The Maldives
Holidays in the maldives
If you are looking for holidays maldives information then the following facts should help.
Lets start with a map of the maldives to get you orientated. There are 1192 coral islands in the Maldives.
The population of the Maldives currently stands at slightly over 250,000 people. Every year this is boosted by a steady stream of holiday makers, who are treated exceedingly well by their hosts.
Holidays in the maldives are all about lying on the beach, swimming and diving. Whatever the brochures say, there isn't actually much else to do. This is the big charm of the maldives. They are all about relaxation.
Whichever islands you choose for your maldives holidays, you will need to fully embrace the holidays maldives experience of unwinding completely.
Vacation
Deals in the Maldives
On your vacation you can and will unwind but you will also have some limited shopping opportunities. Most of the islands have rather stunning boutiques full of richly decorated local clothes at very reasonable prices. Don't expect to find and shoes though. For that matter, don't expect to wear any shoes in the maldives either.
stroll around rather stunning islands barefoot then spend your holiday evenings in the air conditioned night clubs and bimble back to your cabin through sapphire forests watching the geckos, bats and other exotic wildlife.
Maldive Island Resorts A to Z guide from
The Maldives Review
Hilton Maldives Resort And Spa
Kurumba Village Tourist Resort
You can spend your maldives holiday in rather stunning air conditioned fitness centres and transform yourself (both mind and body) while in paradise. All the islands listed here now have fully fitted gyms.
However, you can do all that exercise at home. These maldives are the yellow islands where you can stroll around barefoot lazing about from dawn to sunset. The maldives really are a place where you can change your life starting in the maldives with great four star or five star hotels.
The maldives climate is great throughout most of the year, although humidity can be a problem for some visitors.
The maldivans are a friendly people but with the same initial reserve you seem to find with sea going people everywhere.
Of course the final point is that the maldives may not survive too much longer if the oceans rise due to global warming. So book a holiday to the maldives while there is still time.
Diving in the Maldives
All the resorts have dive schools affiliated to PADI which is a globally recognized diving authority. You can get a PADI Open Water qualification in the maldives and in most resorts you can then go on to do the Advanced open water course if you wish. The Open Water course takes 3 to 4 days and is a combination of pool (or VERY shallow beach) work and theory lessons so that you learn to do everything safely. It isn't hard but must be taken quite seriously at times. At the end of the course you will be down at 15 meters or so below the sea, totally amazed by the undersea life all around you. The friendships and fun on the Padi open water course in the maldives are a great introduction to scuba diving.
Guests at all maldives resorts who have not yet tried Scuba diving can take a short, highly supervised 'taster' dive on the house reef. This is a great way of finding out whether diving is for you.
Meedhupparu, Vilamendhoo and Lily Beach resorts all have great reputations for their PADI open water courses in the Maldives. One report we heard of was that a visitors got their open water course £100 cheaper than booking via Thomas Cook by the simple expedient of phoning the island directly.
Advanced Open Water is a combination of a number of different types of dive, including underwater navigator and deep diving (to 30 meters) plus options such as Photography, Night diving etc.It normally takes 5 days to do the advanced course. Virtually everyone chooses night diving as the Maldives are be one of the best locations for night diving.