don’t get a chance to visit and explore the underwater world of Palau.

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