LUX* South Ari Atoll
The atoll where LUX* South Ari Atoll is located, is famous for its marine diversity and especially for its whale sharks roaming around the resort all year round, which is one of the main reasons adventurers from all over the world visit the resort to get a rare encounter with the gentle giants of the Indian Ocean.
LUX* South Ari Atoll is not just about luxury and design. It’s a spacious resort with a playful, fun and modern soul for travellers looking for a distinctive, eco-friendly experience as well as exclusive dining and diving in the Maldives.
Book a room directly with LUX* South Ari Atoll www.luxresorts.com
Euro-Divers LUX* South Ari Atoll Dive Centre
Our fully equipped PADI 5* dive centre offers the full range of diving courses from beginner to professional level. The protected lagoon is the perfect place to start your diving adventure or simply practice your diving skills.
The resort is the ideal base to dive its 50 dive sites, some of them world-famous. One of the most famous dive sites is ‘Kuda Rah Thila’, the first nationally marine protected area in the Maldives with beautiful corals and fish. Most dive sites are within five minutes to one hour from the resort, and the boat journey makes the diving trips even more enjoyable. Divers are set out to the sites in a dhoni, which is a traditional Maldivian spacious boat including a roof and a top deck.
We offer ship wreck morning dives and magical full day trips in search of mantas and anything this unique marine area has to offer. For divers looking for an even more unique experience, the resort offers night dives, both regular night dives as well as fluorescent night dives. The latter one includes a special UV flashlight which gives the corals and marine life somewhat of an otherworldly natural glow, like something from a fantasy movie. Seeing the underwater world come to life and full bloom at the magical hours of the night, is truly a scuba diver’s dream!
DIVING HIGHLIGHTS
Full-Day Manta Trip
Diving with Manta rays is one of top wishes on the bucket list for most divers.
During our Full-day Manta Trips there is a high chance that you get that wish ticked.
Our experienced guides will give detailed briefing about the Manta rays and their behavior.
We will bring you for 2 dives to the cleaning station with the healthiest reef you can find around.
Whale Shark Safaris
Sightings of Whale Shark, the biggest fish in the world are possible all year round. From December to April in Maamigili Beru and May to November just at the back yard of LUX* South Ari Atoll in the dive site LUX* Back Reef.
During the trip our experienced guides will give detailed briefing about the Whale Shark and their behaviour.
The best Thila dives in South Ari Atoll
With only 35 min boat ride from the resort, you will access to best Thilas in Maldives: Kuda Rah Thila, Broken Rock, Dhigurah Thila, 7th Heaven, Reethi Thila and many more.
EURO-DIVERS LUX* SOUTH ARI ATOLL TOP DIVE SITES
Padi e-learning
Start now! PADI e-learning is a great way to save valuable holiday time in South Ari Atoll!
Become a PADI certified diver in no time by simply participating in all underwater adventures of the Open Water Course or Advanced Open Water Course and without spending time in a classroom during your holiday!
Everything started with my Open Water Course at Koh Tao, Thailand. I’m hooked with the first breath I took underwater – this magical and peaceful world with all these different colors and creatures made me forget about everything else. It felt like an addiction.
This time made me realize that I don’t want to keep diving only as a hobby. I wanted to become a Diving Instructor and make diving my profession.
I was working as an entertainer in one of the resorts in South Malé atoll. The first time I tried diving I absolutely fell in love with it, so every day off I would go diving.
I was lucky enough to meet people from Euro-Divers who helped me complete my instructor course and employment later on.
That trip changed everything. Since 2014, I visited more than 50 countries in three continents.
2019, 2020, 2021 – still in Maldives, enjoying what I love the most.
Im sonnigen Süden (Ägypten) lernte ich im Urlaub die unglaubliche Unterwasserwelt bei einem Schnuppertauchgang kennen und lieben.
Anfangs arbeitete ich im Tauchcenter im Büro, mir wurde jedoch schnell klar, dass ich die Gäste nicht nur über Wasser sondern auch unter Wasser begleiten wollte. Somit machte ich die Divemaster Ausbildung.
I studied Hotel management and ended up working for several years in different Hotels/Resorts around Italians seaside where I spend my days off diving and achieving the Dive Master rating.
I choose to stay in Oman because of its unspoiled dive site, beaches and many undiscovered dive places! We do not have mass tourism here and the country itself is spectacular besides being the safest place to live in.
Bored and burnt out of the stressful life in Holland, I quit my job as Manager Back Office & Finance and I went to Curacao for holiday. On this tropical island I took my first breaths under water with Instructor Marc, who is still my buddy in life.
Diving keeps me grounded, relaxed and connected with Mother Nature (myself). It supports me to let go, to put things into perspective and it helps me to stay focused and balanced in my position as a manager.
But diving was not at all my purpose of the journey, in fact I was not even a diver yet, I became a diver after I got passionate in freediving in Egypt in 2012 while freediving with dolphin in the wild, eager to become a snorkeling guide, I did my life guard licence and then my PADI open water!
I love freediving but scuba diving is an all other story for me, learning scuba diving make you discover part of yourself you didn’t know, you learn to control things that you would have never imagined possible, I regularly see many of my students discovering how calm they can be underwater when in life they tend to be hyperactive and then in the other hand I see calm or introverted persons becoming excited and move like a torpedo underwater 🙂 so diving might not be for everyone but it is definitely to discover!
I decided after my hospitality studies to enter this fascinating new world. I have started my career in Club Med as Guest Service and had the opportunity to travel some of the famous destinations for diving or snorkeling.
I am the perfect example of someone who was scared of diving, the only advice I could give is to believe in yourself.
But since I was young, I knew I wanted to travel the world, to go on adventures, have fun and meet people from everywhere. Unfortunately, those jobs didn’t give me the opportunity to do it so after 5 years I decided to move to Thailand.
Scuba Diving is a sport of passion.
During this time, I wanted to try something new, so I started scuba diving and I will never forget my first underwater experience. I felt nervous at first but at the same time a lot of excitement.
Some people might think that diving is a difficult sport, but there are many ways to enjoy safe diving for any age or gender.
