The boat is very spacious with all the necessary amenities. The room where pre-dive briefing is given was way too cold. Each time the divers raised the air conditioner temperature but each time it was turned down again by the crew. The food was good with not particularly much variety. The cabin was very spacious and everything worked very well. The dive guides were very disinterested. Honestly, this is the first time out of many diving vacations that I have experienced such dive guides. Very unfortunate. There was no smile and no nice interaction at all. After a few times, after the dive briefing, we joked to also talk in the most monotone way possible while yawning. The 2 crew members on the dive dohni were helpful and friendly though. In terms of safety, when taking off after the manta "dive"( it was not a real dive, we were on the sandy bottom at about 15 mtr depth and we were told not to bring a lamp ourselves) it was unsafe. The dive guides gathered up all the dive lights without further looking at us and took off. Since I did not have a diving light, I did not know when to make my safety stop. Fortunately, some guests did bring a light and it turned out that I had to "hang on" for another 2 minutes.
But it has been a great diving vacation.
Perhaps a tip for Diving World: instead of the noisy and not very friendly overnight hotel Huvan Beach hotel, perhaps the very good and helpful hotel Newtown Inn could be contracted.


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Dive guides were not motivated, didn't really show anything, our guide lost us right at the beginning, never asked how much air we had left, never smiled, many dives were approached incorrectly and fought against the current

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Best of Maldives with the Carpe Vita is absolutely recommendable!

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Food super tasty. Despite the renovation, the cabins were getting on in years and smelled a bit. The shore excursion was super organized and everyone went all out, huge action!

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Once again we had a wonderful time on the Carpe Vita and have seen a lot.
The crew is great, nothing to complain about.

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A great safari, great crew and very nice ship. The food was absolutely top.
Unfortunately, my dive guide was very disinterested, has not paid attention to the group and you had the feeling that diving is absolutely no fun for him; he is only happy when he can get out of the water again. There was virtually nothing shown and he has often lost the entire group. The guide has clouded the trip - which was actually absolutely fantastic - something.

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I had a great 10 nights on the Carpe Vita! A sensational kitchen crew spoiled us 3x a day with delicious food, which I have never experienced on a safari ship. The dive crew did a great job and the dive spots were beautiful. Unfortunately, one of the 3 guides was not really able to do his job, but since we were a well-rehearsed group, it often went well and safely without him. Many small things have not been shown to us so just, but we could then see from the other two groups great pictures of it, eg seahorses, ghost fish and countless crustaceans and nudis! Overall conclusion is extremely positive and I would go anytime again with the Carpe Vita on trips!
TOP 5*

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A.15 ltr steel bottle ordered. unfortunately ur 3-4 15s were available at the far inflated price of 180€. 15er bottle I did not get

Price / performance is not right. too expensive.

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Despite bad weather and different route as planned, the dive guides gave everything.

The cook of the Carpe Vita is lonely top. Every day we were spoiled with incredibly good food and he responded to special requests with a lot of expertise.

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a wild, somewhat accidental check dive in the harbor of Male on equal 27 M without the divers were checked. That was a bit violent, then everything was ok during the dive trip, maybe you could sensitize guides not to touch the small animals and animate to create sensation for divers. Apart from that everything else was first class, food was even heavenly!!! Ship in great condition.

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The best safari I have ever done
from Gan to Male in April 2022
Very good ship, food unfortunately very good (belly)

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Unfortunately insects ( small flies) and permanent diesel smell / exhaust smell in our cabin, we had so on other safaris not!

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Rather passive crew regarding interest and activities outside of diving itself and no initiatives for the non-diver in the group

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The guide was very unprofessional at the beginning. Only when his mistakes were pointed out to him, it got a little better.

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I have experienced quite a few liveaboards in the last 30 years, the Carpe Vita is one of the best. Everything is very spacious, especially the dhoni. In addition, excellent food, always served on the outside deck and top dive guides who show you the best dive sites. Simply great.

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That was a super tour :-)

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