Princess Rani, Maldives
9.1 Superb - Nitrox available
- Naturalist Guide
- En-Suite bathrooms
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“Fantastic diving with experienced guides in a small group setting.”
Highlights
The M/Y Princess Rani luxury liveaboard yacht offers year-round diving to the spectacular dive sites of the Maldives. She has 10 double or triple cabins equipped with four-poster beds, air conditioning, and en suite bathrooms to cater for up to 22 guests onboard. There is ample space for relaxing in-between diving and snorkelling activities, including 3 sun decks complete with comfortable loungers and beanbags, and a large indoor salon. Meals are served either at the indoor dining area or al-fresco on the main deck, with an ever-changing menu of freshly prepared, Italian-inspired cuisine.
Diving in the Maldives with Princess Rani is available all year round. There are a variety of itineraries available, including Deep South, Classic Maldives, and Tiger Shark dedicated itineraries. Diving in the Maldives offers the chance to dive with manta rays, whale sharks, reef sharks, as well as a myriad of colourful reef fish. The accompanying dhoni means plenty of room for gear storage and kitting up, as well as easy drop-off and pick-up at the dive sites. Nitrox is also available for those certified.
Join the Princess Rani Maldives liveaboard for a fantastic diving holiday. Book online today.
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Included: VAT, Environment Tax, Port Fees, Airport Transfer, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Beach BBQ, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Fishing, Land Excursions, Naturalist Guide, Snorkeling Guide, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels.
Required Extras: Mandatory Service Charge (90 EUR per week).
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (20 EUR per week), Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Wine with Dinner, Extra Dives (35 EUR), Nitrox (90 EUR per week), Nitrox Course (250 EUR), Private Dive Guide (600 USD per week), Rental Gear (175 EUR per week), Scuba Diving Courses (60-850 EUR), Snorkel Gear (25 EUR per week), WiFi internet (20 EUR per week).
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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Princess Rani Reviews
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- 9.1 Superb
- Vessel 8.6
- Crew 9.1
- Food 9.7
- Diving 9.1
- Value 9.1
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- 10 Exceptional
- Patricia T
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United Kingdom
Great food, comfortable boat and SHARKS!!!
A great live aboard with the best food ever. The dive guides were excellent, very knowledgeable and diving was great. Lots of sharks and eagle rays spotted on this southern tour from Gan.
- Recommended for
- Excellent crew. Wonderful food. Spacious cabin.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Ryan V
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United States
Great boat, I'll be back again
Fantastic diving with experienced guides in a small group setting.
- Recommended for
- Great guides. Good Italian food. Fun atmosphere.
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- 10 Exceptional
- James P
- United States
Amazing
This was a great dive trip and both my wife and I enjoyed diving with princess rani. The food was great, the dive masters were knowledgeable and helpful, and the facilities were better than expected. It was nice having multiple spots outside of our room to relax between dives and our room was also really comfortable too.
- Recommended for
- Everything
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- MARIA F
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Spain
Incredible week in the Deep South - we will come back!
A week aboard Princess Rani (Deep South route) was an amazing experience. The dive guides (Ornella, Anthony and Miju) went out of their way to ensure everyone made the most out of the week - including rearranging the route slightly to have an extra dive at the Fuvahmulah plateau. The dive sites they chose offered a variety of sightings, and they always tried to make the most of every dive. The crew were always helpful, and the boat was really comfortable and spacious, with a separate dhoni for diving.
- Recommended for
- The dive guides & crew. The dive sites. The boat.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Becky Y
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Canada
Land of the tiger sharks!
Fuvamulah Island is in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Addu Atoll which is the most southern point of Maldvives. Due to the availability of food that they like, the area surrounding the island is definitely a tiger shark haven! Tiger shark is a solitary hunter,very stealth and it’s got tiger strips on it that make it very distinct and intimidating! It’s huge as it could get up to, like, 6m! It could be a man-eater as, next to the dreaded Great White, it inflicts more attacks on human than any other shark specie! ‘Princess Rani’ liveaboard, based at Addu Atoll for part of the year, specializes in tiger shark viewing and it delivers! Keep in mind that tiger sharks are very elusive and live in the deep, yet I managed to see them in 4 of the 5 dives that I did in the area specifying as tiger shark dives! For shark lover and thrill seeker like me here, the dive trip is exhilarating, to see the least! ‘Princess Rani’ is a spacious beautiful boat and has all the modern amenities, yet it’s built like a medieval Italian castle, with exposed wood everywhere, that I love! Now, like traditional South Mediterranean style, we all sat together like a big happy family and ate all the meals on this big table on the canopied terrace of the boat in the fresh air! Definitely a new experience! And the genuine Italian cuisine, is out of this world! I felt like I was at some fancy Italian restaurant for every single meal---I actually took photos on my smartphone at every mealtime and send them home to share the amazing footage with my family (Now my husband wishes he could snorkel or dive and join the ‘Princess Rani’…just for the food!). The cooking staff was also very considerate as I could not have cheese and they made sure that I was given portion without cheese whenever an Italian cheesy dish was coming up. Besides wonderful and exciting diving, liveaboard on ‘Princess Rani’ is a culinary delight— it’s definitely a trip for Foodie cum Diver/ Snorkeler! Bravo!!! At the time that I went, in late Novemeber, ‘Princess Rani’ was the only liveaboard in Addu City and the Fuvamulah Island! We had the whole of the Deep South of Maldives all to ourselves. There were no other divers…which made the tiger shark dives especially---very eerie!...I love it! On many famous dive sites in the world, there are always other divers as diving is a popular and alluring sport. Yet on this dive trip, I felt like that I had the whole ocean to our group of divers and the tiger sharks were there to greet us, not the other way around! I heard that even during other times of the year, there weren’t many dive boats there either, so this is for sure Virgin Tiger Shark Country there! Go now!
- Recommended for
- Tiger sharks, Italian food, had the remote dive area all to ourselves!
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- 10 Exceptional
- Nicholas S
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Australia
Fantastic
Excellent organization. Brilliant diving. Great crew. Superb dive master ( Shaffi). Will definitely book again with this company.
- Recommended for
- Crew, diving and food
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Gregory H
- United States
Great crew and a very comfortable place to enjoy fantastic diving and great food.
Great fellow companions and super helpful crew along with seeing amazing sea life.
- Recommended for
- Dive sites, food quality, smoothly run
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Tanja Guadalupe K
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Switzerland
Most amazing diving trip ever!
Great organisation with pick-up from the airport and drop off at the end of the trip, dive guides with a lot of experience and great knowledge, exclusive diving spots with everything from pellagics to macro, great food
- Recommended for
- Exclusive dive spots, extremely friendly staff, amazing food
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- 10 Exceptional
- Paloma H
- Switzerland
Amazing trip!!!
Staff was very attentive to the needs of the guests ( comfort on the boat, special food request). The food was really exceptional. They constantly try to please the guests with great professionalism. Dives as well as stopovers on idyllic beaches. I will say to conclude that this trip was close to perfection in every way and that I highly recommend it.
- Recommended for
- Crew! Food ! Boat!
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Marcus M
- United Kingdom
Simply incredible
The crew were fantastic, very friendly and accommodating to the group. Dives groups were 4-7 and our guides were great. The boat itself is lovely, cabins clean and surprisingly spacious with ensuites. The food was great, it's an Italian boat so lots of Italian food but some local and international fare as well. The best part though was the diving. On an 11 day/10 night itinerary from Male to Addu we saw: - Tiger Sharks - Scalloped Hammerheads - Whale Sharks - Manta Rays - Eagle Rays - Schooling grey reef and nurse sharks (hundreds) - 50+ turtles - Schooling Barracuda - Schooling tuna & jacks - Beautiful coral reefs (especially in the deep south) We also regularly stopped on remote islands and relaxed in the sun. You won't regret booking with them!
- Recommended for
- Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads and Whale Sharks
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