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Things to do in the Maldives? There's plenty!. Both
in or out of the water, Maldives has lots of fun activities
to offer.
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resorts in the Maldives offer a wide variety of water sports.
All resorts offer diving and snorkeling. Some have professional
windsurf schools with qualified instructors offering multi-lingual
certified courses, while others provide the basics needed
for the windsurf enthusiast. Windsurf schools or water sports
centers in the resorts are often equipped with catamarans
and kayaks or canoes.
There are some resorts offer only non-motorized
water sports as a rule, to avoid disturbing the peace. However
some others offer you the chance to test your skills , at
water-skiing, jet skiing, parasailing, body surfing, knee
boarding and fun with banana riding and ringo riding. Further,
many provide romantic sunset sailing or adventurous excursions
and island hopping, in catamarans or small ‘dhonis’. Use
the resort search
page to find a resort that offer that activities you want.
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Maldivians have been fishing people
since time immemorial. Its no surprise that our resorts
can guide you to the best fishing spots around.
Almost all the resorts offer fishing, night fishing being
the most popular. A unique Maldivian sport, night fishing
provides a quiet, relaxing time under the stars, out at
sea, rocking gently to the waves, in addition to the excitement
of fishing. In night fishing, the boat is anchored at a
reef just before sunset. Lines are tethered with hooks and
sinkers and dropped over board. The favourite catch is the
red snapper. Many resorts also organise morning fishing
and big game fishing. Morning fishing, like big-game fishing
involves trolling outside the atoll, usually along the outer
atoll reef. Most resorts offer only the basic equipment
for big game fishing and therefore it is advisable, if you
are an enthusiast, to bring along your own equipment.
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Most of the bigger resorts offer the
excitement and fun of parasailing. Some offer instruction
for beginners. Parasailing is ideal for those adventurous
enough to try it. In addition to the excitement of being
high up over the islands, it gives you a fantastic aerial
view of your resort and the surroundings.
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Many resorts have their own speedboats
and water skis for rent on an hourly or daily basis. Some
even have instructors available to give you lessons. Prices
vary form resort to resort.
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A trip to the Maldives will never be complete without
donning a mask and a pair of fins and experiencing
the beauty that sustains these tiny islands. Each
island offers a beautiful house-reef that you could
snorkel in everyday. Those resorts with far out reefs
have boats that take snorkellers to the reef. Mask
and fins can be rented from the dive schools if you
need them.
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The large lagoons that surround most of the islands
are ideal for windsurfing. Large lagoons with waist
deep water for hundreds of metres with soft sandy
bottoms and the protective barrier provided by the
house reef, offer ideal, safe conditions for windsurfing,
especially for beginners.
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all resorts have windsurf schools or watersports centres
where you could get instructions and lessons and even
get an international certificate. Some schools are
equipped with a variety of boards and sails to suit
different levels of windsurfers. All windsurf schools
and watersports centres without exception, have the
basic equipment for windsurfing, and in most cases
one or more catamarans and a few canoes.
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