Maldives where is it map

These are private islands that have been leased by the government of the Maldives to private companies for the purpose of tourism-based activities. Therefore the entire island is leased for one company most. Unlike local island guesthouses, you can find bars, clubs, DJ parties, massage parlors, diving schools with many activities, and bikini is allowed on these islands. There are mainly 3 categories of rooms on these islands and are Garden rooms, beach rooms, overwater rooms.

The number of rooms on each island varies, an average rooms. These islands are full of privacy and less crowded. That is also why many famous celebrities, athletes, and royals visit these islands. Like I mentioned each island is separated by the ocean, so even the government authorities need a special warrant to enter these private islands. Most of these islands are 5-star properties, but there are some 4 star and 3-star islands.

These guest houses or hotels are located on the local islands. Until there were no hotels in the local islands as it was prohibited by the law of the country. That is to obey and respect the law and local culture of the country. Which means no, no alcohol, no public kissing, no pork, and no pets are allowed on these islands. The first island to open with this project is called Maafushi island and today we have more than 70 3-star hotels in Maafushi. Having those restrictions, all these local island hotels are categorized as 3 star properties Travelers who travel for Budget, Family, honeymoon, and Local stays can choose these local islands.

These islands are also in Male Atoll, which saves some traveling expenses and time. These hotels are the best for long staying guests and culture explorers. Book a city hotel. There is no transportation network that connects the entire Maldives. Part of the country is connected by planes and another part is connected by sea transportation.

To visit an island, you need either a ferry boat or a plane transfer. To travel from one atoll to another atoll the boats will take up to hours even the speed boat takes hours and during the bad weather, many boats will not travel. However, there is an internal ferry network for each atoll, which in some regions operates daily one ferry, and some regions weekly one or two these internal ferry boats also take around hrs to the most distant islands in the atoll.

There are only very few islands that can be visited by domestic planes. The domestic flights are operated to transfer between Atolls, most of the domestic airports are located in uninhabited islands, then again from the domestic airport you will need another boat transfer to the islands located in the Atolls.

Taxi transfers are only available to these two lands and take a minute ride. The taxi queue will be in front of the speedboat jetty. Maldives international Airport holds the biggest seaplane port in the world.

Seaplane is one of the most convenient ways for far distant resorts as it can take off from international Airport and land directly to most resorts and islands. Private charters are also available. Because of the dispersity, it is not possible to visit many islands and even if you have enough monay and time, it is not recommended to visit as many islands as possible, since they all looks the same. But there must be some places to visit right?

So if you are a swimmer you can do snorkeling, diving, kayak riding, surfing, jetski riding etc… if you are non-swimmer you can still do some activities too like: whale submarine tour, sunset cruise, dolphin cruise, city tour, island hopping, day visits to resorts etc….

Now you might think about why this topic! It is important to know the religion and law of every country before visiting, without proper information, sometimes travelers have been in trouble in the past. It was a Buddhist country before the 12th Century. Drinking or carrying Alcohols in the city or any local island is illegal, bikini, some foods ham, pork , public kissing again in the city and local island is against the Law and culture of the Maldives.

Everywhere in the country US dollars are accepted. But the one-dollar bill is less value if exchanged to currency. Many places 1 dollar bill will be taken as 10mvr. The other one is in Male city. With a population of , citizens and estimated 50, workers in an area of 1. Male City tour is also a great way to learn and discover the history of Maldives. There are a total of 17 airports across the Maldives, and the Main international Airport is called Velana International Airport, which is also located next to the Maldives capital city.

Now if you are first-time visitor things might not be the same as you expected, the airport is a separate island only used for the airport. So yes most of the Maldives transfers are arranged by sea. For the flight schedules visit FIS. There are some interesting tourist attractions across the country. Because of the dispersity, it is not easy to access all the attractions.

Few attractions are located in Male city and others are indifferent islands. At the moment there are very few public transportations from Male to those islands. Please visit Maldives tourist attractions list to find the proper information.

The Maldives islands are located in the Indian Ocean, it consists of 1, coral islands grouped in chain formation of 26 atolls, along the north-south direction, spread over roughly 90, square kilometers, this is why it is called one of the world's most dispersed countries. Almost every island is separated by ocean water. Out of islands only islands are inhabitant rest all are called inhabitant islands. The best islands to visit can be Vaadhoo, Fuvahmulah, Hulhudhuffaaru, Thoddoo. If you are looking for the best vacation, then you are in the right place.

There are many reasons why you should choose Maldives for your holiday. We Maldives Tour Guide a local company here provides all the services and can arrange everything you need. The first reason why you should choose Maldives is because of:. There are an estimated types of creatures in the country.

You do not need prior visa to visit Maldives as a tourist. All tourists get visa on arrival at the airport. Another interesting fact you can find on Maldivesfinest. There has been many myth about the equator, but in reality it is just an imaginary line that divides South Pole and North Pole in the mid point.

There islands in the Maldives. Searching the entire map for any specific island will be a pains taking task if you do not know the atoll. If you already know the atoll it is very simple. You can see the atoll name in black big capitals. Name of the resorts are in red. Airports are marked with flight icon.

There are 20 natural atolls which are officially classified to 26 for administration purposes. Just google the resort with keyword "atoll" and can you easily find it. Atoll are chain of islands. You can see the islands are formed in groups. These are atolls and some bigger ones are divided into two atolls. Maldives is geographically located in South Asia in the India Ocean. The closest countries are India and Srilanka.

At closest points Maldives is about km from India, and from Srilanka. N oonu Atoll is a fairly large atoll offering many desert islands and a few resorts, located at about kms North of Male airport. Noonu Atoll belongs to a larger Atoll called Miladhunmadulu. Noonu can be directly reached after a 45 mns flight by seaplane or in 40 mns with a domestic flight to its airport Maafaru.

R aa Atoll is a large atoll located at about kms North of Male airport. Raa can be directly reached from Male Airport after a 40 mns flight by seaplane or 40 mns by direct domestic flight or in mns with a domestic flight to its airport Ifuru with a stop at Maafaru Airport in Noonu Atoll. Large and beautiful, Baa Atoll is also known for having perfectly shaped rounded islands. Fairly large, Baa Atoll is located at about kms North of Male airport.

Baa can be directly reached after a 35 mns flight by seaplane or 20 mns by direct domestic flight from Male Airport. L haviyani Atoll is a fairly large atoll located at about kms North of Male airport. Lhaviyani Atoll can be reached after a 40 mns seaplane flight.

Domestic flights to Lhaviyani Atoll are announced to open in with the construction of a new domestic airport called Madivaru Airport. R asdhoo Atoll is a tiny atoll, one of the smallest of Maldives with 5 islands only. Rasdhoo belong to a group of a much larger atoll, one of the largest in Maldives, Ari Atoll. Rasdhoo Atoll has only 2 Resorts : Kuramathi and Veligandu. Rasdhoo Atoll is reachable by speedboat in 90 mns or by seaplane in 15 mns. Hub of Maldives economy, political and social life, North Male Atoll, also called North Kaafu Atoll, was the first atoll to open to tourists in with Kurumba Resort.

North Male atoll is today home of the largest concentration of resorts in the Maldives. North Male Atoll is the northern atoll of a larger group of 2 atolls the other one being the famous South Male Atoll , called Kaafu Atoll.

S outh Male Atoll is located in Kaafu Atoll. South Male Atoll is the second busiest atoll after North Male in term of resorts. The northern tip of South Male Atoll is reachable by speedboat in 15 mns or by seaplane in 5 mns. Its southern tip is reachable in 35 mns by speedboat and 15 mns by seaplane. N orth Ari Atoll is part of a group of 2 Atolls united in one single huge atoll called Ari.

The all atoll is known for the excellency and variety of its diving spots. Its relatively close location to Male allows easy access by speedboat in approximately 90mns or 30 mns by seaplane. South Ari offers many resorts and amazing diving sites like North Ari.

South Ari Atoll can be directly reached after a 25 mns flight by seaplane or in 30 mns with a domestic flight to its airport Maamigili. V aavu Atoll is one of the latest atoll that opened to tourists with 3 resorts currently operating and one of the least populated Atoll of Maldives. Vaavu Atoll is located at 80 kms from Male and directly reachable in approximately 80 mns by speedboat, 4 hours by ferry or 25 mns by seaplane.

F aafu Atoll is one of the tiniest atoll of Maldives with 1 resort only : Filitheyo. Located at kms from Male Airport, Faafu Atoll is directly reachable by seaplane in 30 mns.

D haalu Atoll is today home of many resorts. Also called Southern Nilandhe Atoll, Dhaalu Atoll has seen several new resort developments the past 3 years. Famous for its powdery sandbanks and long beaches, Dhaalu Atoll is directly reachable by domestic flight in 40 mns to its airport Dhaalu Airport or in 35 mns by seaplane. M eemu Atoll is a fairly large Atoll whith a small number of resorts.

Meemu Atoll still offers many deserted islands and several local Islands only. Almost untouched, Meemu is located at kms from Male Airport and is directly reachable by seaplane in 40 mns.

T haa, also called Kolhumadulu Atoll, is a fairly large Atoll with only 2 resorts within, including 1 that will open in Still unspoiled, Thaa is known for its virgin landscapes, the beauty of its diving sites and the excellence of its several surfing spots. Thaa is located at kms from Male Airport and is directly reachable by seaplane in 60 mns.

L aamu Atoll, also called Haddhunmathi Atoll is known for its wilderness and beauty of its landscapes. Almost untouched, the atoll has ony 2 resorts. Laamu Atoll is directly reachable by domestic flight in 35 mns from Male to its airport Kadhdhoo.

The all atoll is one of the best Maldives region for diving with numerous and still undiscovered dive sites and countless healthy coral islets. Located at kms from Male, Gaafu Dhaalu is directly reachable by domestic flight in 55 mns by domestic flight to its airport Kaadedhdhoo. Located at kms from Male, Gaafu Dhaalu is directly reachable by domestic flight in 60 mns by domestic flight to its airport Kooddoo.

Addu is located under the equator and is the second most important administrative Atoll of Maldives with its capital called Gan and its international airport of the same name. Located at kms from Male, Addu Atoll is directly reachable by domestic flight in 90mns mns and in 1h50 mns from Colombo in Sri Lanka.

Go to the Interactive Map. Maldives Atolls and Islands. Essential Geography Facts The Maldives have a unique geological formation. The archipelago have approximately Islands nested in 26 Atolls.

They are beautifully called The Island Kingdom by Maldivians. The country superficy covers 90, square kilometres and spread over an area of app.

Of these islands, about are inhabited by Maldivian people. We estimate that approximately islands and sandbanks remain completely deserted and a bit more than are allocated to Resorts.

How to Interact with the map? Atolls are indicated with a Double Click on it to Zoom In and see the islands and resorts inside. Click on the symbol at the top right of the map to see Atolls, Resort and all Island names Click on a Camera to see a photo of the location.

JA Manafaru. Utheemu Island. Hanimadhoo Domestic Airport. Hondaafushi Island Resort. The Barefoot Eco Hotel. Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi. Maafaru Domestic Airport. Velaa Private Island. Cheval Blanc Randheli. Soneva Jani. The Sun Syam Iru Fushi. Robinson Club Noonu. Siyam World. Ifuru Domestic Airport.