Maldives & Sri Lanka
Dive into Adventure Together – 7 Nights in Maldives + 7 Nights in Sri Lanka!
Blue Mystic Divers · Indian Ocean · 27 Feb – 6 Mar 2027
The Maldives, chartered just for us.
Drop into a channel with the current running and watch the water fill with mantas — a dozen, then more — wheeling through a cloud of plankton while you hang still and let them come. At night they come to you, feeding in the boat’s lights while you lean over the rail with a coffee.
Seven nights aboard M/Y Honors Legacy — the entire vessel, all ten cabins, taken for one group. Up to 17 dives across North Malé, Vaavu and South & North Ari. Hosted the whole way.
A glimpse of the week
Above and below the surface
At a glance
The voyage in one look
At a glance
27 Feb – 6 Mar 2027
Duration
7 nights · up to 17 dives
Vessel
M/Y Honors Legacy
Route
N. Malé · Vaavu · S. & N. Ari
Boards from
Malé, round trip
Group
Private full charter · 20 berths
Level
Open Water and up
Water
28–29 °C
From
USD 2,990 per diver
Hosting
Nicolas, all seven nights
The voyage
Not a booking. A week with your own crew.
Most Maldives liveaboards sell you a bunk on a boat full of strangers. We have taken the whole vessel — all ten cabins, all twenty places — so the only people aboard are ours.
That changes the diving. The schedule bends to what the group wants, not to the lowest common denominator of twenty-two strangers. If the mantas are working a cleaning station, we stay. If people want a fourth dive, we do a fourth dive.
And there’s a night at Alimatha, in Vaavu, that the crew set up when the tide is right — dozens of tawny nurse sharks coming in over the sand in the torchlight, close enough that the group spends the crossing home arguing about how close. We won’t spoil it further.
Creatures You Might Meet
Reef mantas
And there’s a night at Alimatha, in Vaavu, that the crew set up when the tide is right — dozens of tawny nurse sharks coming in over the sand in the torchlight, close enough that the group spends the crossing home arguing about how close. We won’t spoil it further.
Whale sharks
South Ari is the one atoll in the Maldives where whale sharks are resident year-round. Encounters are gentle and unhurried — the largest fish in the sea drifting past at walking pace. Having our own boat for the week means several attempts at it rather than one day-trip lottery ticket.
Tawny nurse sharks
Alimatha, in Vaavu Atoll, after dark. Dozens of tawny nurse sharks come in over the sand in the torchlight, along with rays and jacks working the same light. It is the dive people describe years later, usually with their hands.
Leopard sharks
Also called zebra sharks — spotted, slow and entirely unbothered, resting on the sand at the bottom of the reef. One of the calmest close encounters in the Indian Ocean, and a photographer’s gift.
Rays, after dark
Stingrays cruise the sand flats at night, gliding into the torch beams alongside the nurse sharks. Eagle rays turn up on the channel dives by day, usually in the blue just past the corner.
What you will dive
Five that make the week
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Mantas at Rangali
A cleaning station where they queue up over the coral.
You stay low, stay still, and they file past at arm’s length — the encounter everyone flies here for.
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Whale sharks in South Ari
The one atoll where they are resident year-round.
Not a lottery ticket on a single day trip — we have the whole atoll and several attempts at it.
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Nurse sharks at Alimatha
A night dive in Vaavu Atoll, run when the tide is right.
The dive that turns a good trip into the one people still talk about years later.
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Grey reefs at Fish Head
Sharks stacked into the current at a classic Ari channel
You hook into the blue and watch the wall of them hold station — pure Maldives channel diving.
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Rasdhoo Madivaru
The corner, early, with the current running.
Being on our own boat means we can be there at the right hour instead of the convenient one.
Worth deciding early
Why this one doesn’t wait
01
Twenty places, and that’s the number
This is a private full charter of one specific vessel on one specific week. There is no second boat and no waiting list that turns into a place. When the twenty are taken, the trip is closed.
02
The price rises on 1 October
USD 2,990 per diver until 30 September 2026, then USD 3,190. Not a manufactured countdown — the charter is already committed and the early rate reflects booking before the balance falls due.
03
The season is fixed by the animals
Manta and whale-shark activity peaks in a narrow window when the monsoon and currents align. February and March are the best months of the year here — which is exactly why these are the weeks that go first.
From flights to flights
How the week unfolds
At sea — 27 February to 6 March
26 Feb
Arrive in Malé and take a hotel night. Nobody wants their first dive after a red-eye. We advise on routing and where to stay.
27 Feb
Transfer to the boat, board late morning, settle into your cabin. Check dive, briefings, kit set up on the dhoni for the week. Group dinner aboard.
28 Feb – 1 Mar
North Malé and across to Vaavu — channel drifts and thilas, then Alimatha after dark for the nurse sharks.
2–4 Mar
South and North Ari — whale-shark searching along the outer reef, manta cleaning stations at Rangali, grey reefs at Fish Head. A sandbank stop when the crew find the right one.
5 Mar
Rasdhoo Madivaru early with the current running, then last dives and the long, slow afternoon back toward Malé. Logbooks, photos and the last dinner aboard.
6 Mar
Disembark after breakfast. Airport transfer for your flight home — or stay on for Sri Lanka.
Optional — Sri Lanka, 6–13 March
In development
A land week east of the atolls: the Cultural Triangle and Sigiriya at dawn, the tea-country highlands, and the colonial port of Galle — the sort of week that turns a dive trip into a journey.
Not yet priced
The extension is being built now and is not included in the charter price. Itinerary and cost on request — tell us on the form below and we’ll keep you posted before it opens.
M/Y Honors Legacy — ten cabins across two decks. Cabin allocation is done by the group, not by a booking engine.
The route — “Best of Maldives.”
Board in Malé, run north then south through Vaavu and the Ari atolls, and come back to Malé seven nights later. Up to 17 dives including night dives. Exact sites are set by the captain each day against tide, current and where the animals actually are — which is the whole point of having the boat to ourselves.
Day-by-day order is indicative. The route is fixed; the sequence follows the conditions.
Your home at sea
M/Y Honors Legacy
Ten en-suite cabins across two decks, air conditioning throughout, a full dive deck with its own dedicated dhoni, a salon that seats the whole group together, and a shaded sun deck with a jacuzzi for the hours between dives. Twenty berths — and every one of them is ours.
M/Y Honors Legacy under way
Cabins — twin & double, all en-suite
Every cabin en-suite
Salon — the group eats together
All meals aboard
At anchor, and the dive dhoni alongside
What it actually means for you
Every detail, and why it matters
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The whole boat, not a bunk on it
All ten cabins and all twenty berths taken for this group alone.
The dive plan answers to us. No strangers setting the pace, no compromise schedule, no queue on the platform.
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Up to 17 dives, guided, with a dedicated dhoni
Tanks, weights and guiding included; your kit stays set up all week on a separate dive boat.
You never haul gear across the yacht — you step onto the dhoni, dive, and step back into a hot shower.
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All meals, snacks, water, tea and coffee
Full board aboard, cooked fresh by the galley.
Nothing to plan and nothing to pay for between dives — you surface, eat well, and sleep.
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Malé airport transfers, both ways
Met on arrival and delivered back for your flight.
The two moments a trip usually goes wrong are handled before you land.
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Nicolas hosts the full week
Not a rep who hands you off at the airport — the owner of Blue Mystic Divers, aboard for all seven nights.
Diving with you, sorting the logistics, answering in English or Spanish before you have to ask.
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Briefing pack + group channel
A pre-trip pack and a group channel open from booking to return.
You arrive prepared and already knowing the group — and it stays in touch long after the flight home.
In the price
What’s included
- Seven nights aboard in a twin or double en-suite cabin
- Up to 17 dives with guides, tanks and weights
- A dedicated dive dhoni — no hauling kit across the boat
- All meals, snacks, water, tea and coffee
- Airport transfers in Malé, both ways
- Government tax (T-GST) and all charter taxes
- Hosting and concierge from first contact to the flight home
- Pre-trip briefing pack and help with your flights
Not in the price
Good to know
- International flights to and from Malé — we advise on routing
- The USD 500 onboard package (see below)
- The Malé hotel night on 26 February — board late morning on the 27th
- Travel and dive insurance, including evacuation cover (required)
- Alcohol and personal extras
- The optional Sri Lanka extension, 6–13 March 2027
- Certification: Open Water and up. Rusty? Come and dive Cozumel with us first — we’ll get you ready.
About the USD 500 onboard package
Paid to us before boarding. It covers the Maldivian green tax, the vessel service charge and your nitrox for the week. We remit it to the boat on your behalf, so you’re not handling paperwork or card machines mid-holiday.
No gate, no funnel
Price, and how to hold a seat
Book by 30 Sep 2026
Early rate
USD2,990
per diver, double occupancy
From 1 October
USD3,190
per diver, double occupancy
Plus, before boarding
USD500
onboard package — green tax, service charge and nitrox for the week
Single occupancy +65%. Non-diving partner −USD 400 — they snorkel, visit the islands and get the same week aboard.
Holding your place
Step
Detail
Tell us
Use the form below, or email. We confirm a place is free and send you a booking confirmation and the Trip Agreement.
Deposit
USD 1,500 within 7 days, by bank transfer. Non-refundable — this is what takes your cabin off the market.
Balance
USD 1,490 by 29 November 2026.
Onboard package
USD 500, paid to us before boarding.
Flights
You book your own to Malé once your place is confirmed. We’ll tell you which routings work.
Arrive a day early. We board late morning on 27 February, so plan to be in Malé on 26 February and take a hotel night. Nobody wants their first dive after a red-eye.
Cancellation, plainly. The deposit is non-refundable. After the balance is paid: more than 60 days out we refund 30% of the trip price; inside 60 days, no refund. Please take travel insurance. If we cancel the trip, everything you have paid us comes back in full, deposit included. If it’s prevented by something outside our control — the vessel operator, weather, force majeure — the standard terms apply and we pass on whatever we recover. Full detail in the Booking & Cancellation policy and the Trip Agreement.
Included, not upsold
Two things we add quietly
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The Maldives briefing pack
A considered pre-trip guide — what to bring, how to read the channels and currents, what the dives ask of you, and how the atolls work. Yours from the moment you reserve.
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USD 250 back for a referral
Bring someone who books, and USD 250 comes off your balance. No cap, no form, no scheme — just the way a trip like this actually fills.
Bringing a group?
If you’re a dive professional, a club organiser, a shop owner or a retreat leader with people who’d love this week, we’d rather host your group than sell you a commission. One complimentary berth for every six paying guests you bring — you travel free, your people get the same price everyone else pays, and we handle every part of the operation.
No cash commission and no fine print. Tell us below and we’ll send the partner terms sheet — one page, plain language.
Why you can trust this voyage
The charter is signed and the deposit is paid. This week exists whether or not you come — we’d just rather you did.
M/Y Honors Legacy is operated by Honors Holidays, an established Maldivian liveaboard operator, chosen on safety record and atoll knowledge. The week is chartered, hosted and delivered by Blue Mystic Divers, Cozumel — trading through Arvi Tours SA de CV, a licensed Mexican travel agency — and hosted personally by Nicolas Simon, owner of Blue Mystic Divers. Built for the dive community we belong to, rather than resting on any one name.
20
Berths, all ours
17
Dives, up to
7
Nights at sea
1
Group, one boat
Before you ask
Maldives questions
Open Water and up. The Maldives is channel and drift diving — fast water brings the big animals — so recent experience and comfort in current make the week far better. Tell us your level honestly when you register. If you’re rusty, come and dive Cozumel with us beforehand and we’ll get you ready; we’d rather do that than put you somewhere uncomfortable.
Yes, and it works well. They snorkel, visit the islands, use the sun deck and get the same week aboard, at USD 400 less than the diver rate. Several of the best moments here — the mantas in the lights off the back of the boat, the sandbank dinners — happen at the surface.
You’d be one of twenty-two strangers on a schedule set for the average of the boat. Here the entire vessel is ours, the plan bends to the group, and someone you know is aboard the whole week handling everything. Plus the transfers, the briefing pack, the flight advice and a host in your own language.
Almost. The charter price plus the USD 500 onboard package covers everything aboard including all taxes and nitrox. What’s yours: flights to Malé, the hotel night on 26 February, insurance, alcohol and personal extras. There is no fuel surcharge and no port-fee surprise at the end.
Not yet. It’s being built for 6–13 March 2027 and is not included in the charter price. Say so on the form and we’ll send the itinerary and price the moment it’s ready — no obligation either way.
If we cancel it, everything you’ve paid us is refunded in full, deposit included. If it’s prevented by something outside our control — the vessel operator, weather, force majeure — the standard cancellation terms apply and we pass on whatever we actually recover from the operator. That gap is exactly what travel insurance is for, and we require it.
No — you book your own to and from Malé, and we advise on routings that work with the boarding time. Everything from the moment you land is held: transfers, the boat, the diving, the food and the way home.
Twenty places · two already taken
Hold your cabin
One boat, one week, one group. Tell us you’re interested and we’ll confirm a place is free, send the full trip pack and the Trip Agreement, and answer whatever you want to ask — personally, and without a sales sequence.
No payment to register
Registering only requests the trip pack — you commit nothing until you’ve seen the price, the terms and the agreement.
The price is on this page
Nothing changes when you ask. What you see here is what the Trip Agreement says.
If we cancel, you’re whole
Everything you’ve paid us comes back in full, deposit included. Spelled out in writing before you pay anything.
A real person, always
Every enquiry is answered personally by Nicolas — never an auto-funnel.