Carpe Diem Maldives

Diving was hit and miss, understandable at this time of year. Dive guides were talkative amongst themselves but not so much to the divers in English

Thanks a lot to the crew, dive masters team and Steven W. for the amazing experience on Carpe Vita. Everything was perfect. The cabins were comfortable and were equipped with everything needed, chef was great and indulged us with delicious food during the whole trip, the crew was super welcome and always ready to help. Special huge thanks to dive masters for discovering the beauty of Maldives underwater. The mantas and sharks dives were absolutely outstanding! Very special help goes to Steven W., who equipped us with marine biological knowledge and made our stay not only relaxing, but also with the purpose! Highly recommend the boat! Thanks! Natalia

It was our first time diving in the Maldives. We came to see Mantas, and we were not disappointed: we have seen 10s of them on different dive site. The Carpe Novo was very spacious. The cabin was nice, the bathroom was very large. The large dive boat is very convenient (not an inflatable type of small boat to get to the dive site as it was on other live aboard). It was easy and comfortable to get setup on for the dive, and getting back in after the dive: much better than expected. You leave your dive equipment on the dive boat, which is extremely convenient. The food was good, including fresh fish caught from the boat. But one person in our party was eating gluten free, and even though that had been specified early on, the food shopping had not been done accordingly. We were told that people eating gluten free typically pack their own pasta and bread in their suitcase. :-/ If so, it would have been nice to be informed about that pre-boarding. All that being said, that was a great experience. I would happily book another trip on Carpe Novo.