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How to Plan Your Next Maldives Trip Filled with Water Activities

Tips for Organising a Water-Sports-Filled Holiday in Paradise

By Rochell MeganPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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Image via Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences

The Maldives is tipped to be one of the world's most popular water sports hotspots, so a trip to the Maldives is a dream come true for adventure junkies. The archipelago offers ideal conditions for a wide variety of water-bound activities, making surfers, scuba divers and snorkelling fanatics around the world flock to the archipelago. Here's how to make your next getaway in the islands a fun-filled adventure complete with water-based adventures.

1. Travel during the Right Time of Year

If you want to experience the wealth of water sports activities available in the Maldives, it's crucial to travel during the right period. Although some water sports activities are accessible during most months of the year, most are off-limits or quite dangerous to attempt during the wetter months of the year. This means that the best time to visit the Maldives for a water-sports-oriented vacation is during the peak tourist season from December to April. The dry weather and sunny skies are well-suited for a wide variety of water-bound activities and adventures while the visibility and the winds are also perfect for surfing and scuba diving.

2. Stay in a Resort with Water Sports Activities

Travellers will also find that certain resorts and hotels are more suited for water sports activities as some posses their own water sports centres and outbound adventure programmes. Whether you select the Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences or any other venue, it is important to pick a resort with its own water sport facilities and programmes as this will make finding local tour operators online unnecessary. Those who are unable to afford to stay in such a venue will need to look at Maldivian water sports packages and private tour operators that serve the atoll at which they are based. Testing your mettle with water sports activities is one of the best things to do in Maldives, and there's no shortage of tour companies organising these fun activities.

3. Sign up for a Diving Tour

Home to such spectacular dive sites such as HP Reef, Manta Point and Banana Reef, a holiday in these islands would truly be incomplete without enjoying a diving tour. With its underwater landscapes teeming with marine species, there's literally not an inch of the Maldivian sea bed that would not make a picture perfect diving destination. Several shipwrecks also occupy the off-coast areas so wreck divers can also get their fix during a stay in the Maldives.

4. Go for a Sea Walk or a Submarine Ride

Those who would rather experience the stunning coral reefs and the marine creatures occupying the Maldivian sea floor without getting wet can enjoy a submarine ride or go for a sea walk wearing a special helmet that allows one to walk underwater without even the most basic swimming skills. The Whale Submarine ride, on the other hand, lasts two hours and is a journey into the depths of the waters surrounding Male for a look at the fish species and corals that are part of the captivating submerged environment.

5. Learn How to Surf or Dive

Another way to incorporate water sports into your holiday is to pick up a skill during your getaway to Asia's water sports capital. Diving centres and surfing instructors are available in all corners of the Maldives and there are PADI certificate courses suitable for holidaymakers as young as 8 years old.

6. Find Tour Operators for Group Oriented Water Sports

There are also plenty of water sports that one can experience with the family or with a group of people in the Maldives. This includes banana boating excursions and kayaking tours around the coast while sunset cruises and island hopping adventures are also on offer for travellers who love to sail around the archipelago. Catamaran sailing and private yachts safaris are other ways to include water based fun into your itinerary.

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