EcoPro Mariana, Maldives

You get what you pay for and nothing more

No bones about it this is a get what you pay kinda boat. Nothing more. The Mariana is a tired old gal. She’s clean, and ran well, but nothings shiny and new. The price was nice, but everything is extra on this boat including potato chips and pop. Only the cruise director/dive guide/airport greeter/jack of all trades Abdul spoke English out of 11 crew members. There was a second crew member that spoke English, but did little communication with guest. The Mariana is a small boat and in my opinion smaller than the advertised 30 meters and there was very little room for crew and it was awkward that there would be 3 or 4 crew members hanging around and smoking in the guest outdoor areas (rear seating and front seating area) almost all the time during the entire trip at all times of the day, and since they could not speak English they would just chat with each other or were on their cellphones and listening to their native music. At night they would be sleeping all over the boat, back main deck, upper floor, and on the top deck. I have been on over twenty other liveaboard and unfortunate to say this was the most unprofessional boat I have been on. Also there was not dedicated space for charging or prepping camera/video equipment. Sorry to say I would not be recommending this boat in the future.

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Price, room and salon were clean and comfortable.

potenzial nach oben, vor allem bei der Planung

wir waren 10 Tage auf Central Maldives tour. Generell ist es unter Erwartungen geblieben, vor allem weil die Tauchguides oft kein Plan hatten. Ein Guide war neue und kannte die Malediven eher kaum. Seine Gruppe hat den Riff 2 mal! nicht gefunden und die Tauchgänge waren umsonst. Der anderer hat oft ein Plan dargestellt und ein anderen plan getaucht. erst wird erzählt dass man auf 10 - 15 m bleiben soll und auf die Haie warten, dann plötzlich geht es auf 30m, was natürlich den bottom time auf 4 - 5 min reduziert. auch waren oft die ziele verfehlt und mann sollte 10 min gegen Strömung schwimmen. Eine von Highlights von Malediven - die Walhaie, haben wir nur kurz für 2 min gesehen, da wir erst wo anderes ankern müssten. Dann sogar haben sie unseren Trip gekürzt, weil das Beiboot Probleme hatte. Das Hauptboot selbst ist sehr einfach, aber komfortabel. das essen war am Anfang gut und auswechselungsreich, ab den tag 6 eher eintönig, nur reis und Hähnchen. Das Crew war super nett. ich werde wahrscheinlich ein anderes Boot bei nächsten Tauchsafari buchen.

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neue Freunde, die Sharks und die Mantas!

Pleasant crew and guests

Diving in general

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Diving, guide and food

A wonderful trip.

Coziness, comfort, good service, beautiful dives, professional team.

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Sharks, service, teamwork

A good trip for varied diving in the Maldives with an experienced dive guide and professional crew

The stand out dive was the night dive with the Manta's. Spending an hour just watching them dance in front of your eyes was amazing. Everybody on the boat was super amazed.

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Sharks, Crew, Dive guide

Great crew and new friends

I was in the 2 weeks liverboard in the Deep South of the Maldives. I regret we didn’t have the chance to have a welcome cocktail in order to introduce the crew, what they are doing on the boat and also the guests and their expectations and a goodbye cocktail. It’s always a nice way to start and finish the trip. The boat is not fancy but it’s comfortable enough. The cabin is spacious with aircon The food is mostly the same everyday: rice/ noddles/ potatoes and curry vegetables with meat or fish. Don’t expect something special for vegetarian. I must say that it wasn’t diversify enough and too basic. Before diving , a little something to eat (more than just the Oreo biscuit)will be nice, same after the dives. The barbecue is a nice way to end the trip together and unfortunetly we didn’t have it. Regarding the dives, I was quiet disappointed about them even if we had really nice encounter with the nurse shark and tiger shark. We had a few dives where we had to swim around 10 min or more in order to reach the reef. Finally, we had 6 days and a half without nitrox because the analyzer was broken and we run out of nitrox. The crew was nice and helpful.

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Nice encounter with nurse shark and tiger shark.