This will be the experience offered by Airbnb in collaboration with OceanX
Airbnb has allowed us to stay in a Van Gogh painting and even in a house in the Pantone color of the day. But this time has gone much further . You can now participate in contest organized by Airbnb and what has like sailing award on the exploration ship from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II on a journey that goes from the Bahamas to Nassau and hard three days and two nights.
What will it feel like dive up to 1,000 meters under the waves of the Bahamas? The three lucky selected , that they will be able to take a guest each, they will be able to know on April 4 and 8.
The experience has been defined by the platform as “as exciting and pioneering as the arrival of man on the moon or the peak of Mount Everest”. During the crossing, the ocean will be explored from two submersibles and a helipad, discovering more and more on the conservation of this aquatic environment.
The lucky ones will travel alongside scientists, researchers and filmmakers, nothing more and nothing less than on the iconic Alucia ship. This ship, owned by OceanX, is the exploration ship that appears in Blue Planet II.
The room where the three participants of the experience will spend the stay
TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
“You don't need to be an astronaut to discover a new world. Our oceans are full of rare species and extreme landscapes that seem otherworldly. Tell us what your ideal adventure in the depths of the ocean would be like, what do you dream of exploring under the waves? ”, This is how Airbnb launches the message.
The restless explorers who wish to be part of this mission must explain what your ideal adventure into the depths of the ocean would look like.
THE OBJECTIVE: TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ITS CONSERVATION
With this particular 'accommodation' they intend honoring the largest habitat and "the last frontier on Earth" : the ocean.
It will be the producer Orla Doherty who will open the doors of the Alucia, revealing untold stories of ocean adventures and extraordinary facts about marine life and following in the wake of Blue Planet (released in 2001 Y available in Movistar +) , the magnificent result of 4 years of production, which involved more than 125 expeditions in 39 different countries.
This is the Alucia ship from Planet II
WHAT HIDE THE OCEANS?
The Airbnb community aims to create a world where all 7.5 billion people can belong anywhere. This time, even to the ocean, the most unknown place in the world. According to one platform survey search for accommodation, 77% of Spaniards consider exploring the oceans to be important, but 27% admit not knowing how to protect them.
Thus, Airbnb and Ocean X propose a responsible way to meet you, with the latest diving technologies that allow you to explore it in a way that neither bubbles nor noise are generated. Joe Gebbia , co-founder of Airbnb and product director of the platform, states that "There is no better way to learn what we can do to help than through the eyes of endangered underwater animals."
Are you ready to discover the secrets that are hidden at the bottom of the sea? You have until February 10, 2018 to write your story in English between 50 and 550 characters.