9.6 Exceptional
sebastian S
United States

Sensational

Shahid (fish man of the Maldives) and his crew provided a magnificent diving experience. I have been diving for 35 years and have not ever experienced some of the dives we had on this trip. Whale sharks, night dives with manta rays and a whole school of nurse sharks were just a few of the highlights. Food and crew were magnificent also Shahid has the magic touch and you will not be disappointed on whatever itinerary he takes you on

Recommended for: Crew, food, dive experiences

10 Exceptional
Elisabeth A
Norway

A wonderful family diving trip to warm and friendly Maldives where we saw a whale shark, many reef sharks, Manta rays, stingrays, turtles and other fish.

Very good dive trip with friendly and dedicated boss: Shahid, staff and DMs, who did their best to give us the maximum diving experience. Seeing the whale shark, the dancing Mantas, the sting rays and the guitar shark was amazing. The staff even dived down to try to find a diving computer which avcidentally fell in the water after 3 dives. The food was also very good and we appreciated the evening banquet on the island.

Recommended for: Much space on the boat, friendly staff, good food

8.4 Very good
Joanna W
Canada

Very good week, with room for some improvements

We had a great time on Soleil 2 diving the classic route. The highlights were the manta dives and the nurse shark night dive. Boat was very clean and lots of space to spread out. However the food could be better, it was lukewarm/cold most of the time and a bit bland. Crew was friendly but not proactive in helping, and some did not speak much English. It is a great boat value-wise but if we come back we would pay a bit more for a boat with better food/higher service. That said we still really enjoyed our trip.

Recommended for: Great dive guide, comfy boat, top notch diving

9.6 Exceptional
Ngung Chia S
Singapore

Spacious cabins, Crazy night dives, Excellent value for money

Spacious boat - large relaxation areas, very large cabin (2 King Size Bed, bar fridge, large toilet). Experience guides that able to help guests handle very strong currents. Excellent dive sites - lots of sharks, fishes, turtles, octopus, whalesharks, etc. Owner always on boat to ensure everything OK. Very generous operator - allowed check out at 11 am, 3 pm and even 7 pm; provide meals even on check out day. Lots of food for the Christmas party (but limited quantity during other days) and crews put up an excellent local culture show. Must really experience this LOB - best I had so far. Will return

Recommended for: Spacious Cabins, Services, Dive Sites

10 Exceptional
Wendy-Anne M
Australia

A Christmas to remember!

Did someone say manta? Seriously, it was a fabulous trip. It's not peak season and we didn't pay peak prices so we were hopeful but not expectant. The boat was big and comfy, and the crew (guides, chefs, dive boat crew ... all of them) were wonderful. Christmas dinner was spectacular and heaps of silly fun. The diving was better than expected given the season. The crew clearly know what they're doing and how to give their guests the best possible trip. Heaps of manta, sting and eagle rays, heaps of reef and nurse shark, a guitar shark, a whale shark and many other smaller but equally cool things. Thanks for an awesome trip guys... Might have to come back when the hammerheads are in town.

Recommended for: Mantas, mantas and all the other stuff

7.6 Good
Benjamin K
Germany

Best local dive guides in the Maldives

Kandooma Thila with lots of sharks and eagle rays, guitar shark at fish tank, hunting sharks as Rasdhoo and all other chosen dive sites, our dive guide Faaya (hope the spelling is correct)

Recommended for: Very involved and passionate dive guides (Faaya, Shafee, Aslam), excellent dhoni crew, very customer oriented diving

10 Exceptional
Bart V
Belgium

Best Liveaboard ever!!!

Everything!

Recommended for: Great dives, great food and motivated super friendly crew!

8.4 Very good
Alberto C
Spain

The Soleil 2 experience was really good

We were bad lucky with wheather at the begining of our trip, nevertheless the diving was nice and plenty of marine life. The crew was really nice and helpful. Our dive guide was serious and very strict regarding the dive time. We had the feeling that we were always in a hurry. Sadly we can't dinner in a desert island, I suppose by bad weather, but they gave us the opportunity to visit a local island for an hour walk. Regarding the boat we have to say that is one of the bigest boat that we ever stay, the cabins are enormous and well decorated. The boat has great leisure zones and is equiped with jacuzzi. They also have an incredible and useful towel service. The meals were really good and even the crew used to fish so we can enjoy good fresh fish. Gianni, one of the crew staff members was really nice with us, and even made an underwater video of the trip for free for all of us. Hanna the japanese guide was also really helpful with us. The Soleil 2 experience has been really nice and we hope to visit them again soon

Recommended for: Liveaboard installations and services & meals & friendliness

10 Exceptional
dorne C
United States

Great boat, fantastic crew, attentive and caring, plenty of good food

The night dive with manta rays, island bbq, whale sharks, giant manta rays, numerous grey sharks, and the amazing crew. The owner Saiad was on-board and available all day. He worked hard to find whale sharks, and he did! He is friendly, mingled with everyone and enjoys he enjoys making sure we all had a great trip. The group I was with from around the world [Australia,England, Spain and France] bonded immediately. Fresh water snacks available all day. Rooms cleaned each day. Comfortable air con dining room. Thanks Saiad for making this a FANTASTIC experience for my first live-aboard!

Recommended for: crew, room and boat

10 Exceptional
Juan José P
Spain

Excellent

Everything was excellent. The boat so comfortable, the service very friendly and the best dives in my life.

Recommended for: Boat, service, dives

10 Exceptional
Verona C
Australia

Fantastic boat, crew and service. Loved it! Will be back next year

Mantas, sharks and rays. Great visibility

Recommended for: The friendly crew and guides

9.2 Superb
David G
Australia

A great weeks diving

The night manta dive was just extraordinary

Recommended for: Dive sites , crew , marine life

9.6 Exceptional
cecil D
South Africa

Awesome experience a complete package

Diving with a whale shark, sharks and with the manta rays. Each dive site was very special to me but more importantly was the dive guides knowledge on what to find where.

Recommended for: Diving, the crew assising our divers and the dive guides knowledge in all dive sites

9.6 Exceptional
Jacques M
South Africa

The best liva

The owner of the vessel (Shahid) joined us on the boat, what a wonderful, friendly and kind man! We saw Whale shark, Manta rays, Frog fish, Turtles, Eagle rays, Night dives with sharks and so much more! I will most definitely go back to Soleil 2, as a matter of fact we're going next year again... This was truly an experience and time I will treasure for the rest of my life! Thank you so much Shahid and the Soleil 2 team! We'll see you next year.

Recommended for: The best live aboard I've been on so far! They exceeded my expectations by far!!!

10 Exceptional
Dagmar E
Germany

An unforgetable, awesome trip !!!

I just spend a wonderful week on Soleil 2. Everyone on board did their best to make this trip a memorable one. The dive guides took their time to explain the various dive sides and showed us everything they saw under water - except for the hammerhead sharks who hadn't appearded in the blue! The food was delicious , the cabin very spacious and clean. Thank you very much for this experience! Dagmar

Recommended for: Everything was just perfect: the comfort, the diving , the food!

9.6 Exceptional
Alvaro C
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

10 Exceptional
Yurika S
Japan

Awesome one week!

We saw many sharks and mantas. Couldn’t find the wheal shark but I really appreciated the staffs effort! All staff and crew are friendly, nice, and very hard working! Highly recommended this trip on Soleil 2!!

Recommended for: Nice Diving, clean cabin, friendly staff

9.6 Exceptional
Matthew S
Singapore

Excellent diving with friendly guides and crew

We were lucky to see most of the large marine creatures that Maldives has to offer - whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins, stingrays, nurse sharks, white tip sharks, and grey reef sharks, all in a space of 6 days of diving. Our guides Aslam, Faya, Kiko and Kimi were very knowledgeable of the sites and the sea conditions, hence greatly increasing our chances of sighting these creatures. We will be back again.

Recommended for: Varied and numerous dive sites, large and clean room, awesome staff

7.2 Good
Laura S
Singapore

Fantastic trip

Great dives, great and spacious room!

Recommended for: Room, diving, staff service

8.4 Very good
Amelie F
France

Simply splendid !

Each and every one of our dives !!

Recommended for: Crew, rooms and continuous sea surrounding

9.6 Exceptional
Frank M
United States

Great Value

This is a very large dive boat with lots of deck room to spread out on. I think getting a balcony room was worth it. Great dive guides and lots of marine life! No whale sharks on this trip, but tons of mantas and sharks. Some of the best diving of my life!

Recommended for: Big boat, Great guides, Amazing diving

9.6 Exceptional
Philip G
United Kingdom

Fantastic Diving, Boat & Crew

Manta Rays on many dives, including a night dive Sharks, White Tip & Grey reef shark and Nurse Sharks Sting rays, Eagle Rays. Snorkelling with Whale Shark. Soleil 2 is a large, spacious and very well equipped boat Crew & Guides were very friendly, helpful & knowledgeable Food and service was superb.

Recommended for: Large spacious Cabin, Fantastic Diving, Good Guides

10 Exceptional
James D
Canada

Fabulous week of diving

Whale sharks! Manta rays and sharks were in such abundance that it became almost common place to see them. So much variety and colour in fish life that it was a truly wonderful experience.

Recommended for: Dive guides were extremely well organized and professional, great group of divers, very nice accommodations

8.4 Very good
Mona S
Denmark

Big liveabboard mainly French guests

I am a snorkeler w perforated eardrum, so I only go on liveaboards to snorkel and this was the first one where there were no guide with me in the water during the whole trip. Which is both a great experience but also you feel like you need somebody that knows the reef/current etc to have with you and it is a pain in the butt to hold a "safety boat"/ring with you instead of you being able to swim freely. But did see great marinelife as always, and that is why I always come back to MAldives. Food was one of the best I have experienced out 4 liveaboards while in Maldives they serve FRESH juice in the morning as one of the only boats in same price level. Sometimes seafood large shrimps and calimari etc and variated dinners and breakfast and most of the time RIPE fresh fruit for dessert. Would like to have had the local tuna/coconut option everyday for breakfast but we only had it once - a pitty when we are in MAldives. Great with the balcony rooms really nice to relax when you want to get away, because it it such a big boat 30 people can be a bit overwhelming. And as it is a French company expect a lot of French that don't speak English so they keep to them selves. Crew is very polite but dhoni crew does not speak English so when you don't have a guide nor crew that speaks English it can be a bit challenging.

Recommended for: Spacy room w balcony, Politeness of crew, Food option

8.8 Fabulous
Vikki L
United Kingdom

Great trip

The diving was spectacular and the boat was really nice, spacious and comfortable. The crew were friendly and helpful and the chef provided good vegan food that was very tasty.

Recommended for: Manta Rays, whale shark and spacious boat

9.6 Exceptional
JING Z
China

Excellent for my first liveaboard experience with Solei II

This is my first liveaboard experience, I'm so happy to be with Soleil II in Maldives. The cabin is very spacious with great facilities. and all the crew members are very friendly, they helped me to setup diving equipment before each diving. My diving guide Yoann is also a lovely guy, he's very professional and made me a safe and great diving experience in Maldives. Thanks Soleil II!

Recommended for: Spacious cabin, Friendly crew members, Professional diving guide

9.6 Exceptional
Gabriel O
Sweden

I would go again!

Several dives with multiple manta rays!

Recommended for: Great dive spots, fantastic ship with high comfort, great crew and staff

9.2 Superb
Cassandra H
Singapore

Awesome!

The dive guides on Soleil 2 were really fantastic! Their enthusiasm and love for diving is evident, and certainly helps to keep spirits up, even in bad weather/ strong currents. Because of their passion, we surely did look forward to each and every dive. They even searched really hard for the whale shark because it was one of the things we were looking forward to. (and yes, we did find one!) They are also very friendly and made us feel very welcomed. The boat is awesome- very new, clean and spacious. I especially love the diving dhoni. Lots of space for gearing up! It's great value for money, and look forward to diving with Dune again. Thanks Lucile, Yoann and Fathu for this wonderful experience!

Recommended for: Dive guides, Marine Life, Comfortable accomodations

10 Exceptional
Nazif Cengiz E
Turkey

Magnificent

Manta parade

Recommended for: Comfort,dive sitesi,food

10 Exceptional
Elena S
Russia

The best trip

A lot of interesting creatures for making photos

Recommended for: Interesting sites, comfort, experienced guide

8.8 Fabulous
Rihyeon K
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

8.8 Fabulous
shaun M
South Africa

Very nice trip with comfortable rooms, big boat and lots of space.

Very good diving. See lots of sharks...

Recommended for: Scenery, diving and room

9.2 Superb
JOSE MARIA P
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
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

10 Exceptional
Nan W
China

An amazing trip！

Those incredible sea creatures

Recommended for: Accommodations beyond expectation, excellent service, professional guide.

9.2 Superb
Thomas Roy L
United Kingdom

Great diving Good company Great crew what more could you want

Sharks swimming against a strong current effortlessly. Watching a number of octopus. The canning factory dive.

Recommended for: Sharks Octopus and the ease of transferring to and from then dhoni

8.4 Very good
david S
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
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
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

9.2 Superb
Julie C
United Kingdom

excellent diving, crew and boat, could cater better for vegetarians

night dive with sharks

Recommended for: great diving - informative local dfive guide fathu knowledge amaszing

9.6 Exceptional
TAN K
Malaysia

EXCELLENT!!

GREAT!!VALUE FOR MONEY

Recommended for: VALUE FOR MONEY, CABIN COMFORT & CREW SERVICES

7.2 Good
Nathalie F
France

Nice live aboard

Night dive diving with the Nurse sharks.

Recommended for: Spacious

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