Carpe Diem Itinerary

Laamu - Huvadhu - Fuvahmulah - Addu

8 days / 7 nights

About Carpe Diem

  • Cruise the Maldives on an award-winning liveaboard designed by divers
  • A range of scheduled itineraries as well as full and half-charter bookings
  • Certificate of excellence for shark diving operations
  • Discover the world-famous channels and reefs of the Maldives, where sharks and mantas await

The first of its fleet, the Carpe Diem offers both scheduled and chartered expeditions around the Maldives with action-packed itineraries. Boasting four beautifully designed decks, superb leisure facilities, and experienced and dedicated staff, Carpe Diem creates dream dive holidays at affordable prices. Divers enjoy a premier dive service based on experience and excellence, complemented by spacious, plush cabins, convenient camera facilities, and up to three dives per day at world-renowned Maldives dive sites with sharks and manta rays.

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Itinerary details

8 days / 7 nights
16 - 17
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 100 dives
Required

Highlights

  • Unique one-way itinerary, diving both above and below the equator
  • Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks and silvertips
  • Guaranteed tiger shark encounters at Fuvahmulah Atoll
  • Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, and whale sharks
  • Dive the largest wreck in the Maldives - the WWII British Loyalty
  • Dive the current swept channels of Laamu Atoll
  • Night dive included in the schedule

Day 1: Guests arrive at Laamu domestic airport. Once on the boat, we will conduct a welcome briefing and enjoy a check out dive if possible, depending on domestic flight timings.

Day 2: Make the most of a full day of diving in Laamu Atoll, with up to 3 dives offered. We will then make the crossing to Huvadhoo Atoll.

Day 3: We will conduct 3 dives today in Huvadhoo Atoll, before spending the night at anchor.

Day 4: Today we will enjoy our last 3 dives in Huvadhoo, before embarking on the 5-hour crossing to Fuvahmulah overnight.

Day 5: Enjoy 3 dives at the action-packed island of Fuvahmulah. As anchoring is not possible in Fuvahmulah, we will then be crossing to Addu Atoll to spend the night.

Day 6: Experience 3 dives in Addu Atoll and spend the night at anchor.

Day 7: Enjoy your last 2 dives of the trip in Addu Atoll, depending on flight times. Once again, spend the night at anchor in Addu.

Day 8: Depart the vessel by 08.00.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.

Transfer details

Departure

12:30pm

Laamu

Kadhdhoo Airport: KDO

Return

08:00am

Addu

Gan International Airport: GAN

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