Maldives Central Atolls (11 Days / 10 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: North and South Male, Ari, Felidhoo and Rasdhoo atolls
Day 1
MV Amba crew will wait for your arrival at Male International Airport and escort you by dhoni to the fantastic diving yacht. A scented towel, a refreshing soft drink, and then you are taken to your cabin to settle in. There will be an introductory briefing, then the rest of the day is all yours. You can start working on your tan on the sundeck, relax by watching a movie in the air con saloon, or start setting up your dive gear. Cocktails and dinner will be served and there is an opportunity for you to get to know the crew and the other guests better.
Days 2-10
There are 3 briefings per day followed by dives, with 2 scheduled in the morning at 07:30 hrs and 11:30 hrs, then one in the afternoon at 15:00 hrs, or a night dive at 19:00 hrs instead. Hot drinks and cookies are offered when you wake up, but the real breakfast happens after the 1st dive:
fresh fruit juice, cold meats, cheese, tomato salad, and scrambled eggs or spreads (jam or chocolate cream) on toast. Main meals are influenced mainly by European cuisine, using fresh vegetables for tasty salads and 2 or 3 hot dishes served for lunch and dinner of freshly-caught fish, chicken or beef. A freshly-prepared dessert always completes the meal.
Obviously the cruise is not only about delicious food. There will be drift dives in passages and channels, submerged pinnacles, manta cleaning stations, and a wreck dive or two. Miyaru Faru is aptly named since ‘miyaru’ means shark in Dhivehi and not surprisingly this is where you can encounter the ‘big boys’. An overhang protects you from the current and provides an excellent viewing spot for the impressive parade of pelagics and patrolling grey reef sharks, or even the occasional hammerhead. The channel at Felidhoo Atoll has a spectacular wall showcasing caves, swim-throughs and overhangs festooned with colourful soft corals and bushes of black corals. Other highlights during your safari may include dozens of huge nurse sharks, midnight snappers, kingfish, schools of eagle rays and mantas, and whale sharks in these plankton-rich waters.
Please note that there will only be 1 dive the day before departure in order to stay within the no flying-after-diving guidelines.
Day 11
Check out after a light breakfast you will be taken back to Male Airport.
Maldives Central Atolls (14 Days / 13 Nights - 34 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: North and South Male, Ari, Felidhoo and Rasdhoo atolls
Day 1
MV Amba crew will wait for your arrival at Male International Airport and escort you by dhoni to the fantastic diving yacht. A scented towel, a refreshing soft drink, and then you are taken to your cabin to settle in. There will be an introductory briefing, then the rest of the day is all yours. You can start working on your tan on the sundeck, relax by watching a movie in the air con saloon, or start setting up your dive gear. Cocktails and dinner will be served and there is an opportunity for you to get to know the crew and the other guests better.
Days 2-13
There are 3 briefings per day followed by dives, with 2 scheduled in the morning at 07:30 hrs and 11:30 hrs, then one in the afternoon at 15:00 hrs, or a night dive at 19:00 hrs instead. Hot drinks and cookies are offered when you wake up, but the real breakfast happens after the 1st dive:
fresh fruit juice, cold meats, cheese, tomato salad, and scrambled eggs or spreads (jam or chocolate cream) on toast. Main meals are influenced mainly by European cuisine, using fresh vegetables for tasty salads and 2 or 3 hot dishes served for lunch and dinner of freshly-caught fish, chicken or beef. A freshly-prepared dessert always completes the meal.
Obviously the cruise is not only about delicious food. There will be drift dives in passages and channels, submerged pinnacles, manta cleaning stations, and a wreck dive or two. Miyaru Faru is aptly named since ‘miyaru’ means shark in Dhivehi and not surprisingly this is where you can encounter the ‘big boys’. An overhang protects you from the current and provides an excellent viewing spot for the impressive parade of pelagics and patrolling grey reef sharks, or even the occasional hammerhead. The channel at Felidhoo Atoll has a spectacular wall showcasing caves, swim-throughs and overhangs festooned with colourful soft corals and bushes of black corals. Other highlights during your safari may include dozens of huge nurse sharks, midnight snappers, kingfish, schools of eagle rays and mantas, and whale sharks in these plankton-rich waters.
Please note that there will only be 1 dive the day before departure in order to stay within the no flying-after-diving guidelines.
Day 14
Check out after a light breakfast you will be taken back to Male Airport.
Maldives Northern Atolls (11 Days / 10 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: North Male, Lhaviyani, Raa, Baa Atoll including Hanifaru Bay
Day 1
The MV Amba crew will wait for your arrival at Male International Airport and escort you by dhoni to the fantastic diving yacht. A scented towel, a refreshing soft drink, and then you are taken to your cabin to settle in. There will be an introductory briefing, then the rest of the day is all yours. You can start working on your tan on the sundeck, relax by watching a movie in the air con saloon, or set up your dive gear to get ready for this amazing cruise to the little visited northern atolls of the Maldives. Lunch and dinner will be served and there is an opportunity for you to get to know the crew and the other guests.
Days 2-10
There are 3 briefings per day followed by dives, with 2 scheduled in the morning at 07:00 hrs and 11:00 hrs, then one in the afternoon at 15:00 hrs, or a night dive at 19:00 hrs instead. Hot drinks and cookies are offered when you wake up, but the real breakfast happens after the 1st dive: fresh fruit juice, cold meats, cheese, tomato salad, and scrambled eggs or spreads (jam or chocolate cream) on toast. Main meals are influenced mainly by European cuisine, using fresh vegetables for tasty salads and 2 or 3 hot dishes served for lunch and dinner of freshly-caught fish, chicken or beef. A freshly-prepared dessert always completes the meal.
Obviously the cruise is not only about delicious food! Baa Atoll was a declared UNESCO World Biosphere and its amazing reefs offer a wide variety of marine life, ranging from small fishes and turtles to the giant filter feeders - mantas and whale sharks. Walls and thilas full of hard and soft corals, plateaus, overhangs, pinnacles and swim-throughs are all yours to explore. Here you will snorkel in the world famous Hanifaru Bay, a marine protected area where hundreds of manta rays gather, from May to November, in a spectacular feeding frenzy. Watch them barrel roll as they scoop up huge mouthfuls of nourishing plankton. By regulation, only snorkeling is allowed here, but there are many fascinating dive sites nearby.
At Lhaviyani Atoll, the channels attract a lot of marine life including grey reef sharks, leopard sharks, guitar sharks, eagle rays, and there are plenty of colourful soft corals. Diving on pinnacles are also one of the highlights of the tour, as they shelter fish from the currents. Near Lhaviyani you will dive the most famous wreck site - The Shipyard - 2 wrecks located at different depths close together and surrounded by an abundance of marine life.
Please note that there will only be 1 dive the day before departure in order to stay within the no flying-after-diving guidelines.
Day 11
Check out after a light breakfast, then you will be taken back to Male Airport.
Maldives Central & Southern Atolls (11 Days / 10 Nights - 25 Dives)
Trip highlights: whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics
Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving
Dive sites and activities: Meemu, Felidhoo, Ari Atoll, Rasdhoo, South Male, North Male
Day 1
MV Amba crew will wait for your arrival at Male International Airport and escort you by dhoni to the fantastic diving yacht. A scented towel, a refreshing soft drink, and then you are taken to your cabin to settle in. There will be an introductory briefing, then the rest of the day is all yours. You can start working on your tan on the sundeck, relax by watching a movie in the air con saloon, or start setting up your dive gear. Cocktails and dinner will be served and there is an opportunity for you to get to know the crew and the other guests better.
Days 2-10
There are 3 briefings per day followed by dives, with 2 scheduled in the morning at 07:30 hrs and 11:30 hrs, then one in the afternoon at 15:00 hrs, or a night dive at 19:00 hrs instead. Hot drinks and cookies are offered when you wake up, but the real breakfast happens after the 1st dive:
fresh fruit juice, cold meats, cheese, tomato salad, and scrambled eggs or spreads (jam or chocolate cream) on toast. Main meals are influenced mainly by European cuisine, using fresh vegetables for tasty salads and 2 or 3 hot dishes served for lunch and dinner of freshly-caught fish, chicken or beef. A freshly-prepared dessert always completes the meal.
Obviously the cruise is not only about delicious food. There will be drift dives in passages and channels, submerged pinnacles, manta cleaning stations, and a wreck dive or two. Miyaru Faru is aptly named since ‘miyaru’ means shark in Dhivehi and not surprisingly this is where you can encounter the ‘big boys’. An overhang protects you from the current and provides an excellent viewing spot for the impressive parade of pelagics and patrolling grey reef sharks, or even the occasional hammerhead. The channel at Felidhoo Atoll has a spectacular wall showcasing caves, swim-throughs and overhangs festooned with colourful soft corals and bushes of black corals. Other highlights during your safari may include dozens of huge nurse sharks, midnight snappers, kingfish, schools of eagle rays and mantas, and whale sharks in these plankton-rich waters.
Please note that there will only be 1 dive the day before departure in order to stay within the no flying-after-diving guidelines.
Day 11
Check out after a light breakfast you will be taken back to Male Airport.
[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].