The Manta Queen 8 offers the ultimate scuba diving liveaboard experience with 4D / 3N trips on the South Andaman Route departing from Hat Yai. Explore world renowned dive sites such as Koh Thalang, Koh Lipe, Koh Adang, 8 Mile, Koh Ausen, 7 Rock, Koh Khai and Hin Khao.
Join the true scuba diving experience, book your trip aboard The Manta Queen 8 today!
Manta Queen 8 accommodates 24 guests in comfortable air-conditioned double bed ensuite and twin bunk bed ensuite and twin bunk bed non ensuite cabins. Our liveaboard vessel is a 27 meters long and 7 meters wide wooden hull built boat that is manned with 6 dive staff and 8 boat crew. There is plenty of space to enjoy the time in between dives in the Saloon with HD-TV, the open dining area or on the large Sundeck.
Pakbara pier, Satun
Comfortable air-conditioned cabin with 2 bunk beds cabin.
Comfortable air-conditioned cabin with 2 single bunk beds twin cabin and ensuite bathroom.
Comfortable air-conditioned cabin with double bed and ensuite bathroom.
Beautiful islands with a great variety of dive sites! Liveaboard trips to these areas are one of the best scuba diving experiences you will find in Thailand. This trip visits a variety of islands with granite boulders, towering limestone cliffs, and white sand beaches, completing the view from the above surface. The marine ecology in this area is unparalleled, colorful schools of fish, coral reefs, and species that all divers always find exciting, like Leopard & Blacktip Reef Sharks and Turtles. Look out for such photogenic little critters as ghost pipefish, moray eels, frogfish, mantis shrimp, and many different nudibranchs. Lipe Islands, 8 mile rock, 7 rock, Adang, Talang and Khai Islands offer the best chances to encounter Manta Rays, and the more rare Whale Shark can be seen anywhere, at the right place at the right time!
Whatever your scuba diving pleasure might be, the South Andaman diving areas are one of the dive destinations that will satisfy your desires and give you the trip of a lifetime.
KSA Liveaboard is proud to offer the best tasting Thai-European Fusion Cuisine, freshly prepared by our onboard chefs on the whole Manta Queen Fleet. Our catering options can be adjusted for vegetarian/vegan divers as well. The use of Monosodium Glutamate is banned on all of our trips. If you are allergic to nuts or other food ingredients, please notify the staff during your check-in. All meals on board are served freshly cooked from the onboard kitchen. Snacks and fruits are served in between dives.
Guests arrive Hat Yai airport well before 6 PM – Transfer pick up from Hat Yai airport at 6 PM.
Travel time to Pakbara pier from Airport is about 2 hours. Check In, Dinner and Depart for Koh Lipe.
Option for guests who need to be picked up at Koh Lipe, scheduled to pick up 6-7am at the Koh Lipe Sunrise beach pier. Then check-in onboard, and get ready for Dive #1.
Dive #01 : 07:45 AM Pattaya Corner – Check dive for to ensure proper dive groups.
Dive #02 : 11:30 AM Sunrise Reef
Dive #03 : 03:30 PA Koh Kra *After the dive, guest can choose between visiting Koh Adang or relaxing on the Liveaboard and till the next dive.
Dive #04 : 06:15 PM White Rock or Adang – Sunset dive
Dive #05 : 06:30 AM Koh Tarue
Dive #06 : 10:30 AM Koh Lek
Dive #07 : 01:45 PM 7 Rocks
Dive #08 : 05:30 PM Koh Usen- Sunset dive *After the dive, guests can choose between visiting Koh Lipe or relaxing on the Liveaboard.
Dive #09 : 06:30 AM 8 Mile
Dive #10 : 11:15 AM 8 Mile again or Yong Hua Wreck
For guests who need to be drop off at Koh Lipe: Check out after Dive #10.
Scheduled to drop off at Koh Lipe no later than 1 PM at Koh Lipe Sunrise beach pier.
Guests return to Pakbara Pier for check-out from Liveaboard.
Transfer options to Local Hotels and to Hat Yai. Guests transferring to Hat Yai can expect an arrival time of 8:00PM.
– On trip departure date, please kindly book arrival flight well before 6pm so can make pick-up time.
– On “day after” trip return date, please kindly ensure return flight to depart after 12 PM on Next Day, giving you 24 Hours after last dive on Day 4!