Maldives In Moderation

Tripoto
23rd Dec 2017
Photo of Maldives In Moderation by Amrita Banerjee

The island nation with its pristine beaches and vast marine life is known as one of the luxurious destination. For us it was one of our must see destinations. So finally we went to fulfill this wish of ours on a moderate budget.

Day 1

We reached Male at night so we decided to spend the night in Male city. The airport is on the island adjacent to Male city. Tickets for the 15 mins ferry to Male city can be purchased at the harbor outside the airport for ~ $3.

Day 2

Since we were supposed to board the speedboat to our resort in the afternoon, we explored a bit of Male city. Some of the attractions in the city are the artificial beach, Friday mosque, Tsunami monument and museum. Male is a small island. Exploration on foot can be done in around 3 hours.

Artificial beach on Male

Photo of Artificial Beach, Malé, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

Friday Mosque Male

Photo of Friday Mosque, Ihavandhoo, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

We went back to airport for our speedboat to Fun Island Resort. Fun Island resort is located on Guraidhoo around 45 mins (by boat) away from Male.

One of the beaches on Fun Island Resort

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

The resort offers a lot of activities like diving, snorkeling, parasailing, sunset cruise, island hopping, dolphin safari, fishing competition etc. We opted for dolphin safari and fishing competition. Apart from all these activities it has a beautiful beach to sit back and relax.

Main beach in Fun Island Resort

Photo of Maldives In Moderation by Amrita Banerjee

Most of the resorts in Maldives have gala dinner (charges extra) for Christmas eve and New Year's eve. For the occasion, the resort was beautifully decorated and had various cuisines to choose from.

Christmas Decorations

Photo of Maldives In Moderation by Amrita Banerjee
Day 3

Started the day with sunrise, clear blue sky and crystal clear water. Then we took a boat to Robinson Island which was a complimentary tour from resort.

Clear water on Robinson Island

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

After a couple of hours well spent in Robinson, we came back to our resort. Rest of the day we spent in the resort itself.

Main beach on Fun Island Resort

Photo of Maldives In Moderation by Amrita Banerjee

A beautiful sunset

Photo of Maldives In Moderation by Amrita Banerjee
Day 4

This day we joined a fishing competition. They picked us up in the evening in a speedboat for fishing.

On top of the fishing boat

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

Fishing competition

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee
Day 5

Last day before the airport transfer, we spent some time roaming around the Island capturing the last glimpses of that amazing place.

Fun Island

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

The jetty @ Fun Island Resort

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee

Goodbye Fun Island ;(

Photo of Fun Island Resort, Maldives by Amrita Banerjee