Name:        Leen Charle
 
Country:     Tanzania, United Republic Of
 

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Born in Belgium, I was introduced to the underwater world by my brothers, and later pursued my passion to become a PADI Open Water dive instructor in November 1992. I am qualified in many specialties such as Drift-, Wreck-, Deep- and Night-diving, as well as Peak Performance Buoyancy- to mention just a few. Meeting my husband Jan at a dive club in Belgium, we developed a common love of marine life that took us to North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean before we started a professional diving career in the Maldives, where over six years we worked on four islands, later moving on to the Cayman Islands, France, Portugal, the Philippines and the Red Sea. I now have in excess of 5000 dives logged, and have issued more than 1000 dive certifications. I joined CC Africa in June 2001 and love to capture the underwater world on film, her images regularly gracing the pages of the 'Ecological Journal' and wildwatch.com.

The Jacky O' of the sea!

After about 25min into our dive at Rifu Bayena I suddenly heard a loud scream. Jean, one of the divers trying to ...

Thursday, January , 2008
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The perfect camouflage!

On some of our recent dives we have been focusing on the smaller creatures in the water due to the visibility ...

Thursday, January , 2008
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Rays Gathering Underwater

As I jumped in the water to check the current before starting the dive, my eyes caught a whole bunch of rays ...

Monday, August , 2007
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Dolphins welcoming us for the new season 2007-2008

Who does not like these beautiful creatures with their big grin? Right from day one, when we opened the lodge on the ...

Monday, July , 2007
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