Manta Queen 1, Thailand
- from US$ 128 / day
- 8.9 Fabulous
- 29 Verified Reviews 29 Verified Reviews
- Free Internet Nitrox available
The 27m Manta Queen 1 Liveaboard offers 4-night trips to the amazing areas of the Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock for divers and snorkelers between October and May each year. With 4 double, 5 twins and 1 quad cabin, Manta Queen 1 caters to up to 22 guests on board. Each cabin has full air conditioning and comfortable beds. Having undergone a recent renovation, the Manta Queen 1 now offers en-suite cabins for added guest comfort. For relaxation, guests can choose the air-conditioned indoor saloon with flat screen TV and entertainment area or the sun deck with mattresses located on the top deck. All meals are served buffet-style and are freshly prepared by the onboard chef. A variety of snacks and fresh fruits are available in-between dives.
Diving is offered to world-class dive sites, and the experienced dive team of 5 who speak a variety of languages are on hand to help you to get the most out of your 4-night trip. Dive or snorkel with Whale Sharks in Richelieu Rock, swim through huge schools of fish at the Boonsung Wreck and keep an eye out for Reef Sharks at Elephant Head Rock. In between dives take the tender over to the beautiful white-sand beached of the Similan Islands and enjoy the turquoise waters.
The Manta Queen 1 liveaboard is a firm favourite for returning guests. Call us or book online today to reserve your space.
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Included: Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Snorkel Gear, Cabin Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: 7% VAT, Chamber Fees, National Park Fees (1,926 THB per trip), Visas and Fees.
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (250 THB per day), Gratuities, Airport Transfer (300 THB), Hotel Transfer (300 THB), Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Welcome Cocktails, Wine with Dinner, Nitrox (160.50 THB per tank), Nitrox Course (8,025 THB), Private Dive Guide (1,800 THB per trip), Rental Gear (428 THB per day), Scuba Diving Courses (9,095 THB), Beach Towels, Complimentary Toiletries, Deck Towels, Laundry / Pressing Services.
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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, Dutch, Thai, French, Chinese, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Polish, 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
- Length 27m
- Beam 6m
- Cruising speed 8-9 knots
- Engines 2xHino 450HP 10 cylinder
- Max guests 24
- Number of cabins 12
- Number of bathrooms 8
- Tenders 1 x Yamaha 40 HP
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Manta Queen 1 Reviews
- 8.9 Fabulous
- 29 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 8.3
- Crew 9.0
- Food 9.3
- Diving 9.0
- Value 8.9
- 9.2 Superb
- Kerstin L
Sweden
Wonderful liveaboard experience
Richelieu rock with its abundance of marine life. The octopus that let us admire him in full daylight and without hiding in a hole.
- Recommended for
- The variaty of dive sites, the friendly and layed back feeling from all onboard and the lunches and dinners
- 10 Exceptional
- Tzvi S
Israel
A truly memorable experience.
The diving was amazing, especially since I went before high season and so we had most of the sites completely to ourselves. I traveled alone and therefore was thrilled to have ended up with such a great set of people onboard. If we weren’t diving, we were laughing! And last but not least: the crew. I can not put into words how professional and friendly they were.
- Recommended for
- Friendly atmosphere, INSANELY great crew, and diving (duh)
- 3.6 Review score
- Kate B
Australia
Unpleasant trip
There were no highlights. The dive shop had very fake/shallow personalities, they wouldn’t answer any questions clearly, and when ask ‘harder’ questions the answers quickly became defensive. On the trip, the guides treated everyone like school children and were extremely patronizing. Before each dive they would wake everyone up to do a briefing, but would then spend 20 minutes at least bickering between each other about which site to do, and why each opinion was more valid than the other. All of that should have been done before calling all the guests up for each briefing. The whole thing felt so massively unorganized compared to the trip we went on just the week before. There was supposed to be a maximum of four people per dive guide. But on multiple occasions they just randomly put more people in our group without asking us or talking to us about it at all. We didn’t know until we were jumping into the water. Our guide barely talked to us or the group at all, would just swim off underwater even if we were looking at something. The whole thing was so disappointing and I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone.
- Recommended for
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- 9.2 Superb
- Jesse G
United States
Great Trip to the Similans
We got a whale shark! And Richelieu Rock is a must see dive site -- so glad this trip does three dives there.
- Recommended for
- Excellent variety of the dive sites. Packed diving agenda. Surprisingly good food on board.
- 8.4 Very good
- Alexander M
Germany
4d/4n on manta queen 1 in Jan 2019
Our local Thai dive guide tik showed us loads of small stuff (pipefishes, nudis, frogfishes etc.) You would have normally missed due to the amount of glass fishes ;)
- Recommended for
- Spacious boat, good diving, plenty of marine life
- 10 Exceptional
- Mathilde F
France
Amazing trip in the similans
the dive sites are phenomenal
- Recommended for
- Great diving and really good food
- 10 Exceptional
- Connor S
United Kingdom
Absolutely amazing trip
All the staff from the Thai boat boys to the dive staff were friendly, helpful and clearly loved their jobs. The marine life was abundant and breathtaking, especially at the boonsung wreck. The food was plentiful and delicious and I never went hungry
- Recommended for
- Brilliant marine life, amazing staff and excellent food
- 8.0 Very good
- Adam H
- United Kingdom
Budget boat but great value for money trip
Good dives @ Richelieu rock with so much fish life. The water visibility was great (30m) so this made for great diving.
- Recommended for
- Great visibility, richelieu rock, great food
- 8.0 Very good
- Yosef M
- Israel
Good trip
Good dives
- Recommended for
- Food, diving , the crew
- 10 Exceptional
- Pio V
Netherlands
Great introduction to liveaboards
Saw beautiful sea-life and thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience.
- Recommended for
- Good and lots of food, awesome crew and amazing dive sites
- 8.0 Very good
- KIM J
South Korea
Do it now.
staff is highly kindness. and dive points are awesome. but gas smell is pretty bad in cabin. that makes me little headache.
- Recommended for
- Price, Service, Food
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Malin B
- Sweden
Easy and nice diving
We were only 14 divers on a boat for 22 divers which was great! Less people in the water and since there’s is only three toilets on board it was perfect we were this few customers. Good dive guides, good food and staff.
- Recommended for
- Whale shark, good staff, easy diving
- 9.2 Superb
- Jonathan F
- United Kingdom
Excellent Trip
The cabins were very small and basic but my needs are few and the price low so I’d have to say they were adequate. With three shared bathrooms for a full boat there was often a wait but again I wasn’t paying for an en-suite so can’t really complain. The food was excellent and varied. The group I dived with was small and the guide, Tic, very good at directing our attention to creatures of interest without seeming to be too prescriptive. The diving was incredible with many whale sharks at different sites and even a chance to swim with an inquisitive one which visited the boat between dives. Another highlight was seeing mating Zebra sharks. Richelieu Rock in particular was stunning with so much marine life it was hard to know where to look.
- Recommended for
- Whale Sharks, more Whale Sharks & a Manta Ray
- 8.4 Very good
- Daniel W
Canada
Beautiful topside and below the surface!
Huge manta rays and the whale shark! Crew were awesome and friendly. Really well run operation and everything went according to plan and schedule. Food was very well done and the boat crew were a hard working bunch. Very safe and ideal for beginner divers as well as advanced divers.
- Recommended for
- Surin islands, Richelieu Rock and the whale shark!
- 9.2 Superb
- Rudy P
- United Kingdom
Amazing experience!
Spectacular Similan islands and their amazing reefs.
- Recommended for
- Dive sites, dive guides and food served!
- 9.2 Superb
- Daniel N
- Sweden
Well arranged liveaboard with beautiful dive sites
All the dives at Richelieu Rock, beautiful night dive
- Recommended for
- Beautiful dive sites, extraordinary service from the crew, the people onboard
- 8.8 Fabulous
- simon D
- United Kingdom
Superb way to dive the Similans
The boat captain, dive masters and Thai crew were all fantastic. Everyone did their best to accommodate us. The diving is hard to beat. We were amazingly lucky to have a whale shark circling us for over 20 minutes, close enough to touch. Some of the dive sites are breathtaking. We even saw a rare harlequin shrimp. Tik, our Thai dive guide knows the ocean better than i know my hometown. We were truly privileged.
- Recommended for
- Great crew, Fantastic Diving and a Whale Shark
- 10 Exceptional
- Rebecca H
- United States
Incredible Diving Trip
My boyfriend and I had an incredible dive trip. This was our first liveaboard trip and we are only open water certified. We took the deep adventure course during this trip, which I would highly recommend to those who are not advanced open water certified. Our dive guide Colin was awesome. He made us feel safe and comfortable and brought us to see the most interesting things at each dive site. After each dive he did a quick debrief with us about which fish we had seen and helped us identify the fish we didn't know. The dives themselves were incredible, with vibrantly colored coral and tons of fish. We enjoyed clownfish, butterfly fish, morrish idols, triggerfish, an octopus, barracuda, puffer fish, nudibranch, moray eels, a sea turtle, a fleeting manta ray and so much more. Although we did not see a whale shark, we were not at all disappointed with the dives on this trip. I would recommend it to anyone.
- Recommended for
- Tons of colorful fish, friendly and knowledgeable dive guides, comfortable boat with plenty of yummy food
- 9.2 Superb
- Pieter D
Belgium
Great crew leading to great experience
Richelieu rock Boonsung wreck
- Recommended for
- Friendly crew, good dive instructors, great dive sites
