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Carpe Novo

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Length

43m
142 ft

Max 22

Nitrox

PADI

Wi-Fi

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At a glance...

Cruises Maldives central, northern and southern atolls
All cabins with private bathrooms, smart TVs and central media systems
Dedicated single occupancy cabins
Large liveaboard
Camera room, table and charging station

Customer reviews

Excellent!

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Carpe Novo cruises the northern, central and southern atolls

Spacious upper deck Junior suite with large picture windows

Main deck staterooms are reserved for single occupancy on the Carpe Novo

Guests use the dhoni for an easy diving procedure

Dedicated camera room - a nice controlled tinkering space

The saloon provides panoramic atoll views during your safari

Enjoy the ample comfortable seating on the sundeck

Open air buffet-style dining on your Maldives cruise

The sun sets on this Maldives dive cruise

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The sleek and contemporary M/V Carpe Novo is a large 43m wooden monohull Maldives liveaboard. You can choose among a variety of 7 and 10 night itineraries in the northern, central and southern Maldivian atolls.

22 guests can socialise with their fellow divers or find a quiet spot at one of the seating options across the 3 upper decks. The air-conditioned saloon/ dining area is located on the main deck. Here you can take in a movie on the large flat screen TV, play your favourite playlist through the sound system, or take some time out and enjoy the idyllic island scenery from the curved seating area with panoramic views across the bow. There is an open-air sitting area just off the saloon, where you can sip a refreshing drink, with a gentle cruising breeze maintaining the perfect outdoor temperature. When the Carpe Novo is at anchor, head to the stern of the liveaboard for a refreshing dip in the Indian Ocean off the swim platform. The swim platform features 2 freshwater showers and a bathroom for your comfort. The dedicated camera room, camera table and charging area are also on the main deck.

The upper deck offers spectacular views from the spacious Junior suite's picture windows. Waking up in a suite onboard the Carpe Novo, one would think that you were in a hotel, and not on a diving cruise liveaboard. Unusual for liveaboards, the Carpe Novo has 2 main deck suites allocated specifically for single occupancy. 6 Standard cabins offer two different bed options. All accommodations have private bathrooms, flat screen TVs and entertainment systems, safety deposit boxes and wireless internet.

Dining is a significant aspect of your diving safari. Your buffet style meals are served in the open-air dining area that is aft on the upper deck. The bar is conveniently located here to ensure that you are well hydrated during the day, and can share the delights of your day's sightings with fellow divers in the evenings over cocktails, beer or wine. When it’s time to ensure you return home with a golden hue, the sun deck provides the perfect combination of sun loungers and ample shaded seating.

The most important component of your cruise is the diving. Your Maldivian diving dreams come true from the Carpe Novo’s 18m dhoni. Here your tanks are filled with air or complimentary nitrox for certified divers, all your equipment is stored, prepped and ready for your next dive. The dhoni also features 2 hot water showers and a bathroom. What more could you wish for, besides a second or third Maldivian diving safari vacation?

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Depart	Return	Depart Return	nights	Destination	dives	Price (per person)	price
January 2021
30 Jan	6 Feb	30 Jan 6 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 004	USD 2 004
February 2021
6 Feb	13 Feb	6 Feb 13 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 004	USD 2 004
13 Feb	20 Feb	13 Feb 20 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 004	USD 2 004
20 Feb	2 Mar	20 Feb 2 Mar	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 2 911	USD 2 911
March 2021
2 Mar	13 Mar	2 Mar 13 Mar	11	Maldives Atolls	30	USD 2 599	USD 2 599
13 Mar	20 Mar	13 Mar 20 Mar	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083
20 Mar	27 Mar	20 Mar 27 Mar	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083
27 Mar	3 Apr	27 Mar 3 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083
April 2021
3 Apr	10 Apr	3 Apr 10 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083
10 Apr	17 Apr	10 Apr 17 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083	USD 3 083
17 Apr	24 Apr	17 Apr 24 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083	USD 3 083
24 Apr	1 May	24 Apr 1 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 3 083
May 2021
1 May	8 May	1 May 8 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261
8 May	15 May	8 May 15 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261
15 May	22 May	15 May 22 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
22 May	29 May	22 May 29 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261
29 May	5 Jun	29 May 5 Jun	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
July 2021
24 Jul	31 Jul	24 Jul 31 Jul	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261
31 Jul	7 Aug	31 Jul 7 Aug	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
August 2021
7 Aug	14 Aug	7 Aug 14 Aug	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
14 Aug	21 Aug	14 Aug 21 Aug	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
21 Aug	31 Aug	21 Aug 31 Aug	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 2 948	USD 2 948
September 2021
1 Sep	11 Sep	1 Sep 11 Sep	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 2 948	USD 2 948
11 Sep	18 Sep	11 Sep 18 Sep	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
18 Sep	25 Sep	18 Sep 25 Sep	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
25 Sep	2 Oct	25 Sep 2 Oct	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035
October 2021
2 Oct	9 Oct	2 Oct 9 Oct	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
9 Oct	16 Oct	9 Oct 16 Oct	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
16 Oct	23 Oct	16 Oct 23 Oct	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
23 Oct	30 Oct	23 Oct 30 Oct	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774
30 Oct	9 Nov	30 Oct 9 Nov	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 3 976	USD 3 976
November 2021
13 Nov	20 Nov	13 Nov 20 Nov	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774
20 Nov	27 Nov	20 Nov 27 Nov	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
27 Nov	4 Dec	27 Nov 4 Dec	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 625	USD 2 625
December 2021
4 Dec	11 Dec	4 Dec 11 Dec	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
11 Dec	18 Dec	11 Dec 18 Dec	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
19 Dec	26 Dec	19 Dec 26 Dec	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
27 Dec	7 Jan	27 Dec 7 Jan	11	Maldives Atolls	30	USD 3 599	USD 3 599
January 2022
8 Jan	15 Jan	8 Jan 15 Jan	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
15 Jan	22 Jan	15 Jan 22 Jan	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 261	USD 2 261
25 Jan	4 Feb	25 Jan 4 Feb	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 3 976
February 2022
5 Feb	12 Feb	5 Feb 12 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
12 Feb	19 Feb	12 Feb 19 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
19 Feb	26 Feb	19 Feb 26 Feb	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
26 Feb	5 Mar	26 Feb 5 Mar	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
March 2022
5 Mar	15 Mar	5 Mar 15 Mar	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 3 976	USD 3 976
19 Mar	26 Mar	19 Mar 26 Mar	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
26 Mar	2 Apr	26 Mar 2 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
April 2022
2 Apr	9 Apr	2 Apr 9 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
9 Apr	16 Apr	9 Apr 16 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
16 Apr	23 Apr	16 Apr 23 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
23 Apr	30 Apr	23 Apr 30 Apr	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
30 Apr	7 May	30 Apr 7 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 774	USD 2 774
May 2022
7 May	14 May	7 May 14 May	7	Maldives Atolls	18	USD 2 035	USD 2 035
14 May	24 May	14 May 24 May	10	Maldives Atolls	27	USD 2 948	USD 2 948

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More Trip Details...

Special offers: Early Birds - 10% discount on bookings made 180+ days in advance;
Last Minute - 10% discount on bookings made <30 days in advance;
Honeymooners - 5% discount;
Return customers - 5% discount (applicable for all 3 boats);
Dive instructors - 5% discount
Offer expires: 30 Dec 2029

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), SMB, tanks, weights and weight belt, 12% GST on cruise price.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (incl. dive computer US$ 220 for 7 nights), dive insurance, Green tax (US$ 6 per person per night). Hanifaru Bay (park fee of US$ 20 per person, 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$ 8 per dive), 15 litre tank (US$ 100 per week), reef hook (US$ 7 per week), airport transfers outside of scheduled times. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: MV Carpe Novo liveaboard usually departs from Male. Other ports include Baa and Ari for more northern routes and Laamu for more southern routes. Domestic flights are needed only for certain southern and northern atolls itineraries. Please ask us for more details. Airport transfers are provided on the day of check-in at 4 pm from. The boat will spend the first night of the cruise in the harbour. For more information 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.

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 50% of the published price.

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).

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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Cabins, Berths, Showers, Bathrooms...

The MV Carpe Novo offers you a range of en-suite accommodations. 12 cabins are located across the upper, main and lower decks. The 4 spacious Junior suites on the upper deck can be configured for a king bed or twin beds and have large picture windows. 2 main deck Suites are reserved for single occupancy guests and have windows and a queen bed. There are 6 lower deck Standard cabins, 4 feature a queen and a single bed and 2 have twin beds.

All the cabins have:

Individual control air-conditioning
Windows, except Lower deck staterooms which have portholes
Private bathroom with built-in hot water shower cubicle, hand basin, toiletries and towels
Smart TVs connected to a central media system
Wardrobe, shelves and mirror
Reading lamps and bedside cabinets

Safety deposit box
Bedding
Desk and chair
International mains outlet 220V - 24 hours per day
Fire detectors
Life jackets
Space for luggage

No. of toilets / showers - 17 / 19 - hot water

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