Burma Live Aboard

Exciting news Similan Diving Safaris with our Live aboard the Dolphin Queen will be Diving the best of the Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar, Burma (2012-2013). During our 5 day Liveaboard we will be diving famous dive sites such as the Burma Banks, Black Rock known for Whale sharks & Mantas, Western Rockies, The 3 Islets and many more exciting dive sites.

The Mergui Archipelago consists out of more than 800 islands new diving frontiers waiting to be discovered.

Thank you all for a wonderfull season 2010/2011

For a perfect season 2010/2011 we would like to thank all of our customers but also the Similan Diving Safaris Staff who made it all happen! Big thanks to all of you!

The new season with our Dolphin Queen will start on the 15th Oct.2011!

NEW!!!! Burma Live Aboard trips with our Dolphin Queen NEW!!!!

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#41

Similan Diving Safaris,
I want to thank you for the unforgettable trip i had! This is definitely the highlight of my southeast Asia tour.
I will remember this for years to come and look forward to returning in the coming years. Your professionalism and friendliness made me not wish to leave. As well the excellent food and abundance of it at all times :-) keep me stuffed at all times. I just want to thank you all and say how much i appreciated every ones effort and caring!

Regards, Troy from Alberta/Canada

Similan Diving Safaris,
A truly professional & well run set up. We did our Advanced Open Water Course on  the boat and boy, was it worth it. Excellent food, nice and clean boat and unbelievable visibility. Were probably gonna hate diving elsewhere, so see you soon.
Gino, thanks for helping me and my bliss.

Best wishes, Vikram & R Rajnish from India

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#40

Howdy Y'all!

I had a blast on the Dolphin Queen. Everyone was great fun. The Dive Staff and local crew were fun and knowledgeable. We had a great Instructor Ila "like Tequila"! She is crazy fun both on the boat and underwater. Best Diving Trip ever. Go Mantas.

Thanks from Texas, Benjamin

Great Staff, from cook to captain and instructors! Great food, great experience!!! Will never forget the memories from this trip.
And special thanks goes to Ila, my instructor who made my dream real!

Cheers, Semih

Similan Diving Safaris #38 & #39

Thanks for a great trip guys! Enjoyed the food, the beautiful sites and meeting many great new people. Looking forward to another Live Aboard in the future!

Mark, Australia

Thanks for a fantastic trip! It was absolutely awesome! Saw the most amazing things and ate yummy food!
Hopefully will do it again soon.

Amanda

Thanks SDS for running such a fun, relaxed and highly organised 4day Live Aboard! The food and trips to the beach were absolutely awesome. Special thank to Gino, our instructor who taught us the skills necessary to deep dive and night dive in 3days! We felt safe at all time!

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#37

Thanks Malin and all the crew for making thus such a fun trip. I really enjoyed diving everyday and at such spectacular sites.
I'm sure i'll come back again with my boyfriend and everyone else I'm sure to convince as well. And of course thanks to the Manta Ray for showing up and making everyones day!

Ruth

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#36

The boat is back on the mainland and the customer had perfect weather conditions, flat seas and lots of fun!

Dear Similan Diving Safaris
Thanks for starting off my diving future with my open water, night &deep adventure dive qualification! I had an amazing time & enjoyed all of the microscopie sea creatures that James managed to find for us.
The food was amazing and thanks to all the staff who were very helpful at all the time.

Gemma, Bangkok/Thailand

Many thanks to Similan Diving Safaris crew, it's been a very active and enjoyable few days. Boat crew have been most helpful and friendly and all diving great. I take back many happy memories and met some great people.

Thanks again & all the best, Chris Holley, Koh Samui/Thailand

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#35

With the sunshine back on our side the Live Aboard just came back and our customers enjoyed 4days in paradise!

 Thank you very much to the whole Similan Diving Safaris crew! You made our Live Aboard very special! Also a great thanks to the thai crew who cooked everyday amazing food and they took care of us 24hrs!

Nina and Felix, Germany

Similan Diving Safaris is saying thank you for joining our trip. We wish you all the best and hope to see you all one day on one of our boats again!

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#34

Due increasing bad weather condition in the last days we decided to take our Live Aboard back 1day earlier than scheduled. This decision was made due to safety reasons. Despite that the customer on our trip SDS#34 enjoyed 3 wonderful days of diving.

Despite the rain and the bad weather conditions it was a really great trip!
Thanks to all the Staff and Boat Crew who made it a perfect holiday.

Janina & Jan from Germany

Thanks for a fantastic trip regardless the abrubt ending!

David from Scotland

Thanks for everything and we at Similan Diving Safaris would like to see everyone again on one of Trips!

The new Live Aboard Schedule for the upcoming season is online! So feel free to choose a trip and book with us! See you soon here at Similan Diving Safaris.

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#33

Great way to spend a vacation! Great food and crew. Thanks to Malin, Gino, Kathrin, and especially to James who took me from my Open Water to Advanced Open Water.
Cheers from Canada and UAE, Cheryl

 

 Great Staff, great food, great buddies! Brilliant Live Aboard. Thanks especially to Malin.


 Les, UK

Similan Diving Safaris is saying "Thank you very much" for joining our trips and we hope to see you all again on one of our boats again.

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#31

Six month ago we dived on a fancy Maldives Live Aboard, with on-suites and all extras.
This trip beats it hands down. More relaxed, informed & welcoming ... and the food was 10times better here.
Thanks to the multi-cultural dive team, to the boat crew and the cooks!

Rick from Australia

FUN FUN FUN!! Thank you guys for an awesome trip:-). We have loved it! Lots of great diving, great people and good times!
P.S- A big thanks to all the Thai staff, you do a cracking job!

Nicola, Rob, Adam and Teresa from Koh Tao Crystal Diver

Thank you for all the diving and food arrangements. We had a good time and every dive was a great diving experience!

Yan&Katie from Canada

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#30

Similan Islands with beautiful soft corals and Mantas everywhere!

Similan Diving Safaris SDS#27

22 Happy Customers on a 4day/4night journey to the Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock!
The weather was again perfect so that everybody had lots of sunny days on the Dolphin Queen!
Wanja, one of our former Staff Member had joined the cruise to meet some old colleagues. He was very happy to be back on the boat and in the water!

With a Manta at Richelieu Rock the trip ended in style:-)

Trip SDS#28 has just left the pier for another stunning 4day/4night Live Aboard on the Dolphin Queen!

SDS #26

To the crew of Dolphin Queen, Thai Boys, Master Chef and all the Instructors....
This were 4 brilliant days, all are very professional. Thanks to All of You for 4 fantastic days of diving, relaxing, good food and conversations. We will come back again to make another journey- for sure!!! Last but not least a big thank you to the captain for mooring at Richelieu Rock, that had a touch of maui. Great dive spot, definitely the best site to dive. And a big thank you to Malin, who managed to help me to become a better diver!!
All the Best.
Clint, Australia

Ein Laecheln fuer KAT...Es war super, den Richelieu Rock will ich auf alle Faelle nochmal sehen. Also man sieht sich immer zweimal im Leben!!! So I will come back.
Tolle Crew...Bleibt wie ihr seid. Alles Gute

Love Carola, Berlin

SDS #25

Thank you for a great diving trip. Couldn’t have asked for more, fantastic dive sites, help where I have needed it and excellent food and boat support. You will be highly recommended and I will be back…Much love

Adam, UK

Great experience, the dive sites were stunning, the staff were great, helpful and entertaining...

What else can I say then THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the unique and fabulous time....

Merci .... A bientot!!!
Laurent & Deborah

Geneve, Swiss

SDS#24 Mantas, happy customers and lots of healthy corals

SDS#23

Happy Customers on SDS#23.....

and happy Manta Ray....

Similan Islands are NOT closed!!!!

"The recent El Nino weather pattern that is responsible for the recent flooding in Australia, has created higher than normal sea water temperatures in 2010 & 2011 which has affected some reefs in our region. Coral bleaching has occurred at a limited number of dive sites throughout Thailand and beyond. The government of Thailand has taken some steps to reduce the possible impact of SCUBA diving and snorkeling on the areas where bleaching has occurred.

Thailand is home to more than two dozen Marine Parks and has some of the most highly rated dive sites in the world. Of these Marine parks, 7 have dive sites that will be closing. Of these 7 parks, a total of 16 dive sites will close. In the most famous of all these marine parks - The Similan Islands - only two dive sites are closed. In an are covering 140 sq. Km and having dozens of named dive sites - this has had very little impact on visitors. The names of the closed divesites are East of Eden and Beacon Reef "