Horizon III Itinerary

Male - Vaavu - Meemu - Laamu - Huvadhoo - Fuvhamulah - Addu

15 days / 14 nights

About Horizon III

  • Well-respected liveaboard with an experienced, award-winning crew
  • Choice of week-long itineraries in the central or southern atolls
  • Expert ayurveda therapist on board and a relaxing open-air Jacuzzi
  • Separate diving dhoni, ensuring plenty of space on the main vessel

Horizon III is a sleek and stylish liveaboard offering sensational week-long scuba diving cruises throughout the Maldives. Go north to Baa for mantas, south to Thaa for sharks, or stay strictly central for a taste of almost everything. The vessel’s highly-trained team has been working together for many years, winning multiple awards along the way, and is dedicated to providing you with the ultimate diving holiday. And rest assured, this vessel has everything you could need to help make that happen - from the very basics, such as comfortable cabins and delicious meals to delightful details including a complimentary snorkelling tour and an experienced onboard ayurveda therapist.

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Itinerary details

15 days / 14 nights
37
Advanced Open Water - Minimum 50 dives
Required

Highlights

  • Unique one-way itinerary, diving both above and below the equator
  • Less crowded dive sites with plenty of action
  • 14 nights to spend more time and visit more dive sites
  • Snorkel with whale sharks at night in Huvadhoo Atoll
  • Experience some of the best channel diving in the Maldives at Vaavu
  • Visit the remote atoll of Thaa and meet the many manta rays of Meemu
  • Dive the current swept channels of Laamu Atoll
  • Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, tiger sharks and more
  • Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks and silvertips

Day 1: Arrive in Male, join your liveaboard, and then it is off on our adventure. Once onboard there will be a safety briefing, crew introduction, complete and check dive paperwork, cabin allocation and boat orientation. Our boats moor in port on arrival day, departing early the next morning. 

Days 2-13: The first dive is a check dive near the port, then it’s off on our adventure. We will be diving the atolls of Male, Vaavu, Meemu, Laamu, Huvadhoo, Fuvahmulah and Addu.

The outer walls and corners of the channels in Vaavu and Meemu have the bonus of beautiful overhangs draping in the blues, yellows and pinks of the majestic soft coral. Hammerheads can be found in Thaa as well as whale sharks who visit our boat at night attracted by the krill, which, in turn, are attracted by the lights. Laamu is an oval shaped atoll which has some of the top dive sites in the world such as Fushi Kandu and Maabaidhoo Kandu.

Huvadhoo, one of the deepest lagoons in the Maldives, the currents and channels are ideal for even more shark sightings including, hopefully, whale sharks and silkies, hammerheads and grey sharks spotted most of the time. You will dive many of the world class channels (kandus) here including; Vilingilli, Koodoo, Nilandhoo and Mareehaa. 

In Fuvahmulah you can expect to meet tiger, silky, silver tip and thresher sharks on the south plateaux. (note; we don’t offer the Tiger Zoo shark feeding dive). 

Addu Atoll hosts the WWII wreck, HMS British Loyalty, as well as popular majestic Manta Cleaning station Maa Kandu along with a more relaxing drift dive at Demon corner to either start or end the trip with.

Day 14: On the last diving day, 1 dive is available in the morning whilst observing the rule of no diving within 24 hours of reaching altitude. We return to port at approximately 13.00 and moor here overnight. There is the option of an afternoon land-visit to stretch your legs and escape the boat whilst in port. Evening-time pack up diving equipment, settle any outstanding bills.

Day 15: Depart for the airport at 07.00 the following morning.

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

01:00pm

Male

Male International Airport: MLE

Return

08:00am

Addu

Gan Airport: GAN

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