Emperor Orion, Maldives

A very diversify liveaboard experience. We have travellers from almost every continent in the world. It is really glad to talk to them and share the diving experience.

communication, friends, manta

Wonderful and various dive spots Comfortable and cosy boat Lovely dive guides and boat team

Dive spot, boat, crew

We were able to see mantas, whale sharks, a variety of reef sharks, sting rays, eagle rays, soft coral, hard coral and macro life all on one trip The dusk dive with the constant parade sharks and rays was a blast. Dive guide Chris was a joy. You can tell he loves diving, loves the Maldives, loves telling a great story and truly enjoys sharing his dive world with guests. He was always attentive to safety, both of his guests as well as the reef.

Variety of marine life, large comfortable ship, Dive guide Chris

Mantas!

Diving, dive guides, spacious boat

We had a great trip. There was a great group of divers and the boat and dive crew where great. Currents where stronger than expected and sadly no Whale Sharks on this trip :(

Boat crew and dive crew

Seeing the Mantas. Good companionship with the other guests. Nice underwater photo opportunities.

Nice boats, crew was friendly and professional, nice Mantas and night diving

Mantas... Nobulas... sharks... nice weather.. nice bunch of divers

dive masters, doni service, variety of dives

Mantas

Diving, food, the company

night dive For non-divers, you should have a special pricing.

private balcony - room 204 / friendliness/ information-briefing

Barbecue on the beach night dive with nurse sharks and rays chismas night on board

Dive team,upper deck,night shark dive

On the top : great dive sites, very versatile (channel dives, coral reef, pelagic etc.) Then, the great organization of the cruise should be mentioned. Basically guests have nothing to do except enjoying the dives, the boat and the trip. The management of the boat is perfect, the crew is super friendly, not to mention the dive guides who are experienced and extremely nice.

Dives, confort, great organisation

The trip was fantastic. We had an awesome experience on the boat and met some wonderful people among the staff and guests. The dives in general were very good although the current made some tough! The night dives were amazing! 4 of us had what felt like a private manta show while doing the safety stop - went on for about 7 minutes with 2 beautiful Mantas circling the small group. The Private Jacuzzi was well used and created many funny incidents - we'll say no more.......... The staff were incredible. Very helpful and friendly especially that one from Thailand! Very good food - great spuds on the BBQ! Awesome Xmas dinner served. Overall, a great week. Thank you. Eug

Manta Rays and Sharks, The Nurse Sharks on last night dive, The Private Jacuzzi!

Manta dives 4th day

Dives, food, boat facilities

Mantas, mantas, mantas and a lot of sharks!

The boat, the Maldivas, the Crew!

This is our first liveaboard trip, which proves to be a great week of Manta Madness. We've seen mantas almost every day. Also we had impressive night dives with Manta, and lots of Nurse Sharks. And we swam with a lovely Whaleshark!

Convenience, Comfort, and Extraordinary new experience

Alimatha jetty night dive was phenomenal! We saw literally 40-50 nurse sharks!

1.Great dives with good visibility and great dive guides. 2.The crews are friendly and awesome they will take care of u. 3.The boat is spacious and comfortable

Mantas, whale shark, nice visibility, almost no current, 2 athols in 1 week, group of new friends from US to Australia: excellent. Programming the new liveaboard for the next year ;))

Dives, Friends, Professionalism

I saw many sharks, a few manta rays, a whale shark and so many different species of fish. The dive guide that was for my group - named Jackie / from Taiwan - was very professional, friendly and funny. I truly enjoyed having Jackie as my dive guide. Another highlight for me was the Spa Lady - named Alex / from The Philippines - She was very professional. I enjoyed visiting her several times for massages. Her prices are really fair and her massages were so good! The MV Orion was smooth sailing with professional crew and a wonderful Chef who cooked a lot of different types of food which always tasted good.

I saw so many sharks ( I thought there were 100+) on the one of two night dives we did and it made me so happy because that is what I really wanted to see. I very much liked that we had a dhoni boat t

The highlight was diving with mantareys, nurse sharks at night.

The Crew, the diving, the dive sites

Could not have asked for a better experience or a better boat, the staff were super friendly and always available to help. Every dive was great. With the boat being so big it almost feels like you are the only person there.

The diving was great, the staff were super friendly and the food was amazing.

Whale shack and a school of manta rays

Food,Dive site and dive guide

Thank u for the friendly crew!!

Whale sharks n manta. Very friendly crews. Comfortable cabin

Excellent

The diving, the diving and the diving

Excellent

Great marine life, the food and the dive buddies

I had a great week on the MV Orion. Lots of sharks, lots of fun and really conscientious dive guides and crew. The cabins were also very comfortable and spacious. Would most certainly book this liveaboard again.

Exciting channel diving, really comfortable boat, friendly and knowledgeable staff

Loved the 7 day (best of maldives) trip! From day 1, we were impressed by the experienced crew with the schedule, the food, and the overall process. We had a pretty set schedule everyday with 3-4 dives and saw the most amazing marine life (Whale sharks, Manta rays, Guitarfish, and tons of sharks, fish, and turtles)! Moreover, the food is not bad at all with different menu everyday (hard to imagine how the chefs cook the meals for 30 people on a rocky boat)! The boat may be getting a bit older, but overall the service and the experience is amazing! Highly recommend!

1) Very experienced and amzing dive guides 2) Really experienced dhoni captain and boat crew 3) Food and people!

From start to finish the trip was amazing, the diving was amazing with very professional staff. Detailed briefing's before each dive. Looking at the website I had a certain standard in my mind, the boat, staff, food & diving was above my expectations. If I did this again I wouldn't hesitate to choose the Orion Liveaboard.

Very spacious boat, attentive staff & awesome diving

Diving was great. Accommodation especially the air on needs improving

Whale shark, nurse sharks and mantas

The trip was ok. The guides Chris and Aisha were really good.

Whaleshark, nice diving, warm water

it was a wonderfull trip: beautifull ship.spacious cabins,great dive guides and fantastic diving

the best thing about this liveaboard was chris trickey the cruise director and diveguide.his briefings were the best i ever had.we enjoyed them every time again.he is thorough,very funny and critical.

very good

room was big and clean

Excellent. My only negative comment is that the junior suite room had 2 single beds. I'm way past single beds..............

1. the diving 2. the food 3. the boat

It was a pleacent trip , with a great Cabin, the diving is not as good as I thought but was ok

The Personal, the Boat, and the views

overall great until I discovered on the last day that my cash got stolen on the boat (USD200)...

The whale sharks, the mantas and the dive guides

good

staff,food,

Brilliant. Comfy and roomy cabins with great ensuites. Great food and general boat comfort, and really good dive dhoni to get the best out of the sites

Cabins, food and diving experience