Theia Dune Itinerary
Deep South (MLE - GKK) 7N8 days / 7 nights
About Theia Dune
- Dive the Maldives’ reefs and channels with manta rays and sharks
- Exciting seven and 14-night itineraries all across the Maldives
- All the luxuries and comforts of a five star hotel
- Five star dive service with nitrox, a large dive dhoni and experienced guides
Experience modern luxury, and amazing diving itineraries to the northern, central and southern atolls onboard the beautiful Theia Dune liveaboard. Well suited to divers and non-divers, the luxurious vessel provides the comforts of a five star hotel with its multiple relaxing lounges, sumptuous sun deck and sky bar, and uninterrupted ocean views. The passionate crew offer outstanding, yet unpretentious hospitality and welcome you like family. From the large dive tender with the highly experienced dive team, divers enjoy a luxury service exploring the Maldives’ iconic underwater world. Expect stunning reefs and epic channels with manta rays and sharks - an unforgettable liveaboard adventure.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Exciting one-way trip visiting a total of seven atolls
- Snorkel or dive with whale sharks, possibly at night
- Meet the many manta rays of Meemu Atoll
- Dive into the current-swept channels of Laamu Atoll
- Explore the remote and rarely visited Thaa Atoll
- Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks, and silvertips
- Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, tiger sharks, and more
A Dune representative will meet you at the airport and will transport you to the boat. Once you arrive, you will be offered refreshments while the cruise manager will provide you with all the necessary information about the ship's organisation and the details of your cruise. Dinner will be served in the evening, and the first night will be spent in the Hulhumalé marina. Check-in 3 PM.
Time for the first dives on the beautiful reefs of Vaavu Atoll and Meemu. The excellent pristine channels of Meemu offer steep walls and overhangs coated with healthy hard and soft corals. You will have a chance to look for hammerhead sharks and to observe grey reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks, eagle rays, napoleon wrasses, and hawksbill turtles.
Travelling deeper to the south, you will discover a variety of impressive sites with submerged pinnacles, channels, coral gardens, overhangs, and swim-throughs. You will also encounter whitetip reef sharks, eagle rays, tunas, and schools of jacks.
Laamu Atoll offers drift dives and deep channels that attract sharks, rays, jacks, and tunas. Moreover, you will dive in caves and swim throughs along colourful drop-offs. The pristine central lagoon is also home to large schools of parrotfish and butterflyfish, as well as turtles and triggerfish.
Besides the stunning underwater landscape, the untouched dive sites will also offer chances of meeting the spectacular thresher sharks, hammerhead sharks, eagle rays, napoleon wrasses, and schools of reef fish. Amazing drift dives and deep channels are waiting for you.
We will make a few more dives in the splendid region of Gaafu. Besides the stunning underwater landscape, the untouched dive sites will also offer chances of meeting the spectacular thresher sharks, bull sharks, eagle rays, napoleon wrasses, and schools of reef fish.
At the most southern point of the trip, you will discover an impressive topography, counting sloping reefs, drop-off walls, and deep channels. There are only a few named dive sites here, as this part of the Maldives is still relatively unknown. Get a chance to see spinner dolphins, manta rays, thresher sharks, and tiger sharks. According to weather conditions, we will go to Fuvahmulah Atoll, famous for the numerous sharks living there, especially tiger sharks.
The trip is coming to an end. After breakfast on board, our crew will arrange your transfer to the airport. Guests will disembark between 08:00 and 08:30. Time to head home with unforgettable memories!
Transfer details
Departure
03:00pm
Male
Male Velana International Airport: MLE
Return
08:00am
Kooddoo
Kooddoo Airport: GKK
Current availability and prices: https://www.zubludiving.com/itineraries/theia-dune/itn-2210240115201-deep-south-mle-gkk-7n