Maldives
When To Visit
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| ✔✔✔ | Best time to go |
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| ✔ | Off season, but travel still possible |
Climate
Generally warm and humid with year-round sunshine. The most popular time to visit is between November and March during the north-east monsoon when it is dry with very little wind.
Flying Time
Approx 13 hours including one stop or 11 hours non-stop – Dubai is a great 2 centre option when using the Emirates flight.
The Maldives are the ultimate destination for those wanting an unforgettable romantic experience.
Each Maldivian island is unique, yet they are all idyllic island resorts offering everything from all inclusive Maldives holidays, to rustic island retreats and the world’s finest luxury accommodation. Savour gourmet dining, sensuous spas, spectacular diving and the most enchanting ocean sunsets.
Find your own deserted beach on which to enjoy a private afternoon of basking and bathing or snorkel among schools of fish, swim with dolphins and go whale watching.
Enjoy resorts with imaginative amenities and admire sea views with a stay in a water villa, elevated over turquoise waters.
The Maldives make for a perfect twin or multi centre honeymoon. Our most popular destinations include Sri Lanka, Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore to name a few.
Best Experiences:
- Enjoy a romantic dinner or sunset cocktails on a sandbank in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
- The splendor of the underwater life includes turtles, sharks, dolphins, whales, stingrays, moray eels and manta rays. Snorkel with turtles, accompanied by a marine biologist.
- Discover a vibrant underwater world with a professional, supervised scuba-diving expedition.
- Four Seasons Explorer is the groups most intimate resort experience. Cruising between Four Seasons’ two Maldivian resorts, the 128 foot, 3 deck luxury ‘live-aboard’, takes guests on 3, 4 or 7 day marine odysseys into the lesser-known Maldives.
- Island Hopping – Maldives is an ideal island-hopping destination where two contrasting or similar islands can easily be combined with a short seaplane flight or boat transfer.
- Charter your own private yacht or dhoni for a relaxing cruise or big game fishing.
- For the ultimate indulgence, experience a massage in an underwater spa.
- Depending on the location island, your transfers from Male airport will either be by seaplane or speedboat. If there’s the option, try both!
- Stargaze from an observatory for unhindered views into the starry sky.
- If you can’t decide which island to stay on then cruise through the Indian Ocean aboard the Atoll Explorer. Choose from 7 or 14 nights and explore different islands, enjoy beach barbecues, picnics, snorkeling, night fishing and visit a local fishing village or have dinner with the captain followed by cocktails on the top deck.
Some of our favourite hotels…
3 ½ /4* Kuredu Island Resort
Fun and informal, this established and lively resort is one of the Maldives’ larger islands, boasting a wide variety of recreational facilities. 3 ½ /4* Kuredu Island Resort is particularly popular with divers due to its excellent location, within easy reach of 45 spectacular dive sites including wrecks and caves. With 7 restaurants, 2 spas, tennis courts, and a golf course you won’t get bored. Always a popular choice!
4* Meeru Island Resort
The sand floor bars and thatched open restaurants give a true ‘no news no shoes’ feel to this large island with its wide choice of facilities. 4* Meeru Island Resort is superb – simple and natural yet stylish and always popular. Upgrade to the Honeymoon Suite… located over-the-water, in the lagoon… a short “dhoni” boat ride from the shore.
4* Kuramathi Island Resort
One of the most extensively facilitated resorts in the Maldives,4* Kuramathi Island Resort has something for everyone.Kuramathi offers fabulous All Inclusive options and a vast range of accommodation, facilities and dining more akin to large resorts elsewhere in the world.
5* Baros Maldives
Circled in a ten minute stroll, 5* Baros Maldives is a multi-award-winning elegant boutique resort with a long history of outstanding service. The hotel has Nooma, its own traditional dhoni for sunset cruises and romantic dinners. Following your cruise you can retire back to your outdoor Jacuzzi, private plunge pool, outdoor garden shower or day bed on your deck.
5* Lily Beach Resort & Spa
After an extensive renovation, 5* Lily Beach Resort & Spa introduced the unique, pioneering concept of “Affordable Luxury” – the first 5 star All-Inclusive Platinum Plan Resort in the Maldives.
5* Banyan Tree Madivaru
Experience castaway chic at the 5* Banyan Tree Madivaru, the first of its kind in the Maldives. This exclusive and secluded private island hideaway consists of a mere 6 free-standing Tented Pool Villas leading onto a pristine beach.
5* One&Only Reethi Rah
Meaning ‘beautiful island’, the 5* One&Only Reethi Rah is the ultimate in style and sophistication. Located on one of the largest islands in the North Male Atoll, you will arrive by luxury Yacht from Male. This octopus-shaped resort boasts some of the largest resort villas in the world.
5* Niyama **underwater!**
Underwater… 5* Niyama is home to an offshore ‘floating’ restaurant and the world’s first underwater music club.
5* Huvafen Fushi **underwater!**
The 5* Huvafen Fushi is home to the only underwater spa in the Maldives.
5* Conrad Maldives Rangali **underwater!**
If you would like the chance to dine beneath the waves in the world’s first all-glass, undersea restaurant, the 5* Conrad Maldives Rangali is the place for you.
5* Jetwing Vil Uyana **2 Centre Option!**
Combine your Maldivian stay with Sri Lanka and stay at the 5* Jetwing Vil Uyana. A luxury hideaway within the stunning environment of a pristine wetland reserve. A perfect base for discovering the ancient temples of Sri Lanka’s cultural triangle. Choose from Water, Paddy, Marsh, Forest or Garden abodes, all giving a real sense of being surrounded by nature. Some rooms have open air bathrooms and outdoor plunge pools.
Weddings in the Maldives…
* Tourists cannot legally marry in the Maldives, however, for those already married we offer renewal of vows packages at many romantic resorts.
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