Carpe Novo Itinerary
Southern Sharks (GAN - MLE)11 days / 10 nights
About Carpe Novo
- Enjoy luxury and opulence onboard the largest Carpe Diem yacht
- Dive the stunning reefs and channels of the Maldives, where sharks and manta rays congregate
- Choose unique itineraries designed to take advantage of the changing seasons
- Experience an award-winning dive service based on years of experience in the Maldives
The largest and newest of the Carpe Diem luxury fleet, the Carpe Novo liveaboard offers divers an award-winning liveaboard experience, with itineraries to the best diving sites in the Maldives. You’ll enjoy a premier dive service based on years of experience and excellence, complemented by luxury facilities and comfortable, stylish spaces. Divers can enjoy up to three dives per day at iconic Maldives dive sites teeming with healthy corals, tropical fish, sharks and epic manta ray action. Designed by divers, for divers, the opulent vessel and its exciting itineraries – as well as its passionate, expert and friendly crew – will exceed your expectations of a luxury Maldives liveaboard cruise.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Unique one-way itinerary, diving both above and below the equator
- Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks and silvertips
- Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, tiger sharks and whale sharks
- Dive the largest wreck in the Maldives - the WWII British Loyalty
- Meet the many manta rays of Meemu Atoll
- Dive the current swept channels of Laamu Atoll
- Explore the remote and rarely visited Thaa Atoll
- Night dive included in the schedule
Guests board the vessel between 13.00 and 15.00, ready for a welcome briefing and check-out dive.
Enjoy 3 dives in Addu Atoll before crossing to Fuvahmulah, ready for the morning.
Arriving in Fuvahmulah, we will enjoy 3 dives before embarking on the 5-hour transit to Huvadhoo Atoll, where we will spend the night.
Undertake 3 dives in Huvadhoo Atoll. Possibility for whale sharks at night.
Enjoy another 3 dives in Huvadhoo before embarking on a 10-hour transit across the Half Degree Channel to Laamu overnight.
Conduct 2 dives in Laamu, followed by a 3-hour crossing to Thaa for the final dive of the day.
After 2 morning dives in Thaa, we will cross over to Meemu Atoll, taking around 2 hours. Here we will conduct one more dive before spending the night at anchor.
Enjoy 2 more dives in Meemu, after which we will cross over to Vaavu Atoll for a final dive and possibly a night dive.
Today we will conduct 2 morning dives in Vaavu and then head to South Male for an afternoon dive.
Make the most of the last 2 dives of our trip in Male, depending on the next day’s flight schedule.
Depart the vessel in North Male by 08:00 at the latest.
Transfer details
Departure
02:00pm
Addu
Gan International Airport: GAN
Return
08:00am
Male
Male Velana International Airport: MLE
Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/carpe-novo/itn-2009101237031-southern-sharks-gan-mle-