MV Emperor Atoll

Special offers: For special discounted prices, check the yellow highlighted trips in the schedule above.

Dive experience: Recommended (not mandatory): Maldives Central Atolls, Maldives Northern Atolls & North Male and Ari Atoll trips: participants should be Advanced Open Water Diver qualified. Maldives Central & Southern Atoll trips: divers should be Advanced Open Water Diver and have 30 logged dives. Maldives Southern Atolls: Advanced Open Water Diver and 100 logged dives. Divers with less experience will be able to join trips but may have to sit out some dives if dive certifications and or experience are not sufficient for the planned dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner (1 BBQ on deserted island weather permitting), snacks, drinking water, hot drinks, glass of wine with dinner, transfers to the boat from the airport, Green tax, dives, experienced English speaking divemasters (6 divers per guide), tanks, weights and weight belts, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, Male city tour (on request), 12% GST on cruise price.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (full set including surface marker device and dive computer US$ 336 per week, must be pre-booked), dive insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival, with equipment ordered in advance (cash or credit card).

Optional extras: Soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, 15 litre tanks (US$ 101 per week), torch (US$ 101 per week).. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: MV Emperor Atoll normally departs from Male. Your flight can arrive in Male at any time on the first day. For more information see our How to get to the Maldives section. There are 3 complimentary transfer timings from the airport to the boat on embarkation day; 11 am, 1 and 4 pm.
Guests taking the 11 am transfer from the airport to the boat have to accept that the boat will not be fully cleaned or ready for boarding until 1 pm. Any other transfers required on embarkation day, other than the 3 stated above, can be arranged at a charge of approx. US$ 15 per way. Group or full charter bookings with a minimum of 8 guests arriving on the same flight will not be charged if an alternative transfer is required on embarking day (after 11 am).
The first and last nights of the cruise are spent in the harbour. The last dive of the trip will be at around 1 pm on the second last day of the trip. Disembarkation is scheduled for 8 am. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: Non-divers receive a free snorkelling kit and a US$ 50 voucher to spend on board.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 50% of the published price. If there is no other same sex guest for you to share with, you will receive a cabin to yourself with no single supplement.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 7 guests and 1 extra person can join free of charge (total 8 guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 11 guests and 1 extra person can join free of charge (total 12 guests).

• Maldivian and International cuisine, with weekly island BBQ.
• Main meals are served buffet-style in the air-conditioned saloon/dining area and comprise breakfast, lunch and dinner, with snacks in between.
• Snacks, bread/toast, fresh fruit, drinking water, and tea & coffee are available free of charge.
• Soft drinks, beer, wine and spirits are available for purchase.
• First meal served is lunch or dinner on the first day of the charter, depending on your time of arrival.
• All special diets can be catered for with prior notice.

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