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Emperor Virgo is a luxurious liveaboard, offering stylish comfort, expert-guided diving, and top-class service for unforgettable underwater adventures in the stunning Maldives.
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Round trip transfers to and from the Male airport are included. Transfers from the airport to the boat run at 11:00, 16:00 and 22.30. Check out is at 07:00 and 09:00 on the last day of the cruise. Guests will be at the airport by 07:30 and 09:30 respectively.

Dive Overview

The Maldives is filled with giant creatures of the deep. From mantas to whale sharks and all types of sharks, the Maldives has it all.

[See: Maldives Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

Accommodating 18 divers over her 32m length, all her cabins have double/twin beds, and cabin 3 can be booked as a triple. All cabins are ensuite. Upper and main deck cabins have large windows giving amazing views to the ocean and islands beyond.

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Standard Cabin in Double configuration & Upper Deck Twin

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Standard Cabin in Twin configuration & Standard Bathroom

Arora Virgo Cabin Details

  • Upper deck cabins: 2 double/twin
  • Main deck cabins: 2 double/twin
  • Lower deck cabins: 5 double/twin (1 available as a triple with a small single bed)

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Lounge & Dining Area

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Sun Deck & Diving Dhoni

Food & Drinks

All-inclusive, mouth-watering cuisine with international dishes. Includes 3 meals per day and afternoon snacks.

Cabin details
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Double Lower Deck
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Twin Main Deck
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Twin Lower Deck
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Twin Upper Deck
Boat features
Select liveaboard for just 18 divers
Lower and upper deck twin or double cabin options
Welcoming, spacious saloon and restaurant-style dining area
Spacious saloon with internationally stocked bar
Onboard WiFi (local charges) when in range
Loungers for sunbathing at the upper deck
Boat facilities
Large dhoni
Free Nitrox
Rebreather friendly
Supports Poseidon MKV1, AP vision and manual megalodon units
Deck plan
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from $3,889

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ITINERARY INFORMATION

Detailed information about the itinerary

  • Deep South & Southern Sharks (Feb & Mar)
  • Hanifaru & North (Jul - Oct)
  • Pelagic Magic (Apr-Jul)
  • Sharktastic (Jan-Apr)
  • South Central Atolls (Jan-Mar)

BEST OF MALDIVES

This is the Best of the Maldives - and it delivers exactly that. This is where you dive the best and most famous dive sites of the Maldives in a week of wonderful liveaboard diving across Male and Ari atolls. For this itinerary, you should be comfortable with drift dives. Currents can be strong. All your diving is made from dhonis or zodiacs to give precise entry and exits points. Experienced divers can dive in a buddy pair unguided.

  • Emperor Maldives: Best of Maldives Route Map
  • Rasdhoo Atoll:Hammerhead Dive, Beautiful Reef with Pelagics
  • North Ari Atoll:Grey Reef Sharks, Maaya Thila Night Dive, Multiple Manta Cleaning Stations
  • South Ari Atoll:Whale Sharks, Beautiful Pinnacles
  • South Male Atoll:Grey Reef Sharks, Eagle Rays, Other Pelagics, Beautiful Macro Wreck.
  • Vaavu Atoll:Action packed night dive with Nurse Sharks and others.
  • North Male Atoll:Beautiful Pinnacles.


DEEP SOUTH & SOUTHERN SHARKS (FEBRUARY & MARCH)

7 day trips - Laamu to Addu / Addu to Laamu

February and March are the best times to sail to the southerly Maldivian atolls and dive into the shark action in these out-of-the-way southern dive sites between Huvadhoo and Addu (Seenu) Atolls. Spend a week away from the madding crowds and dive Foammulah and Huvadhoo on the lookout for the Indian Ocean's larger residents; tiger sharks, silver tips, grey reef sharks, whale sharks and many, many more.

From Male we take you to Laamu (Kadhdhoo) or Addu (Gan) by domestic flight to join your liveaboard, and then it's off on our adventure. Laamu is an oval shaped southern atoll, which has some of the top dive sites in the world such as Guraidhoo and Gan. In Foammulah you can expect to meet tiger and silver tip sharks. At Huvadhoo, one of the deepest lagoons in the Maldives, the currents are ideal for even more shark sightings including, hopefully, whale sharks and silkies, hammerheads, tiger and grey sharks spotted most of the time. There are swift channel dives with several kandus; Vilingilli, Nilandhoo, Mareehaa and Kondeey. Addu Atoll hosts the WWII wreck, HMS British Loyalty, as well as popular majestic Manta Cleaning stations with more relaxing sites to either start or end the trip with too.

This itinerary suits experienced divers (100+ dives) looking for 'away from it all and different diving' with quite a focus on drift diving.


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TRIP INFORMATION

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Included

  • Shared cabin 7 nights 6 days diving
  • 3 meals a day
  • Afternoon snacks
  • 1 BBQ dinner on local island (weather allowing)
  • Unlimited drinking water, tea, coffee
  • Total of 17 dives (inc 1 night dive)
  • Guide
  • tanks
  • weights
  • Free Nitrox
  • Return airport transfer
  • Government taxes and bed tax
  • Land visit
  • Separate diving dhoni
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Excluded

  • Flight
  • Diving equipment
  • Alcohol
  • soft drinks
  • juices
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Practical information
  • Time Zone: UTC+5
  • Local Currency: MVR (Maldivian rufiyaa)
  • Payment onboard: cash (Euros Sterling and US dollars)
  • Visa and Mastercard
  • Electricity: 220 volts
  • Language Spoken: Dhivehi & English
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Boat Specifications
  • Built: 2012
  • Type: Wooden hull
  • Length: 32m
  • Beam: 9.1m
  • Engine: 500 HP Caterpillar
  • WaterMakers: 9500lt/day
  • Navigation and Communication: VHF radio, GPS chart plotter, Telephone, Mobile
  • Compressors: 2 x Coltri + Nitrox
  • Maximum guests: 18
  • Number of cabins: 9
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