Contessa Mia | Red Sea Liveaboard

Hope you have been well. I have had a fantastic trip to Brothers Island on Contessa Mia couple of weeks ago, the dives were pretty challenging with the changing currents but overall an awesome experience. Bit disappointed that there were very few sightings of sharks that were far away, not close up, as the water temperature were too warm for them to come up. Apart from that, I'll go again! Saul

Just a quick note to say thanks to Scuba Travel for a super holiday (5-12th August) onboard Contessa Mia - Brothers Route. Despite being blown off The Brothers and switching to an alternative itinerary (Northern wrecks and reefs I think), I had a fantastic time and met some great new diver mates. Hany our guide was excellent, a credit to the Sea Serpent fleet dive team, the crew were very competent in what they did, and the food was tremendous, well up to the standards I have come to expect from Scuba Travel. Kevin

My partner and I have just returned from a holiday on a Red Sea liveaboard the Contessa Mia. We booked rather later for the trip; the standard of service was good and we experienced a fantastic holiday. I would like to share with you the highlight of the trip which was a gentleman by the name of Mike Ward, what a marvelous fellow; his knowledge on the Red Sea wrecks was second to none. The briefings were very informative with an excellent delivery style which kept you captivated, a pleasure to listen to. Mike held a digital photo work shop; the topics were relevant and delivered at levels that were comprehensible to all. Mike's passion for diving and photography was an inspiration to us all, nothing was too much trouble, be it advice on how to shoot a subject or help on setting up your camera. On chatting with the other guests it is apparent that everyone had learn't something which would aid them in their future photography adventures, even an antiquated film user like myself found the sessions motivational. Janette Radford

Excellent trip on this boat, crew and food all top notch, excellent value for money, more Manchester offers should be available. The dive deck is impressive as it easily catered for 20 divers. Big thanks to Val for making all week go very smooth. GREGG's Carl

Really good trip on Contessa Mia. The all Manchester flight idea was a big success. Mike Johnson

Just a very brief note to try to express how much I enjoyed my latest trip with yourselves, everything was wonderful EXCEPT the 2 guides, Val & Sarah who quite frankly were the best I've ever dived with, the briefings were superb, details included photo's of the wrecks both before and after their sinking as well of picccies of what we could expect to see 'fish-wise' they really made the holiday & frankly give me something to aspire to be! Great holiday - I'll be back, but you can expect a request that they are on the boat! Cheers. Tessa

Hi all at Scuba Travel, have just got back from a week on Contessa Mia doing Wrecks And Reefs itinerary. Thought I would drop you a line to say thank you very much for a great trip. Super boat, great guides. Thanks again. Regards Bob Mann Bob Mann

Hi all at Scuba Travel, have just got back from a week on Contessa Mia doing Wrecks And Reefs itinerary. Thought I would drop you a line to say thank you very much for a great trip. Super boat, great guides. Thanks again. Regards Bob Lee

Dear Scuba Travel. I would just like to thank your team for a wonderful holiday aboard the MV Contessa Mia. Pete and Mohammed were the perfect guides and the whole crew made the week a fantastic event. I noticed that Tony was in Sharm that week and would have liked to have thanked him in person. Please pass on my thanks, and I'll send him a copy of the DVD I have just produced of the trip. Should he be looking for any new recruits for the Red Sea, then I'll be ready and able. Regards. Steve Hewitt

Great crew, great boat saw my first oceanic white tip!!! Anon

Fantastic diving and a great boat with all the facilities I could ask for. Will be back next year Many thanks. James

A week on the Contessa Mia was a fantastic experience. The diving was excellent, the dive guides (Sammy and Hanny) were superb (very professional as well as being great fun and always at the beck and call of anyone who needed help), there was always copious amounts of good food available and the crew were very friendly and ultra-attentive to all our needs. They each seemed to possess a 6th sense in that whenever I needed a hand with a piece of kit one of them would instantly appear beside me to help out. Many thanks. Tom

We had a excellent trip on board contessa mia. The crew and dive guides were superb - special mention should go to sammy who is perhaps the best dive guide I have ever had. The dive sites were varied and generally very good and we were lucky enough to see a school of hammerhead sharks and several oceanic whitetips. All in all a fantastic week's trip. Sam

I sailed on the Contessa Mia to St. Johns and the South from 28th October to 3rd November. Accommodation was good, spacious enough and clean. The crew were always friendly, attentive and helpful. The food was excellent and there was even a roast turkey for the last nights gala dinner. The diving was also excellent with several close encounters with oceanic white tips. I was not initially impressed with the idea of cave diving at Fury Shoals having dived a number of fairly uninteresting caves in the Mediterranean. However these cave dives were very different and very rewarding. Our two dive guides, Hanni and Sammy (I hope that Ive spelled their names correctly), were the best that Ive experienced, a wonderful double act but with very precise briefs. Altogether we had an excellent trip, which I rate as my best liveaboard experience ever. Roger