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South Male Atoll Resorts

Speedboat Resorts with Channel Dives and Quieter Lagoons

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4 daysIdeal stay₹26,630From / night₹3,800Food / dayFreeEntry

Resorts across the channel south of Malé, 25 to 60 minutes from the airport by the resort's speedboat, any time of day. Fewer and quieter than the north, with the Guraidhoo and Embudu channels for sharks and eagle rays, and Maafushi's excursions next door. Alcohol is served on resorts. Resorts are the only places to eat on their islands and many sell rooms with a compulsory meal plan (half board, full board or all-inclusive); the food cost here is priced as one.

Highlights

  • Beach or water villa
  • Shark and eagle-ray channel dives
  • House reef snorkelling
  • Sandbank picnic
  • Spa
  • Sunset fishing

Things to do

  • House reef snorkelMorning · 2h
  • Channel dive at Guraidhoo or EmbuduMorning · 4h
  • Sunset fishing tripEvening · 2h 30m
  • Spa treatmentAfternoon · 2h

Tours & tickets

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When to go

Best time: December – April

Worth knowing

South-West Monsoon: Rough Seas, Boats Cancelled

From May to October the south-west monsoon brings squalls, heavy showers and rough seas, worst from June to August. Public ferries and shared speedboats are delayed or cancelled on bad days, crossings to the outer atolls get very bumpy, and sandbank and snorkel trips are called off. There are still plenty of sunny days and prices are lower. Keep a spare night in Hulhumalé before your flight home.

Heads up

Festive Peak: Minimum Stays and Gala Dinners

Over Christmas and New Year resorts charge their highest rates, set minimum stays (often five to seven nights) and bill compulsory gala dinners on 24 and 31 December. Seaplane seats sell out: book by September.

  • Christmas and New Year peak — The resorts' dearest fortnight: minimum stays of five to seven nights, compulsory gala dinners on 24 and 31 December billed on top, and seaplane seats that sell out. Book by September, or come in early December or mid-January for the same dry weather at lower prices.