Carpe Diem Liveaboard, Maldives
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8.9 Fabulous
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- Internet
- Free Nitrox
- from $ 261 / day
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“We saw a lot and got lucky with many mantas and sharks”
Highlights
The Carpe Diem liveaboard is well-known for having a focus on superior service and quality. There are 10 cabins onboard spread over 3 decks with the choice of cabin standards, each with en-suite bathrooms and AC. On the lower deck are 6 standard cabins, 4 of which have 2 single beds which can be converted to doubles and the other 2 each have one single bed and one semi bunk bed. On the main deck are two double cabins with queen size beds and the upper deck has 1 deluxe cabin with a queen bed and 1 suite with a king bed. All main and upper deck cabins feature a smart TV and stunning sea views. Social areas are spread out over 3 decks and encompass an indoor salon, outdoor terrace and dining area, and sundeck with comfortable loungers.
Dive itineraries aboard the MV Carpe Diem liveaboard are 7 or 10-nights long and explore some of the best dive sites in the Maldives, including Kudarah Thila, Manta Point, Maaya Thila, Fish Head, and Machafushi wreck. Get up close with mantas, whale sharks, nurse sharks, reef sharks, turtles, and huge schools of fish in the stunning Indian Ocean. The incredibly experienced dive crew is on hand to ensure the perfect Maldives liveaboard experience. Diving takes place from the dedicated diving Dhoni, where there is plenty of room for gear storage, rinsing, and kitting up. Free nitrox is also available for those certified.
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Included: VAT, Fuel Surcharge, Gratuities, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Nitrox, Snorkel Gear, Cabin Towels.
Required Extras: Environment Tax (6 USD per day).
Optional Extras: Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Nitrox Course (200 USD), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (130-700 USD), Stand Up Paddleboard (25 USD per day), WiFi internet (40 USD per item).
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Carpe Diem Reviews
- 8.9 Fabulous
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Vessel
8.7
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Crew
8.9
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Food
9.5
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Diving
8.8
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Value
8.8
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Paul O
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United States
An excellent trip
It was great! We saw a lot and got lucky with many mantas and sharks
- Recommended for
- The diving. The food. The people.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Takeshi C
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United States
Great atmosphere
Great trip because of the crew and the overall hospitality. Guides were experienced and relaxed so we had good dives. Special thanks to the chef and bartender.
- Recommended for
- Diving. Food chef and bartender. Crew and guides..
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Thomas M
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United States
Carpe Diem Delivered!
Highlights were diving was a mass of stingrays, manta rays, and sharks. The brief encounter with a whale shark and dolphins were an additional bonus
- Recommended for
- Diving with pelagic sea life, dive guides, food
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- 9.2 Superb
- Trude R
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United States
Excellent experience!
Great trip - tons of mantas, a brief hammerhead sighting, the Thanksgiving dinner, the dive guides' freehand drawing skills of the sites, lovely beach barbecue, great spread of tropical fruits with breakfast. Fantastic crew and customer service. Food was overall 4.5 stars - just a few things were overly salty and the shrimp was somehow always overcooked but everything else was delicious. Company had a rep on board who regularly audits trips to make sure customers are happy and continually improve their product which is great to see. Very nice dive dhoni - super well maintained, clean bathroom, helpful crew ready with a spare o-ring when needed. Would have liked to see dive guides rotate and they had a bit of a challenge managing a pair of divers whose consumption, even on XL tanks, shortened dives so they should have rotated them as well instead of sticking them with the same group! Dive sites also got congested with other boats despite the companies supposedly deconflicting itineraries - it seems the Maldives has hit that point, but would have liked to see the schedule staggered or some other creativity to get us away from congestion. Would go with this company or boat again if we came back to the Maldives!
- Recommended for
- Super comfortable (mattress/hot shower/public areas), friendly and helpful crew, very good value
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Katherine K
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United States
Beautiful sea life with a shark seen on almost every dive, plus whale sharks and mantas!
We had a great experience on this 7-day trip aboard Carpe Diem. The boat is very professionally run, well-designed, well-maintained, and clean. The staff were super friendly, and the food was far better than we expected. We did three dives per day and always saw great dive sites teeming with life. Some highlights were seeing hammerheads, tiger sharks, and countless rays at the tuna factory, swimming with friendly nurse sharks, snorkeling with giant whale sharks covered in remoras, observing many manta rays swooping by, and finding at least four octopuses. Truly a wonderful diving vacation!
- Recommended for
- Amazing sea creatures, delicious food, and a lovely boat
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- natalya M
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United States
Great trip on Carpe Diem
I appreciated the care of the crew, the divers on the boat were very friendly, no drama and no issues, everyone was so supportive of my 11.5 year old son who just started diving. It was a great value for money.
- Recommended for
- I loved the friendliness of staff, their knowledge of the sea and the diving, the room that we took on the top floor was massive, which we really enjoyed!
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- 7.2 Good
- Patrick C
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United States
Great 3 star Liveaboard and Trip
It was nice to see the whale shark, but I wonder how stressed it is based on the number of divers in the water, it was a free for all. The Reef mantas were awesome as well as swimming with the nurse sharks. Our Guide was great and all in all a great time. The boat was clean and the staff was friendly.
- Recommended for
- Diving locations, Dive Guides. Other Guests.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Chiara Y
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United States
Breathe Taking Diving
So many, wonderful Manta encounters, a whaleshark off the back of the boat, getting in the water with a school of pilot whales, having a baby eagle ray following us for an entire dive, a gorgeous, huge purple frog fish and my husband finding an Ornate Ghost Pipefish are a few.
- Recommended for
- Amazing animal encounters, relaxed dive schedule & knowledgeable dive guides. The service was out standing, there was a problem with a broken spring in our mattress, they flippedbit to make it manageable and within 48 hours had a new one delivered to the boat!
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Robert B
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United States
Safe COVID diving
Blue soft coral covered overhang full of a school of butterflyfish, night dive with manta rays, and channel dives with reef and nurse sharks
- Recommended for
- Diving, food and service
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- 10 Exceptional
- Kathy M
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United States
Awesome Dive trip!
The Crew of Carpe Diem were outstanding in every aspect. The were so capable and took such care of all the divers. They found us every marine animal we hoped to see and were professional but so friendly. They couldn’t do enough to make our vacation the best dive experience I’ve ever had. The boat Is beautiful, well equipped and so luxurious, havlnd the tender to dive from is such a pleasure and the Whale sharks and Mantas were everything I had hoped for. If you looking for an unsurpassed dive experience, go with Carpe Diem and her phenomenal crew!
- Recommended for
- The crew, the boat amenities and the Mantas.
