Heaven on earth….truly! – Affordable, too.
IMPRESSIONS OF MALEDIVES – Unforgettable Pictures
GOOD TO KNOW– Things you should know about Maledives
EXPLORE AROUND MAAFUSHI – getting around and great tours
You will not believe it until you saw it yourself. Unaffordable? No!
You do not have thousands on your bank account, but you want to heave yourself in terrific crystal blue water?
One way to do so:
- do not book a package tour
You should travel individually. Not only a huge amount of money you will save, you´ll also be able to experience so much more and decide where and when to stay, too.
How to get to Maledives on low fares:
(arrival airport „Malé“)
- flights from Colomobo (Sri Lanka) are really cheap and take only a bit over an hour; cost: from 110€-190€
- flights from Thiruvananthapuram (India) or Chennai (India) are as cheap as from Sri Lanka
- from Bangkok you will pay around 250-300€
- flights from Germany and back are usually from 430 – 600€
To check out further flight plans, I always suggest to use www.skyscanner.com as they give you the chance to spot periods of low fares.
Where to stay on Maledives?
Well, as you probably noticed before, there are hundreds of islands on which you can enjoy your stay. It totally depends on your budget which destination you pick.
Low budget and high flexibility offer local islands such as Maafushi.
We decided to avoid touristic excessively expensive islands and chose Maafushi.
Our trip to Maledives
April, 13th, 2014.
With Korean Air we headed towards Malé. What you should definately do: Try to be early at the airport and ask for a seat at the window. Believe me: It´s going to be one of the best views in your live – especially if you can´t afford the private water-taxi.
Arriving at Hulhumale („the airport-island“ just by Malé), we picked up our suitcases and headed outside. The personnel at the airport speak English very well, so no worries. Anyway, you can´t miss the „counter“ of the ferry to Malé, which is leaving every ten minutes. It´s 1$ per person and we have been surprised of all the blue water right by the airport already…..wonderful.
Our trip to Maafushi took about 2 hours. For some of us, it wasn´t as pleasurous as it was for us.
As one arrives at Maafushi, there is no chance to miss one´s „hotel“. Not only because theisland is tiny, but also because the representatives of your hotel use to wait for arrivals very other hour at the „harbour“. :-)
And since it´s such a looong way to walk to your accomodation (100 – 400m haha), you can drop off your suitcases at the „wheel barrow“, which the representatives always take with them.
After we checked in, we took our camera and explored the area around our hotel, which was Arena Beach Hotel.
We definately picked the best located hotel, since the only private beach of Maafushi was ours.
I love it already!
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