Maldives Holidays Important Facts

Before booking a luxury holidays in the Maldives, or a cheap holiday in the Maldives, any hotel in the Maldives, or you might just be looking for any island hideaway in the Maldives, it is important that you know where you are going to, and what you will find when you get there.

Too many people arrive at their holiday destination having chosen it only for the price, and a dubious guarantee of sunshine, and have never investigated their destination for its suitability for themselves and their family. A disastrous vacation can often be rescued by the surrounding countryside, but this won’t be possible in the Maldives, because you are probably going to be trapped on an island, and that hotel in the Maldives may be on an island you can walk round in a few minutes. So you need to know something about where you are going at the very outset.

The Maldives are in fact an archipelago consisting of 1190 low lying coral islands scattered across the equator, in groups of 26 naturally occurring atolls. The Maldives is 45 minutes from Colombo, 3 hours from Dubai, 4 hours from Singapore, and 13 hours from London.

On the map it is in the Indian Ocean just south west from Sri Lanka, and you don’t need a visa.

The Maldives literally sits on top of the Equator so it is a year round 25-30 degrees Celsius, and has frequently been described as paradise on earth.

If your idea of paradise is is a pristine tropical island with swaying palm trees with a pure white sand beach all the way round and then a limpid blue and turquoise sea, then the Maldives is just exactly that.

It is sunny, quite unique, and almost totally unspoiled.

The hotels range from the top of the range giving you the perfect luxury holiday in the Maldives to the other end where there are plenty cheap Maldives Holidays, as well as the total hideaway Maldive islands. They all have one thing in common and that is they are perfect for people who are looking for peace and tranquillity, a chance to rejuvenate and relax. This is not the place to go if you have to spend your holiday visiting places. This is however the place to go if snorkelling or diving are your thing.

It is little wonder that a huge proportion of tourists in the Maldives are returning for a second or third time, simply the place is addictive, with its sun kissed white sand beaches, crystal clear warm lagoons, and multi coloured coral and incredibly exotic marine life. When you consider out of all of the islands only about 200 are inhabited., and of the remaining islands around 100 have become island hotels, there will be more beautiful deserted atolls than you know what to do with.

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A Maldives Holiday On Lhaviyani Atoll

Lhaviyani Atoll could be the ideal destination for your Island Hideaway Maldives Holiday. If you are also looking at the luxury type Maldives Holiday then this atoll contains the One & Only Kanuhura resort, and is far enough away to be a hideaway.

The Lhaviyani atoll is 140 Kms North from Male airport east of the Raa Atoll and North east of the Baa Atoll and it is best known for its many exotic dive sites. It is as far north as you can go in the Maldives for your Maldives Holiday.

This atoll is different from others in that all the islands of the Lhaviyani Atoll are located on the outer rim of the shell, and the islands are large compared to other islands with dense vegetation. There are only five inhabited islands in the atoll

The One & Only Kanuhura is a 5 star deluxe hotel with 100 rooms which is 150 Kms from the airport on Male, and will take 40 minutes to transfer by sea plane. It is on the eastern rim of the Lhaviyani Atoll and is a member of the Leading Small Hotels of the world Komandoo Island Resort is a 4 star hotel with 45 rooms, and is situated 128 Kms from the airport, and there is a 45 minute transfer by sea plane. It was opened in 1998 and is on an island 100 metres wide and 500 metres long The Kuredu Island Resort is a 4 star hotel with 300 rooms situated 128 Kms from the airport at Male, and the transfer time by seaplane is 40 minutes. The island has more than 3Kms of white sand beaches.

There are two resorts on the island , the Kuredu is on the east side.

The Sangu Resort is a 4 star hotel on the western side of the island and it also has water villas.

You can certainly find a Maldives Holiday to suit your purse on the Lhaviyani Atoll, whether it is a luxury holiday in the Maldives staying at Kanuhura or at one of the 4 star resorts. Remember the distances involved, which does give you a Maldives island hideaway, but you do have quite a long seaplane transfer.

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