
Dune Black Manta Itinerary
Deep South (GAN - MLE)11 days / 10 nights
About Dune Black Manta
- Accommodates up to 28 guests in 16 ensuite cabins
- Spacious sundeck with massage services, plus indoor lounge
- Experienced and friendly crew, plus well-established operator
Dune Black Manta liveaboard offers an unparalleled diving experience in the Maldives, combining luxury accommodation and exceptional service, with world-class diving facilities. Guests can experience the world-class marine life of the Maldives while enjoying the comfort of spacious, air-conditioned cabins, personalized service, and exquisite dining. What sets Black Manta apart is its commitment to providing a seamless blend of adventure and relaxation, ensuring divers of all levels have an unforgettable journey.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Exciting one-way trip visiting a total of seven atolls
- Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks and silvertips
- Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, tiger sharks and more
- Night dive included in the schedule
A Dune agent will meet you at Gan Domestic Airport, where your guides will be waiting to welcome you and guide you aboard the boat
Addu atoll offers nice drift dives along beautiful reefs, a nice wreck dive, and also a famous channel dive with big chances of Manta ray encounters. We will start with a check dive and explore the atoll for special species
After a night crossing, we will reach Fuvahmulah Atoll, a unique island in the middle of the Indian Ocean that offers exceptional opportunities to encounter large pelagic species, especially tiger sharks. We will complete three dives around this remarkable island before continuing our journey south toward Gaafu Atoll.
Gaafu Atoll offers a multitude of channel dives with different formations. We will make three dives in the southern part of the atoll, where we can encounter a wide variety of shark species, eagle rays, schools of jack fish, and dogtooth tuna throughout the area.
We continue with channel dives in search of more sharks and pelagic species, reaching a special night spot by the end of the day, where we hope to encounter whale sharks in the evening.
Depending on weather conditions, we will complete two to three channel dives in Gaafu Atoll before embarking on a 10-hour crossing to reach Laamu Atoll by night.
Laamu Atoll offers vibrant coral life, large schools of reef fish, and opportunities to encounter manta rays and bumphead parrotfish. After the second dive, we will cross to Thaa Atoll and complete a third dive on a thila rich in hard corals and schools of yellow snappers. The boat will anchor at a well-known whale shark night spot for the evening.
Day 8:
Another channel dive in thaa atoll to start the day, and then we will reach Meemu atoll for a manta spot and a last dive on the north of the atoll, full of soft corals and schools of sharks
Day 9:
After a channel dive in Meemu Atoll, we continue to Vaavu Atoll for a colorful second dive with pelagic species and schools of jackfish. The day concludes with a night dive famous for its nurse shark encounters.
Day 10:
Day 11:
The trip is arriving at the end. Our crew will arrange the transfer to the airport according to your flight schedule once you have had your breakfast on board. Time to come back home with fantastic memories!
Transfer details
Departure
02:00pm
Gan
Gan International Airport: GAN
Return
08:00am
Male
Male Velana International Airport: MLE
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