Empress Liveaboard
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- Wi-FiFree
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Charters
- Fleet nameScuba Froggy
- Year built2010
- Length22
- Width6
- Capacity9
- MaterialSteel
Empress is a strong steel liveaboard, it's a good option if you are looking for good quality for a smart price. All top dive areas can be visited including Raja Ampat, Komodo, and Misool. The most convenient logistic with trips begins in Bali. Plenty of relaxation areas indoor and outdoor.
Boat interior
Empress can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 cozy and comfortable cabins. There is a spacious sun deck with sun mattresses on board. Cozy indoor and outdoor salons are great places to relax between and after diving. There is a huge cinema screen on board, TV, and DVD, free wifi access around all vessel based on GPRS (depends on signal strength). Empress has also another relaxing area - a shisha lounge, which is a shaded place where guests can spend their chill-out time. The boat equipped with a Nitrox membrane, so now divers with EANx certification can fill in tanks with an up to 36 % Nitrox.
Safety
The safety of the guests is the highest concern of the Empress crew. Crew's members spare no efforts to ensure the safety and comfort of all divers. As the only boat, Empress has autopilot combined with GPS, rudders and motors, an underwater radar and 3D side sonar, which allow determinating precisely the diver's position.
Tech Diving
For enthusiasts of tech diving, Empress has special route 'Tech Diving wrecks on the Java Sea'. On this itinerary divers can hope to explore wrecks of the British destroyer HMS Exeter, the British warship HMS Encounter, Dutch flagship De Ruyter and many others. Empress is fitted with all the equipment which minimizes the risk, associated with technical diving and increases the comfort of such diving.
Itinerary
Empress expects not only tech divers but divers of all levels, even beginners. Explore magnificent dive sites of Komodo with its great variety of underwater landscapes. Lots of fish can be seen here, including reef sharks. Komodo is also great for macro diving. EmpressII also gives you an opportunity of visiting Raja Ampat. This destination holds the world's record of the biggest amount of coral and fish species that can be seen during the dive. Schools of fish, sharks, and rare wobbegongs can be spotted.
When to go
Komodo diving is possible all year round. The high season begins in April and lasts until September. The best time for technical safari is from November until January. For eastern destinations - from January until May.
Diving safari on Empress II is a great opportunity to spend a vacation in a friendly atmosphere, dive with an experienced team on amazing dive sites of Indonesia
Schedule & Pricing
Booking process
Booking
Select the cabin of your choice and enter your personal information. Submit the booking request. Once the booking is processed, you will receive an email notification with all booking details conveniently laid out in PDF.
Confirmation
Our team will contact the liveaboard on your behalf to confirm availability and other booking details. We put your place(s) on hold and get back to you within 24 hours. If there are any issues, we come back to you with alternative options.
Payment
Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive an email notification with payment instructions. You then have up to 72 hours to take care of other travel arrangements and process the transaction to secure your reservation.
Payment Terms & Cancellation Policy
Payment schedule
- 30% will be required within 1 day after the booking confirmation to secure the booking
- 100% will be required in 33 days prior to the embarkation date
Cancellation fees
- If you cancel after the booking is secured with a payment the cancellation fee of 30% will be charged
- 100% will be charged if cancelled in 33 days before the embarkation date
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CabinsView deck plan
Cabin A
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- 3 Twin Beds
- Max occupancy
- 3 Guests
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 3 Cabins
Cabin B, C
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- Double Bed + Twin Bed (Bunk-Style)
- Max occupancy
- 2 Guests
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 1 Cabin
Cabin D
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- Double Bed + Twin Bed
- Max occupancy
- 2 Guests
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Ensuite Bathroom
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 1 Cabin
Cabin E
- Deck
- Lower Deck
- Bedding
- Single Bed
- Max occupancy
- 1 Guest
- Aircon
- Aircon
- Number of Cabins
- 1 Cabin
Amenities
Reviews about Empress
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Write a reviewWenc Steven
Noisey, dirty, cramped.Verified review
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