Celebrate the Festive Season in the Maldives
Our Christmas and New Year weeks bring a festive touch to our classic Central Atolls itinerary. Alongside a week of diving, spa treatments, and island exploration, enjoy special dinners, beach celebrations, and time together on board. Whether traveling as a couple, with friends, or on your own, there’s something special about sharing the holidays in the Maldives.
Highlights
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Up to 17 dives
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2 departures a year
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Festive dinners and special evenings on board
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Manta cleaning stations, pinnacles, channels, and wreck diving
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Spa treatments and daily yoga
Diving Details
The Christmas and New Year weeks follow our Best of Maldives itinerary through North Malé, South Malé, Ari, and Vaavu Atolls. Explore colorful reefs, submerged pinnacles, channels, and wrecks, with opportunities to encounter manta rays, reef sharks, eagle rays, turtles, and large schools of tropical fish.
Dive sites are selected daily according to tides, currents, and local conditions. From manta cleaning stations and vibrant thilas to channel dives and the possibility of spotting whale sharks in South Ari Atoll, the itinerary offers a diverse introduction to diving in the Maldives, with sites suitable for different experience levels.
- Water temperature: 28–30°C (82–86°F) year-round.
- Dive experience: Suitable for all levels. Minimum Open Water certification for the Scuba package.
- Currents: Varied conditions, from calm reefs to stronger channel and drift dives.
- Wetsuit recommendation: 3 mm shorty or full suit, particularly for multiple dives per day
Rates & Dates
23 – 30 Dec
Christmas Week
Best of Maldives
Malé to Malé
From $5,232.50
Christmas Week
Best of Maldives
Malé to Malé
From $5,232.50
30 Dec – 06 Jan
New Year Week
Best of Maldives
Malé to Malé
From $5,232.50
- Fully Booked
New Year Week
Best of Maldives
Malé to Malé
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