Awesome holiday thanks! Paul Kingston

First of all I would like to thank Scuba Travel during the booking process. They have been very efficient and professional to me. MV Orion is a fantastic boat. Crew members and dive instructors have been very nice and helpful; the food was diversified and I thought very good. Diving was amazing certainly due to Alex’s diving spots knowledge. I saw Manta rays the first day, « dived » (thanks to Enriko) next to a whale shark, snorkelled next to another one, saw white tips sharks every days, and lots of grey reef sharks on other few occasions. Sometimes lots of strong current which enabled me to learn a bit more about diving in these conditions. We also had the chance to do 3 night dives. I took this trip opportunity to do my Nitrox speciality which is a « plus » when you have 3 or 4 dives a day!… To sum up an amazing trip. I can only recommend anyone to go for this liveboard in the Maldives through Scuba Travel. You won’t be disappointed. Thanks again to all of you ! Philippe B. BOILLOT

Our trip was amazing saw Mantas on our first dive what a check out dive.... also through the week we saw white tip sharks, other little reef sharks, the parrot fish were playing in the bubbles, leaf fish (I had never seen a fish so thin before) eagle rays, and I had one come up to me and swim along side me checking me out, which was very cool. I don't think I have ever been on a trip booked through Scuba Travel that has not had a great group of people on the boat... we all got on really well. Jill Smith

Georgie, thank you so much for booking our holiday and our excellent seats - everything went to plan. Your arrangements, flight connections, could not have been better - perfect - thank you. Everyone at Scuba travel - no wonder you have such a good reputation everyone on the boat were happy with all of you - well done and thank you. The Orion and Alex could not have been better. The Boat is excellent, as you said, and Alex is so professional and caring - he wants everyone to have a good safe diving holiday. No complaints only thanks and compliments, and please keep up the good work. THANK YOU Tony & Eileen Bithell

The booking with Scuba Travel was excellent best holiday booking company i have used. The liveaboard MV Orion was excellent i dont use this word often. I would recommend this Liveaboard to any one, the food was extremely good far better than expected the MV Orion staff were very friendly and did a fantastic job. The Single room was just the job very quiet the make up of the room in the morning was very very good and quick. The dive guides that were showing us around were excellent one in particular RAUF could not have asked for a nicer person. William Brown

Just a quick one to say what a great trip I had to the Maldives last week and I thought the MV Orion was fantastic, thank you so much for all your help. I'm now completely converted to liveaboards and am thinking about the next trip..... Jeremy

We've just come back from a week on the Orion. Day one and we were snorkelling with Whale Sharks in the morning and Manta Rays in the afternoon. Then the diving commenced and what can I say on almost every dive we saw Grey Reef or White tipped sharks. Each dive was brilliant and included many nudibranks for those who love macro and Manta Point was spectacular with 10 Mantas being cleaned any many joing as we ascended. Sometimes the current was pretty strong and although we dislike the thought of reef hooks you will cause less damage to the reef using one than trying to hang on with your hands. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and didn't want to come home. The guides Alex, Bryony and Arif were all great. It was a truly AWESOME holiday and thanks to everyone involved in arranging the trip. Geoff and Tanya Cox

An exceptional weeks holiday. Orion, the crew, dive staff and the diving were of the highest quality. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone who wants fantastic diving, great accommodation, wonderful food and the perfect place to relax once youre out of the water. We have been lucky enough to go to many far flung destinations and the week aboard Orion was hard to beat. The dive schedule had something for everyone and with an abundance of Whale sharks, Mantas and other great sights during the week, it made for a great spectacle. Those also wanting good photos and Videos will not be disappointed! Frazer & Annette

Ber & I spent a fantastic week on MV Orion with Georgie and the gang. We had a fantastic time.he staff are incredible, accommodating and friendly at all times from the 6am wake up calls through to the last G&T order in the early hours. We were really impressed with the quality and variety of the food, Down to the special requests for apple pie & custard, nothing was a problem..! Now, the diving, was simply fantastic. I have dived a lot in the Red Sea and wanted to see more of the bigger stuff. e had a variety of sharks, turtles, snorkling with all the mantas, eagle rays, jacks, barracuda and at the end of some dives, sholes of dolphin popped up to say hello. We had one missing tick and that was to see a whaleshark. Through his network of associates, Alex soon announced, 20 minutes to whaleshark! A quick hop over the side of the dhoni and we were snorkling with it, class!!! John

Georgies trip report on Orion, A week in the Maldives on Orion Georgina Bartlett