Maldives Aboard the Manthiri Trip 2024!

DM
Divers Market, Inc.
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11 reviews
Mar 6 - 17, 2024
Group size: 9 - 12
Maldives Aboard the Manthiri Trip 2024!
Maldives

Divers Market, Inc.
  • Facebook verified
11 reviews

Mar 6 - 17, 2024
Group size: 9 - 12

About this trip

 Our guests will tell you: perhaps nowhere else is sea life as richly abundant and dazzling as it is in Maldives. More than one thousand tiny islands are scattered like gems across our crystalline waters. Long protected from commercial fishing, our seas offer unrivalled marine life and spectacular diving among the shallows and deep reefs — and no one knows those waters better than the team on Manthiri. Possessing expert knowledge of local marine life and of Maldives’ most remote and pristine dive sites, no other liveaboard in Maldives furnishes the topflight dive experience of Manthiri. Our highly trained eleven-person crew will provide for your every need aboard our serene and spacious yacht and custom-built dive tender. 

Cancellation Policy

 

Upon cancellation of a reservation for any reason, the refund of the deposit and payments made or due will be contingent upon Divers Market, Inc., reselling the participant's reservation. Any refund may also be subject to a $200 cancellation fee and payment of any non-refundable fees imposed by the tour company, dive operator or any other contractor associated with the trip. 

Dive accident insurance is required for all divers on this trip. We strongly recommend travel insurance to protect your vacation investment. It is not included on this trip. Contact us if you need more information.  Please note is not a gluten free environment on the liveaboard..

Covid Related

 

 

Current Travel Requirements for the Maldives

  1. COVID-19 Travel Advisory
    Public Health Emergency regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic has been revoked on 13th March 2022. No Covid Tests required to enter or  leave the Maldives.  USA no longer requires a Covid test to reenter the USA.
    Important Notes:
    All arriving and departing passengers via airports and seaports are required to complete the Traveler Declaration form within 72 hours to the flight time.
    PCR result is not mandatory from any passenger during arrival and departure. This applies to unvaccinated travelers as well. http://imuga.immigration.gov.mv. Once completed print out hte QR Code and bring to the airport at check in. You will also need to uplaoad a head and shoulders picture.  Travel-related quarantine is not required by any traveler. However, except the arriving tourists and Maldivians (residing in the Maldives) to the Maldives, other travelers are advised to do a PCR test between the 3rd and 5th day of arrival.

Summarize bring to Airport on Departure

1. Passport with at least 6 months before expiration date

2. QR Code from the Traveler Health Declaration

3. Manthiri trip voucher

For the Return flight you will need to upload a head and shoulder shot and bring the link http://imuga.immigration.gov.mv to sign in before departure.

Note above conditions may change based on Covid conditions in fall of 2022.

What’s included

  • Airport transfers
    In Male
  • 10 Days/9 Nights
    Aboard the Manthiri based on double occupancy March 8th to 17th 2024
  • Diving
    3 to 4 Dives per day (First and last days 2 dives per day)
  • Meals
    Excellent food, bottled water, juices, coffee, and tea (Alcoholic and soft drinks are available for purchase)
  • Equipment
    Tanks and weight belts
  • Tax
    16% Goods & Service Tax, + Govt. Green Tax & Service at $6.00 per person per night

What’s not included

  • Airfare
    We leave two days earlier on March 6, 2024. Intl round trip flight to Male. Airfare is not included. We can help with booking. We will all try to go together as a group.
  • Last day on the boat
    We leave the Manthiri boat at 8:30am. We go directly to the Hulhule Hotel to purchase a day pass before the evening flight back instead of waiting all day at the airport. Day pass includes transfers.
  • Hotel Stay (optional)
    Because of the long layover at the Doha airport you have a choice of booking a night at the Oryx Airport Hotel or waiting in the airport itself.
  • Nitrox
    We require all to have a Nitrox/Enriched air certification card,
  • Gratuities
    For crew/boat staff
  • Beverages
    Soda, beer, wine, and hard liquor. Can be purchased on the boat.
  • Purchases
    Personal items such as tee shirts, gifts etc.
  • Some Meals
    Only in transit to and from the Manthiri Liveaboard.
  • Insurance
    Travel Trip Insurance highly recommended.
  • Fuel Charge Added
    There has been a newly added fuel charge of $175.00 per person at the end of the trip. It will appear on your final check out bill. Fuel costs have skyrocketed for the Liveaboard.
  • Payments Accepted
    Cash, Mastercard, Visa, (no American Express)

Available Packages

Trip Price
$4,899
Deposit: $600

Itinerary

Flight Details
Maldives 2024

We are within a years time. Flights are available. This is an actual flight schedule.



Qatar Airways Flight Information

March 6, 2024   Going

Boston to Doha QR0744 21:50 arrive Doha March7, 2024 at 17:50

7 hour 5 min layover

Doha to Male, Maldives QR0676 00:55 arrive Male March 8, 2024 at 8:25

 

March 17, 2024 Returning

Male to Doha QR0673  22:50 arrive Doha March 18, 2024 at 1:40

Doha to Boston QR0743 7:50 arrive Boston March 18, 2024 at 15:10

Please note times and costs may change as of today 5/1/2023.


 

 


Your Organizer


DM
Divers Market, Inc.
11 reviews
Owner/Operator Wayne Gomer became interested in the ocean at a very early age and started his diving career in the 1960s when he made his first scuba dive off the Island of Bermuda. That sparked a 45+ year career that includes becoming a Lifetime NAUI instructor in 1976 and a PADI instructor in 1978. As an ambassador to the ocean, Wayne is proud to have introduced thousands of new divers to the sport. A business built on the love of diving. Established on May 10, 1985.

Reviews

Divers Market recently organized a dive trip to Bonaire. The trip was very well organized and we had a wonderful time. The travel went smoothly, the weather was great and diving was fantastic!!
By Brian S for Bonaire Bound 2024 Trip! on Apr 15, 2024
Manthiri liveaboard was an incredible experience! The staff was extremely attentive, the chefs created the most incredible meals (4x a day!) in the smallest galley I've ever seen, and the diving was top notch. The beauty of the Maldivian waters, above and below, will forever be engrained in my mind. Moosa and Ali were the two best dive masters, always finding beautiful marine life of all sizes to show us. Half way through the trip, the crew set up a private sand bar happy hour that made you question if you were really there or if it was all a dream.... but it was very real! I cannot wait to join the Manthiri team for another trip very soon! Also want to say thank you to Wayne at Diver's Market in Plymouth, MA for organizing this incredible trip.
By Jamie W for Maldives Aboard the Manthiri Trip 2024! on Apr 11, 2024
What a wonderful trip. The ship crew service was exceptional. the weather was fantastic. The underwater sights were unbelievable once again.
By Brett H for Maldives Aboard the Manthiri Trip 2023! on May 01, 2023
They go out of their way to find the smallest things I don’t know how they can find them but they do.you never have a bad dive there is so much to see you don’t know where to look
By Richard B for Maldives Aboard the Manthiri Trip 2023! on Apr 29, 2023
We had an amazing dive vacation. Staff were very attentive, food was excellent and excursions well planned and so much fun! Bungalow was beautiful and clean.
By Beth G for Anthony's Key Resort Trip! on Mar 20, 2023
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