Dive experience: Participants should be at least Advanced Diver certified, or Open Water Diver certified with a minimum of 100 logged dives and experience with current dives. Divers with less experience will be able to join trips but may have to sit out some dives if dive certifications are not sufficient for the planned dives, unless they take the Advanced Open Water Diver course onboard.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, hot drinks, return transfers to the boat from Male Airport at scheduled times, dives (as detailed in the trips above), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (7 divers per guide), reef hook, SMB, tanks (11.5 and 13.5 litre, DIN and yoke), weights and weight belt, 10% service charge (i.e. tips), 16% GST on cruise price.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (incl. dive computer US$ 290 for 7 nights), dive insurance, Green tax (US$ 12 per night), Hanifaru Bay park fee of US$ 30 (if applicable). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash: USD or EUR, or credit card).
Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, torch (US$ 40 per week), 15 litre steel tank. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.
How to get there: MV Carpe Novo liveaboard usually departs from Hulhumale, near Male. Airport transfers are provided on the day of check-in at 2 pm from the tourism information desk in the airport. Guests arriving after the check-in time could miss the check dive. Other ports include Baa and Ari for more northern routes and Laamu for more southern routes. The boat will spend the first night of the cruise in the harbour. For more details, including airlines, see our How to Get to the Maldives section. The last dive of the trip will be at around 11 am on the second last day of the trip. The last night of the cruise the boat is moored in the disembarkation harbour/port. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Domestic flights are needed only for some southern and northern itineraries. You can buy the tickets online yourself or through us. If you buy a flight through us, please be aware that you should collect the ticket(s) upon arrival if on the same day as embarkation, or on the boat if the ticket is for departing at the end of the trip. We will need full passport details and international flight details in a timely manner in order to reserve flights. Only a passport is required to check in.
Non-diver rate: 10% off the published price.
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a stateroom or pay a supplement of 60% of the published price for their own cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 5 guests and 1 extra person can join in a Lower deck stateroom free of charge (total 6+ guests). Cannot combine with other special offers.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 18 guests and 4 extra persons can join in a lower deck staterooms free of charge.
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