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Carpe Vita, Maldives

  • Rating 9.2 out of 10 9.2 Superb
    • Free Nitrox
  • from $ 252 / day
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“We saw large groups of nurse sharks, sting rays and a couple of times of manta! ”

Xiao Y, Flag of China China

Highlights

  • Year-round 7 and 10-night dive cruises in the Maldives
  • Meals prepared by a fine-dining chef
  • 2 VIP spacious suites with California King bed and ocean views

The MV Carpe Vita, a sister ship to the Carpe Diem and Carpe Novo liveaboards, is a luxury yacht offering year-round diving in the Maldives. There are 10 comfortable cabins spread over 3 decks, each with private bathroom facilities, individually controlled AC, storage space, safety deposit boxes, and a desk and chair. On the lower deck are 6 standard cabins, which have one queen-size bed and a super single bed, the main deck has two superior cabins, which have king-size beds, which can be separated into two super single beds and ocean views. The upper deck has 2 VIP spacious suites with a California King bed and ocean views.

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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, Deck Towels.

Required Extras: Environment Tax (6-12 USD per day).

Optional Extras: Hotel Transfer, Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Nitrox Course (200 USD), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (130-700 USD), Stand Up Paddleboard (25 USD per trip), WiFi internet (40 USD per item).

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Carpe Vita Reviews

  • Rating 9.2 out of 10
  • 9.2 Superb
  1. Vessel
    9.2
  2. Crew
    9.3
  3. Food
    9.4
  4. Diving
    8.9
  5. Value
    9.1
  • Rating 8.0 out of 10
  • 8.0 Very good
  • Peter T
  • Flag of United States United States

Lower rooms need ventilation is an older boat

Boat was large and stable, but lower level rooms had no exhaust fans or dehumidifiers and were stuffy and wet. The bathroom walls were dripping wet all week, bugs stuck to the wall, bed sheets were sticky and wet all week. Crew and diving was all great. Food was good, but a bit monotonous (similar items for 10 days). Would have liked to have some salty snacks available (potato crisps after dives would have been appreciated)

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Diving locations. Land based customer service. Size of the room.
  • Rating 10 out of 10
  • 10 Exceptional
  • Claude S
  • Flag of United States United States

Amazing diving Experience with a lovely group of people, On a very comfortable board.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Dive masters were very knowledgeable and helpful and difficult conditions. Briefings were thorough. The food was very good. Overall, an amazing diving experience in the Maldives. I would Return no hesitation.

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Staff was excellent. Diving was superb. Room was very spacious Comfortable.
  • Rating 4.8 out of 10
  • 4.8 Review score
  • Kathleen W
  • Flag of United States United States

Completely forgettable trip to the Maldives

There were no highlights. We saw 2 Manta, 3 eagle rays, no sharks . Granted we ran into bad weather but there are real issues on this boat. The Captain completely ignored the passengers and requests we submitted were not addressed. We were "supposed" to get night dives and a beach excursion...neither of those happened.. We asked the crew -- their response was "depends on the weather" but they never came back to us and explained why they were not going to do those axtivities. We were on this boat for 10 days and we did have good weather on some days The crew did not interact with the guests. I gave diving 2 stars as the viz was horrible. While my guide did his best all of the guests had questions about some of site selections. the dive guides checked the conditions at the start of each dive ..and then came back and had us jump in to 5 -10 ft viz instead of finding a new spot on a couple of occassions All of the 'guests' were kind and courteous but on our last night when we settled our bills/ tipped the crew the captain did not even acknowledge us /say thank you as he left the boat to go into town Worst liveaboard i have ever been on ..and have been on several

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The food was good

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