8.0 Very good
Michael D
United States

Good value, friendly crew, adequate boat.

Though we didn't see too much out of the ordinary (no manta, no whale sharks) there is a lot to see and the visibility was generally quite good. The boat was a tight squeeze with the only common areas being the eating area which is packed tight at meals and the sun deck on top which was less crowded but pretty rudimentary. The boat is not that comfortable but for the money it is a good deal. Not able to go to Richelieu Rock because of sea conditions, but that gave us a nice beach stop and a night dive. Thai crew was great, dive crew was relaxed and friendly. If you want a luxury boat experience this is not it, but if you want a good value live aboard experience for 3 days, it was great.

Recommended for: Diving, food, sun deck.

8.8 Fabulous
Michael K
United States

Great budget option

Diving with healthy schools of fish

Recommended for: Richelieu Rock, Food, Comfortable lounging spaces

8.0 Very good
Akiko P
United States

Very organized.

Richelieu Rocks dives were great.

Recommended for: They feed you well. Good briefings. Helpful staff.

9.6 Exceptional
Natalia C
United States

Exceeded expectations

This was our first liveaboard experience. We didn't know what to expect other than what we read in other people's reviews and we have to say it was great! The instructors were experienced, professional and just wonderful people, the crew were amazing AND we got lucky with the weather and all the other travelers on the boat. I think this trip might be the reason we now have to go diving all the time.

Recommended for: The best three things were the instructors, the crew and the food.

9.6 Exceptional
Christine C
United States

This way such a fun live aboard experience, with great crew on a comfortable boat.

Seeing all the fish and marine life

Recommended for: The dives, the people, the comfortable boat

10 Exceptional
Christopher A
United States

Manta Queen 2 is the best!

Esteban was an excellent trip leader, and he was always entertaining. Our personal dive master Christian was patient, explained things thoroughly, and his laugh was contagious. We loved the whole crew, this was certainly an experience of a lifetime!

Recommended for: The dive masters, the food, and the service.

9.2 Superb
Mark L
Canada

Great return to diving

Trip highlights included having small dive groups and placing people in same experience for the most part. The groups had an instructor and a Dive master trainee. If a person liked their air, they were led to the surface, not shortening the other divers length of dive. As a former dive instructor myself I was part of a group of three divers. A newer diver did join the group after the first dive. She had good skills and great on air so it was a pleasant experience. The dive locations were good offering a vast selection of corals and marine life. Of course finding dive sites in pristine condition is hard to do with the coral bleaching and other factors. Some sites had current but the dive crew did their best to minimize the effort to fight the current. On the boat the Thai staff were very pleasant, cheerful, helpful and efficient in working with guests. The dive crew were able to accommodate the multiple nationals on the boat by speaking many languages. The dive briefs were professional and if the divers listened to the brief the dive went well. Only disappointment was the condition of the Prathong Wreck site - nothing the crew could do anything about. The wreck was now nearly turned upside down, as compared to the previous time the crew dived it. It was said to be at a 90 degree. There was enough cover from the current and a ton of marine life considering the age of the site. Poor planning by the organizers of the artificial reef with the placement in current, and insufficient anchoring. Still worth popping in the water to check it out. Overall a great experience. A great bang for the buck.

Recommended for: Diving, food, and atmosphere.

10 Exceptional
Norbert D
Germany

lets swap money for a dream

Liveaboards are never disappointing, or at least i have not been disappointed so far, but this trip was special. having been on the manta queen 2 was special though. what made it special, lets put down some hard facts. the open- and friendliness of the boat and dive crew is unparalleled in my world so far. the deck hands literally did everything they could to give a hand. from pulling you out of the ocean, to helping you take off your gear (without beeing asked) to simple friendly conversation to sharing their experience of living in Thailand. The rental equipment is very good and comfortable. on the last boat I had been the fins destroyed my feet, but on this boat there wasnt even a scratch of the end of the trip. Plus they offer all kinds of medical supplience to improve your experience, which helps a lot! The dive staff was the most professional i have had so far. The last liveaboard i did headed to the great barrier reef and the training i received there, while beeing sufficient, did not reach half of the level of proficiency in both formal education and simple tipps and tricks to improve your experience. I was actually surprised, how much of a difference it made. the food was great. ranging from normal Thai to a bit of fusion to western food. there were always at least 4-5 choices and everything was prepared with care and caution. even though i ate around 5 times a day, i still lost weight. now lets leave hard facts aside and try to paint you a picture of this trip. There are a few things in life that are solely enjoyable and comforting. things that touch your heart and soul and remind you why you are alive and what makes life worth living. this trip is one of these things. it took my restlessness and gave it a home. i had been lost in Bangkok and its never ending tapastry of opportunity and despair. seeing what there might be and knowing of the boundryless opportunities left me stranded on an island of expectations and indecisiveness. it might sound a bit dramatic but i was a little lost. this trip held infront of my eyes again what i was searching for in life and renewed my self determined purpose. I had not felt like this, for many years and in fact thought i would never feel this way again. out of a simple desire arose purpose. I wanna thank the crew of this ship from the bottom of my heart for giving me that reminder, and even though you, who is reading this, might not be as lost as i was, i am sure you will be able to find what you are looking for here. Sincerely Norbert Ps. we saw a huge manga with at least a 3m span which was amazing

Recommended for: the crew, the dives, the atomosphere

8.0 Very good
Nicolas M
France

Really nice liveaboard

Overall a really nice trip. The crew was really nice, was one of my first dive and I was amazed. We saw huge barracudas and I learned a lot about all types of fishes (part of my training) and imroved my diving a lot. The food was really good and the overall life on the boat very enjoyable. Would recommend to anybody!

Recommended for: dives ambiance food

9.2 Superb
Patrick F
Switzerland

Relaxed Scuba Diving

Great food and very friendly and professional crew!

Recommended for: Diving, Crew, Food

8.8 Fabulous
Basil R
Switzerland

Great diving.. great time

Great crew.. good dive sites.. and excellent food

Recommended for: Friendliness, food, dive guides

8.0 Very good
John H
United Kingdom

Excellent

Diving on Richleau Rock, lots to see, I would have been happy to spend a couple of days there. We were well looked after, the dive guides were excellent and the food was excellent. I will do it again sometime. John

Recommended for: Diving crew food

10 Exceptional
Juan E
China

Awesome underwater, fantastic aboard experience

Richelieu Rock, food, friendly atmosphere, diving instructor Nik.

Recommended for: Number and diversity of dives, crew, diving mates.

10 Exceptional
Dmytro R
Ukraine

Great destination and exceptionally organized team

Lots of diving - 4 times a day for me as a newbie was intense, but manageable. We wormed up at Koh Bon, went to Koh Tachai, Richeliue Rock, and did 2 wreck dives at the end - 11 dives in total. Was impressed by the abundance of life at Richeliue. Surprised by water temperature reaching 29-30°C.

Recommended for: 1. Very efficient and organized boat crew and instructors 2. Wonderful dives 3. Other divers turned to be very interesting people

8.8 Fabulous
Martin C
Hong Kong

No wonder why Richelieu Rock is considered Top 10 in the world!

Richelieu rock was definitely the highlight of our trip. Having dove in various countries around the world, it is no wonder why it is considered the top 10 dive sites in the world. While we didn't see any pelagic animals which we were looking for, the corals were very healthy and were teaming with life. We haven't seen so many fish in one site before, everywhere there were fish, fish, fish, and is considerately more than other dive sites we have been to. The other dive sites of the trip were average. Unfortunately, currents were strong throughout our trip here, probably due to the full moon. But we absolutely enjoyed the trip, the dive guides were very enthusiastic despite our slow to warm up divers group, the food was fantastic. The only thing was that our dining area was quite small when everyone was there during dive briefs and for meals. Highly recommend this trip!

Recommended for: Richelieu Rock, Food, Dive Guides

9.6 Exceptional
Matthew S
Australia

Absolutely recommend

Richelieu Rock was amazing, so beautiful and so many fish and life! Seeing whale sharks was magical. We saw three, and two of them hung around for ages, checking us out!

Recommended for: Dive guides, boat staff, food

10 Exceptional
Filip K
Sweden

Superb boat crew and trip supervisor.

The boat part was great, easily 5+! Richelieu rock, one of the dives was just magical !!!! Great cook, delicious food better than the most that I ate ate restaurants during my on-land trip. Very helpful and friendly deck hands. Excellent trip supervisor/organizer "big Nik" that was efficient but safe and allways funny. Great atmosphere. Our instructor Jessy was great also. This boat is very priceworthy, great budget standard (it's not a luxury yacht if you expect that). Clean. Operator KSA was not as great though. Grumpy unhappy faces because of stress around check-in and after arrival from other employees. Really unsafe transfer to and from pier with driver that was either drunk, didn't have a driver's license or just simply had no regards to safety of the 25 people on board his bus. I never felt unsafe on the boat or 30m under water but I was fearing for my life during the transfer from the pier back to the office after the trip.

Recommended for: Thai boat crew, supervisor Nik and our instructor Jessy.

8.8 Fabulous
I CHUN L
Taiwan

wonderful Liveaboard trip but would be better if there is no big waves

whale shark and lots of fish good dive sites friendly and good service

Recommended for: 1. The crew and dive guides 2. dive sites 3 food and fruits

6.0 Review score
Martin Z
Switzerland

The Boat was small and the cabins very narrow.

Food and the people i have met.

Recommended for: Food and the people i have met.

8.8 Fabulous
SZE CHING W
Hong Kong

awesome with professional staffs

good place for beginners

Recommended for: food, dive guide, clean

9.6 Exceptional
Jill B
United Kingdom

Awesome diving, guiding and instruction

Mantas, mantas and mantas

Recommended for: Dive sites, nitrox and dive timings

9.6 Exceptional
Paulina S
Germany

Absolutely worth the money!

Experiencing an amazing time with great people and the best staff, Diving on Richelieus Rock

Recommended for: People, Sites, Food

8.8 Fabulous
家瑋胡
Taiwan

Wonderful service

relax

Recommended for: food, diving guide and boat service is great

8.8 Fabulous
Tobias K
Switzerland

Awesome divesites, plenty of delicious food and friendly crew.

Richelieu Rock was the best day of the trip.

Recommended for: Food, Dive sites, People

9.2 Superb
Kurt L
Switzerland

Great diving experience

Diving Similans and Richelieu rock is a must see for every diver

Recommended for: Diving was perfect and safe, equipment very good, staff very friendly and always helpful, food was excellent

10 Exceptional
Beth S
United Kingdom

AMAZING!

Amazing liveaboard! Exceeded all expectations. The food was great, surface intervals were long and relaxing and the boat was comfortable. The crew were good and dive groups were small and well managed. Highly recommend!

Recommended for: Food, Crew, Schedule

8.0 Very good
Morgan L
France

First liveabord

Richelieu rock, the crew and the organization.

Recommended for: Diving site, crew, efficiency

8.4 Very good
Georg R
Switzerland

Super Crew, tight boat

Hidden costs, i was almost "forced" to tip the crew. Dive insurance was very expensive, dive watch needed >> this should have been communicated before Charge a service fee instead of tips.

Recommended for: Dives, Food, Guides

9.2 Superb
Chin Wai N
Hong Kong

Nice trip with mq2

All dives All meals All friends meeting on board

Recommended for: Staff, schedule, dive sites

9.6 Exceptional
Guido M
Italy

Awesome dives great crew.

Whale shark in Richelieu rock.

Recommended for: Dives. Crew. Organisation.

8.4 Very good
River H
China

very first experience，very satisfied

my first liveaboard，every one so nice，saw so many small creatures and they are so cute！

Recommended for: made many friends，great food， great guide

8.8 Fabulous
Ronald V
Netherlands

Great experience

Richelieu Rock

Recommended for: The food, Richelieu Rock, friendly staff

8.0 Very good
Kuba K
Poland

Nice trip, great team. Good value for budget trip.

Great divemaster Nico, everything well organised.

Recommended for: Meeting manta ray

9.2 Superb
Sherri F
Australia

Great crew, great boat, great crew

Seeing my first Manta’s was definitely a highlight!! I loved waking up each day in a different location! Esteban, Ethan were fantastic guides. We could have gone a little slower underwater as we have cameras, but we still got plenty of footage!!! P-Tip’s food was phenomenal!!! We were very happy with everything, except the aircon in our cabin, it relied on the cabin next to ours having theirs on too, which they didn’t because they had a window allowing beautiful sea breezes in....

Recommended for: The food, the crew and the boat

8.4 Very good
Daniel C
Australia

Good guide dives and loverly Thai hospitality

We were lucky to see mantas on multiple dives, but have done this trip before and while sea conditions were great, visibility was a lot less then normal and effected the diving and what we could see, Richelieu rock was still amazing, so much going on there, and so much to see, very deserving of it’s reputation, was glad we got to do 3 dives there, but we had mantas at the dome dive site and great schools of baby sardines, the couple of wreck dives you do the last day also had a lot of life and lots to find, again just harder with vis that was available that couldn’t be helped!

Recommended for: Think dive leader and our dive guide did a great job on board, there was some guests on board that didn’t make their jobs very easy but think they did well. Boat was very simple but adequate and what you would expect from a more budget Liveaboard.

8.8 Fabulous
Sacha M
Germany

Highly recommended!

Koh Bon

Recommended for: Mantas, nice Staff & good vibes

8.4 Very good
Stephen S
United Kingdom

Value for money!

Swimming with a black tip reef shark was the high point but every dive was fun.

Recommended for: The crew and diving staff are excellent. Very friendly welcoming and helpful through the whole trip.

8.8 Fabulous
Gregory W
United Kingdom

Fabulous Liveaboard Trip

Well maintained vessel, basic accommodations, but great crew and good food. The dive crew was amazing, as was the crowd of fellow divers! A wonderful way to experience the fabulous Similan Islands. Good value for money.

Recommended for: Dives, crew, fellow guests!

8.0 Very good
Miklos H
Hungary

Intense 3 day long liveaboard

Richelieu rock is amazing. Koh Tachai Dome is also very nice.

Recommended for: Richelieu Rock, Richelieu Rock and Richelieu Rock 😀

7.2 Good
Sofiane H
France

Amazing experience

Manta ray ! Diving spots Crew

Recommended for: Very good vibe and atmosphere on the group, nice people and great diving instructors, boat crew.

10 Exceptional
Ben C
Canada

Incredible Diving

The diving locations were all incredible! The boat and dive staff were very kind and helpful in making it an incredible and memorable diving experience!

Recommended for: Friendly and helpful staff, comfortable accommodations, amazing dive sites

9.6 Exceptional
Yi Yun C
Taiwan

Great experience with excellent staff

The diving spot is amazing, beautiful views with different marine species. The staffs are professional and the staffs are friendly. This is the first liveaboard trip but I think this would be the best trip I ever had.

Recommended for: Diving experience, experienced diving instructor, beautiful diving spot

9.6 Exceptional
Andrea B
Argentina

Great crew and Great experience!

Richelieu rock really rocks! It was such an amazing site!!! The boat was comfortable, the dive masters did a Great Job taking care of us and all the crew were very friendly; especially the cook who really took care of our meals need…

Recommended for: Scuba sites, Master divers and crew

8.0 Very good
Anders R
Sweden

Good diving for a reasonable price

Diving at Richelieu Rock with descent visibility, despite the many divers in water we had a great time there.

Recommended for: Food, dive-deck and dive guides

9.2 Superb
Thibault Q
France

It was just great !

Richelieu point is a amazing dive site, Crew is super friendly, the food was amazing and the boat is just what you need ! I can't wait to repeat this experience !!

Recommended for: Great dive sites, Great Crew, Delicious food !

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