Galatea Liveaboard, Seychelles

Excellent food and drinks

“This was an amazing trip! Probably as close to a perfect trip as you can get. It was quite expensive, but it was easily worth ev…”

Nicole S, United States United States
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Highlights

  • Intimate experience with up to 10 passengers
  • Superior five-star service and accommodations
  • Gourmet meals

M/V Galatea is a spacious, 30m luxury schooner scheduling year-round diving cruises in the Seychelles archipelago. Galatea Seychelles departs from Mahé and sails to the best dive sites, including Praslin, La Digue, Curieuse, Little Sister, and Grand Sister. Scuba divers aboard Galatea will receive personal attention from a knowledgeable and passionate dive staff.

The Galatea aims to provide guests with a one-in-a-lifetime diving holiday. Superior five-star service and luxury accommodations make MV Galatea one of the top liveaboards in the Seychelles. Galatea offers guests 6 double cabins and 1 master suite, each equipped with air conditioning and an en-suite bathroom. The vessel and staff can accommodate up to 10 passengers for an intimate, personal experience. Galatea Seychelles prides itself on providing guests with a luxury liveaboard experience.

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Included: VAT, Port Fees, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Diving Package, Fishing, Kayaks, Stand Up Paddleboard, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels.

Required Extras: Environment Tax (7 EUR per day).

Optional Extras: National Park Fees, Visas and Fees, Airport Transfer, Hotel Transfer, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Rental Gear, Land Excursions.

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Boat features

  • Camera Station
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Aircon Cabins
  • Sun Deck
  • Indoor Saloon
  • Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
  • Warm Water Showers
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Custom built for diving
  • En-Suite bathrooms
  • Non-Smoking Rooms
  • Seaview Cabins
  • Kayaks On-Board
  • Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
  • Dedicated Local & International Crew
  • Bar
  • BBQ Area
  • Available for Charter
  • Stand Up Paddleboard
  • Fishing

Food & Drinks

  • Local Food
  • Vegetarian Options
  • Buffet style
  • Beer available
  • Vegan Options
  • Fine Wines Selection
  • Wine Available
  • Fine Cuisine
  • 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
  • Tech diving
  • Rebreather Support
  • Dive deck
  • Sidemount Diving

The crew speaks English and French.


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

#deckplan floorplan

Boat Specifications

  • Year built 1987
  • Year renovated 2013
  • Length 30 meters
  • Beam 6.2 meters
  • Top speed 12 knots
  • Cruising speed 10 knots
  • Engines Caterpillar 335HP
  • Max guests 10
  • Number of cabins 5
  • Number of bathrooms 5
  • Tenders 1 x 7m diving boat and 1 x dinghy
  • Water capacity 14000 liters
  • Fuel capacity 9000 liters
  • Freshwater maker 250 liters/hour

Boat Navigation and Safety

  • Radar
  • Depth Sounder
  • GPS
  • Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
  • Emergency Rafts
  • Life Vests
  • Fire Alarm & Fire Extinguishers
  • Oxygen
  • First Aid Kits

Galatea Reviews

  • 9.0 Superb
  1. Vessel
    9.3
  2. Crew
    9.3
  3. Food
    9.8
  4. Diving
    8.2
  5. Value
    8.5
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Nicole S
  • United States United States
Best vacation ever!

This was an amazing trip! Probably as close to a perfect trip as you can get. It was quite expensive, but it was easily worth every single penny. The crew was absolutely fantastic and the accommodations on board were wonderful. The diving was beautiful and the dive instructor was very personable and knowledgeable. The food was amazing! It was mostly seafood, which I usually don't care for, but the chef made it so delicious that I enjoyed every bit of it! There really wasn't anything I would have changed about the trip except to make it longer!

Recommended for
The crew, the diving and the food.
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Rick E
  • Germany Germany
One week relaxing with lot of rain, diving without corals but interesting rocks and fishes

L´Iliot, Beau Vallon (divespot), blue water, rock island, nice fishes. Surving all my faults. Breakfast, lunch, dinner!!! Great crew of the boat and the diving staff. impressive granit rock formations.

Recommended for
Food, crew, cabins and people
  • 9.2 Superb
  • Iris D
  • Switzerland Switzerland
Beautiful boat and a great crew

- the beautiful boat - the cool crew - the program itself (diving but also excurtions to the islands)

Recommended for
boat, crew and the program
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Catherine K
  • Luxembourg Luxembourg
Amazing!

Excellent trip, the dives were super, we saw a lot of sharks, rays and turtles, the food was amazing, and the crew very accommodating. Cabins are also great. Would definitely do it again!

Recommended for
The sealife, the food, the crew
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Jonas E
  • Sweden Sweden
A wonderfull boat and crew in a fantastic nature

Swimming with whale sharkes

Recommended for
The biodeversity on the divesites, the beutifull arcipelago and the life onbord Galatea
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Kal G
  • Israel Israel
Fantastic

Some of the dives were spectacular The crew were extremely helpful The cabin was spacious The food was excellent and very aesthetically presented (if you're allowed to recommend hotel then the Eden Blue is very convenient for those who spend 1-2 nights prior to embarkation since it is situated 7min from the dock where Galatea is anchored & electrical buggy can be arranged to carry the diving equipment)

Recommended for
Comfort, Crew, Food
  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Wannaporn D
  • Thailand Thailand
Amazing once-in-a-life-time experience

- Incredible food with a lot of varieties - Very warm welcomed and friendly staff - Beautiful dive sites, beach, and scenery along the cruise

Recommended for
Meals | Friendly staff | Scenery along the cruise
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Mellita I
  • Australia Australia
Amazing

Visiting the islands of the Seychelles above the water as well as under the water. The crew/staff and our fellow passengers made the trip very special.

Recommended for
staff, activities, food
  • 8.4 Very good
  • Romualdas P
  • Lithuania Lithuania
Perfect place for first time safari divers

Trip is expectionaly beautiful for nature above water. Though it is very dull underwater compared for other worldwide diving places. It is very safe for begginer divers, because of shalow water (deepest place we’ve been was maybe 20m). Not a lot of rare fish, so for first timers it is good not to be distracted too much for anything awsome. Overall nice relaxing dives, boat and crew are fabulous.

Recommended for
Beatiful view of nature
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Bruna G
  • Brazil Brazil
Amazing week

Dive site at Marianne, giant tortoises at Curieuse, sunsets, kayaking at Mahé Marine Park.

Recommended for
Comfort of the boat, friendly crew and beautiful landscapes