Horizon 3 Liveaboard, Maldives
- from $ 223 / day
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 69 Verified Reviews 69 Verified Reviews
- Internet Nitrox available Flexible Booking
Highlights
The 36m Horizon 3 liveaboard caters to 25 guests in 12 en-suite cabins. Cabins are tastefully decorated with ample storage space, AC, and either twin or double beds. Guests have the choice of Standard, Deluxe, or Master Deluxe Cabin. Social areas include the indoor lounge, dining and bar areas, entertainment areas, and board games. Meals are taken in the indoor or outdoor dining area with stunning panoramic views. A wide variety of food is freshly prepared, and special dietary requests can be catered to with advance notice. For relaxation, guests can choose the sun deck with loungers, mattresses, and a hot tub or unwind with a therapeutic massage from the onboard masseuse. Guests can feel comfortable leaving their high-tech equipment onboard, as security cameras are stationed throughout the vessel for utmost security.
Diving with the Horizon 3 yacht takes place from the dedicated 18m support dhoni, with 3 crew, camera rinsing & set-up stations, dive kitting up area, and nitrox available for those certified. The dhoni is large enough to support more than 30 divers, leaving ample space for everyone to get kitted up and for gear storage.
Cruises vary from 7 - 14 nights and explore the central, northern, and southern atolls. Trips offer the chance to see manta rays, reef sharks, eagle rays, stingrays, turtles, and even the chance of whale sharks. The crew and dive guides of the Horizon III liveaboard are some of the most experienced in the Maldives and have more than 15 years of experience diving in the region. They know all the best spots to dive away from the crowds. The captain has over 30 years of experience in the Maldives, so you can rest assured that you will visit some of the best areas based on the local conditions.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Beach BBQ, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Fishing, Land Excursions, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels, Massage.
Required Extras: Environment Tax (6 USD per day), National Park Fees (10-15 USD per trip).
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance, Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Extra Dives, Nitrox (112-148 USD per week), Nitrox Course, Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses, Jet Ski, Kayaks (46 USD per day), Snorkel Gear, Stand Up Paddleboard, Wakeboarding, Water Ski, Laundry / Pressing Services (5 USD per item), WiFi internet (20 USD per week).
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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 and German.
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
Accommodation
Boat Specifications
- Year built 2009
- Length 36 meters
- Top speed 14 knots
- Cruising speed 10 knots
- Engines 2 x 360hp DOOSAN Daewoo (Dual Screw)
- Max guests 25
- Number of cabins 12
- Number of bathrooms 12
- Tenders 2
- Fuel capacity 8 tonnes
- Freshwater maker 2 x 6 tonnes per day Aqua Reef
Boat Navigation and Safety
Horizon 3 Reviews
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 69 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 8.0
- Crew 8.3
- Food 9.4
- Diving 8.6
- Value 8.2
- 10 Exceptional
- MinJin K
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South Korea
What a wonderful days with Horizon 3
우선 제가 배에 탑승 전 많은 질문을 이메일로 보냈었는데 liveaboard 측의 빠른 회신과 안내가 정말 좋았어요. 우리팀을 맡아주었던 다이빙 가이드 Yuri는 정말 경험 많고 든든하고 매너 좋고 정이 많은 사람이예요. 저는 이번 여행을 계기로 다이빙의 매력에 푹 빠졌습니다. 저는 김치 없이 못사는 한국인이라 햇반에 라면과 김치도 가져갔는데 여럿이 나눠먹기도 하고 참 좋았습니다. ㅎㅎ 배에 모든 직원들이 참 친절해요. 딱 한가지 조금 신경쓰였던건 연초담배를 많이 피우는데 그건 제가 이해합니다. 왜냐하면 직원들의 몇 없는 낙이니까요... 그래도 좋았던 것들에 비하면 이건 극히 작은 부분입니다. 저는 강력추천합니다. I have been to Maldives many times. However, this trip with Horizon 3 was special and it will be an unforgettable memory in my life. Mostly i really appreciate our team dive guide Yuri and the rest of the crew. Diving: Yuri who's very experienced and thoughtful dive guide, always kept an eye on us and gave us the help we needed at the right time. We've met a bit of a strong current once, but with his help, we were always relieved. And I fell in love with diving through this trip. He took good care of our team until the end. Diving equipment: I rented all diving equipment. There were no problems. Food and Housekeeping : All crews at Horizon 3 were very friendly. Meals and snacks provided three times a day were more or less satisfactory, but served menu in a similar pattern. I prepared extra food and snacks myself That was a great idea. Because 7 nights are not that short. However, the fish barbecue on the island was really good. Housekeeping was comfortable even in a really humid environment as the room was cleaned several times a day and the towels were changed. The time I spent with Horizon 3 was really happy. Thanks to everyone. I highly recommend. You won't regret it with them!!
- Recommended for
- Communication with office, Dive guide Yuri and crews, maldives it self.
- 8.0 Very good
- Anne M
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France
Very comfortable boat and nice crew
The manta cleaning station in Addu atoll is amazing. We had a couple a good dives in the channels in the Southern atolls where we saw some grey reef sharks. Fish were found in abundance all around the dive sites, as well as turtles, reef sharks etc. The dive guides are very friendly and are good-hearted people that really care about the guests above and below the water. They have a very good knowledge of the dive sites and really enjoy themselves while diving. The boat is very big and comfortable. The saloon guy is always smiling and very kind, he does an amazing job. The tanks just came back from maintenance fitted with brand new valves. The fill were consistently 200 bars with 32% Nitrox which is perfect for the dive profiles in the Maldives. They also received new rental gear (wings BCD, regulators etc.).
- Recommended for
- Spacious and comfy boat, good food, friendly crew
- 9.2 Superb
- Amit L
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Israel
Wonderful crew, great food, beautiful dives, some technical glitches
Was on a 7 nights trip of the central atolls. All in all a truly wonderful experience. All the crew- from the bartender to the divemasters- were extremely kind and helpful. The dives were also exquisite, and the diving team very proffesional. The rooms were quite spacious for a boat this size, and the room was cleaned on a daily basis. The common areas of the boat were also nice. The jacuzzi was not working, which I peraonally did not mind. On the downside- we were informed on arrival that there would be no nitrox, as the designated compressor is broken. Without Nitrox, we found ourselves truly edging the borders of NDL with 3 deep dives a day. Also, they had a technical issue with the dinghi, causing them to postpone the third dive of the second day to the day after. All in all, we had a great vacation and I would hearfuly recommend this boat to my friends were the nitrox compressor to be fixed.
- Recommended for
- Friendly crew, Great food, Large cabins
- 5.2 Review score
- Rebecca N
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United States
Negative experience, cockroaches in cabin bed, skipped highlights of itinerary
The operator of the liveaboard skipped several highlights on the itinerary. They blamed it on bad weather although we had sunny skies and a smooth sea on the entire trip. We had COCKROACHES in our cabin and in our beds. No nitrox available. Our last day was supposed to be “island hopping.” The dive guides told us to go hop on Male island in the city. Very Disappointing experience!
- Recommended for
- Friendly boat crew
- 6.4 Review score
- Gabriel F
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United States
Great vacation. Diving not as good as expected, mainly because crew missed the currents read every single time
Seeing whale sharks and diving with tiger sharks
- Recommended for
- Cabin comfort, boat/diving set up, small groups diving
- 7.6 Good
- Elena J
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Germany
Great manta diving!
Really enjoyed a short getaway to the Maldives and the opportunity for some Manta diving and a "shark- fix". Definitely my best manta encounter so far - very curious mantas that would come and check us out and stay with us for quite a while at times. Great crew and dive guides, they really made the trip worthwhile. And I liked our cabin - one of the nicer ones I have had on a liveaboard and with a lot of storage opps. A few things to watch out for though: book your own domestic flights (a lot cheaper than via the operator); it's a very large boat - 24 divers is a bit much esp. when they only have 3 guides; you need nitrox to be able to do 3 dives a day - they charge quite a bit extra for the nitrox (112 US$ for 16 dives!) and then on most dives at least one of us didn't have a full 200 bars in our tank (this eventually got better); our standard cabin was very nice and had a lot of storage space but some of the main parts of the boat could do with maintenance (broken lounge chairs on the sundeck, some A/Cs not working); before you book it, check that it's the right season - we went end of Dec/Jan and still didn't have the right currents for the type of diving they advertise. Fuvahmulah wasn't worth it at all - no current, no sharks and very poor visibility on the baited shark dive (which also costs extra), Addu was nice actually but it's probably even better with the right type of current.
- Recommended for
- The lovely crew and dive guides, the mantas in Addu
- 8.8 Fabulous
- John B
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United States
Awesome
The crew was absolutely fabulous. They made the cruise and the diving a truly memorable experience.
- Recommended for
- Crew, crew, crew
- 6.0 Review score
- Guillermo G
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Spain
Formidable!!
Hacen una nocturna acumulando plancton con un foco potente para que veas las mantas diablo comer.. increíble experiencia!! Si puedes bucea con Denis, es un tío genial!!
- Recommended for
- Mantas, tiburones y mucha vida
- 7.2 Good
- marco A
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France
Certaines très belles plongées
Les plongées sur certains thilas ou même à Malé avec de fabuleuses rencontres
- Recommended for
- Une nocturne dans la semaine, l'abondance de la vue dans certains spots
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Kathrin H
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Germany
Tolle Crew und Service, wunderschöne Tauchgänge
Die Tauchgänge, mein Geburtstag
- Recommended for
- Service, Freundliche Crew, die Tauchgänge
