Maldives - Male, Dharavandhoo and Dhigurah
Male (5 to 6 September)
We stayed in Male for one night before flying to Dharavandhoo the next day.
Dharavandhoo (6 to 12 September)
6 September
The plane we took from Male.
Sunset on Dharavandhoo.
7 September
It’s fairly obvious that Dharavandhoo is known for manta rays.
We went snorkelling at the local reef. Some of the fish we saw.
Another sunset on Dharavandhoo.
We had a good view of the lunar eclipse in the evening.
8 September
We went on a manta ray trip to Hanifaru Bay, but unfortunately the most exciting thing we saw was an eagle ray.
9 September
More photos of fish at the local reef.
We went on another trip to Hanifaru Bay and were lucky to see a whale shark and many manta rays.
10 September
Another trip to Hanifaru Bay. Apparently there were more than 80 manta rays in the bay.
11 September
Our final trip to Hanifaru Bay.
Dhigurah (12 to 15 September)
12 September
We took an early flight from Dharavandhoo back to Male, before taking a boat to Dhigurah.
Photo taken from one of the tourist beaches on Dhigurah.
Drone photos and a video I took before sunset.
Some photos I took during sunset.
13 September
We went on a whale shark snorkelling trip in the morning and were lucky enough to see one early on.
Afterwards we went snorkelling at another spot. Highlights included two turtles and some Maldive anemonefish.
More drone photos and I video I took before sunset.
More photos I took during sunset.
14 September
We did some snorkelling early in the day. The highlight was mostly seeing more Maldive anemonefish.
We went on another whale shark trip later in the day and managed to see two at the same time. Unfortunately it was getting dark at that stage and the light was quite bad, but I did manage to get some photos.
15 September
Drone photos and a video I took during sunrise.
