VISIT TO MALDIVES

VISIT TO MALDIVES

What to do in Maldives Famous for the beauty of beaches and seabed, the Maldives draw a paradise on the sea: calm lagoons with translucent and warm waters, multicolored fish, heavenly beaches, coral reefs, attracting nearly 800 000 tourists each year. The Maldives is made up of 1,199 islands, whose capital - Malé - is 600 kilometers from India and 755 kilometers from Sri Lanka. In 2017, the Maldives was populated of 436330 inhabitants for 298 km². True Maldivian tropical eldorado, however, are regularly criticized for their low religious tolerance and for their human rights abuses.

If you decide to visit the Maldives and are wondering what to do in this island country, here are a few tracks we have developed: our 11 essential things to do and see to visit the Maldives.



1. Male

Need an escape that is not tax? Despite a regression of social rights that is often lamented, the Maldives attract a large number of Western travelers in search of beauty, idyllic beaches and tropical sunshine. The capital is the most populated city of the country, with 142,909 inhabitants (2017) spread - even crammed - 5,8 km², with a population density of more than 17 884 hab./km². Male is on an island of the same name in Kaafu Atoll and is the political, cultural, economic and financial center of the country. Located at a latitude of 4 ° North, the climate of the city is equatorial.

In the city of Male, the National Museum in Sultan's Park is a must visit. It houses collections of the country's Buddhist and Islamic period, with clothing and jewelery, weapons and drums. The city includes many hotels where to sleep and is dotted, between mosques, green spaces to hang out. For a memorial visit, go southwest to the Tsunami Monument (2004).

2. Mudhdhoo Island

There is a rare phenomenon, unique in the world, found in the Maldives, north of Malé, on Mudhdhoo Island: at nightfall, due to a bioluminescent organ activated as a defense strategy by thousands of people. tiny crustaceans on the sand, the beach lights up at dusk. So what to do in Maldives? Seeing the beaches of Mudhdhoo Island is an unmissable activity of the Maldives, and quite unusual! It has become a major tourist attraction on the archipelago because of its unique character. When bathing, enjoy the exceptional marine life that promises a magical show.

3. The Veligandu Atoll

What to do in the Maldives if not lounging on the sublime beaches of the equatorial and tropical islands? Turquoise waters, warm all year, wetting fine sand and at the foot of lush tropical vegetation: the Maldives are an invitation to travel. To enjoy the best beaches of the Maldives, go to Véligandu, the emblematic beach of the Maldives, with bungalows built on stilts where to sleep in a peaceful blue lagoon.

4. The island of Alimatha

Beautiful island if you enjoy the tranquility, beauty, swim in warm water and sunbathe on a very fine sand. You can go scuba diving or just idleness. The hotels where to stay in Alimatha them, seduce all the public: families, children, adults, couples, enjoying a succulent cuisine.

5. Ari Atoll

Ari Atoll, consisting of 82 islets, is an immense lagoon of 2 271.75 km². There are also 26 hotel-islands whose calm luxury and voluptuousness are the key words! If you've skimmed the whole area, go to Meerufenfushi, located 40 kilometers northeast of Male: it's a gorgeous uninhabited island-hotel.

6. The island of Ukulhas

Located to the west of Rasdu and connected by boat to the latter, the island of Ukulhas offers dozens of hotels to stay, restaurants and beach Bikini, where tourists and locals mingle. It is also a very good spot for snorkeling, snorkeling, mask and fins.

7. Kuramathi Island

A last atoll for the road? Kuramathi Island is located in the center of the Maldives, west of the inhabited island of Rasdu. Beaches there again sublime in all respects, some hotels where to sleep and  enjoy, in all tranquility.

8. Diving and snorkeling

Are not diving and snorkeling the essential activities of a country made up of atolls and blue lagoons? If you come to visit the Maldives, try the experience. To you, the beauty and clarity of the water, the lagoons protected from the waves by the coral reefs, and multicolored fish. Lhaviyani Atoll or Baa Atoll - a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ideal for snorkelling - and Hanifaru Bay, are among the most beautiful destinations in the Maldives. We can even rest on the pontoons in the sun or in the shade, in the wooden bungalows and thatch: attention, it forces!

9. Night fishing

It is often the hotels and resorts that organize the night fishing parties. If you do not know what to do in the Maldives, fishing at dusk will be a good idea for activity after a lazy day on the beach. Why ? Because the biggest fish are easier to shoe in the evening, when they go out to feed, than during the day. A barbecue in paradise, do you like it?

10. Swim with sharks

Visiting the Maldives without seeing whale sharks and manta rays would be a pity. In the Maldives, diving with these marine animals is a widespread practice among tourist activities sold by beach resorts. An extraordinary aquatic universe awaits you, in an element that we do not control: the ocean. There will be an abundant population of manta rays, colorful tropical fish and between November and April, the impressive whale shark. Diving into the ocean at a depth of 15-20 meters makes it possible to cross the corals, to approach the reefs to be close to moray eels, parrot fish, rays and groupers: a gigantic aquarium except here, c you are the stranger ...

11. Fly over atolls and islets

To those who ask what to do in the Maldives, Generation Travel answers them: a ride in seaplane! Why not fly over the seaplane atolls and come back with an image almost unique in the world: from the air, enjoy the transparency of the water and the colors of the lagoons, contrasting with the deep blue of the ocean, wetting islands almost deserted!