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                                                    White Manta Explorer

                                                    White Manta Explorer is a premium liveaboard offering spacious accommodations, expert dive guides, and unforgettable diving experiences at top dive sites across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Malaysia.


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                                                    • Full stainless steel kitchen

                                                    • All indoor air-con

                                                    • Saloon with 52" Plasma TV, DVD, and media server

                                                    • Large indoor & outdoor dining areas

                                                    • Sundeck with shaded area

                                                    • Dedicated camera room

                                                    • 24-hour satellite WIFI

                                                    Dive features & facilities

                                                    • Large & spacious dive deck

                                                    • Compressors 3 x 250 liters

                                                    • Nitrox system

                                                    • Nitrox clean air filter system

                                                    • Diving tanks yoke & DIN

                                                    • PADI Courses

                                                    • 4 Chase boats

                                                    • Rental equipment available (full set)

                                                    Dive Overview

                                                    The White Manta Explorer visits some of South East Asia's most exotic, beautiful, and remote diving destinations, notably Indonesia and Malaysia.

                                                    [See: Raja Ampat, Ambon & Banda Sea Dive Travel Guides]

                                                    Accommodation Overview

                                                    The White Manta Explorer will take up to 28 guests depending on destination and if booked as a full charter. Guests enjoy 14 deluxe air-conditioned ensuite hotel-style suites. Six of the staterooms can be available for single occupancy.

                                                    Guaranteed Single Occupancy is billed an additional 20% of the retail stateroom price (Maximum numbers vary by departure).

                                                    Comfortable, roomy, and beautifully designed, each cabin provides a home away from home, even in the most exotic of locations.

                                                    • Upper Deck - Staterooms 1 to 6 have one queen and one twin bed, a window, air-conditioning, and a private ensuite bathroom.
                                                    • Main deck - Staterooms 7 to 10
                                                    • Staterooms 7 and 8 have two twin beds, a window, air-conditioning, and a private ensuite bathroom.
                                                    • Staterooms 9 and 10 have three twin beds, a window, air-conditioning, and private ensuite bathroom(triple share is available upon request).
                                                    • Lower deck Staterooms - Staterooms 11 to 14
                                                    • Staterooms 11 and 12 have two twin beds, portholes, air-conditioning, and private ensuite bathroom.
                                                    • Staterooms 13 and 14 have one queen and one twin bed, portholes, air-conditioning, and private ensuite bathroom.

                                                    Food & Drinks

                                                    On the White Manta, you can start your day with freshly baked bread. With at least five meals a day, you will be filled and satisfied with an extensive range of treats for your taste buds. Snacks, tea and coffee, hot chocolate, and drinking water are available all day. The large refrigerator is amply stocked with chilled drinks. Special dietary requests can be catered for with prior notice.


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                                                    Electricity

                                                    220 volts, but 110 volt adapters are available

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                                                    Cash (US Dollar, Euro, Singapore Dollar, and Indonesian Rupiah) and Credit Card

                                                    Boat specifications

                                                    Ensuite Cabins: 14

                                                    Total Guests: 24

                                                    Crew: 20

                                                    Length: 46m (150ft)

                                                    Width: 10m (30ft)

                                                    Hull: Steel

                                                    Cruising Speed: 10 knots

                                                    Engine: 2 x 450 hp Cummins

                                                    Generator: 3 x Cummins Gensets

                                                    Compressor: 3 x 250 liters

                                                    Nitrox: 1 x Nitrox system

                                                    Dinghy: 4 x 5.8m dinghy with 60hp OBM

                                                    Watermakers: 2 x Watermakers 10 ton freshwater daily

                                                    Fresh water tank: 30,000 liters

                                                    Diesel tank: 45,000 liters

                                                    Range: 3,000 nm

                                                    Safety: All cabins fitted with speakers, fire and smoke alarms, and life jackets. 3 x 30 pax life rafts. Standard fire fighting equipment, fire extinguishers, and first aid and oxygen kit. Night security inside the engine room and outside on the main deck.

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