Manta Queen 8 Liveaboard, Thailand
- from $ 146 / day
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 43 Verified Reviews 43 Verified Reviews
- Free Internet Nitrox available Flexible Booking
Highlights
- Small dive groups with maximum 5 divers
- Freshly cooked buffet-style meals
- 4 dives per day
- Nitrox available on board
The latest addition to the Manta Queen Fleet, the Manta Queen 8, offers dive trips to the South Andaman area, departing from Phuket. Trips depart early evening on the first day and start with a light dinner on board. The next 3 days include 4 dives a day and 1 night dive while exploring the Andaman Sea. The last day includes 3 dives before check-out in the late afternoon. Dive groups are kept small to a maximum of 5 divers or less. Nitrox is available for an extra charge.
The Manta Queen 8 liveaboard accommodates up to 24 guests in 10 double or twin cabins. Each cabin has AC and private en-suite bathrooms. For relaxation, social areas include the indoor lounge with a TV and large sun deck, a great place to relax in-between dives or enjoy a cold beer at the end of the day. Meals are freshly cooked, buffet-style at the open-air dining area, and snacks and fruit are served between dives.
The 9 experienced and knowledgeable crew and dive guides of the Manta Queen 8 are waiting to show you the beauty of the Andaman Sea. Book online today to reserve your space.
This boat is part of the Manta Queen Fleet.
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Included: VAT, Airport Transfer, Hotel Transfer, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Cabin Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: National Park Fees (800-2,500 THB per trip).
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (1,100-1,300 THB per trip), Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Nitrox (2,500-3,500 THB per trip), Nitrox Course (9,500 THB), Private Dive Guide (3,500 THB per day), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (1,500-48,000 THB).
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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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
Accommodation
Boat Specifications
- Year renovated 2017
- Length 28m
- Beam 7m
- Max guests 24
- Number of cabins 12
- Number of bathrooms 13
Boat Navigation and Safety
Manta Queen 8 Reviews
- 8.5 Fabulous
- 43 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 7.4
- Crew 8.5
- Food 9.3
- Diving 8.8
- Value 8.4
- 8.4 Very good
- ROBERT M
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United States
Relaxed, free from everyday hustle and bustle.
Diving and chatting with staff and other passengers.
- Recommended for
- Friendly, relaxed and mostly helpful staff and crew. Well organized, no fuss for passangers. Sunrises
- 9.2 Superb
- Ginae L
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United States
Great overall trip with professional dive crew
The variety of marine life was unparalleled. Our dive guide, Daniel, was incredible.
- Recommended for
- Dive guide, marine life, value for money
- 10 Exceptional
- Thomas S
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United States
These Guys Are Pros!
They may seem like a group of friendly and welcoming scuba guys – and they are! – but underneath that is a very dedicated, organized and highly skilled team of professionals. All of the logistics were handled effortlessly. Dive briefings were clear and comprehensive. Dive groups were small so that guides could keep track of their divers and offer assistance if necessary. Food was great. And the boat crew was tireless and efficient. I was on Manta Queen 8 and Mark was an excellent tour leader. My dive guide Daniel was terrific––great dives, all. And I am confident all of the others were excellent as well. If I come back to Thailand, Khaolak Scuba Adventures is my first stop.
- Recommended for
- Dive crew, diving, food.
- 6.0 Review score
- Yauheniya K
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Belarus
Average diving in average ship for average price
The ship in general is clean and spacious. But I cannot say it was comfortable. Sundeck is inappropriate for having a rest - it is full of the outdoor units of air conditioners which are installed in each cabin. There are no any deck chairs and you can only lie on the floor and breathe the evaporated air coming from air conds. The food sometimes was very poor, no vegetarian option. But of course, we were not starving. After 3 days cereals and cookies ran out. The cabin was ok (if not count leaking sink) but it was not possible to open the windows. There is an aircond in the cabin but if you are diving usually you will prefer to sleep with aircond off to avoid congestion. So the open window is preferred but in this case was not possible. In general if you come to dive all of these minor issues are not so noticeable. But also I cannot not mention that some dive guides were recently certified padi instructors with lack of practical experience and many of the dive sites were unknown to them. I hope that this feedback can really serve to improve something on this boat. I’m not sure what was the reason of all these issues, maybe the price which was comparatively less than other available options. Anyway even with less comfort on board because of cheaper price, the expertise of the dive guides cannot be neglected as this is the safety of divers. Having experience with other liveaboards I would say that Manta queen 8 is not the one I would like to repeat.
- Recommended for
- 4 dives per day is really great if you are a passionate diver as we are.
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Sophie H
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Austria
Great Dive Site and super friendly staff
the dive at richeleu rock
- Recommended for
- divesites, food, people
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Joram V
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Netherlands
Great course and super crew with a whale shark on our second last dive🙏👌
Whale shark, richelieu rock, food, good ship, Surin Islands, fantastic and super professional crew
- Recommended for
- Whale shark, food, staff
- 10 Exceptional
- Tyler B
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United States
Good trip
Richiliue Rock
- Recommended for
- Efficient with dive logistics, preeminent guide, beautiful dives
- 9.6 Exceptional
- Ross G
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Ireland
Best experience I've had so far in my life.
Mark and his team were very professional. Wake up call was followed by a detailed brief of what each dive entailed(this calmed my nerves each morning as I was relatively new to diving). The staff were there to help us on with all our gear and make sure we were all safe and secure. We saw a whale shark and manta ray on our trip including countless fish and sea creatures. Already looking forward to my next liveaboard.
- Recommended for
- This was my first liveaboard trip and hopefully plenty mpre to come. Although I have nothing to compare it to - staff, facilities and diving were amazing.
- 9.2 Superb
- Chantal L
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Canada
An experience to do again
Richelieu Rock and the faboulus dives with the whale-shark, Thank you Thomas, we had a wonderful. It was our first time on a liveabord and we look foward to do this again. Thank you also to the two cooks that provide us with very appetizing meals
- Recommended for
- The dive guides, the creew helping on board, the dive sites
- 8.8 Fabulous
- Oskar A
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Sweden
Memories and friends for life!
Our liveaboard experience with MQ8 was overall very very good. Great diving in every way: dive masters, instructors, dive briefings and service from the boat-boys made the whole experience very smooth and felt luxurious for us that previously only have gone for day trips when diving. Getting to know the crew and your gear was very nice. We were lucky enough to see both Manta Ray and Reef Shark around Koh Bon/Koh Tachai. Marvellous aquatic life such as huge schools of jackfish and barracuda, and not to mention a palm sized sea horse at 30m depth at Richeliou Rock. We made memories and friends for life, so happy we did this. Great great great value for money! Love from Sweden!
- Recommended for
- Great diving, overall superb staff, comfy boat!
