Conte Max Liveaboard, Maldives
8.9 Fabulous - Nitrox available
- Free Nitrox
- En-Suite bathrooms
“Had an excellent dive trip on the Conte Max - saw hundreds of sharks and loads of turtles. ”
Highlights
Join the M/Y Conte Max for a unique liveaboard experience in the Maldives. Integrating wellness and diving, the Conte Max focuses on relaxation. There are 9 spacious cabins for 17 guests on board (21 if considering triple occupancy). On the lower deck are 6 double, twin, or triple cabins. On the main deck is 1 twin cabin, and there is another twin cabin with an ocean view on the upper deck. All cabins have individual climate control, charging ports, and en suite bathrooms. The salon features a comfortable seating area, TV, and DVD player, while the bar offers a wide choice of soft drinks and spirits. Guests enjoy table service and chef-prepared Italian-international and Maldivian cuisine in indoor and outdoor dining areas. Three decks provide areas for relaxation with comfortable seating, including sun loungers, sun mats, and deck chairs.
MY Conte Max offers year-round schedules to the best dive sites in the Maldives. Accompanied by a separate diving dhoni, there is ample space for kitting up on board, and getting to and from the dive site is made easy. Free nitrox is available for those certified. The yacht also has an underwater scooter available. Depending on the season, itineraries explore the Central and Northern Atolls (Ari, Hanifaru Bay, Raa, and Baa) and the Southern and Extreme Southern Atolls of the Maldives, where divers will have the chance to see sharks, turtles, mantas, and more.
The Conte Max liveaboard is a fantastic choice for diving in the Maldives. Book online today.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Nitrox, Fishing, Kayaks, Land Excursions, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: Environment Tax ($12 / day), Mandatory Service Charge ($120-140 / week), Local Flights ($165-360 / trip).
Optional Extras: Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Beach BBQ ($10-18 / activity), Special Dinner ($10-18 / activity), Extra Dives ($50 / activity), Nitrox Course ($200-380 / activity), Private Dive Guide ($100 / day), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses ($100-620 / activity), Laundry / Pressing Services, WiFi internet ($30 / week).
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Conte Max Reviews
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- 8.9 Fabulous
- 13 Verified Reviews Only people who have booked through LiveAboard.com and joined the trip can write a review.
- Vessel 8.6
- Crew 8.8
- Food 9.7
- Diving 8.9
- Value 8.6
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Werner G
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Germany
Top
We had great Tahuch walks. Especially nice Manta Point . All in all a very good organization of the processes
- Recommended for
- Orga. Divemaster. Staff.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Marcela V
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Slovakia
Beautiful boat, friendly staff, excellent food and amazing diving
Conte Max is charming cosy boat with diferent places to chill after dives. Crew is extremely helpful, kind and always with a smile. Atmosphere on the boat was very pleasant and food was incredibly good. Activities between or after dives like barbeque on desert island, swiming, fishing and lokal island visiting were just perfect and made this trip unforgetable. Dive guides Fabio, Diego and Boee were comunicative, profesional and experienced what made diving in sometimes stronger current feel me safe and I could enjoy the dives. From my experience highly recomended..
- Recommended for
- Dives. Food. Activities.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Robert T
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Czech Republic
With respect you get more than you expect!
The taste of satisfaction lasts for a long. Whale shark, mantas, sailfish!, leopard shark, school of fish
- Recommended for
- Dive guide Boy. The kitchen and the bartender. The spirit of the boat.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Catherine N
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United Kingdom
Great trip on the Conte Max
Had an excellent dive trip on the Conte Max - saw hundreds of sharks and loads of turtles. I think the majority of guests on this boat usually come from Italy, but the guides and many of the crew spoke English as well as Italian and made us feel very welcome.
- Recommended for
- Great dive guides. Really friendly and helpful crew. Excellent chef!.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Ai Qi Esther T
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Singapore
Excellent experience liveaboard in Maldive with Conte Max!
1. Night drive with Manta and nurse sharks 2. BBQ on Beach especially the 'table' created by the team. 3. the friendliness of the crew 4. Able to provide and cater gluten free diet 5. The availability of bigger tank (13L) at no cost
- Recommended for
- 1. Dive guide was very helpful and supportive to the dive team. 2. Other itinerary such as BBQ on beach, city tour, island tour.. 3. the effort put in by the team to try to attract whale shark, Manta Ray and Nurse Shark.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- IZABEL L
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United States
Magic Mantas, Friendly Nurse Sharks and Reef Aquarium
I joined this safari for the reputation of the quality of diving in the Maldives and it was incredible ! Mesmerising Mantas, and docile nurse sharks numbered 40+ weaving in / out of divers and resting at the sandy bottom. White and black tip sharks on every dive, the colorful varieties of reef fishes in the shallows, healthy corals and numerous annenmones with their clown fish residents All the dives are different and well planned that allow us to experience as much of the variety as possible.. Director Gianluca is very organized, knowledgable and experienced. Dive masters Ali and "Booze" are locals with 30 years experience who are very familiar with all the dive sites. The crew is very efficient, attentive, and friendly. They are always ready help. Chef made wonderful food - all delicious ! The barbecue on the beach was a perfect end to one of the days - food and setup was incredible - the crew made a sand whale shark for us ! Thank you ! The boat is very spacious, comfortable and well kept. Plenty of areas where one can retreat to, relax and rest after each dive. The library lounge is well stocked with interesting books - one comment maybe to have more English books instead of Italian ones. As you walk along the waterfront and the piers of Male, you already see schools of stingrays swimming near where the fishermen dock their boats. There are large schools of stingrays and even a guitar shark as we dove just outside Hulhumale, . The hypnotic Giant Manta dancing back and forth at the cleaning station is like a ballerina - in slow motion thoroughly enjoying itself her visit at the spa ! A good 20 minutes - so very lucky for us ! Contrasted by the Giant Mantas at the night dive who came for planton feeding - energeticly and vigoriously pursueing the plantons with back flips. They stayed for a good 40 minutes ! A nurse shark joined in the fun and passed in front of me not 12 inches away. I was totally in awe of these magnificent creatures. Earlier, we jumped into a school of 40-50 nurse sharks. As we descended, they wove through us to check us out. Some rested at the sandy bottom - peaceully resting and sleeping At first, it was very scary but they are not threatening at all. On the shallow reefs gathered the most colorful sweetlips, snapers, anglefish, fusilias, giant clams and many others. Brilliant anemonies with their brightly striped resident clown fishes and giant clams - a truely underwater aquarium.
- Recommended for
- QUALITY AND VARIETY OF DIVING. SAFARI DIRECTOR ORGANIZATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. DIVE MASTERS EXPERIENCE. CHEF'S DELICOUS FOOD AND THE CREW IS EFFICIENT, ATTENTIVE AND FRIENDLY. WELL KEPT, SPACIOUS AND COMFORTABLE BOAT.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Martina B
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Switzerland
Paradise Maldives
We enjoyed every day on the Conte Max and felt very comfortable. The dives, excursions and beach barbeque make the stay an unforgettable experience. Many thanks to the great crew, who were very attentive, professional and extraordinarily friendly!
- Recommended for
- Great dives, professional service and lovely crew
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- 9.2 Superb
- Scott W
- United Kingdom
Great dives around the classic central atolls route. Saw everything and more than we expected!
The local dive guides knew the sites very well and done very well to keep us diving away from other boats (some popular sites could see up to 8 boats diving). We saw a whale shark at Dhangetti, manta rays at two cleaning stations, guitar, reef, black and white tips and nurse sharks on other dive sites as well as a tiger shark out in the blue at fish tabk. The nurse shark dive at alimatha was insanely good. The nurse sharks also stayed at the back of the boat all night whilst we ate dinner and into the next morning and you could jump in and snorkel if you liked. We dives with 100’s of stingrays, bull rays and even came across a mobula during a safety stop. For me the bbq and football on the uninhabited island meerufenfushi was magical, watching the sunset and then the sky fill with stars and watching shooting stars rain down as we took the zodiak back to the boat. Would like to see the boat lessen its environmental impact. They're a bit behind some of the more expensive boats in terms of measures in place to offset customers impact. There is apetite for it from all divers. Overall a fantastic trip, the variety meant it was more an adventure than just a dive trip and I couldn't have asked for more in that respect.
- Recommended for
- Dive guides, dive sites, friendly crew
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Barbara G
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Italy
Unforgettable experience
Availability of the boat leader was extraordinarily. Kitchen and cleaning personnel was hardly working to make our time on the boat an unforgettable experience.
- Recommended for
- Dive sites. Friendliness of the boat staff. Food.
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- 7.2 Good
- Andrea Maria M
- Italy
Pleasant cruise, diving experience better suited for newcomers to the Maldives
Overall, it was a pleasant cruise on a dated, but beautiful traditional Maldivian boat, perfectly maintained and kept clean by an exceptional crew. A good diving experience for newcomers, less so for returnees like myself; diving turned out to be less than expected: too many repeated dives on the same sites, disappointing location for the week's only night dive and unimaginative dive profiles in the only two types of dives offered: passes or coral gardens. Furthermore, in my opinion dive groups should be organized according to diving experience rather than age brackets and/or friendships: otherwise, within the same group, dives can turn out to be interesting for some, boring for others. Overall, my suggestion to management is to hand over dive organization and operations to local, experienced people like Rashyd (one of the very best guides in my 13-year experience in the Maldives), who know the waters, know the sites and have the motivation to show divers what Maldivian diving is famous for. A professional marine biologist like Manuel, absolutely courteous and available, but with limited knowledge of Maldivian waters/dive sites and also understandingly more interested in his scientific career than in designing a unique diving experience for the cruise's participants, could better serve just as overall cruise and science manager.
- Recommended for
- Traditional Maldivian boat in tip top shape, spotlessly clean. Excellent boat crew: professional, available and firendly. Rashyd: incredibly professional and experienced dive guide..
