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facilities & services

The Cheng Ho is our newest and biggest vessel. With a length of 49 meters, a beam of 11 meters and three decks this liveaboard offers total comfort and plenty of room to lose yourself between dives.

the cabins & state rooms

All cabins and staterooms are equipped with private bathrooms, ample hot water, individual air-condition units and wireless email access. The cabins are cleaned twice a day with a turn down service at night.

There are 13 cabins and staterooms catering for a maximum of 20 divers.

Cabin Type	No. of Cabins	Pax Per Cabin	Total Capacity
Stateroom	3	2	6
Double	2	2	4
Twin	2	2	4
Single	6	1	6

on-board facilities

The main salon is fully air conditioned and features a comfortable lounge area, shop and library corner. Also equipped with sound system, TV, Video and DVD player and wireless email access. The Cheng Ho has her own cinema room featuring a wide selection of movies and comfortable seating arrangements as well as DVD projector for slide show enthusiasts.

There are equipment service areas, a private library and a lounge area with a wide selection of fish and wildlife books, novels, travel guidebooks, a music collection plus current movies and documentaries relevant to the area.

A sample of the onboard facilities:

TV, Video Cassette, DVD and Video CD player
Video, CD, DVD and music CD library
Slide and digital projectors
Wireless email access
Camera battery charging stations, 220/110 volt
Satellite phones and e-mail access
Laptop power points

dive facilities

The Cheng Ho is expertly equipped to suit long range liveaboard scuba diving and underwater photography. Nitrox and rental equipment is available on board and all diving is from tenders.

24 individual tank and camera stations with lockers
2 x fibreglass dive tenders -10 pax - 2 x 40 Hp
1 x Viking dive tender - 6 pax - 1 x 60 hp
3 x 450 E L & W Compressors
NITROX Membrane System
6-cylinder air-bank system
On deck shower and toilet
Camera workstations

onboard services

Much like a luxury hotel, you can expect first class personalised service, both on the water and underneath. With a very high staff to guest ratio on board service is excellent. Languages spoken include German, French, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian and English.