Emperor Divers Laamu at Reveries Diving Village

Emperor Divers Laamu is Emperor Divers' first land-based diving center in the Maldives, fabulously located at Reveries Diving Village. Reveries Diving Village is proud to be the first boutique-style guest-house with full resort-style facilities on this locally inhabited island.

How To Get There

From Male International Airport, you will catch a thirty-five-minute scenic flight to Kadhdhoo Domestic Airport, followed by a short ten-minute drive to Reveries Diving Village

Dive Overview

Their boats will take you to dive the nearby sites where a myriad of marine life awaits you; hard corals, magical macro life and turtles swimming around the inner reef. Then there are the big pelagics, which can be enjoyed by divers with experience; eagle rays, snappers, nurse sharks, grey reef sharks, mantas and more.

[Read More: Maldives Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

There are 20 ensuite, air-conditioned rooms with a balcony and all mod cons; flat screen TV, safe, mini-bar and hairdryer, plus 3 self-contained bungalow villa suites that sleep up to 6 adults.

• Air-conditioning
• Balcony
• Ensuite bathroom
• Flat screen satellite TV
• Work desk with chair
• In-room safe
• Telephone
• Hairdryer
• Minibar

Food & Drinks

An international all-day-dining restaurant, the Main Restaurant features a daily buffet breakfast with live cooking stations and offers a journey of cuisines for lunch. If you prefer the views, the Roof-top Terrace Restaurant offers stunning views of the ocean. The bar counter also offers light refreshments for relaxed socializing.

Dive Information

Laamu, Gan Atoll Boat Diving

Their traditional daily diving boats (dhonis) depart from Gan Island harbor, which is just a 5-minute walk or 1-minute drive away. Dive sites are reached within 10 to 60 minutes. They offer 2 tank dives in the morning leaving at 9:00 and returning at about 14:00. An afternoon single boat dive will be provided.

Laamu Atoll Dive Overview

Laamu Atoll (also known as Haddhunmathi Atoll) is an oval-shaped southern atoll. Its 48 km long, 35 km wide and has some of the top dive sites in the world such as Guraidhoo and Gan. This Maldives Atoll is situated 32 km south-east of Kolhumandulu Atoll and 95 km north of Huvadhoo Atoll. Laamu Atoll boasts numerous pristine dive sites with many different features like caves, steep drop-offs, swim-throughs, not to mention the abundance of marine life and beautiful topography. Expect beautiful fish-filled channels with memorable shark encounters.

• Laamu Atoll Diving: Channels and drift diving
• Depth: 5m-30m
• Visibility: 20m-30m
• Current: Moderate to strong
• Water Temperature: 27C -30C
• Diver Experience: Beginner to Advanced
• Diving Season: All year round, best conditions December to May
• Suitable for Snorkellers: Yes
• No. of Dive Sites: 11
• What you could see beneath the sea: Turtles, parrotfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, clownfish, barracuda, tuna, Napoleon wrasse, moray eels, stingrays, eagle rays, manta rays, grey reef sharks, tiger shark, guitar rays, and occasionally, whale sharks.

Dive Sites

Here are just a few of the dive sites that you will visit:

• Fushi Kandu is a fantastic channel accessed by first entering a relatively shallow entrance at 15m and crossing in order to maximize sightings and to give an extended channel dive. This dive site is commonly described as Fish Soup and it rarely disappoints with resident grey reef sharks, barracuda, big eye jacks and copious other fish life.
• Laamu Manta Point; simply relax and watch these graceful beasts do a fly-by over your head to join the queue of manta each waiting their turn for a clean-up from cleaner wrasses, which are resident to an active, nearby coral block.

Dive Center Information

Emperor Divers Laamu offers all-year-round diving with rental equipment, nitrox, steel, and aluminum cylinders, storage, rinse facilities and classrooms. Their daily dive boats are just a 5-minute walk away; they have your needs covered so you can enjoy easy diving from your first day. As a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre, they also offer a full range of courses from Learn to Dive to Open Water, Advanced and up to PADI Instructor training.

Practical Information

• Electricity: 230V
• Time zone: UTC+5
• Languages: English
• Accept Credit Cards?: Yes, Visa, Mastercard & American Express