“Detailed briefings and interesting presentation on mantas by Cruise Director Thomas, who is also very friendly and helpful and did…”
The MY Manta Cruise Liveaboard, Maldives is a 33m luxury liveaboard catering for up to 18 divers. With 9 air-conditioned, en-suite cabins, the M/Y Manta Cruise is sure to provide you with a holiday to remember. There is plenty of space for relaxation in the air-conditioned salon, or you can soak up some rays on the sun deck, or enjoy the spectacular views from the front deck lounge area at the bow of the boat.
The 20m dhoni dive tender, which will store your dive gear for the duration of the trip and houses 2 compressors, means that your stay aboard the M/Y Manta Cruise Liveaboard will be a relaxing and comfortable one with spectacular diving on the beautiful abundant reefs of the Maldives.
For the hungry diver the International, Thai, Italian and local cuisine aboard the MY Manta Cruise consists of a buffet style breakfast and lunch, whilst at dinner you can enjoy waitress table service. The team of 11 professional MY Manta Cruise crew will be on hand to see that your diving holiday is a memorable one.
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Included: VAT, Accommodation, Transfers/pickups from airport, Tanks, Weights, Belts, Dive master services, All meals
Excluded: International flights, Nitrox, dive courses, dive gear, beer, wine, spirits, soft drinks, travel and dive insurance, Green tax (USD 6/day/person), crew gratuities (USD 10/day/person), fuel surcharge for Extended North/south cruises: USD 120 pp. All extras to be paid onboard
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Manta Cruise Reviews
- 9.0 Superb
- 17 Verified Reviews Only people who have booked through LiveAboard.com and joined the trip can write a review.
- Vessel 8.2
- Crew 8.9
- Food 9.6
- Diving 9.3
- Value 8.7
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- 10 Exceptional
- Richa M
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India
Amazing time with Manta cruise
The manta cruise was a very comfortable and enjoyable liveaboard experience. Not only are the dive guides very knowledgeable about the dive sites, they are also very friendly and fun. The entire crew on board was very helpful and friendly. The trip as a result was really good especially since the sea life we saw was amazing. The dive guides' knowledge definitely helped spot good sea life and for most of the dives, we were able to dive without other divers from other boats. I would definitely recommend this boat to anyone planning to go to the Maldives. Only thing to watch out is to be very clear on the equipment you need to rent on board - using the special requests column for every equipment not mentioned in the form is a must.
- Recommended for
- The dive guides and the dive sites, the food on the trip and the friendliness of everyone from manta cruise on board.
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- 10 Exceptional
- matthew E
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Australia
very good and the staff are fantastic
both me and my wife loved it, a high light being the night dive with tawny nurse sharks
- Recommended for
- the dive sites, food and service
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Aldo Peter L
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United Kingdom
AMAZING
Awesome dives, some of them a bit challenging but we've always been helped by our guide Chacha, very professional, friendly and caring. Detailed briefings and interesting presentation on mantas by Cruise Director Thomas, who is also very friendly and helpful and did a fabulous video of the whole trip. Focus on safety really appreciated. Captain and crew always helpful, boat very nice and comfortable (particularly appreciated comfort and space on the Dhoni). Food amazing, chef so kind as to provide alternatives for special dietary needs. Very nice sunset and dinner on a small desert island.
- Recommended for
- Marvelous dives, professional and caring guides, food
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Anon
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United States
A truley amazing experience!!!
As above
- Recommended for
- Mantas! Sharks! Crew!
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- 10 Exceptional
- Sarah H
- United States
World Class All Around
Manta Cruise is the real deal. We spent time at a resort in the Maldives and found that the service, activities, and food were much better aboard this live aboard. This is the way to dive the Maldives and not miss out on quality of service.
- Recommended for
- Selection and mix of quality dive experiences, great food, friendly attentive crew.
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- 8.0 Very good
- Marko V
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Slovenia
South trip is different, had same amazing experience but am not a channel dive fan
If you like channel dives, then going the south route is for you. You dive mostly channels (hit big or miss, shorter dives). But the best sightings we had were outside of the channel. I was with another boat 2x before and I personally liked the dives sites in the south+north atolls better. However, the whale sharks and later mantas at Foarmulah were to die for. Food was good enough to gain a few pounds. There are 2 improvements I would make: have divemasters with better knowledge of the local dive sites (cruise director knew them and gave very detailed briefings and has been very active in pointing things out under water - the other divemasters didn't have the experience - however, I have to say, they were all very safety oriented, whcih we all appreciated), AC in the room is either full on or off (just like the other boat I was on) - not sure why this is so hard to figure out. There are some dive sites where you can see devastating effects of global warming.
- Recommended for
- Some awesome dive sites (saw 4 whale sharks together, multiple mantas, tiger shark, thresher shark), friendly and accommodating crew,
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Zbynek B
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Czech Republic
Competent diver guides and friendly staff made our trip quite enjoyable.
No highlight just overall good experience.
- Recommended for
- Very good diver guides. Friendly staff, Nice boat.
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- 8.0 Very good
- Stephan S
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Germany
Fantastic diving areas, great value for money
Impressive tour through the atolls.Super cruise director Fabrice.Top organisation, catering and accommodation
- Recommended for
- Manta rays, sharks and absolute relaxation
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- 10 Exceptional
- Lydia T
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Canada
Perfect
Almost perfect
- Recommended for
- Friendly, helpful staff; Boat comfort & cleanliness; Amazing meals
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- 8.4 Very good
- Zayn F
- United Kingdom
Huge fish life!
Thomas was an excellent host/trip director. Dives always properly planned and safety briefings were detailed. He is excellent with taking trip footage too. You get a lot of value from the Deep South trip for 'big stuff' given it is relatively close to Europe. I have dived Egypt many times and do think this is a better option if you don't want to do Far East or Pacific. We saw hammerheads, threshers, whalesharks (2 behind the boat!), mantas, schooling nurse and grey sharks and massive schools of red/black snappers, jacks, surgeon fish and much more. This is not a trip if you want to see colorful corals and smaller stuff (although we did see leaffish nudibranchs and ghost pipefish). Will definitely go again next year.
- Recommended for
- Mantas, whalesharks, threshers
