Soleil 2, Maldives
- from $ 194 / day
- 9.3 Superb
- 103 Verified Reviews 103 Verified Reviews
- Free Internet Nitrox available Flexible Booking
Highlights
- Nitrox on board
- WiFi on board
The Soleil 2 is a liveaboard in the Maldives that accommodates 28 guests in 14 air-conditioned cabins with en-suite bathrooms with hot showers. There is an air-conditioned indoor dining area, and on the top deck, the is open-air covered seating for guests who want to dine under the stars. There are air-conditioned saloons and a large sun deck for relaxing in between dives or enjoying the sunset views. The diving takes place from a Dhoni equipped with compressors and dive gear storage to maximize the space on board and keep the liveaboard as quiet as possible.
The Soleil 2 sails through Central, Northern, and Southern Atolls. In the Northern atolls, mantas and whale sharks come to feed on the plankton in Hanifaru Bay. The Northern and Southern atolls are more popular among experienced divers. While diving the deep South route, guests can go on a night dive with whale sharks, manta rays, and nurse sharks. Divers can encounter something special on every dive, from turtles to Napoleon wrasse and reef sharks.
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Included: VAT, Environment Tax, Fuel Surcharge, Port Fees, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Fishing, Land Excursions, Snorkeling Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, Laundry / Pressing Services, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: Gratuities (15 USD per day).
Optional Extras: Hotel Transfer, Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Beach BBQ (5-10 USD per activity), Extra Dives, Nitrox, Nitrox Course, Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses, Snorkel Gear, Massage, Spa, Yoga.
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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, Japanese, 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
Accommodation
Boat Specifications
- Year built November 2015
- Length 40.500m
- Beam 12m
- Cruising speed 12 knots
- Engines 1 Daiwoo 600hp
- Max guests 30
- Number of cabins 15
- Number of bathrooms 15
- Tenders 1 Diving Dhoni
- Fuel capacity 8 tons
- Freshwater maker 8 tons
Boat Navigation and Safety
Soleil 2 Reviews
- 9.3 Superb
- 103 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 9.4
- Crew 8.7
- Food 9.7
- Diving 9.2
- Value 9.3
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Alvaro C
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Spain
Best diving and overall experience
The dive sites chosen by the crew where really great. The crew is formed by Maldivians who are really nice and friendly. The guides really enjoy diving so they really make it good for you on every dive. The food is quite good. In maldives you will see lofs of fish, sharks, turtles and Mantas!!
- Recommended for
- dive sites, dive guides, big
- 7.2 Good
- Laura S
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Singapore
Fantastic trip
Great dives, great and spacious room!
- Recommended for
- Room, diving, staff service
- 10 Exceptional
- Nazif E
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Turkey
Magnificent
Manta parade
- Recommended for
- Comfort,dive sitesi,food
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Rihyeon K
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South Korea
Delightful!
All of the crews were kind and helpful during the trip. The diving guides were also professional. I lost my Gopro at the very first day, however, at the next day one of the guides borrowed me his Gopro for the rest of trip! How kind and considerate the guides are! This boat was launched last year, so the cabin and other facilities are really clean and modern. I couldn't find any larger boat than our 3 story brand new boat. They cleaned our room twice a day and the foods are also delicious. If I try to find any cons, some variation of diving site selection might be more desirable.
- Recommended for
- Friendly and helpful crews, professional guides, brand new cabin and other facilities
- 9.2 Superb
- jose maria P
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Spain
First liveaboard!!! Incredible
I met some marvelous people and I love the dives we had.
- Recommended for
- People, dives,
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Birgit K
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Germany
Spacious Ship - Relaxing Trip - International Crowd
Looking into the eye of the Manta at Moofushi, the grey reef sharks of Miyaru Kandu. and the glass fish of Kudhi Maa Wreck. The moment I came on board I felt comfortable and relaxed on the Soleil 2. The diving was partly challenging, but with a good briefing a great experience!
- Recommended for
- 1. The new and spacious layout of the Soleil 2, 2. The choice of dive spots during the Central Atolls Tour, 3. The relaxed and international athmosphere on board
- 8.4 Very good
- david S
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France
outstanding boat and cruise experience; a more exploring dive approach would have been perfect
the cruise worked like a clockwork, with a shinny new boat and its huge relaxation space to disperse so that we did not feel crowded. the diving cruise general organization is very good, with a well aligned day schedule, the donny ready on time. worked without a glitch. rental material is in excellent status and covers all the needs one might have. one low light though is while many dive are done in current, which is the name of the game in Maldives, the channels dives particularly were limited to reaching the entrance of the channel, somewhat, hook there and watch without exploration. once the bottom time is used up, it is essentially unhook and go up. perfect to take picture of sharks but not my expectation at diving
- Recommended for
- huge living space on the boat; exploring 4 atolls; excellent organization of the diving program
- 9.2 Superb
- Júlio K
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Brazil
Very good
The boat is very comfortable staff and guids very friendly. The dives were fantastic. Perfect
- Recommended for
- The boat. Crew The dives
- 10 Exceptional
- DANA M
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Romania
un unforgetable holiday
I have nothing to suggest , because everything was excellent!
- Recommended for
- we saw a lot of sharks and manta, the staff was very well trained , the boat was excellent
- 7.2 Good
- Nathalie F
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France
Nice live aboard
Night dive diving with the Nurse sharks.
- Recommended for
- Spacious
