Mari Liveaboard, Indonesia
8.8 Fabulous - Nitrox available
- Free Internet
- Naturalist Guide
“Of course the diving was the highlight. ”
Highlights
The beautiful Mari liveaboard is a traditional Indonesian phinisi offering year-round diving trips in Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea, and Komodo National Park. Constructed entirely of ironwood and teak, the 30m Mari was refurbished in 2016 to offer modern furnishings and ample onboard space. She caters to a maximum of 14 guests in 7 cabins, ensuring a more personal experience and plenty of room to relax. There are 3 Deluxe and 4 Superior cabins, each offering individually controlled AC, storage space, and private bathrooms. All cabins are on the main deck, so they are bright and well-ventilated. Common areas include the open-air lounge, bar, and 2 sun decks with loungers. The recent addition of a highly-trained chef onboard means that a wide variety of fresh, healthy, and delicious cuisine will satisfy hungry divers. The al-fresco dining table is the perfect place to enjoy a hearty meal surrounded by stunning Indonesian scenery.
The Mari explores the best of Indonesia's dive sites to offer exciting year-round adventures. Divers can explore Komodo National Park on 4, 5, and 10-night trips from July to October. Divers can expect thrilling diving in the national park at world-famous dive sites such as Manta Alley, Castle Rock, and Crystal Rock, diving with manta rays, sharks, and huge schools of fish. In October, the boat moves to Raja Ampat via Flores & the Maluku until April. Explore one of the most diverse marine environments in the world, with the chance to see everything from pygmy sea-horses to whales. The spacious dive deck with gear storage and individual rinse tanks, large dive tender for getting to and from the dive sites, and the recent addition of nitrox availability ensure a comfortable dive liveaboard.
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Included: VAT, Environment Tax, Airport Transfer, Hotel Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: Fuel Surcharge (75-250 EUR per trip), National Park Fees (140-200 EUR per trip), Park and Port Fees (140-200 EUR per trip).
Optional Extras: Gratuities (20 EUR per day), Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Nitrox (5 EUR per tank), Rental Gear.
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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Mari Reviews
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Vessel 8.2
- Crew 8.7
- Food 9.4
- Diving 8.9
- Value 8.7
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Kenneth G
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United States
The trip was wonderful with excellent and helpful staff as well as great diving.
The diving was excellent and it was great to see healthy coral and plentiful marine life.
- Recommended for
- The staff, diving and scenery.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Rolf R
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Germany
Price / performance was right, I would book the Mari again at any time.
Very nice trip, the crew is great, it was always acted in the interest of the guests.
- Recommended for
- Dive. Service. Food/Drink.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Kerstin W
- Germany
Best crew ever for an amazing dive adventure
Everything was well organized from outside showers on deck to the snacks and the hot ginger tea after the nightdives and the excursions, not to forget the daily cleaning of the cabins. Very knowledgable dive guides for all the difference dive sites, with time for photo sessions under water in the search of the pygmea seahorses etc. Good rental equipment, Air and Nitrox, secure dive procedures. Food was very good and plenty as well. I would dive with Ungke and his crew again anytime. But best of all was the friendly atmosphere on board, smiles and laughter and a good time
- Recommended for
- The crew of the Mari, the food and the dive buddies
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Cihan B
- Germany
Nice divespots and nice crew
Good organized crew, and some good divespots if you like makro
- Recommended for
- Very nice Cabins, well organized and friendly crew
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- 9.2 Superb
- Johannes S
- Germany
Top value for money
We took an 11 day trip to Misool and Dampier. The crew and dive guides led by Ungcke were very friendly and absolutely professional. There were no errors – and if there were, we didn't notice them. The food was also superb. If you order in advance, you get very good vegetarian or vegan food (you get an extra portion of almost every normal dish). Only our cabin (No. 7) was really very very small. On normal days we were able to dive four times (31 dives in 11 days) and visited all known dive sites. We would book our next trip to Raja Ampat with Mari again:)
- Recommended for
- Good organization. Great guides. Value for money.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Axel S
- Germany
Adventure Trip
It was a fantastic and long trip… great crew… they gave me a single room without much extra charge, which fine…It was a very rewarding adventure, the boat is rustic but has charms and is well maintained…The food supply was a bit on the scarce side (set menus, no buffet style, sometimes i went to bed a bit hungry- I had a kilo of peanuts as backup that was worth it)Otherwise great spirits on bord, enthusiastic divers , adventurous trip!Loved it
- Recommended for
- Volcanos after the last dive at sunsets. Schools of hammerhead. Remote villages.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Borbala S
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Hungary
Badly understaffed, 5 people with dive master, raising tip from 15 to 20ER/day, no intetnet
Being hooked in a mild current Beautiful coral gardens Variety if dive sites
- Recommended for
- Very nice staff, lovely dive sites, great boat
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- 7.6 Good
- Jennifer L
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Australia
Great boat, crew and food.
Travelling on Mari was very nice, the crew were very friendly and the food was great. The cabins had very little space to move around were but ok. As a solo traveller, it was on the cusp of a bit too tight, but me and my cabin mate were able to work around the very close quarters. The common spaces on the boat were fantastic, there was plenty of room to hang out and this made the trip very sociable to get to know the other passengers. My one 'watch out' would be the dive guides, some were fantastic and very mindful to keep track of the group. Whereas others were a bit less concerned with planning the dives and making it easy to communicate with them during the dive (eg. air consumption and communicating issues during the dive). I would recommend for very confident divers.
- Recommended for
- Diving was fantastic. Food and boat crew were lovely. Amazing way to experience Raja Ampat.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Paolo B
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Italy
Exploration with confort
Amazing diving with Oceanic Manta and Christmas pigmy sea horses.
- Recommended for
- Competent and always available personnel; Plenty of fresh water; Tender boat always in the right place
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- 8.0 Very good
- Michael G
- United States
Lots of elbow room on the boat and amazing diving
Excellent diving and the manta rays at two sites were amazing.
- Recommended for
- Lots of space on the boat with only 10 divers, fantastic diving and good food
