We gather at Sofia airport, meet the whole group and board our first flight. It's next to Istanbul, so it's a short flight and we land in Istanbul airport in just over an hour. Our stay here is short and after it we are on our next flight to the capital of the Maldives - Male. If there are those who want to explore Istanbul, we can also offer an earlier flight to Istanbul, with which they will have about 11 hours of layover during the day and you will have the opportunity to have a short walk around Istanbul.

We land at the airport in Male at 8 o'clock in the morning. At the airport you will be met by the boat team and we will be transferred by a smaller boat to our yacht. Today is a leisurely day, we will prepare the equipment and do a check dive on the Fish tank.

Our first dive for today will be at the Guraidhoo Corner dive site, located on South Male Atoll. On this dive you may encounter big-eye trevally, tuna, barracuda, eagle rays, gray reef sharks, large green turtles and more. After this morning dive, we head to Vaavu Atoll, where we will do our second dive in the afternoon. For this purpose, we have planned the spot Dhevana Kandu, where we will meet Pelagic fish, sharks, beautiful corals, as well as several interesting caves. Our last dive of the day is scheduled to be a night dive, and it will be at Alimatha House Reef. Here we expect to meet nurse sharks. different species of stingrays and giant trevally. After our last diving adventure of the day, we will remain anchored in Alimatha.

Today, while we have breakfast, our boat heads to our stop - Miyaru Kandu diving spot. Here we will dive among sharks and other large fish. We continue along the route and go to a selected stop in the area - Maamigili Beyru. Here we expect to encounter moray eels, lionfish and nudibranchs, stingrays, mobula manta rays and, if lucky, even whale sharks. After rest and free time, it's time for the last diving spot of the day - Bodufinolhu Thila, where we expect to meet whitetip reef sharks, stingrays, mobula manta rays and whale sharks. We will drop anchor at Maamigili, which will also end our tour for the day,

Today we continue the tour of the southern part of Atoll Ari, again having 3 exciting diving stops. We start with the first site - Kudarah Thila, where we will dive among soft corals, gorgon fan corals, blue striped clamps, turtles and Napoleons. Afternoon is at Rangali Manta Point - where as the name implies you will encounter many manta rays, but you will also be able to see parrotfish, Napoleon wrasse and more. Our last stop for the day is at Rahdhigga Thila, where we will encounter reef sharks, tuna, barracudas and eagle rays. Today we will drop anchor at Raiydhigga island.

In the morning we will do the last dive in the southern part of Ari Atoll, then we will head to the northern part of the atoll. For this purpose, we have chosen the Panettone spot, where we will be able to see gray reef, white shark, barracuda, tuna and trevally. We head north and stop at the Fish Head spot in the afternoon. Here we can meet gray and white tip sharks, tuna, schools of shooters, turtles, Napoleon fish, snappers and surgeonfish. We will finish the diving for today with the Maya Thala spot, where we will meet turtles, moray eels, gray and whitetip sharks, sharpshooters, octopus, stone fish, angel fish and clown fish. Close to this we drop anchor and stay for the night at Maya Fushi.

Today we continue with the exploration of the Northern part of Ari Atoll. Our first stop is the Hafsa Thila dive spot known for gray reef sharks, octopuses, crustaceans, eagle rays, blue fish and bat fish. The next stop is at the Bathalamaagaa Kanthila spot - here you can meet silvertip, whitetip and gray reef sharks, eagle rays, barracudas, tuna fish, fusiliers and sweetlips. The last stop is at Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner, where we will be able to see Hammerhead Sharks, manta rays and other large pelagic species. We will end the day anchored at Rasdhoo.

Today is the last day for diving and due to our early flight tomorrow, we have only scheduled 1 morning dive. He will be at Rasdhoo madivaru Hammer Head Point spot. Where, as expected from the name, we will meet hammerhead sharks, manta rays, as well as some other larger fish. Then we head to the capital, and if there are those who wish, we can take a tour and walk around the capital and explore it. At the end we will drop anchor near the airport on one of Kurumba or Hulhumale islands.

It's time to go home today. Our flight is in the morning, so we get up early, have one last meal on the yacht and then head to the airport. The return is on the same route through Istanbul, as we will be in Sofia the same day in the evening.