4. Tours are organized awful. We asked about a manta tour for Saturday (was good weather), he said: Sunday. Ok, time? - 6/7 am - Ok. Most of boats start at that time. But on Saturday evening he said: 9 am (water is no more so clear) - Ok. The weather was bad already. We understood, in such conditions we likely will not see mantas. In many cases hosts offer the 2nd try on other day for free. On Sunday during breakfast we said, weather is bad, please agree to give the 2nd try if needed. He didn't want. We said, then we don't want to go and waste time. He phoned and said that boats, which are on the spot now, see mantas (why we are not on these boats then?). He agreed for the 2nd try. We were alone on a small boat, there were no more boats on the spot (only one dhoni with divers seeing corals). The plan of our boatman (no more crew) was: one jumps into water and check mantas. The boatman just sailed 5-7 times on a short distance and said: I think here, jump. I tried to explore bottom, looked far away. No mantas. He also tried to sell us the idea to go to Rasdhoo for shopping/nurse sharks. But you don't need 'a private tour' for it, you can do it with a cheap ferry. On the next day we described it to the manager. He repeated many times: we cant control mantas. We said, we don't need the 2nd chance, it will be the same. I also didn't want to pay the whole price of the tour (the organization looked like, I can't say a fraud, but a trick). I said, Im ready to pay, for example, a half to cover fuel etc. At the end he said, he doesnt need the money or sth like that. In a less than an hour he has written via booking: "Kindly I request you move another hotel. we are not happy with you. We will refund your payment. I will request non sow in booking. We don't like you behaviour. Thank you. Manager". And cancelled the reservation as no show.
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