We (a father/teenage son team) spent a wonderful ...
We (a father/teenage son team) spent a wonderful diving vacation this February in Abades, Tenerife. The choice wasn’t hard as we were looking for a small town or village with a beach, not far from the airport but away from the big holiday hubs. Kornel, one of the team members, picked us up from the airport with a minivan. We stayed at a spacious bungalow a short 10 min walk from the diving center, which they had arranged for us in advance. Cindy and Arjan who run the center proved to be incredibly attentive and friendly right from he start. Since we were already certified OWD divers, we could start diving immediately. We were assigned to Kornel, with whom we went on our first dive. This was a simple dive along the reef of the beach of Abades. After a second dive on the next day, we spontaneously decided to upgrade our certification to Advanced Open Water Diver, and the center accommodated us perfectly. It was a great mix of learning and fun at the same time. Kornel, our dive instructor, did a fantastic job to teaching us very professionally all we had to learn for the AOWD certification while he took us to some great diving spots, involving ship wrecks, reefs and habitats of barracudas, octopuses and flying gurnards. Many thanks again also to Cindy, Leif, Arjan and Ronald (Ed) for making our vacation special. You are not only accomplished diving instructors, but a lot of fun too. We will definitely come back!