Solitude Gaia Maldives: Baa Mantaa Madness

Boarding for Solitude Gaia Maldives begins promptly at 1400 and concludes no later than 1000 on Day 2.

Welcome aboard Solitude Gaia Maldives, your home for the next seven nights. After complimentary airport or hotel transfers, our crew will greet you with a smile and guide you through check-in. Settle into your cabin, complete diver registration, and attend orientation and safety briefings.

We’ll collect Atoll entry and marine park fees, so please have your C-Cards and/or logbooks ready. Dinner is served as we cast off towards North Malé Atoll and your first Maldivian sunset.

Dinner included. Refer to our Know-Before-You-Go guide for fees and documentation details.

Gives the opportunity for 2 to 3 dives.

Embarkation concludes at 1000.

Choice of regions and sites: Lankan Manta Point / Girifushi Thila //Sunlight Thila / Victory wreck / Nerumathi / Feydhoo wall and Fish tank.

Ease into Maldivian diving with sheltered pinnacles and cleaning stations where turtles, fusiliers, and occasionally mantas glide through blue water.

Sites such as Lankan Manta Point or Girifushi Thila offer colourful coral gardens and the gentle currents typical of the region.

These relaxed dives set the tone for the days ahead as we continue north toward Baa Atoll.

Gives the opportunity for 3 dives.

Choice of regions and sites: Maaya Thila / Fish Head / Hafsa Thila

Today takes you into Ari Atoll, home to some of the Maldives’ most well-known thilas. Maaya Thila and Fish Head offer vibrant coral slopes filled with snapper, sweetlips, and frequent white-tip reef sharks.

These reefs are alive with movement, creating excellent opportunities for wide-angle photography and calm, unhurried dives as we make our way toward Baa.

Gives the opportunity for 2 to 3 dives.

Choice of sites: Dhigali Haa / Nelivaru Haa / Reethi Thila / Dharavandhoo Thila / Donfanu Thila / Kakaa Thila / Turtle Reef

Choice of regions and sites: Dhigali Haa / Nelivaru Haa / Dhonfanu Thila

Arriving in Baa Atoll, the ecosystem shifts into one of the Maldives’ most protected and biologically rich environments. Dives may include Dhigali Haa, known for its impressive coral formations and resident turtles, or Nelivaru Haa, where vibrant reef life clusters along the slopes.

These sites offer a balance of gentle currents, sweeping coral gardens, and schools of reef fish — a calm prelude to the manta encounters to come.

Gives the opportunity for up to 3 dives, plus 1 snorkelling session.

Choice of regions and sites: Hanifaru Bay (snorkel only) / Dhigali Haa / Dhonfanu Thila / Kakaa Thila / Dharavandhoo Thila and Dharavandhoo Rock.

This day centres around one of the Maldives’ most extraordinary natural spectacles: the seasonal manta aggregation inside Hanifaru Bay.

Entry is strictly regulated by permit and snorkelling guidelines to protect this UNESCO site. When conditions align, mantas gather here in large numbers, forming elegant feeding chains that circle through the plankton-rich bay.

Additional dives may include Dhonfanu Thila or Dhigali Haa, where reef sharks, turtles, and colourful coral formations offer exceptional variety.

Gives the opportunity for 3 dives.

Choice of regions and sites: Nelivaru Haa / Maalhos Thila / Milaidhoo Reef

Continue exploring Baa’s Reefs and pinnacles, home to cleaning stations and dense soft coral growth. If conditions permit, a second Hanifaru Bay entry may be scheduled. Enjoy evening cruising under a sky spangled with stars as the vessel turns south for the journey home.

Gives the opportunity for 2 dives.

Choice of regions and sites: Moofushi / Rasdhoo Madivaru / Veligadu Manta Point / Kuramathi Kandu (weather-dependent)

On the return journey, you may dive in Ari Atoll or North Malé, depending on sea state and timing.
These penultimate dives are relaxed, featuring colourful coral gardens, anemone-filled ridges, and the chance of manta or shark encounters.

After the final dive, return onboard for a farewell dinner and your last evening at sea.

No diving today.

After breakfast, it is time to disembark from Solitude Gaia Maldives. Transfers to the airport or onward accommodation will be arranged by our team.
As you say goodbye to the crew, carry with you the memory of mantas, coral gardens, turquoise lagoons, and the gentle rhythm of the Maldivian seas.

Please Note:
All itineraries are subject to weather, currents, and marine-life activity. The Cruise Director may adjust the route to ensure safe and optimal conditions. Wildlife sightings such as mantas and whale sharks are natural encounters and cannot be guaranteed.