Advantages: Different place every day Disadvantages: A few early mornings!!!
The Atoll Explorer is actually a type of Dive Boat. It has 2 different itineries, each a week at a time. Both are quite similar in activities, they just visit different places.
It has 20 cabins, a small bar area, restaurant area, very small shop, and 2 upper decks, one of which has 2 small jacuzzis.
There is also a dive school, run by EuroDivers, on board.
A Brief run down of each!
Cabins
These are small be warned, but as you only sleep in them ... ...You have a bed, desk thing, wardobe, little side cabinet thing, plus an even smaller shower room with toilet, sink and of course a shower, with a very friendly shower curtain!
There is a crackly radio which seemed to play whatever cd they had on in the bar, towels for the room and for the beach are provided, and hairdryers are available for hire from the reception, free of charge.
They are not very powerful though, I prefered to stand on the top ...
rusticgirl 06.12.2006 (18.04.2007)
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Advantages: Diving, Snorkelling, scenery, Food, cabins everything. Disadvantages: not long enough!!
...was a week on the Atoll Explorer and a week on Biyadhoo. (12/8/07to 27/8/07) The previous review is very true today.
We booked through Voyages Jules Verne on their internet site.The whole holiday cost £3,390 for the two of us.
We were transfered by speedboat to the Atoll Explorer and were welcomed with a cocktail and a brief outline of the boat and itinery for the North Ari Atoll trip. The boat is perfect for both serious divers and those who snorkel ... ...locations. It is a liveaboard dive boat.
We had booked a B cabin and had cabin 19a which had a small balcony with two chairs. Though small it was perfect with a great picture window like patio doors with air conditioning as well.
The staff from the Captain down to the galley boy were always smiling and nothing was to much trouble. Kumal our waiter was a real treasure always there when you needed him and Patric the Chef produced fantastic food on ...
Swift-Simba 02.09.2007
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Advantages: laid back, lovely food,and drink brilliant staff, varyind scenery Disadvantages: journey there
...have now been on the Atoll 3 times.The first time we had booked a week on the boat and a week on one of the Islands. THe day we were due to change over the Captain called us to his cabin and told us that our Island was over booked . He said we could stay on the boat for a further week or we could still go to the Island. 2 other couples were also made the same offer. We now think the boat was underbooked and she cannot sail with too few passengers. ... ...we had booked 2 weeks we would have paid more) On the second night of our second week a beautiful cake was brought to our table, with welcome back on it and when we went to our cabin, the beds had all been decorated with flowers and garlands. THe other couple also had theirs done, in a different design to ours.I cannot fault anyone on anything. WE returned 2 years later with our son who is a qulified diver and he says the staff and dive sites were ...
JILLYWIGS123 04.10.2008
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