Maldives Travel Guide

About the Maldives

Three Ingredients and One Constraint: What Maldivian Food Actually Is

Maldivian food is built from three things: tuna, coconut and a starch. Almost everything else on your plate arrived by ship. That is not a criticism, it is geography. The country has 298…

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Atolls

South Ari Atoll (Alifu Dhaalu): The World’s Most Reliable Place to Swim With Whale Sharks

Every Maldives travel guide tells you the same thing: overwater villas, turquoise water, pristine beaches. What most of them skip is the one piece of information that actually changes where…

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Getting Around

Getting from Velana into Malé and Hulhumalé: A Bridge, a Bus and a Boat

Before August 2018 there was one way from the airport into the capital: a boat. Guides written since still describe the Maldives as a country where you cannot drive anywhere. The Sinamalé…

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Things to Do

What to Do on a Wet Day in the Maldives: Rain Is Not the Problem

A rainy day in the Maldives is rarely a rainy day. It is a squall that arrives, empties…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Dolphin Cruises in the Maldives: Why the Sunset Departure Works

Operators sell dolphin cruises with success rates of eighty or ninety per cent, and those…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Sandbank Trips in the Maldives: A Place That Exists at Low Tide

The sandbank photograph is the one that sells the Maldives. Two people, a curve of white…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Weddings in the Maldives: Beautiful, Witnessed, and Not a Marriage

You cannot legally get married in the Maldives. Not at a resort, not on a sandbank, not…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Underwater Restaurants in the Maldives: Three Hundred Dollars Before Tax

A tasting menu at a marquee undersea restaurant in the Maldives is USD 345 per person. After…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Maldives Excursion Prices: Same Boat, Three Different Numbers

A sandbank excursion costs USD 40 from a guesthouse island and USD 250 from a resort. It is…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Swimming with Manta Rays in the Maldives: Six Thousand Residents

The Maldives holds the largest documented reef manta population on earth. More than 6,000…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Swimming with Whale Sharks in the Maldives: The Only Place They Never Leave

Almost every guide gives a whale shark season for the Maldives. Most say May to November.…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Surfing in the Maldives: Forty Named Breaks, Eight You Can Reach

The Maldives has around forty named surf breaks. From any single base you can reach about…

23.08.2026

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Things to Do

Snorkelling in the Maldives: The House Reef Decides Your Whole Week

Snorkelling is the free activity that decides whether a Maldives holiday works. Everything…

22.08.2026

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Meemu Atoll – the Maldives’ quietest atoll: what Meemu really offers in 2026 — and what the guides get wrong

Book Meemu Atoll from the guides currently ranking for its name and you will plan the wrong trip. You will budget $450–550 for a seaplane the atoll no longer strictly requires. You will…

Maldives Travel Guide

What to Do on a Wet Day in the Maldives: Rain Is Not the Problem

Dolphin Cruises in the Maldives: Why the Sunset Departure Works

What to Do on a Wet Day in the Maldives: Rain Is Not the Problem

Dolphin Cruises in the Maldives: Why the Sunset Departure Works

What to Do on a Wet Day in the Maldives: Rain Is Not the Problem

Dolphin Cruises in the Maldives: Why the Sunset Departure Works

Three Ingredients and One Constraint: What Maldivian Food Actually Is

South Ari Atoll (Alifu Dhaalu): The World’s Most Reliable Place to Swim With Whale Sharks

Getting from Velana into Malé and Hulhumalé: A Bridge, a Bus and a Boat

What to Do on a Wet Day in the Maldives: Rain Is Not the Problem

Dolphin Cruises in the Maldives: Why the Sunset Departure Works

Sandbank Trips in the Maldives: A Place That Exists at Low Tide

Weddings in the Maldives: Beautiful, Witnessed, and Not a Marriage

Underwater Restaurants in the Maldives: Three Hundred Dollars Before Tax

Maldives Excursion Prices: Same Boat, Three Different Numbers

Swimming with Manta Rays in the Maldives: Six Thousand Residents

Swimming with Whale Sharks in the Maldives: The Only Place They Never Leave

Surfing in the Maldives: Forty Named Breaks, Eight You Can Reach

Snorkelling in the Maldives: The House Reef Decides Your Whole Week

Surfing in the Maldives: Forty Named Breaks, Eight You Can Reach

Maldives Domestic Airlines: Three Carriers, Three Different Networks

What a Maldives Seaplane Transfer Really Costs — and Why You Cannot Book One Yourself

Meemu Atoll – the Maldives’ quietest atoll: what Meemu really offers in 2026 — and what the guides get wrong

The Maldives Atolls With No Resorts: What Is Actually Out There

Maldives in March: Is It Worth Going? Weather, Beaches, and Real Traveler Insights