The boat is an absolute dream—very large and spacious. We’ve stayed in hotel rooms in the past that were definitely smaller than our cabin on the Serenity. The food—especially given my dietary restrictions—was excellent, and the entire crew was more than friendly and helpful. The two cruise directors, Ichelle and Jules, did a fantastic job and were always available to answer questions and take suggestions. Our guide, Huney, was the absolute highlight. You got the impression he was practically born in the sea and was always good for a positive surprise. A real dream safari!!!






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My third 14-day southern tour back to Malé (my second time on the Serenity). Unfortunately, it was also the weakest of the three "Sharktastic" tours so far.

Highlights:
- The saloon waiters, who were extremely service-oriented and maintained high standards
- Master cabin with plenty of space (closets, empty corners for suitcases, small table)

What was weak (lowlights):
- The dhoni crew was a B-team. In 14 days, they only stopped by twice to help with the BCD during the dive. Otherwise, they were daydreaming (also, endless wait times upon surfacing until someone finally spotted you)
- Guide: never seen such a poor performance (zero-plan guide: just see what the others are doing and line up my group either in the middle or at the back....it’s a given that the diver sees very little....by the way, you can get that for a quarter of the budget in Egypt)
- Cruise Director: They claim to have the experience (but personal observations aren’t a serious study—there’s no comparison). But of course, they have an audience to spread questionable know-how within the dive community. Some knowledge of shark behavior, research, and a bit more expertise in underwater photography would be helpful. If everything is off-limits to me, I’d like to know that BEFORE booking. Tip: Do your research!!
- Dive sites: If, for example, you’d rather dive a house reef instead of Fish Factory, that’s fine, but on recent trips that was a highlight. You don’t get more than what you pay for... unfortunately
- Guide general performance:
These guides leave their group for 20 minutes at a spot worth seeing (e.g., a digging ray). The other groups? They’re on their own. In the past, the guides made sure everyone got a chance to see something (especially at crowded spots). Also, diving around behind hooked-up groups is no longer part of diver etiquette. Go to the front and scare the sharks away. The hooked-up groups have 5 hours of bottom time anyway, so no problem.....
It was a nice trip, but as I said, the comparison with the two previous safaris especially clouds the picture. I probably wouldn’t go on the Serenity again. At most, I’d go on the Explorer, hoping it’s still as good as it was two years ago.

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Our cabin 7 was filled with ship engine exhaust fumes for two 3-hour transfers with a tailwind and was unusable.
The three dives at Digurah have such poor reef quality (partly dead coral deserts) that this is not offset by the slim chance of seeing a whale shark. Otherwise, the trip was an absolute dream, especially as the entire Serenity team was simply fantastic.

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Wonderful liveaboard, mega team and excellent dives :)

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Great boat, great crew. You should be able to dive alone, i.e. with a buddy, and set buoys.
Dive spots very different, visibility in November sometimes not as good as expected, probably better from Jan - Apr.
Great diving experience with manta rays !!! :)

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Very nice dives, super crew.

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Super !!! As a comparison I have three safaris in Egypt. The cabins and bathrooms are huge! I've had smaller rooms in the hotel before. So more than top. The service of the crew is great. But the food really stood out. I've never had such a rich and high-quality meal on a boat.
Really great. (But as I said, comparison with Egypt)

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Yes, what can I say, the trip fully met our expectations. As always with our diving trips booked with DIVING WORLD.

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The Emporer Serinity was perfect with a separate dhoni for the diving equipment so you can basically change into your swimsuit and go diving after only a short time. The cabin (upper deck suite) was very spacious, with rain shower and was cleaned regularly and well. The food and drink on board was good, hot and ample choice. The staff and instructors provide a good atmosphere, very attentive to safety and clear instructions/briefings with extra info. In terms of dive sites, in a word WONDERFUL. Unbelievable what you see every dive.

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A great dive safari with lots of big fish. The crew was great, the food was delicious
Only on the last day I would have liked fresh towels, as they didn't dry well in the bathroom and therefore started to smell unpleasant.

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Great organization and briefings from Cruise Director Thomas, highly recommended

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As always, everything went perfectly again.

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The south tour of the Maldives includes almost exclusively dives in channels with a lot of current, but also a lot of big fish.
The guides have briefed us well and the TG's ran flawlessly. I would like to emphasize the tour guide, top.
The boat is very well maintained and spacious. Our cabin on the main deck was huge, mattress maybe too hard.food was more than adequate and excellent.
The crew always attentive but virtually invisible.
Would book again at any time on the Serenity

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Everything wonderful, but the cabins are unfortunately old and deficient. This definitely needs to be renovated.

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We had cabin 13 on serenity. Not the nicest cabin on the boat but was definitely ok. We did suffer from pests (cockroach) . The staff on the boat was very good!

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Had wonderful diving vacation on the Emperer Serenity. Only we found the number of dives where you had to hook yourself on a reef and wait to see if manta rays might come. We had 3 such dives, in 2 of which there was actually 45 nothing to see because the manta rays were not there. It might be more convenient then to come up with an alternative dive if there are no manta rays at the cleaning station. Furthermore, I was very disturbed by the rudeness of a group of 6 Russians. Especially at dinner, where his hu scooped plates full and then didn't eat it, leaving other people with nothing. Tip: plan all russians together on a boat-trip, without europeans.

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Informing about filling out exit form or airport could have been better. Otherwise had a top vacation.

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Our tour was "Best of Maldives" in September 2022 and we were not disappointed. Diving was in smaller groups, as we had four guides for 21 divers. The nature has shown itself at 17 dives from your most beautiful side and has surprised us every dive on a new one! During the check dive (!!!) at the spot "Fish Factory" we saw a tiger shark directly after the descent, more than once a guitar ray, >20 stingrays, >30 different moray eels at one block or rock and thousands of fish in shoals! Just to list a few highlights from the first 60 min! The second dive continued with manta rays and the whole week went on like this. :-)

If I remember correctly, there are 13 other staff members working on the boat besides the four guides. All of them are very friendly and helpful! The food was always very tasty, but also like often spicy.
In general, the ship is in very good condition, although our room in the lower deck was a little clammy (due to pure supply air of the air conditioning) and the bathroom also needs to be renovated times. The fittings are already badly affected.

We can recommend the ship and the tour without a doubt - look forward to it!

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The Serenity is an outstanding boat. The friendly crew took excellent care of us. What stood out, besides the wonderful experiences underwater, was the guidance provided by the dive guides.
Besides a first-rate knowledge of the dive sites, we noticed that the guides were not aloof and always had an eye for the safety of the group.
Highly recommended!

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The diving trip to the Maldives with the Emperor Serenity was a real hit! The service was excellent, the itinerary and guidance were very ok. Definitely highly recommended!

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Top team on the Serenity, diving team, team on the doni, team in the kitchen.


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Delightful Diving vacation we had with beautiful dives. Dive guides also made every effort to show us everything. The highlight was the night dive with mantas and the search for the whale shark. The cabins were very nice and very spacious, and food very well taken care of. The whole boat was kept very clean and very friendly crew. We have already booked the same boat again for May.

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if you go to maldives more often it is usually the same route. That is a pity. Still beautiful country though.
Nice bood, spacious rooms. Food I find less than eg sea serpent Egypt.

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A great boat with great crew, excellently organized, which is also due to the boat manager = chief dive guide! Atmosphere, environment etc. are everything as you would wish.

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