Activities on Maldives Island

The Maldives offers it’s guests a huge range of activities, fun and recreation and depending on the resort that you choose you may get to sample a few or all of them.

Here are the main ones:

Maldives Island Hopping

Island hopping is one of the most fascinating trips available in the Maldives. Island hopping allows guests to experience life in an isolated Maldivian island. Most of the resorts offer island half or full day island excursions.

Although island hopping is an optional extra in many resorts, sometimes, they may be included in your travel package.

Typically, the visitors are transported to certain uninhabited islands to laze away on the beaches, perhaps enjoy a beach barbecue and do some snorkelling.

The Maldives is a divers paradise, and there are options available to choose any and all levels of experience.

Almost all resorts offer diving facilities of some kind and some even have their own diving schools and centers. Some resorts offer a “house reef” to guests – this can be used from the beach itself.

Between January and April is the optimum time to go to the Maldives for diving as these periods offer the calmest weather, clearest waters and most placid seas for the best visibility.

Remember to bring your C-Card (diving certification card) and log book as diving centers will certainly ask to check them.

It’s also possible to experience “diving safaris” in the Maldives – a chance to visit various diving sites, islands, villages and resorts.

The more experienced divers may wish to participate in night-time diving where many different types of marine life can be seen, or consider taking some underwater photography.

Maldives Water Sports

Many resorts offer excellent water sports facilities such as wind-surfing, surfing, catamaran sailing, water skiing and parasailing. In many resorts there are additional fees for tuition and use of facilities and equipment so if you plan on doing a lot of these activities check what the prices are as some resorts do offer guests free use of these facilities.

Canoeing

Many resorts offer canoe rentals although this type of boat is more suited for guests who wish to go around their own lagoons. For safety reasons it’s usually not possible to use canoes to travel longer distances (for instance going to another island).

Night Fishing

What if you had to catch your dinner? This is exactly what happens in many resorts that offer night fishing. The guests are taken in a dhoni (boat) each with the tools required to catch their own fish – those that do catch something appropriate can have it prepared for dinner by the resort chefs.

Land Based Sports

Depending on the individual resort there are some sports that guests can indulge in. Many Maldives island resorts offer beach volleyball, badminton, tennis and even soccer.

The quality of facilities vary with many of the upper-end resorts offering floodlit pitches and some resorts offer squash courts. Most offer some type of games room with ping pong, Carrom, pool and a variety of board games for those wishing to expend less energy.

Activities on Maldives Island include Hopping, Diving, Water Sports and much more...