Maldives
A Dune agent will meet you at Gan Domestic Airport, where your guides will be waiting to welcome you and guide you aboard the boat
Check-in 3 PM
*Free airport pick up at 3 pm, no hotel pick-up. We can arrange early check-in with an extra fee of 50 USD/person and pick-up time at 10 am at Gan airport.
Addu atoll offers nice drift dives along beautiful reefs a nice wreck dive and also a famous channel dive with big chances of Manta ray encounters. We will start with a check dive and explore the atoll for special species
After a night crossing, we will reach Fuvahmulah Atoll, a unique island in the middle of the Indian Ocean that offers exceptional opportunities to encounter large pelagic species, especially tiger sharks. We will complete three dives around this remarkable island before continuing our journey south toward Gaafu Atoll.
Gaafu Atoll offers a multitude of channel dives with different formations. We will make three dives in the southern part of the atoll, where we can encounter a wide variety of shark species, eagle rays, schools of jack fish, and dogtooth tuna throughout the area.
We continue with channel dives in search of more sharks and pelagic species, reaching a special night spot by the end of the day, where we hope to encounter whale sharks in the evening.
Depending on weather conditions, we will complete two to three channel dives in Gaafu Atoll before embarking on a 10-hour crossing to reach Laamu Atoll by night.
Laamu Atoll offers vibrant coral life, large schools of reef fish, and opportunities to encounter manta rays and bumphead parrotfish. After the second dive, we will cross to Thaa Atoll and complete a third dive on a thila rich in hard corals and schools of yellow snappers. The boat will anchor at a well-known whale shark night spot for the evening.
Another channel dive in thaa atoll to start the day then we will reach Meemu atoll for a manta spot and a last dive on the north of the atoll full of soft corals and school of sharks
After a channel dive in Meemu Atoll, we continue to Vaavu Atoll for a colorful second dive with pelagic species and schools of jackfish. The day concludes with a night dive famous for its nurse shark encounters.
A last channel dive for this trip in Vaavu Atoll, followed by a final dive in South or North Malé Atoll—then it’s time to clean our equipment and enjoy our photos!
The trip is arriving at the end. Our crew will arrange the transfer to airport according to your flight schedule once you have had your breakfast on board. Time to come back home with fantastic memories!
Check-out 8 AM
Join Dune Black Manta Liveaboard for an incredible diving adventure across the South Atolls
of the Maldives. Begin your journey in Addu Atoll, where you’ll explore vibrant coral reefs and
encounter majestic manta rays along with various species of sharks. The crystal-clear waters
and rich marine biodiversity make these first dive sites truly unforgettable.
Level 1 or Open Water Diver (OWD)
with a minimum of 20 dives is required.
On board, both local cuisine and
international menus will be served.
A DUNE Maldives representative will meet passengers at the airport with a “DUNE” sign, just outside the arrival hall. For Malé cruises, transfers to the boat are via Dhoni from the airport marina (20 minutes). The first transfer is at 2 pm, and the return transfer is after breakfast on the last day.
