"Great fun ... Caves + tunnels, turtles, sea snakes, eels, seahorses and much more."

"Great staff!! ... Wonderful operation!!"

"After a great trip in Thailand last year, I am back in Burma with you. Another treat!"

"Nice cruise with this new boat ... Very cool and non-stressed staff, very attentive to your needs."

The Year of the Pig started with a very nice cruise in the Burmese waters! We celebrated this event with: Eliane, Michel and Markus from Switzerland, Christian from Germany, Michael from Great Britain, Peter from Australia; and a charter from Singapore with: Rafi, Nizlan, Caelan, Denis, Anthony, Nico, Windy, Simon and Marcel.

What will remain in our memories from this trip was the amazing huge schools of fishes everywhere ...
From bannerfishes ... to big eye trevallies, through barracudas, fusiliers, batfishes, snappers ...

Even if we don't have any picture, some of us had the pleasure to meet a whale shark under water, some others an eagle ray or a huge marbled ray!

In the meantime, we were spoiled with tiny smaller stuff!
Beautiful nudis and flat worms first ...

​Ghost pipefishes of every color!

​With a lot of juvenile ones!

​We had the pleasure to encounter lots of babies!

​In the macro field ...

Shrimps of every kind!

And the gobies, we don't notice them that much, but they are so cute!

​In the middle of it all, our favorite ones were still there ;)

An awesome portrait ...

​Splendid corals!

It's not only about diving ... 
​Look at these local life scenes  :)

​And the gorgeous sunrises and sunsets!

And as a consequence to all of this ... look at the smiles!

"If there was a way to take a photo of this journey it would be very colorful and lively, but mostly stunningly beautiful."

"My first liveaboard experience, and I guess I am spoiled: the boat is beautiful,cabins and showers very comfortable, the food ... OMG delicious and so diverse!"​

"A wonderful week ... thanks everybody."

"What a trip! The entire staff especially the extraordinary Thaï staff, Sophie, Tom and Franck made those 7 days, one trip of a lifetime."

"A trip that does you good, far away from everything, perfect to recharge batteries, a comfortable boat with enough space to share very nice moments of friendliness and more quiet ones."

"A cruise far away from everything, disconnected from the world , you just rest and recharge the batteries."

This last trip as been a non-stop fish soup all around the Mergui Archipelago!
Schools of fishes worthy of world class diving ;)

Lucky ones on board: Emilie, Alexandre, Annick and Jean-Luc from France; Wouter and Aart from Netherlands; Janel and Oliver from the USA; Alex from the Philippines; and Bernhard and Martina from Austria.

Life on the reefs was unbelievable, you didn't know where to look at!

Incredible schools of jacks! Thousands ... hundreds ... who can tell?!

​Barracudas ...

​Rainbow runners, snappers, batfishes ...

​Beautiful corals of all types ...

It has been macro photo week ;)
​A bunch of photographers with huge cameras, happy with our great room just for them!

​Spending hours exchanging tips, advices, infos, pictures ... and so much more!

Their objective = everything smaller than 1 centimeter!
Here are some of them!

And a little bit bigger ;)

Some awesome new creatures found this week!
​A giant frogfish :)

​And a pinecone one !!!

  
And among all these, our sweet sweet juveniles trying to hide!

Our favorite psychedelic nudis and flat worms ...

Manti shrimps with their crazy eyes!

​The ones who are never never happy to see us!

And some other very nice encounters ...

​Nurse shark again in our secret spot!

​Spanish dancers ...

​Seahorses and ghost pipefishes ...

​A turtle ...

A gigantic lobster ... and so much more !!!

So much beauty in every little thing down there!

​And also above the surface ...

​All of this explains the smiles on everybody's face!

​And let's finish with the wonders of Mother Nature ...

" Dive ... Eat ... Sleep: the best way! "

" What a good trip! Thank you so much to all the team ... "

" It was my second trip, but my first with the new boat. All was perfect .... "

" A really nice cruise on a great boat, with an amazing staff, and a very original New Year's Eve! "

" Great Celebration and fireworks at New Year's night & day. We will definitely comeback ... "

​" ... many, many thanks to you for the wonderful week of diving in Burma. It went out so good and safe for us just because of you! "

" I can't say anything else than it's worth every penny and we need to come back. "

Happy New Year everyone!!!

The Smiling Seahorse team wishes you all the best for 2019 ...

​We had a fantastic celebration for this New Year's eve with a funny group of people: Nina, Alexander and Ashley from USA; Serge, Anne-Claire, Conny and Kurt from Belgium; Ken, Dixon and Mick from Hong-Kong; Marianne, Claire, Bruno and Jean from France; Kamal from Germany and Sofia from Sweden.

We had a delicious barbecue cooked with love by our chef Chewi and his help Youb!

​While the customers were enjoying the last 2018 sunset ...

​... we were preparing the cocktails ...

​... that satisfied all of the us ;)

It was just a warming up, everybody was already in the mood !!!

​Even Sharky had a great party ;)

It was followed by amazing fireworks at midnight in the middle of the Mergui Archipelago, that were so astonishing that everybody was too busy watching, instead of taking pictures of it :) !!! Unforgettable experience ...

But let's go back to the beginning of the cruise !
Nice weather ...

Perfect to chill on the sun deck, relax in the hammocks, read or nap on the sofa ...

And down there, it was a delight ...
​Life everywhere ...

So many schools of different fishes ...
​Batfishes, jacks, barracudas, rainbow runners ...

Look at that ...

Corals, shells ... so much perfection and beauty!

​From big ones ...

​To the smaller ones ...

All kinds of flat worms, nudis and spanish dancers ...

​A multitude of different shrimps ...

​Tiny little crustaceans ...

​Ghost pipefishes ...

​Lovely frogfishes ...

And a lot of other stuff: cuttlefishes, cowries, stonefish ...

And our sweet little mascot ;)

​Happy faces on the boat!

​And under water ...

​For our pleasure, some nice shots of the outside surroundings ...

​And the breathtaking sunrises ...

​As well as the 2019 first sunset!

" Wonderful Burma diving trip on a lovely boat with lovely people for a couple of lovely days! " 

My Finnish is not that good but I can guess they were happy from the " Thank you" and as it was their second time ;)

" The Smiling Seahorse impresses again!"
Sofi is already missing you Jeff and can't wait to dive with you again very very soon! (Evil laugh!!!)

Incredible trip in Burma for Christmas! We must have been very good guys during the whole year ;)
The lucky ones were having a lot of fun under water as you can see on the picture above.
Welcome to: Aapo and Kaisa from Finland; Rainer from Germany; Ed from Netherlands; Yiwen and Hao from China; Jeff and Jordin from USA, and Phanom from Thailand.

​Starting with the big, we had mantas ...

And as if was not enough, we had an amazing surprise during a safety stop, looking below us and witnessing this huge one swimming peacefully, surrounded by his rainbow runner friends.

​The visibility was great and the currents brought huge schools of fishes everywhere.

From the first night dive, we had the pleasure to meet these cuties ...

​Spanish dancers had invaded the reefs ...

Among the beautiful surprises of this trip were the frogfishes!
​A giant one ...

​And a smally one ...

Plenty of ghost pipefishes trying to camouflage :)

All kind of nudis with unbelievable colors ...

Cowries ...

​It was also crabs fiesta down there!

Seahorses where there too, how can you not fall in love with this baby one!

And so many more amazing stuff have been found!
​
Marbled ray ...

​Spearing manti shrimp ...

​Turtle ...

Zanzibar shrimp, can you see it?

​Fimbriated moray eel ...

Spotted boxfish ... and so much more!

​The flora was astonishing too!

​On board, it was kind of a Christmassy atmosphere :)

​Smiles everywhere!

Delicious barbecue night for Christmas dinner ;)

The sunsets were splendid ...

​And the outdoors scenes always interesting ;)

How lucky we were on this cruise! Our first whale shark of the season spent a whole dive with us ...
You can imagine that we were all in heaven ;) As part of the group this time: Jeppe from Denmark; Inès from Austria; Irune from Spain; Stefan and Jannik from Germany; William and Amanda from the US; Keri from UK and Dirk from Belgium.

The weather was nice and the challenging currents brought a lot of life.
Over the surface, the landscapes were as breathtaking as always.

From the first day, we have been lucky with sharks encountering a huge nurse one in our secret spot! Here are some amazing close shots of the beast :)

On top of our small and beloved bamboo sharks, we finally met the biggest and most peaceful one ...

We have also been spoiled with the spanish dancers on several night dives!

Another very good news, the harlequin shrimps are back !!!

​Ghost pipefishes starting to appear at every corner ;)

​The nudis were in the place too ...

As well was the extra small, so cute!

​More usual but still as beautiful!

Our favorite grumpy one ...

Cuttlefishes, turtle ...

Our mascots were also present ;)

One of the best things about diving in Burma is that underwater creatures aside, you already have a blast just with the incredible surroundings ... Astonishing corals ...

​Extraordinary patterns and colors ... Try to guess what it is ;)

With us, it's not only underwater, the fun is everywhere !!!
As you can see with these smiling faces!

​Fun outdoor activities!

Delicious food ... yummy !!!

A nice picture that reflects perfectly the cruise atmosphere ;)

" A wonderful trip to the fantastic underwater world and dream beaches. "

" I highly recommend the Smiling Seahorse as well for the organisation, the quality of the benefits and the equipment; as for the kindness and the good mood of the staff, and the magic that will remain as the souvenir of this cruise. " 

Non fluent in Italian , sorry ;) But I understand " See you soon! "

" Thank you so much for taking such good care of me. The diving was great and the crew fantastic. "

" An incredible experience ... The fantastic staff, always attentive ... The dive guides are pros and great teachers. "

" What a disconnection!!! Alone in the world, far away from everything,  on dive sites full of life... Thanks for this much desired change of scenery. We won't be able to forget you anymore. "

" The dive sites were fabulous. The atmosphere on board great, amazing staff, no need to speak about the meals (hoping that I didn't gain too much weight ...) "