Princess Dhonkamana, Maldives

Excellent food and drinks

“The diving was fantastic with guides going above and beyond to choose beautiful and fun routes on the sites. The family style Ital…”

Ryan V, United States United States
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Highlights

  • Flexible itineraries to showcase the best diving depending on season
  • Ample social areas and 3 sun decks
  • Large cabins with canopy beds

Join the MY Princess Dhonkamana yacht for a luxury dive or snorkel trip in the Maldives. Offering week-long itineraries, she caters to 20 guests in 9 comfortable cabins. Guests have the choice of double, twin or triple cabins, each with canopy beds, private bathroom facilities and individually controlled AC units. Spread around the yacht is ample room for rest, relaxation and socialising. There is a large indoor salon and bar where snacks are served in the evening to accompany the aperitif, and the large covered al fresco dining area is where a variety of delicious cuisine and chef-prepared dishes are served. There are also 3 sun decks and terraces with loungers and sofas spread around the boat for further relaxation.

Maldives dive itineraries with the M/Y Princess Dhonkamana explore the Central, Southern and Northern Atolls. The itineraries are flexible and are designed day by day depending on the season and what guests want to see, to be able to offer the best possible diving. Expect to see large pelagic life, lots of sharks, turtles and stunning reefs. The MY Princess Dhonkamana is accompanied by a separate diving dhoni, giving more space on board and making the dive experience much smoother.

To reserve your space aboard the MY Princess Dhonkamana yacht, call us or book online today.

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Included: VAT, Environment Tax, Port Fees, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Beach BBQ, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Fishing, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Snorkeling Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels.

Required Extras: Gratuities (90-128 EUR per trip).

Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (20-30 EUR per week), Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Wine with Dinner, Extra Dives (35 EUR), Nitrox (70 EUR per week), Nitrox Course (200 EUR), Private Dive Guide (500 USD per trip), Rental Gear (175 EUR per week), Scuba Diving Courses (370-850 EUR), Snorkel Gear (25 EUR per week), WiFi internet (20 EUR per week).

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Boat features

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Audio & video entertainment
  • Library
  • Air Conditioned saloon
  • Aircon Cabins
  • Sun Deck
  • Indoor Saloon
  • Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Custom built for diving
  • Charging stations
  • En-Suite bathrooms
  • Paid Internet
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Outside Showers
  • Seaview Cabins
  • Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
  • Naturalist Itineraries
  • Dedicated Local & International Crew
  • Nearly 1:1 Crew-to-Guest Ratio
  • Naturalist Guide
  • Leisure Deck
  • Observation Deck
  • Bar
  • Available for Charter
  • Naturalist Guide
  • Fishing

Food & Drinks

  • Western Food
  • Vegetarian Options
  • Beer available
  • Snacks All Day
  • Vegan Options
  • Wine Available
  • Set Menu Dinner
  • Fine Cuisine
  • Beach BBQ
  • Welcome Cocktails
  • Full-board Option
  • Al Fresco Dining

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

  • DIN Adaptors
  • Nitrox available
  • Rinse Hoses
  • Dive deck
  • Tenders for diving
  • Shaded Diving Area

The crew speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.


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

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Boat Specifications

  • Year built 2008
  • Length 31 meters
  • Beam 10 meters
  • Cruising speed 10 knots
  • Max guests 18
  • Number of cabins 9
  • Number of bathrooms 9
  • Tenders 1 Dhoni and 1 dive tender
  • Water capacity 400 liters per hour

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Princess Dhonkamana Reviews

  • 9.4 Superb
  1. Vessel
    9.1
  2. Crew
    9.3
  3. Food
    9.6
  4. Diving
    9.6
  5. Value
    9.2
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Ryan V
  • United States United States
Perfect liveaboard trip.

The diving was fantastic with guides going above and beyond to choose beautiful and fun routes on the sites. The family style Italian meals were fun and the crew were very helpful for the fishermen on board as well.

Recommended for
Wonderful diving, great Italian food and fishing.
  • 7.2 Good
  • Shahin F
  • United States United States
Good trip except for the end

Great food, Seeing sharks, and massive coral reefs. The other divers were also pleasant people. I do need to mention some downsides though. Our dive guide was not so great. He didn’t have the ability to make our dive group fee like a team and he spent a lot of time critiquing and critiquing dive techniques especially in the morning at breakfast in front of everyone else. don’t expect to enjoy your morning coffee with him. These dive trips aren’t cheap and your dive guide is the person you’ll spend the most time with in the water, so it’s worth really considering how a poor dive guide will influence your overall experience.

Recommended for
Food, fish, coral
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Kelsey W
  • United States United States
Experience of a Lifetime

I’ve been fortunate to experience both the Princess Dhonkamana and Princess Haleema. Both weeks were such a breathtaking experience. The staff and boat crew are simply amazing and do everything possible to ensure all guests are happy and comfortable. The food is wonderful, and the chef takes such pride in making sure every guest has something to enjoy. The diving/snorkeling guides are also incredible and take the time to bring the guests to the most beautiful sites to see an array of fish, mantas, turtles, and sharks. I can’t recommend these boats highly enough, and I will keep going back!

Recommended for
Diving/snorkel guides, amazing food, swimming with Manta rays
  • 7.6 Good
  • Matilde S
  • United States United States
Snorkeling in the Maldives is a wonderful experience!

Snorkeling was the best! Although no one informed or tried to create awareness about the health of the reefs we visited. There should be more information about this as all but one reef we visited was healthy. After 16 snorkeling locations no one informed us at all. After asking we received different information as to why the reefs were dead from crew and cruise leaders.

Recommended for
1. Visiting and swimming on sandy islands. 2. Snorkeling. 3. Views from the roof top of the boat. Sunsets were beautiful!
  • 8.4 Very good
  • Daniel B
  • United States United States
Great trip

Tiger shark dive. Whale sharks coming to the boat at night and the mantas

Recommended for
Big cabin, great staff and amazing diving
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Bea G
  • Switzerland Switzerland
perfect dive boad offers everything you need

great dive spots and amazing food

Recommended for
friendly and helpfull team, great dive spots, amazing food
  • 8.0 Very good
  • LAN W
  • China China
Amazing diving experience for our holiday.

You will definitely enjoy your diving experience to see whale sharks, manta, nurse sharks, white tip sharks, tremendous fish groups, and other sea creatures.

Recommended for
So excited to see big things; friendly and professional staffs; nice Italian food.
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Nicolas D
  • Switzerland Switzerland
Beautiful boat with incredible dives and wonderfull crew and dive guide

everything was equally beautiful and nice

Recommended for
dives, island excursions, cabin
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Pat H
  • Germany Germany
Dream trip of life time

First: The boat is very beautiful, I have been on many Liveaboard and this one for the first time makes me feel really HOME. The wooden bed is in a twin cabin and I do feel super private in my own bed with a real mattress. Hot warm water for a shower after dive, a refrigerator that works very well in my cabin. A/C is work prefect also in the cabin. Second: The Food is just amazing every meal as we have three courses..starter main and dessert or fresh fruits. The food on this boat is truly excellent. Third: The Dive ..all I can say is just Wow ! our week is under the best weather in the Maldives, zero rain, best visibility underwater. I have seen the best version of diving in the Maldives on this trip I will forever remember manta madness hovering above my head at the cleaning station .. Sharks, baby sharks.. turtles .. countless blue line snappers, whale sharks, 20+ eagle rays at once schooling playing with the current. Giant moray eels of all kinds and giant sting rays etc. Forth: The Crews are the best all of them Team. Start from pick up and drop off, on the boat or during the dives. I can't thanks them the Team enough for offering me best experience of diving in Maldives. Thank you so much.

Recommended for
Food , Boat , Diving with 5 Mantas at once , Whale Sharks , Sharks and more
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Pat H
  • Germany Germany
Best Diving of Maldives

I love the dives, on this trip, I gained more extra experience in diving. We have seen a massive group of Gray Reef Sharks at the channel dive, which is for me a mega highlight. Mantas at cleaning station ..Mantas again at night just at the back side of the boat .. Alimatha Nurse Sharks at night dive. 2 Octopuses in one dive, 2 Hawkbill Turtles in the same area. Our boat is always alone and never mixes with another liveaboard boat. We have every time all dive sites for ourselves. This boat is really know when and where to go because we have exactly see many things underwater in the right time , right place.

Recommended for
Boat .. Food .. Diving with Sharks , Mantas Madness , Eagle Rays and Giant Sting Rays