Dive experience: Recommendation: Maldives Central Atolls, Maldives Central and Northern Atolls 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 (7 divers per guide), tanks, weights and weight belts, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, 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, GST on all items and services purchased on board. 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 tank (US$ 101 per week), torch (US$ 101 per week). 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: The M/V Emperor Voyager liveaboard normally departs from Male. The first and last nights of the cruise are spent in the harbour. Your flight can arrive in Male at any time on the first day. There are 3 complimentary transfer timings from the airport to the boat on embarkation day: 12 noon and 16:00 hrs. All transfers are arranged by a representative wearing an Emperor Maldives T-shirt and holding an Emperor Maldives sign. The meeting point at Male (Velana) International Airport is beside the Help Desk, or outside of the arrivals hall at Addu City (Gan) International Airport. Guests taking the 12 noon transfer from the airport to the boat have to accept that the boat will not be fully cleaned or ready until 13:00 hrs. Any other transfers required on embarkation day other than the 2 stated above can be arranged at a charge of 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 12 noon).
The last dive of the trip will be at around 13:00 hrs on the second last day of the trip. You can disembark at 08:00 hrs on the final day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
For more details, including airlines, see our How to get to the Maldives section.
Non-diver rate: Non-divers receive a free snorkeling 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.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 9 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a Standard cabin free of charge (total 10+ guests).
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 18 guests and 2 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge.
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"Excellent condition of equipment. Helpful, friendly, knowledgeable, patient staff. Clean/ functional facilities. A really good schedule planned and ran smoothly. Such a variety of marine life seen and conditions experienced (strong currents, drift dives etc) " - Eleisha Collins, Australia, 5 January 2019 ...Customer rating: Excellent!
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