The BBC mega series Ocean Giants, Blue Planet and more recently a repeat of Natural World's programme Queen of the Mantas, are inspiring more and more of us to wish we were marine biologists.

One of our new holiday experiences can enable you to be just this, by joining our team of marine scientists which includes Queen of the Mantas, Dr Andrea Marshall, on a new Manta Ray Research & Conservation experience in Mozambique. This is where Dr Marshall has been studying manta rays since 2003 - work which has led to the discovery that there are two separate species of manta: a 'standard size' and a giant manta which can reach more than 7 ½ metres wing tip to wing tip.

There are many reasons why joining our research trip is the best way to experience diving with manta rays. For a start, manta ray researchers know where to find them. Secondly, you will be diving with experts who know manta rays better than anyone and whose inspiration can help you to get far closer to these marine giants than seeing them alone can do. Thirdly, we organise these kinds of trip so that you can rest assured that you will be diving with manta rays in a responsible way; and in a way that helps to fund the work of scientists dedicated to the conservation of these stunning marine animals.

For further details about this experience please visit:

www.aqua-firma.co.uk/countries/Mozambique/

Photographs kindly provided by Andrea Marshall & the Marine Mega Fauna Foundation 

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