Manta Queen 5, Thailand
- from $ 145 / day
- 8.7 Fabulous
- 41 Verified Reviews 41 Verified Reviews
- Free Internet Nitrox available Flexible Booking
Join the Manta Queen 5 as she explores the popular dive areas in the South Andaman Sea area for 3-4 night trips departing every week between October and May. The 23m Manta Queen 5 caters to 20 guests in 10 twin bunk cabins with air conditioning and 3 shared bathrooms. Guests can relax between diving and snorkeling in the open-air dining area or enjoy the stunning views from the roof-top sun deck. All meals are included and are served buffet style, cooked fresh by the onboard chef. Snacks and fruit are available between dives, and drinking water, tea, and coffee are available throughout the day. Five dive staff and six boat crew are on hand to help the trip run smoothly.
Divers can enjoy the underwater beauty of the South Andaman dive sites such as Koh Haa, Phi Phi, and the King Cruiser Wreck. With a large variety of marine life, including Black Tip Reef and Leopard sharks, divers will enjoy the diversity in this area. Nitrox is available onboard for those certified.
Departing from Phuket on a 3 or 4-night trip aboard Manta Queen 5 is the perfect way to experience this area of Thailand in just a few days.
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Included: Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Snorkel Gear, Snorkeling Guide, Cabin Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: 7% VAT, National Park Fees (240-2,300 THB per trip).
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (800 THB per trip), Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Extra Dives, Nitrox, Nitrox Course, Private Dive Guide (1,800 THB per day), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses.
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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, German, Spanish, 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
Boat Specifications
- Length 23m
- Beam 5m
- Top speed 8-9knots
- Engines 2xHino 450HP 10 cylinder
- Max guests 20
- Number of cabins 10
- Number of bathrooms 3
Boat Navigation and Safety
Manta Queen 5 Reviews
- 8.7 Fabulous
- 41 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 7.4
- Crew 8.7
- Food 9.3
- Diving 9.2
- Value 8.7
- 8.0 Very good
- Nathalie A
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United States
Memorable first liveaboard experience diving in the Similan Islands
In this diving trip I was able to get Advanced Open Water and Nitrox and take advantage of these certifications and use it towards the dives. The diving instructor, Noon, was very friendly and was around to answer questions about the things we were learning. The boat crew was very helpful always being on time with the meals and also helping us put on our diving gear every time. The cabins were simple but bed was clean and the size was appropriate. I would recommend this diving team and the Manta 5 for all my friends. The Similans were beautiful to explore in the beach and under!
- Recommended for
- Friendly and knowledgeable diving crew, very well organized schedule for dives, boat and food were very good
- 9.2 Superb
- Ralph H
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United States
Great Snorkeling
They were helpful in pointing out the best areas to go snorkeling. Although the main focus is on diving, the trip was very snorkeling friendly as advertised.
- Recommended for
- The staff was very accommodating during the trip.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Anibal R
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United States
The trip was much better than my expectations.
The highlights included getting my advance certification with an awesome instructor, meeti g people from all around the world and perfecting my diving skills
- Recommended for
- Instructors, staff and dives
- 9.2 Superb
- Kellen J
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United States
Wonderful budget liveaboard.
Everyone was very friendly, was able to make friends from around the world. Dive staff was knowledgeable and helpful, saw many cool species. Food was excellent mostly Thai cuisine. Can’t wait to go again!
- Recommended for
- Dive and boat staff, food, diving.
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Nuno P
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Portugal
Really professional and nice crew!
Diving on the similians and the life on board.
- Recommended for
- The similian islands are incredible, and life on board was really relaxed and peaceful. 5*
- 8.0 Very good
- Hung Yi L
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Taiwan
Inexpensive but experience more
It's a unforgettable diving trip. Ever crews showed their friendliness and professional skill. Dive sites were pretty awesome and the beach would make you fall in love with. The 3 days trip was easy to join for any kind of divers.
- Recommended for
- Cost, diving performance, crew service
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Xiangting H
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Singapore
Wonderful Experience!
The overall experience was really welcoming and fun! Crew from Manta Queen 5 and Khao Lak Scuba Adventure were really awesome and took really good care of us!
- Recommended for
- Dive Guide! Boat Crew! Everything!
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Eunbi S
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South Korea
Amazing experience with friendly instructors and crews
Good food, good people and great sceneries & diving sites. It was just an amazing experience. But as a person from non-tip country, I prefer when the total price that I pay before the trip is inclusive of all the tips.
- Recommended for
- Diving sites, Food, Fun
- 8.0 Very good
- Matthew C
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Australia
Amazing diving with excellent staff and crew
Seeing a shark, turtle and a 1.7m barracuda within 5 minutes of a dive
- Recommended for
- Good company, great staff amazing diving
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Lukasz J
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Poland
Similan 3 days trip
Similan Islands dives,plenty fish,seen a wcale Sharm in koh bon island,really nice trip,good value for money, 4 dives a day,divesites around 30 metres deep,great food onboard after each dive,recommend KSA as your diving operator
- Recommended for
- Punctuality,food,nucę people
- 8.0 Very good
- SANG BEOM P
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South Korea
Happiness
Meet Ghost Pipe Fish
- Recommended for
- Low cost, various diving points, romantic
- 8.4 Very good
- mohamed N
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Egypt
Was amazing relaxing and exiting 3days
Alot really , I hoped that I did 5/6 days not 3 only.
- Recommended for
- Great safety , organization, and helpful, friendly.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Cyril T
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France
Amazing cruise with a friendly staff 👍
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- Recommended for
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- 8.4 Very good
- Kevin Z
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Canada
Overall, great experience!
Diving the Similan Islands was amazing! Great dive sights, lots of species we hadn't yet seen, our dive guide Noon was fabulous!
- Recommended for
- The dive locations were fantastic, the food was delicious, the boat boys and cooks were amazing!
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Andrzej O
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Poland
a great adventure
This is not my first safari but one of the best. great crew. great diving.
- Recommended for
- What were the best 3 things about this liveaboard trip? a lot of good food. great crew. good dive places.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Enrique N
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Mauritania
Great trip
Very beautiful bottom of the ocean. Lots of life. Very friendly people and staff.
- Recommended for
- The dive masters and the crew
- 9.6 Exceptional
- shara F
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Spain
Fantastic
Everything was really well organized all the daily itineraries were followed carefully and we received what we were promised a fun trip with great people and enjoying the beautiful islands and their awesome dive sites. I will repeat for sure :-)
- Recommended for
- Well organized, great crew and amazing diving sites
- 8.4 Very good
- TOM G
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United Kingdom
good, well organised budget liveaboard
The pre-breakfast dive at Elephant Head Rock was superlative and particularly memorable. This was an excellent liveaboard trip - my fourth at the Similans - and good value for including 11 dives over 3 days/3nights. The food was plentiful and good, with tasty snacks continually appearing outside of meal times. The boat boys were efficient - and necessary - in safely getting us in and out of the water. Dive staff/instructors were friendly, organised and professional. Kh. Noon was a great and lovely group leader. The boat was perhaps not big enough to comfortably host 22 guests but the space was well managed and it is only this packing efficiency that allows such a reasonable tour price of course...
- Recommended for
- jolly dive staff, good boat crew, amazing underwater boulder scenery
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Lars L
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Denmark
Super nice diving adventure
Stonefish, meeting new friends
- Recommended for
- Food, atmosphere
- 9.2 Superb
- Michael B
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Australia
Superb trip in the Andaman Seas
Seeing some amazing little stuff, like ghost pipe fish and juvenile fish. The diversity was wild!
- Recommended for
- The food was incredible, the dive masters were knowledgeable, really nice dive sites
- 9.2 Superb
- Keita R
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Australia
So much fun!
Night dive! Wreck dive! Him luang Sea snake, turtles, cuttlefish, barracda, morays but no mantas or whale sharks sadly :(
- Recommended for
- Great guides and crew, great diving, great food
- 10 Exceptional
- Luciano C
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Brazil
Incredible! Highly recommended
Great diving experience with really nice diving and crew staff at amazing locations
- Recommended for
- Staff, diving spots and boat crew
- 9.2 Superb
- james E
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Chile
Fenomenal
Disfrutar con mi familia señora e hijas de un buceo excepcional
- Recommended for
- La calidad del buceo ( fauna y claridad agua ) , el itinetario. La tripulacion
- 4.0 Review score
- TSAI W
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Taiwan
All good
All good ! I will strongly recommend MQ5 to friends of mine for Similan boat diving. 都很好！我将热烈推荐MQ5的斯米兰船潜给友人。
- Recommended for
- Buddy, dive master, diving point
- 6.4 Review score
- youngsuk J
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South Korea
1day 5dive
1day 5dive is so hard. Full moon so strong current. Every day every dive strong current... Short dive 40~45min. (I left 100bar)
- Recommended for
- Cabin people rental gear
- 6.0 Review score
- Charles L
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Canada
J’espérais plus de confort!
Impossible de dormir dans la chambre allouée (8), beaucoup trop bruyantes. Pas de place pour s’assoir avec dossier.
- Recommended for
- L’equipage courtois et serviable
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Ron L
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Germany
Great diving and a great atmosphere
Bumping into 3 guitarfish just lying next to us. Seeing a huge marble ray glide past us. Encountering two octopuses and seven cuttlefish. Seeing three sharks on one dive. Eating the green curry sauce every day. Meeting nice people from all over the world.
- Recommended for
- 1 My group's dive guide, Xavier, was the perfect combination of professionalism and fun. He also managed to find the smallest sea creatures in conditions of extremely poor visibility. 2 We visited some great diving sites and saw lots of fantastic creatures. 3 The atmosphere on board, among the guests and crew, was always jovial.
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Karol G
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Poland
Great staff, both diving and thai. Amazing, safe dives. Great boat leader and all divemasters. Amazing organization! Thank you all for the adventure!
Mantarays!!
- Recommended for
- Organization, staff, dives
- 10 Exceptional
- SEONG T
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South Korea
It was very nice.
Manta
- Recommended for
- Diving guide,staff is very kind,good food
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Lea G
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France
Amazing
Everything was really good. Don't have any background. I really recommend this scuba diving liveaboard.
- Recommended for
- Staff, Scuba diving sites, weather
- 10 Exceptional
- Ralph R
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Switzerland
Easy and good
Das Tauchen
- Recommended for
- Frische Luft, Coolness, Ruhe
- 8.0 Very good
- Nicolette P
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Australia
Amazing food and crew
Diving
- Recommended for
- Diving, food and crew/instructors
- 8.0 Very good
- RYAN C
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Canada
The variety of marine life in the Similan Islands and the good weather made this trip great.
My wife and I have been looking for an octopus for quite a while and during a dive in Koh Bon we saw two. One was hiding but the other one was out hunting and when it saw us it started changing colors from dark purple to a camouflage which made it almost impossible to distinguish from the coral reef. We seem to often get lucky on our dives but this was one of the best experiences we’ve had.
- Recommended for
- Variety of sea life. Weather was good. Food on the boat was plentiful and good.
- 10 Exceptional
- sharon S
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United Kingdom
A fantastic experience
food, people and dive sites
- Recommended for
- food, people and dive sites
- 9.2 Superb
- Caroline F
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United Kingdom
Incredible diving experience
Being quite a novice dver, the variety of sealife I saw was incredible, as was seeing a juvenile whale shark.
- Recommended for
- The diving was amazing, the crew were incredibly helpful, being vegan the effort the chef put in to ensure I had enough food was wonderful.
