+ super food, very good selection
+ great ship with lots of space
+ some really great places, but a few nice reef dives wouldn't have hurt
+ spacious cabins

- lack of boat and safety briefing! I have already forwarded this to Carpe Diem.
- No real cruise director
- Speeches and briefings often too quiet - a person who can stand up and talk is needed here.
- Cabin: please put a few hooks on the walls
- Grouping was not based on the experience of the guests, but on the idea that one guide should not have all the less experienced divers in the group (this was even confirmed to me by a guide). That should not be the case. Then the guides should change groups after half a week.

Otherwise we had a great week, but these points should be improved.

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Liveaboard from Gan to Male in February 2024
As always, AAA handled everything perfectly.
The dive boat was great. The cabins were really big. The food was OK, something for everyone.
But it could be more varied.
The dive sites in general very good (manta rays) but also tiger sharks and gray reef sharks. Whale shark at the boat at 4am!
The crew sometimes seemed a bit overwhelmed.
All in all a nice safari.
I will gladly come again if the route is suitable.
Best regards
Dietmar




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Ship could be overhauled (electrics).

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All around a perfect safari, guides were extremely eager. There is nothing, but also nothing to complain about.

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War alles super. Hat allen viel Spass gemacht

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Very nice big ship with very large cabins. On our tour from Fuvamulah to Male we had mostly channel dives and there the guide always dropped us off appropriately. We felt extremely comfortable and saw much beyond expectations.

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I had the time of my life :-)

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The third trip mat the Carpe Fleet. The dive guides are local people who know their trade. After the third trip, a selection of dive spots could be offered. We were very lucky this year and we saw a lot. Again and again gladly on these ships, likewise on the accompanying Donie.

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die ganze Safari war top

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We were a group of six snorkelers, and it was planned that parallel to the dives we would be driven once or twice a day to suitable spots with the diving dohni or with the dinghy. Unfortunately, this did not work out satisfactorily.

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A very relaxing and eventful trip. We have recovered well and were very satisfied with everything. That's why we come again!!!

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The decisive negative aspect of the trip was that the Tieger Shark spot was not visited. According to our information, a former dive guide of the Carpe company works there and the upper management has forbidden the ship to go to the spot. The chief of dive guides seems the whole trip little sovereign, communication was rather passive, cabins are large but with water stains on the ceiling, upper deck cabins have no windows to open - ie permanently air conditioning, trailers on the sun deck were idR stained and often with cracks

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The ship is very nice and well maintained and the crew was always trying to make our stay as pleasant as possible. The food was super delicious. Despite the route change required by Corona, the guides picked out the best possible dive sites for us. We will definitely come again.

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Carpe Nova - once and never again!
Room:
Booked Junior Suite was occupied, we had to stay in another "Junior Suite". Without prior information and without apology from "Carpe Cruises".
This suite was much worse in terms of location, view, noise level and overall condition is. Unfortunately without prior information and apology from "Carpe Cruises".
The rooms do not correspond to the pictures on the internet.
Air conditioning was dripping, so a towel had to constantly lie on the eh small shelf. Cleanliness of the cabin left much to be desired. It was probably renovated, but very amateurish.
Catering:
Quite okay, but unfortunately no mixture of Asian and Western cuisine.
Crew:
There was no good briefing. Poor English and insufficient
Information, such as a list of names of crew members with your respective tasks. A list with the full names of the guests was hanging out!
Complained about lipstick on the glass. Answer: "this would be nevertheless me, from yesterday", thus no reason for the complaint, this is not only in Corona times
an extremely questionable answer.
Diving:
The first 2-3 days we circled around Male, because 6 divers arrived too late.
arrived. Lack of agreement with other boats, mostly too many at the same time at one spot. My husband was -without consultation- put from one group to another and had no buddy - or only the instructor.
Other:
Internet connection only works in the undercooled common room.
Two days no connection, only after repeated, energetic complaints, it turned out that the center on times forgot to charge their PREPAID SIM CARD.


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A very diversified north tour :)

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Great cabin and spots, with some exceptional sightings, the highlight being "of course" a whale shark.

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dive guides proposed shark feeding several times because of a group of russian guests.

The staff/boat boys were excellent.

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I find it sooo great that the crew actually gives the impression that they have fun and joy in their work and the friendliness seems to come from the heart and is not played, just to get more tips at the end. In Egypt it often seems like that on the ships, the friendliness is unfortunately often only feigned and I can't stand that at all. What I also liked very much was the fact that the crew did not serve us from front to back and took EVERYTHING from us - this is also too much and unnatural in Egypt. That was not so on the Carpe Novo ind still more than satisfactory!

At this point again a huge praise to the kitchen, to Kelum <3 he cooks also for vegetarians FANTASTIC!!!!
The only thing I could criticize a bit was the selection at breakfast, as I'm not the fruit type and would have liked to have had something other than toast and packaged cheese, the croissants were unfortunately always like dried, so kind of old. Anyway, I would recommend this boat 100% either way :)

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The trip was really great. Unfortunately we had to change the route because of the current covid19 situation and therefore we couldn't do the full south tour as planned. Therefore there were unfortunately less channel dives than planned and more Thilas. Nevertheless the spots were very well chosen and nice to dive. All in all an excellently organized and carried out trip. The boat is top and the crew professional and friendly. I would book again anytime.

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