Arenui lives up to its reputation as a luxury boutique live aboard. Edu and Nic treat the crew with respect and they perform accordingly. It results in all crew driving very hard to anticipate their every need and delivering. Great boat, great leadership, great communicative front office (Siska) plus a beautiful place to dive. The boat; exceeded my expectations, comfortable and highly organized. Very well managed. Cabin was gorgeous. Dive prep was outstanding. The diving; south was fantastic, gorgeous coral, water and reef fish. Highly organized and systematic diving. The crew; the team effort to overwhelm us was evident and consistent. Most effortless dive trip ever. Loved how crew anticipated every need from diving to eating, to relaxing, best service orientation I have ever experienced – doubt I will find a boat that can top it. Edu and Nic bent over backwards for us all. Food and beverage; variety was enormous. Quantity enormous.
Archives: Testimonials
Jeanne
All staff, at all times was willing to help with any issues / needs. Dive guide went above and beyond locating critters and taking care of us. Highly recommended. Great time! Thank you! Boat; things are well organized. The crew; don’t change a thing!
Patricia
Amazing.
Susan
I am so impressed with Edu!! He helped us with every part of our vacation – diving, camera issues, ear problems, technical help, fixing wetsuits, watches etc. He watched us closely and made sure we saw everything. What a fine person. Arenui should hold on to him. He is a valuable member of your team!!! The environment on the boat was cordial and pleasant. I think this is because the crew genuinely likes each other. Every member is respected. It is a well-functioning team with each team member performing their job expertly. Arenui has defined luxury diving for me! I will be back. Boat; amazing boat for diving. Boat layout is great. Ladder to skiff is very safe. The diving; Edu was a very skilled and careful divemaster. I always felt safe but challenged. The crew; service on the Arenui is excellent. After reading the website my expectation was very high and yet it still exceeded my expectation. I needed some extra help with my dive entry and had help with every dive. Thank you!! Food and beverage; having fruit at every meal and snacks was terrific. Always had non-meat meal for me. Breakfast – great!
Anonymous
The crew: Nic and Edu ran a great trip. I had the opportunity to dive with two of the guides they were both great. Everybody was attentive and were great to be around.
Doug
Everything was top notch and we could not have a better time! Perfect! The diving: Very nice ladders on the tenders. I have travelled on many liveaboards around the world and Arenui is tops on my list. … STORY: I don’t think any tale of our cruise would be complete without talking about the curious 8 foot saltwater crocodile. Near the end of our dive we heard the recall signal from the tenders hovering above us on the surface. Upon surfacing we were warned of a croc in the area and quickly brought into the tender. Thanks to the boat crew that watched for things like this and responded perfectly. It made for a great dive trip story and we had fun spotting and following the croc after we were all safely onboard.
Sean
Excellent operation, I will recommend.
Holly
We felt so happy to have Wawan as our DM. Talented, charming, encouraging and totally sweet. He took a lot of time to help me be a better diver. I had some dive issues, was discouraged and Nicole went out of her way to support me with her presence and to take me on a solo dive. She saved my vacation! The boat: I was thrilled to find that our cabin actually lived up to the website pictures. (Shinta). The crew did a great job keeping the room clean, beds made, chocolate on the pillows! And they were very kind. The diving: I am a brand new diver and have no frame of reference. But it was all good and I always felt safe. The crew: Every possible opportunity was taken by all members of the crew to inform, to help, to convey caring. Our stewards Anto and Tony were so wonderful and charming. Tony is a well-trained young man full of fun. Anto is expert at his job, very warm and dignified.
Anonymous
The diving: Liked when we were shown pictures of some of the sea life at the briefings. The crew: Everyone was so helpful and attentive to everyone’s needs. I have never been on a boat with such a friendly staff. 2 thumbs up to the chefs and stewards. The food: Loved the hot cloth and chocolate after night dives.
Josh
Great trip! We hope to be back.