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Length
38m
125 ft
Max 24
Nitrox
Wi-Fi
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At a glance...
  • Liveaboard trips throughout the Maldives
  • Domestic flights included!
  • Cabins with private bathrooms
  • Sundeck Jacuzzi
  • Indoor and outdoor bars
  • Large, modern motor yacht

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Seafari Explorer 1 is a modern 38m long twin-engine motor yacht that operates liveaboard expeditions throughout the Maldives. Witness the annual manta ray feeding frenzy at Baa Atoll, dive or snorkel with whale sharks at Ari, visit Felidhoo for grey reef and nurse sharks, or venture to the Deep South for hammerheads, silvertips, threshers and tiger sharks. The boat has an excellent safety record and the crew is highly experienced and create a great ambience onboard.

There are 12 comfortable guest cabins with en-suite private bathrooms onboard, including upper deck cabins with sea views. The restaurant serves up delicious buffet spreads of Western and Asian cuisine, and meals are enjoyed either in the back deck open air, or in the air-conditioned dining area. The 2 bars provide a comprehensive drinks menu, including juices, beer, wine, liquor, and even cocktails!

There is a Jacuzzi hot tub on the sun deck where guests can relax. The sun deck also has plenty of loungers for soaking up the sun, and the upper deck social area provides open air shade for guests. The main deck lounge is bright and really huge, due to the incredible 10m beam of Seafari Explorer 1. It has a Smart TV, a book library, card games, and internet is provided throughout the yacht.

All diving activities are conducted from the accompanying and spacious 24 metre dhoni dive tender, which can carry up to 28 divers (normal cruise capacity is 24). It houses the compressors and the nitrox system, the weights, and diver equipment boxes, which removes a lot of clutter and noise from the mothership. The dhoni has its own sundeck, shower heads and a toilet. Enriched air nitrox is provided free of charge for nitrox-certified divers.

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Notes: Minimum recommended age: 8 years.

Dive experience: Advanced Open Water licence or equivalent and a minimum of 50 logged dives are required. Alternatively guests must be Open Water certified, have at least 50 logged dives prior to the trip, and sign up for the Advanced Open Water Diver course onboard the cruise.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, coffee, tea, drinking water, local airport transfers, domestic flights (where required), dives (as detailed in the trips above), 32% nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, 3 English speaking divemasters, tanks, weights and weightbelt, 12% GST on cruise price.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment rental (US$ 210 per week), dive computer (US$ 50 per week), SMB: US$ 15 per week), diving insurance, Green Tax (US$ 6 per person per night), service charge (i.e. tips - 7 nights: US$ 100 / 10 nights: US$ 150 / 14 nights: US$ 200), 10% service charge on any items paid on board. Unless otherwise stated, all listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - EUR/USD - or credit card - VISA/Mastercard).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (beer, wine, liquor, cocktails), soft drinks, extra dives (US$ 30 per dive), 15 litre tank (US$ 25 per week), torch (US$ 15 per dive), introduction to diving (for non-divers), 10% service charge on any items paid on board. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: Seafari Explorer usually departs from Male on its Maldives liveaboard cruises. For more information see our How to Get to the Maldives section. Guests will be welcomed outside the arrivals hall, after luggage claim and customs. A staff representative will be holding a “SEAFARI MALDIVES” board. Guests are then transferred to the yacht by dhoni (traditional Maldivian boat). If arriving early, hotel day rooms with access to a swimming pool can be arranged upon request.
For cruises in the outer atolls, Seafari will send the pre-arranged domestic tickets to guests for the necessary flights from Male to the nearest domestic airport to the port of departure. Again, guests will be greeted at the local airport arrivals hall and escorted to the yacht. The weight limit for checked baggage is 25 kg (specify 'diver' at registration), and hand luggage of 7/8 kg.
Boarding begins at 11 am and continues throughout the first day. The yacht only leaves the harbour on the following morning.
The last dive of the trip is during the morning on the penultimate day of the safari. Disembarkation is at 7:30 am, after breakfast. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: Discount of US$ 10 per night.

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 70% of the published price for their own cabin.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 guests and 1 additional person can join the cruise free of charge. Groups of 3 can opt to share a lower deck double cabin for a third person discount of US$ 300.

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 21 guests and 3 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge (max. total 26 guests).


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Cabins, Berths, Showers, Bathrooms...
There are 12 cabins onboard the Seafari Explorer 1 liveaboard - On the upper deck there 4 double bed cabins with seaviews. On the main deck, there is 1 twin bed cabin, and on the lower deck there are 7 cabins - 4 can be used as double or triple bed, the other 3 are twin bed. All the cabins have private bathrooms.

All the cabins have:
  • Remote control air-conditioning
  • Private bathroom with hot water shower
  • Hand basin, soap and towels
  • Portholes (lower deck), windows (main and upper deck)
  • Reading lights
  • Minibar
  • Bedside cabinet
  • Personal belongings safe
  • Desk and chair
  • Wardrobe, shelves and mirror
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Bedding and luggage space
  • Euro-style mains outlets 220 volts/AC 50Hz - 24 hours per day
  • Smoke detector, life jackets and fire extinguisher
No. of bathrooms / showers - 14 / 14 - hot water

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