Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving FleetReviews of explorerventures.com

The food is freshly prepared, different each day and very tasty. Compliments to the chef :-) The accommodation clean and comfortable. The crew are all friendly and helpful, and did their best each day to find us whales to watch and swim with where possible. Whales are wild animals, sea conditions are variable, and safety is top of the agenda. There were 9 outings on the tenders during the week I was there, I was able to swim with whales on 3 of those outings. I missed the first opportunity due to sea-sickness on the outbound crossing. I was helped by two really lovely crew members when in the water as I had difficulty keeping up with the group. The whales are like huge, magical, mystical beings. It was extremely humbling to be in their presence. Definitely 5* I found one member of the tender team to be rather over zealous with regards keeping guests in line in the water, physically pushing and pulling folk, and constantly swimming in front of guests which was really annoying, and put me off getting in the water. Perhaps the team need to find a better way to keep guests in a line if it is that important? It's an expensive trip, something I had to save hard for, and I didn't like being told how much gratuities to give. I should be able to give what I can afford, and what I felt was deserved, and I would have liked to have been able to reward those that I felt helped me most rather than the gratuities being split equally... whilst I appreciate the crew work as a team, I felt certain members of the crew did more and deserved more than others.

Amazing experience & the crew so professional. Thanks to Gill, Lorenzo, Simon & TJ for making our trip a once in a lifetime experience. Now we’re home we look at the videos & can’t believe we were actually there.

Great friendly crew with great vibe ! And organized in very good way!

Have just returned from a phenomenal week in Silver Bank snorkelling with humpbacks. The vessel, crew and wildlife were simply wonderful. I highly recommend this trip.

Wir hatten eine Sturmwarnung und konnten erst 3 Tage später zur Silver Bank aufbrechen. Die Crew hat sich aber intensiv um uns bemüht und auch ein Ersatzprogramm auf die Beine gestellt. Das Schiff, die Crew, die Vorträge, das Service waren ausgezeichnet. Und für das Wetter kann keiner was!

My husband and I just returned from our Galapagos Tiburon Explorer diving adventure. We each had about 100 dives at the beginning of our trip. This trip included 17 dives. We have dived in the Caribbean, Cuba, Central America and the Maldives. We have stayed at dive resorts and on liveabords. This was by far, our favorite trip and location! We were very impressed with everything about our experience. We did so much research beforehand to decide the optimal time for us to go. We wanted a warmer water and calmer seas experience balanced with great chances to see the abundant life that Galapagos is known for. We knew in February, we weren’t likely to see whale sharks, but we saw hundreds of hammerheads, multiple Mola molas, Galapagos penguins and of course, ocean iguanas and more sea lions than I could have imagined. The only things we didn’t see were whale sharks and orcas (which we heard had been spotted recently). The experience surpassed our expectations! The seas were mostly calmer with swells but no big waves. Underwater visibility was fair to good, depending on the time of day, the currents and thermoclines. The entire crew onboard from the zodiac drivers, dive masters and ship captain to chefs and engineers were there to help and service our every need. Every dive offered true concierge service with help donning and removing booties, dive suits, fins and tanks and getting back on the zodiac and ship after diving. The food was plentiful and delicious with wonderful service. The ship was clean, comfortable and modern and had great showers with always hot water and great water pressure. The land excursions to north Seymour and to see the land tortoises (including the bonus lava tunnel experience) were fun and educational Our travel to and from the airport, ship and excursions was seamless, thanks to great communication from Jennifer before our trip and the crew during the trip. We were lucky enough to have a wonderful group of guests on the ship. We all got along well and my husband and I enjoyed getting to know people from different parts of the world and country and with different experiences to share. I can’t recommend this company and dive experience enough. We are already planning a repeat for 2028.

Great experience on the Silver Banks snorkeling with humpback whales. Crew did a great job.

I loved every minute of this trip. The staff was extraordinary, I have traveled a lot and the service aboard the Explorerventures trip was better than many 5 star hotels I stayed at. It was a pleasure to see how seamlessly they worked together and that just allowed me to completely relax knowing that they have everything under control and that they are always ready to jump in and ready to help should anybody need something. Their deep knowledge of the Silver Bank and the Humpback Whales are the main reason why I would recommend this trip to anyone who has the desire to see, swim and admire the Atlantic Humpback Whales.