🇲🇻 Maldives
The Maldives are an ideal destination for a complete holiday but also for an extension of your trip. If you want to relax in paradise after an intense cultural experience or explore nature after an urban visit, the Maldives is the ideal place. For example, we visited them as an extension of our own trip to Sri Lanka.
Here are some photos from our trip:
🔗 Useful links
💸 Cost
(for 2 people)
✈️ Flight from Colombo to Male: €402
🚗 Resort (4* and half board): €790
🚤 Boat to/from the airport: €306
🍽 Lunches and drinks: 4€00
🐳 Excursions: €400
💊 Insurance: €90
👮🏻♀️ Seen: free
Total: €2386 (€1193 per person)
✨ Essential
🤿 Bring mask and fins with you
☀️ Use high sun protection!
🎧 Bring some books and music
📷 Underwater camera, for example, the GoPro 11
Trip features
Features of this itinerary based on our real experience:
🔹 5 days (extension of another trip)
🔹 Relax in resort with half board
🔹 Independently organized
🔹 Travel as a couple
🔹 May 2023
In this itinerary you will find:
🔸 List of the places visited every day
🔸 Links to Google images of every place
🔸 Link to daily map on Google Maps
🔸 Link to accommodation on Booking.com
🔸 Tips and impressions of every day
🔸 Useful links for this trip
🔸 Total cost of the trip (for two people)
🗓 Days 1-5
🛬 Arrival in Malé with Emirates from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
🇲🇻 After passport control, we look for the resort desk and paradise begins!
We stayed 5 nights at Summer Island Maldives Resort 4 star hotel located in the North Male Atoll:
📍Summer Island Maldives Resort
Tips
💡 Remember to fill out and send the form Maldives Immigration Traveller Declaration before leaving for the Maldives and also before taking the return plane. Is required.
💡 The internal transport in the Maldives it is very expensive. It is mainly operated throughseaplanes orboat transfers. Prices usually range from $100 to $500 one way per person, depending on the distance and type of transportation. Our resort, Summer Island Maldives Resort, it's about an hour by boat from Male airport and we paid $340 for two (round trip).
💡 If you are looking for a resort in the Maldives not too far from the airport, Summer Island Maldives Resort could be a good option. There are many atolls and accommodations for all tastes and budgets (resorts, B&Bs...), so carefully consider the type of accommodation you prefer and the activities available in each of them.
💡 Another decisive factor for choosing Summer Island Maldives Resort was the advantageous price that we found. We had targeted some resorts and compared them on the main accommodation booking platforms. We found a mega offer at 50% off Agoda.com and we made the reservation there.
IMPORTANT: make sure your reservation includes all taxes to avoid surprises during your stay. In our case they were included and we had no problems.
In the Maldives there are an infinite number of different atolls and types of atolls and, being our first time in this paradise, we had a bit of trouble choosing from the vast number of options.
After much research, we chose the Summer Island Maldives Resort for several reasons:
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It seemed perfect for a 5-day holiday in the Maldives due to its location in relation to the airport, neither too close nor too far away. Having only a few days available, we didn't want to waste two half days traveling but we also didn't want to be stuck at the airport.
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The paradisiacal location with enchanting white sand beaches as well as the variety of accommodations completely renovated recently.
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The local service: It is one of the few resorts run by Maldivians.
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The exciting water activities, the snorkeling and diving experiences, and the wide range of culinary options.
At this link you can check the activities available at Summer Island Maldives Resort. In addition, you will find a QR code in your room through which you can control the daily activities of the resort's snorkeling and diving club.
Per maggiori informazioni, vai su The Sunset Villa o scrivi a maldiveinguesthouse@gmail.com
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