Adventure · 8D | 7N
Manta, Whale Shark & Wreck
A live-aboard week down South Ari and back: resident whale sharks at Maamigili, manta cleaning stations, night dives with feeding rays, and two wrecks.
- Best time
- November to April
- Route
- South Ari Atoll · Malé Atoll
Day by day
8 days, planned in full
A live-aboard week down South Ari and back: resident whale sharks at Maamigili, manta cleaning stations, night dives with feeding rays, and two wrecks.
Day 1
Board at Malé
Aboard by mid-afternoon, kit assembled and a check dive on the house site off Hulhumalé before dinner.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Lunch, dinner
Day 2
South to the Victory
The Victory wreck standing upright in 35 m, then a channel drift at Kandooma Thila with grey reef sharks stacked in the current.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3
Into South Ari
An overnight crossing, then Kudhimaa's wreck at 30 m and an afternoon on the Broken Rock overhangs.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 4
Whale sharks at Maamigili
The reef where they are resident all year — a snorkel drop rather than a dive, which is both the rule and the better way to see them.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 5
Manta cleaning station
Two dives at a cleaning station where mantas queue over the coral heads, and a night dive on the same site under the boat's lights.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6
Caves and thilas
The Fish Head protected thila and an overhang system at Maaya Thila, plus a night dive with white-tips hunting in the beam.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7
North, and a local island
One morning dive on the crossing back, then a stop on an inhabited island for an afternoon ashore and a last dinner at anchor.
- Night
- Aboard
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 8
Fly home
Ashore at Malé after breakfast, with the twenty-four-hour no-fly gap already built into the schedule.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 7 nights aboard a 20-berth live-aboard in a twin-share cabin
- Return economy airfare and all airport transfers
- Full board: three meals a day, plus tea and soft drinks
- Up to 17 dives including two night dives, with tanks and weights
- Dive guide, dhoni tender and nitrox where certified
- Whale shark snorkel drops and the local island visit
- All atoll and marine park fees
Not included
- Open-water certification and 20 logged dives, both required to board
- Equipment hire, about ₹2,000 a day for a full set
- Dive-specific travel insurance, which is compulsory
- Alcohol, and crew gratuities
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