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28 Sep 2024 |
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05 Oct 2024 |
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02 Nov 2024 |
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09 Nov 2024 |
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28 Jun 2025 |
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05 Jul 2025 |
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19 Jul 2025 |
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26 Jul 2025 |
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23 Aug 2025 |
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30 Aug 2025 |
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27 Sep 2025 |
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04 Oct 2025 |
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11 Oct 2025 |
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18 Oct 2025 |
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25 Oct 2025 |
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01 Nov 2025 |
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08 Nov 2025 |
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15 Nov 2025 |
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22 Nov 2025 |
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29 Nov 2025 |
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06 Dec 2025 |
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13 Dec 2025 |
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20 Dec 2025 |
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27 Dec 2025 |
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03 Jan 2026 |
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10 Jan 2026 |
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17 Jan 2026 |
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24 Jan 2026 |
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31 Jan 2026 |
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07 Feb 2026 |
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14 Feb 2026 |
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21 Feb 2026 |
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28 Feb 2026 |
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07 Mar 2026 |
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14 Mar 2026 |
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21 Mar 2026 |
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28 Mar 2026 |
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04 Apr 2026 |
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11 Apr 2026 |
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27 Jun 2026 |
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04 Jul 2026 |
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15 Aug 2026 |
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17 Oct 2026 |
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07 Nov 2026 |
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14 Nov 2026 |
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28 Nov 2026 |
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05 Dec 2026 |
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12 Dec 2026 |
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19 Dec 2026 |
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Everything went as planned
"Everything went as planned with flights, transfers and pre & post liveaboard accommodation. My time on the Emperor Voyager liveaboard, brilliant crew and diving."
Joanna
The whole trip was more than we expected!
"The whole trip was more than we expected. This was our first dive trip where the tour operator included activities beyond the diving. The local island trip, BBQ on the beach, visit to Male and night snorkelling from the boat were lovely additional touches.
The transfers and ground arrangements were very good: when we left Emperor Voyager Chris came into the airport with us and made sure everyone knew where they were going.
The accommodation aboard the boat was great and very spacious. The added touch of “Happy Honeymoon” decorations on our bed was lovely, and the food was varied and always tasty.
All of the crew and dive guides were very helpful throughout the trip. Chris was brilliant and his manta ray presentation was informative and very interesting.
The dive sites were brilliant and varied with lots of marine life - we were even treated to a wreck! We saw Manta Rays, turtles and sharks, with one of the highlights being a sunset dive with approx. 20 nurse sharks
Our favourite memory from the holiday was spending a whole hour long dive hooked on at a cleaning station watching Manta Rays. They even gave us one final swim past as we were ascending. This was definitely a big tick on our diving bucket list.
Everyone at Regal was very helpful and we would definitely book with you again in the future. "
Fleur & George L. - Newark
27 years of diving | Best dive safari to date!
"Emperor Voyager followed by Eriyadu Resort – Beach Club rooms
We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. Everything was as good, if not better, than we expected and we were very impressed with the Emirates flights. The Eriyadu apartment had recently been refurbished and was well positioned for the best part of the reef for snorkelling, which was exceptional, and the beach. Chris on the boat and the staff at resort were superb.
Emperor Voyager was great - we had a fantastic cabin on the first deck with large windows and plenty of room and storage. The food onboard was excellent, cabin services great - it would have been nice to have free soda drinks, but they are quite expensive out there though.
The crew was always ready to help and Chris the guide / boat manager was one of the best and most knowledgeable I have come across and in my 27 years of diving .
Dive sites were well chosen and none were disappointing. The sights will live with us forever - amazing! Our favourite memory from the holiday was that of the manta rays on the cleaning station.
I was very happy with the service and value for money from Regal dive, and would look to book with them in future.
It's my best dive safari to date!"
John and Suzanne - UK
The Whale Shark and Mantas Came so Close!
"All of the crew on the liveaboard were excellent, the guides were friendly, knowledgeable and helpful, as were the crew. The dive sites were good, although some were hard work due to the current, but thoroughly enjoyable and well worth the effort.
We went to the Maldives in the hope of diving with a whale shark or Mantas. The guides made sure we got both!! The Whale Shark and the Mantas came so close to us that we could have reached out and touched them, it was amazing. Neither of us could pinpoint a favourite memory, as we had several amazing experiences.
We had no problems at all, everything ran smoothly, flights, transfers, accommodation etc. The transfers were excellent, as was the accommodation both on the island and the liveaboard. Both venues offered excellent food and service, especially the liveaboard.
As for Regaldive's services, you made everything so easy, the booking, travel insurance, dive insurance, the whole package. Everything went like clockwork and I would not hesitate to use you again, in fact I have already recommended you to a few people at work.
Please accept out thanks and please pass this on to anyone else who was involved in arranging our holiday."
Sean Taylor - UK
Excellent Honeymoon
"Out of this world.. Has actually ruined some subsequent holiday dives due to the high standards I now have. Nigel sorted everything out for the Wife and I, all I had to do was turn up on time, very relaxing and stress free.
We spent 7 Nights on the MV EMPEROR VOYAGER followed by 5 (Water Villa) Nights on Reethi Island in October/November 2016.
My Wife is a non-diver and not a confident snorkeler, so there was very little to do on-board, bar read and sunbathe (her idea of heaven).
Now onto the Important part, the diving, It was a bit of a rough crossing from North Male to North Arai, but absolute worth it we saw quite a number of Manta Rays and Devil Rays. A few of the dives even had us seeing Black tipped reef sharks (they didn't come to close to me :( ) and the night dive with the Nurse sharks was quite indescribable as they came closer than an arms length.
The currents were pretty strong in some areas so you need to be happy with a bit of current on your dives, I'd also advise a reef hook to be brought, some practice before going out there would also benefit, having never used one it took me a couple of dives to get used to it.
I'd also bring my own dsmb with 30m of line, the on-board ones only had 6m of line and you spent most dives doing a safety stop in the blue. I preferred to deploy deep and then come straight up on it. A couple of the best dives we managed to do the safety stop on the top of the Thila.
There was a large focus on Mantas which while nice was a bit much for me (I primarily dive wrecks) once we'd done a couple of cleaning stations I got a bit board as there was a lot of sitting about watching them swim in circles.
The dive guides were all very knowledgeable and approachable and dive briefs were short and to the point and had some excellent pictures of the dive area. The Crew were great all i had to do was put my wetsuit on, everything else was handled, such a difference from UK club diving.. :) Unfortunately we didn't get to see a whale shark even though we spent a few hours sailing up and down looking.
Small tip about Dubai Airport Terminal C is a good 20+ min from Terminal A (if you sprint it can be done in ~15 min, I know this for a fact) It also has all the same shops as Terminal A. So don't be like me and think, "I'll just stay in Terminal A until 15 min before the flight as all the shops are here".
Another tip is if you are going on to stay some extra nights on one of the Islands, then only do the water villa for 1 night and then spend the rest of the nights in the Standard apartments, you'll get 1 or two extra nights for the cost saving and almost no change in quality. Ironically even though the villas are over the water the std / deluxe apartments have better access to the water, the ladder (yes ladder) from the water villa is quite steep and slippy whereas the apartments are about 10-20 yards from the water.
Big thanks again to Nigel for making it all happen. "
Ryan - Northern Ireland
Dive Boat and Crew Were Brilliant
"It was lovely holiday.
My room was good, dive boat and crew were brilliant and we had a great time. The only minus from the boat we had was that they were doing maintenance on the crew room and there was a smell of paint upstairs and when underway we seem to get a smell of faint smell of oil in our room. The accommodation was fine apart from the issue mentioned above.
Everything was ran smoothly - transfers were good, airport meeting staff organised a taxi and the tender came to get us.
Food was good, the only slight minus was that crew forgot about Zoe and that she was vegan though they fixed it from day 2
Regarding the itinerary, the dive sites were great, really a great tour of the Maldives, would come again and do the south atoll trip. The only minus was that the first and last night are spent in the Male harbour and the planes overhead get noisy and there not much to do when you arrive on the boat. I understand the issue, as people need to have their no fly limits to fly on the last day, but maybe we could have skipped the tour of Male and spent more time in the Atolls, or maybe we can have other option in Male to get dropped at the nearby beach. These are just ideas nothing that’s a big issue.
The dive centre staff were all great.
A highlight of the trip was Alimatha jetty, if you ever want a shark to come close enough it head butts you, this is great.
Oh, one other thing, with this trip was really surprised at the strength of the current and I know you mentioned reef hooks for equipment, but maybe just remind people that they will be needing them for sure.
"
Stephen-John Rado - UK
The Diving was Superb!
"Emperor Voyager Liveaboard Trip and a Land-Based Stay in Sri Lanka
Maldives Di & I last went to circa 20 years ago when there was about 5 liveaboards and did a similar route, now there is more like 75-100 liveaboards, so much busier and more like the Red Sea. However, the diving was superb and even Heather enjoyed her time on the boat. A lot of the dives were better than 20 years ago.
The transfers and ground arrangements were excellent. The accommodation was also excellent. The boat was only half full (11/20), so that helped as well. The food was excellent. The catered for both a vegetarian and a guest with a fish allergy on the boat. The liveaboard Staff and Crew were excellent.
The dive sites/itinerary were excellent. Few years ago went to Cocos on Aggressor on what turned out to be Jim Churches’ last photo trip. Simon was on the trip with us and bracketed his shots which meant he took about 200 pics on one dive. Jim commented it was the most he had ever known anyone take. Think we broke this record somewhat, as managed 401 pics without any bracketing in a one hour dive!!
Sri Lanka very good, although the traffic is same as India so plenty of eye-closed moments although remarkably only saw 2 collisions.
A favourite memory from the holiday was the Mantas and elephants (but not together obviously!). Night dive with Mantas was awesome."
Andy Colls - UK
An Amazing Week
"We had the most amazing week on the Emperor Voyager. The boat is a bit tired now, but still very comfortable and relaxing. The crew on both the Emperor and the dhoni were very friendly and helpful, which made the diving so much easier. The food was good and there was plenty of it, the afternoon snack of cake or toastie were a nice touch. The guides were very good, knew their stuff, and showed us lots of interesting things big and small.
A real effort was made to show us mantas and whale sharks both of which we saw, despite their unpredictability. I liked the fact our journey was drawn on a map as we finished each day so we knew where we had been. We would definitely go back. Big thanks to everyone.
When I planned the holiday, I had an idea I wanted to go to see whale sharks in the Maldives, I had spent some time trying to work out what I wanted, which island, which liveaboard etc etc, but had really got nowhere other than a time of year to go. So, I contacted Regaldive who promptly sent a quote for a liveaboard and an Island where I had a good chance of seeing whale sharks. I then changed my mind and decided I would like to see the whale sharks on the liveaboard but find an island with a wreck close by. I found an island and Regal Dive sent me another quote. I then changed my mind on accommodation and again Regal Dive sent me another quote. They did not seem to mind that I kept changing my mind and I even phoned up to question the price and they were very happy to go through the quote with me.
In the end I was happy and we confirmed our holiday, every time I asked a question Helena was very happy to help. The holiday was excellent and all the paperwork provided made it a very smooth, very well organized holiday. Now I have been to the Maldives I can also see that the first recommendation was perfect for whale sharks.
Our Flights changed at Dubai, I would recommend checking in online. Although at Heathrow you stilled queued in the same long queue the connection at Dubai was very smooth. On the way back the guy at Male airport didn't seem to be able to check us in all the way through and we did get a bit lost in Dubai airport trying to find the connection check in desk. If the flights are delayed this can make the connection quite fraught. The other useful info is the flight to Male, also goes to Colombo, so Male is not detailed on the gate information.
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Karen Brown - UK
One Word Says it all.....Fantastic!
"One word says it all.....fantastic. Apart from a rushed transfer in Doha on the way out, everything was spot on. Flights were good, plenty to pass the time, food, drinks and films. Boat was good,food and staff excellent (BBQ on the island was excellent), diving superb (UK quarries will never be the same again!), guides were excellent and knew their sites and points of interest.
Dohni and crew made everything so effortless. I thought I might struggle with 3/4 dives every day, but the system of leaving kit permanently set up on the Dohni made it all so easy. Got to see both Mantas and Whale Sharks which were the two things I went for, plus loads more bonus things.
Diving was well organised,night dives especially so. They practically guarantee Mantas the way they set up a feeding point to draw them in, safety was very good, dive briefs were clear and detailed, Nitox was analysed in front of you by Dohni crew every time, depth and time limits reinforced every dive, current checked by guide before we entered the water.
All three of us had a superb week and couldn't fault a single thing, it was buy one, get one free this year wasn't it! We would all like to take this opportunity to thank all involved at Regal, MV Voyager, the Dohni and Qatar airways for making the holiday such a fantastic and unforgettable experience."
Steve - UK
Great Week on Emperor Voyager
"We have just returned from a week aboard Emperor Voyager in the Maldives and it is really hard being back at work after such a great week!! We had a lovely time with good diving, excellent guides (Mario, Rauf and Helen) and a great, hard-working crew.
Double cabin was comfortable and food was good although some nights the meat could have done with a little less cooking and a starter might have been nice but overall not bad at all - we certainly didn't go hungry. Excellent food provided on the beach BBQ.
The diving was lovely with warm water and good pre-dive briefings with safety always at the forefront. Unfortunately we missed the Hammerhead but the night dive with the Nurse sharks and the Manta dive was exceptional and will always be remembered.
Would we return - oh yes - definitely.
Thanks to you all. "
Sandra Harsant - United Arab Emirates
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