Carpe Vita, Maldives
- from US$ 179 / day
- 9.3 Superb
- 34 Verified Reviews 34 Verified Reviews
- Free Nitrox Extra Flexible Booking
The M/Y Carpe Vita luxury liveaboard is a 38m yacht and the sister ship to the Carpe Diem, on the Indian Ocean. With a focus on superior service and quality, Carpe Vita Maldives provides highly trained and dedicated staff to ensure the ultimate diving holiday. Carpe Vita has 10 cabins spread out over three decks to accommodate up to 20 guests. Each spacious cabin features individual climate control and en suite bathrooms.
The salon and lounge area are equipped with a flat-screen TV and entertainment system. There are also three stunning decks where guests can relax and enjoy spectacular views of the Indian Ocean. All seating areas provide stylish, comfortable seating and loungers. Guests enjoy semi buffet-style meals prepared by a fine-dining chef in an open-air dining and bar area located at the back of the boat.
The Carpe Vita offers year-round, seven and ten night cruises to the best dive sites in the Maldives. The experienced, local dive staff will work to show divers everything from pelagics like mantas, sharks and whale sharks to tiny shrimps, nudibranchs, and ghost pipefishes. Most dive itineraries aboard Carpe Diem include stops at Kudarah Thila, Manta Point, Maaya Thila, Fish Head, and Machafushi wreck just to name a few. A Carpe Vita Maldives liveaboard diving holiday is a fantastic adventure. Book today.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Nitrox, Fishing, Land Excursions, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: Dive Insurance, Environment Tax (6 USD per day).
Optional Extras: Gratuities (75-100 USD per trip), Hotel Transfer, Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Nitrox Course (180 USD), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (60-550 USD), WiFi internet (15-20 USD per trip).
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Boat features
Food & Drinks
If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.
Diving
The crew speaks English.
Gear Rental
There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
Boat Specifications
- Year built 2011
- Length 127 feet
- Beam 34 feet
- Engines Doosan Daewood Marine Diesel
- Max guests 20
- Number of cabins 10
- Number of bathrooms 13
- Tenders 1 Dhoni
- Water capacity 10 tons
- Fuel capacity 2 x 6 tons
- Freshwater maker 25 tons per day
Boat Navigation and Safety
Carpe Vita Reviews
- 9.3 Superb
- 34 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 9.6
- Crew 9.2
- Food 9.5
- Diving 8.8
- Value 9.4
- 10 Exceptional
- Ingemar H
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Sweden
Amazing trip despite bad weather.
Manta cleaningstation and closeup with a manta. Seeing guitarshark. Other than that, an abundance of fishlife, sharks, rays and great crew
- Recommended for
- Dives, fishlife and relaxation
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Micha M
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Israel
Had one of the most amazing experiences in my life
* Night dives with giant Manta Rays * snorkeling with whale sharks * very fun dives with nice strong currents, lots of sharks, small critters, mantas, wrecks and more * divers from all around the world and all ages * very good food! * bottom line - deserves every penny, you won't regret it :)
- Recommended for
- *Professional staff treats everything you need from A-Z, very good dive guides with vast knowledge of the area, and very good and varied meals
- 10 Exceptional
- Brian M
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United States
Life-changing experience--simply fantastic
Surrounded by mantas, sunset shark dive, the abundance of fish at Fish Head, and the fun, helpful and attentive crew. Simply amazing all around.
- Recommended for
- Amazing diving, great food, fun crew
- 10 Exceptional
- aurelie V
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France
Much better than expected
Whale shark, manta rays, beautiful reefs, sharks sharks and sharks.
- Recommended for
- Confort, dives and atmosphere
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Daniel N
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Sweden
Good week in the Deep South Maldives
Diving with tiger sharks in Fuvahmulah. Shark action in the Vilingili channel, including a bull shark. Seeing a marlin in the water while diving.
- Recommended for
- 1. Comfortable boat 2. Small group 3. Quality and variety of meals
- 9.2 Superb
- Eiko G
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Germany
I can absolutely recommend Carpe Vita - just some minor steps to perfection
The trip(s) with Carpe Vita was/were great! Diving was amazing and the crew did a really good job! The boat is not the most modern one, but the crew keeps it nice and clean anytime and the rooms are really spacious for a liveaboard! The food was AMAZING!!! Everyday, every time! Nevertheless it would be great if they would encourage people to save the environment and would feedback people who forget their good manners under water. (We had some divers who touched wale sharks and corals frequently and more than just “accidentally”. It would have been great if the guides would have reminded them to show more respect to the nature.) Also the general boat briefing could have been more informativ and “intense” to avoid any misunderstandings and -ideally- check expectations and maybe adjust the schedule slightly to the visitors interests. Personally, I did hope for some night dives but there were none. (One sunset dive in two weeks) Staff onboard is super proactive, friendly and supportive no matter what problem you might have. All in all it was an amazing time!!! Thank you Carpe Vita Team!
- Recommended for
- The food is amazing!!! Crew does a great job! Diving was a dream!
- 10 Exceptional
- Nabil E
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Canada
Just Amazing
This trip is really worth it. You do 18 dives and spend a week on the boat all inclusive for a small budget compared to what you get.
- Recommended for
- Food, Diving and service
- 10 Exceptional
- Florian W
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Germany
Wonderful experience
Due to COVID there were much less boats and other tourist. One one hand this was great, on the other hand also sad for all people depending on tourism. However, the crew and dive masters made this experience an unforgettable experience for me. As end of September is basically off season and the weather was not so good at the beginning they did their upmost to try showing all guest beautiful dive sites and encounters with big and small stuff. Job very well done! The probably most important staff: Chef and kitchen, were amazing as well. Hope to be again on another cruise with Carpe Vita soon!!
- Recommended for
- 1. Crew/dive masters, 2. free nitrox 3. amenities
- 8.0 Very good
- Jose Felix L
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Spain
Great dive experience, specially at the Ari & Vaavu. Noth Male is not so interesting, and it is so far by boat
Macro & micro life, some times with strong currents...
- Recommended for
- Crew & Dive Guides, even the english level is not perfect, they are so professionals to supply the language communication issues. Boat also is very confortable as well the dhoni.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Yelena D
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United States
Terrific Escape From the World!
Obviously strange to vacation during covid times, but the crew was exemplary on all fronts. The boat was immaculate and every effort was made to ensure our comfort and safety. Looking forward to traveling with them again!
- Recommended for
- Comfort of boat, staff, food
- 9.2 Superb
- Jensy H
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Belgium
All around recommended
Nightdive, apart from massive amounts of people there were as many sharks. Early morning dives are the best to wake up. Great group atmosphere. Nice cold beer in the evening.
- Recommended for
- Great service, very clean boat, great food and refreshers
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Mingyu W
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United States
Comfortable boat and beautiful dives
Lots of nurse sharks, white tip sharks, grey reef sharks, Mantas, sting rays, turtles. Very beautiful reefs and the guides we had are really very very helpful. They really stretched so much to make sure we had great diving experience. Greatly appreciate their help. The boat is really nice and comfortable. Food is about average, no complaints though. Overall the company Carpe Diem has done a great job to make sure everybody gets a great experience on their boats. I am really happy I had the opportunity to experience Maldives with them.
- Recommended for
- Very friendly crew, beautiful dive sites, very relaxed trip
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Marcus J
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Germany
Amazing
Diveguides nightdive with nursesharks Some divespots
- Recommended for
- Guides divespots food
- 9.6 Exceptional
- David H
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Switzerland
We had a great time with wonderful dives, great food and friendly staff.
The diving with big marine life and the food on board.
- Recommended for
- Dive with mantas, sharks and eagle rays. As well as snorkeling with whale sharks. And last but not least great food during the whole trip.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Tom M
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United Kingdom
Amazing experience
We were incredibly impressed by the setup on this liveaboard. The dive boat is spacious and supports 20 people comfortably. We were part of a dive group of 5 and the smallest on our boat was 4 and most was 6. They have 11.5L, 13.5L tanks (free) and 15L for those who need it at a premium. The gear provided was well maintained. Our standard room was spacious and clean with a good en suite. The communal areas of the boat are also spacious and there was coffee and snacks available at all times. Food was great and they even regularly caught fresh fish off the edge of the boat which was eaten the same day for dinner. This was my first, however, my colleagues said how this would spoil future liveaboards. I definitely recommend this option. For transparency, we got in early and paid around $2100 and found it to be good value for money.
- Recommended for
- Mantas, Whalesharks and spacious rooms
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Christina A
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United Kingdom
Absolutely marvellous above and below water.
Swimming with Whalesharks and Mantas.
- Recommended for
- Crew, accommodation, dive sites
- 10 Exceptional
- Vincent T
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United States
My diving experience in Maldives with Carpe Vita was the most amazing dive trip ever!
The highlights of my trip were the fabulous diving that included seeing a whale shark, a nice comfortable trip in a great cabin, eating wonderful food, and meeting new friends.
- Recommended for
- The most amazing things on this liveaboard was the amazing diving with awesome guides, the large, spacious yacht, and the large variety of food.
- 10 Exceptional
- Jenny G
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Switzerland
Couldnt have been better
cleaning station of manta rays and the whale shark snorkeling. In general it was very nice organised and the crew did the maximum that we felt good
- Recommended for
- confort while diving (Concerning material, dive boat and great guides)
- 10 Exceptional
- Michael W
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United States
Extraordinary
Everything about the CV was terrific: the dive sites were fabulous - sharks, rays, fish species that I've never seen before. The food was great; the ship was comfortable, and the crew members, especially the dive team, went out of their way to assure a perfect experience. There was never a question that safety was paramount, the dive team made sure of that. July may not be the ideal time of year for the Maldives, but it didn't matter - the experience was superb.
- Recommended for
- The crew, the dive sites, the other divers
- 8.0 Very good
- BYUNGRYANG J
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South Korea
Everything was good except similar salty food.
Seeing mantas and whale shark.
- Recommended for
- excellant and kind staffs,gentle divers and comfort cabin.
- 8.8 Fabulous
- BYUNGRYANG J
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South Korea
Everything was good except similar salty food.
seeing mantas and whale shark.
- Recommended for
- excellant and kind staffs,gentle divers and comfort cabin.
- 8.4 Very good
- Yuka F
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Japan
Much space and clean boat
Highlight of diving should be Manta encounter. We met so many manta relaxing close to us. Night divng with Nurseshark is always exciting as well. Unfortunatelly we could not meet Whale shark this time. But only god knows it. The boat has much space than other boats (for both of public space and private cabin), and everyting was kept so clean by organized staffs. I feel it is a kind of tranquil boat, can recommend for older person than younger person who loves party.
- Recommended for
- Big room, cleaness, and many mantas and nurseshark
- 10 Exceptional
- John C
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Australia
The best Liveaboard
If you are looking for a Liveaboard you should pick Carpe Vita. it is the best Liveaboard I have ever been on. The boat is comfortable, the food was very good and the diving tender you dive off is the best setup I have used. But the thing that makes the Carpe Vita stand out above the rest is the staff. From the time we first sent them an email to the drop off at the airport every thing was perfect, I could not find one thing that they could of done better. The staff on the boat from the captain to the boat boys made our trip into a very relaxing time not a dive boot camp you can get when you do 4 dives a day. They had a perfect mix of professionalism and a relaxed nature and managed to keep to the dive schedule with out any fuss. They are a credit to their company. Probably the best recommendation I could give them is that we will come back no need to try another boat or company. Thanks guys for a wonderful trip
- Recommended for
- The staff on the boat. The Diving The staff on the boat
- 9.2 Superb
- David M
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United Kingdom
Great experience and probaly the only way to dive the Maldives and experience the different environments.
Great dive trip but not for those for wanting a laid back time. 21 days in 6 days is a tough but very enjoyable schedule. Only suggestion was that it is focused on the big stuff and the if they dont show, the guides seem unprepared for alternatives on the small stuff.The night dive with the Mantas has to be one of the highlights of my diving experiences.
- Recommended for
- The quailty of the accomodation, service of all of the staff and professional outfit
