Luxury Maldives with a Dhoni Cruise
Baros - Dhoni Cruise - Huvafen FushiCombine two luxury Maldivian resorts, staying in both a beach villa and over-water villa on stilts, with an overnight dhoni cruise to take you from Baros to Huvafen Fushi.
Maldives
When you close your eyes and think of the Maldives, you will be imagining pristine turquoise waters lapping softly against luxury water bungalows on stilts, and you are right, yet the reality is even better. The Maldives is simply the queen of Indian Ocean destinations, each luxury resort is set on its own private island, shielded by a picture-perfect lagoon and surrounded by a coral reef teeming with brightly coloured marine life. Luxury doesn’t quite do the Maldives justice in terms of the exclusive resorts that you can choose from. In many ways, the problem is deciding between them. Having seen all of the amazing resorts in the Maldives, we can help you compare and contrast, giving honest travel advice to select the luxury accommodation that is perfect for you. Whether you are travelling on a luxury honeymoon and wanting the most romantic retreat, or as a family where the children can delve into world-class kids clubs, or the island which offers the best diving or snorkelling, we help you find the place to go. We are absolute specialists at carefully tailoring an itinerary to combine a dash of culture beforehand, whether it is Sri Lanka, India, Oman or Dubai. Furthermore, we can arrange creative tours that might include a night or two on a luxury dhoni, island hopping through atolls enabling you to see a little more of the Maldives.
Maldives Itineraries
This is just a selection of suggested itineraries that are there to help you with your ideas and to start the conversation with us about planning your tailor-made holiday. All our holidays are private for you and your party, and can depart on any day you like. We can adapt and change any element of these journeys, or design an itinerary from scratch around your travelling plans.
Safari & Beach: Tigers & the Maldives
Pench National Park - Bangalore - MaldivesMove over Africa! If you are looking for the ultimate safari and beach combination then look no further than India and the Maldives.
India’s Golden Triangle & Maldives
Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - MaldivesExplore the forts and palace of India before kicking back alongside the picture-perfect turquoise lagoons of the Maldives, the ultimate combination of culture and beach.
Kerala and the Maldives
Cochin - Munnar - Backwaters - the MaldivesCombine the bustling and colourful markets of Cochin, wander through tea plantations and cruise the backwaters of Kerala before kicking back on the turquoise blue lagoons of the Maldives on an ultimate twin-centre holiday.
Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Negombo - Cultural Triangle - Hill Country - MaldivesSri Lanka and the Maldives is one of the best twin-centre holidays you can experience, a blend of culture, adventure and beach that makes for such a wonderful journey.
Maldives Accommodation
This is just an overview of the hotels and lodges we feature, from characterful boutique lodges to luxury hotels. We do have a range of other hotels that we use, so if you don't see from our portfolio what you are looking for, we almost certainly know about it and can help plan an itinerary using it.
Maldives Info
Flights: From the UK, British Airways offer direct flights from mid-October through to April. In between that you can choose from a host of Middle Eastern carriers such as Emirates, Qatar, Oman Air, Etihad and Turkish.
Visas: No visas are needed in advance, and your passport is stamped on arrival.
January
Visiting Maldives in January
January is one of the very best months to visit the Maldives, but usually the hotel prices will be at their highest too.
February
Visiting Maldives in February
February is a superb month to travel to the Maldives, with the least chance of rain. As it is so good, many of the resorts get booked up well in advance.
March
Visiting Maldives in March
March is another fantastic month to travel to the Maldives, with clear waters and dry weather.
April
Visiting Maldives in April
April is again very good, with a slight chance of approaching showers later in the month.
May
Visiting Maldives in May
May generally is the season when you find the best offers from the various resorts, and a greater chance of rain, but as we said, it usually washes over quickly. The waters tend to get a little mirkier during May, but this only really affects diving and not snorkelling.
June
Visiting Maldives in June
June is another 'low-season' month, but perfectly good to visit.
July
Visiting Maldives in July
July again has a slightly higher chance of rainfall, and is a great destination to consider for a family summer holiday.
August
Visiting Maldives in August
August tends to get rather busy as the Europeans arrive on their summer holidays. You can combine with the north of Sri Lanka for a little culture, making for a wonderful two week adventure.
September
Visiting Maldives in September
September is the last month when you get really good offers, but we have found it to be a great month weather-wise in the Maldives
October
Visiting Maldives in October
October is moving back into high-season when the hotels up their prices a little more, and is the best time to see manta rays and whale sharks. There is a chance of rain showers if there is a more intense north-west monsoon in Sri Lanka.
November
Visiting Maldives in November
November is another month to be aware that you might get a little rain, but is generally absolutely perfect.
December
Visiting Maldives in December
The chance of rain recedes during December, so that by the end (especially over Christmas and New Year) and weather is dry and lovely.
Weather
- Jan
- Best
- Feb
- Best
- Mar
- Best
- Apr
- Good
- May
- Good
- Jun
- Good
- Jul
- Good
- Aug
- Good
- Sep
- Good
- Oct
- Good
- Nov
- Good
- Dec
- Best
The Maldives is quite simply an all-year round destination, and being so close to the equator the temperatures only really vary a few degrees around the 30 degree mark. Technically, the monsoon arrives from May to September, but as the islands are so low-lying, the showers wash over fairly quickly, and if anything are a fairly dramatic interlude.