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Landfall
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Tour · Maldives · By boat
Sandbanks of Baa Atoll
The tour · Baa Atoll
A week between sandbanks by dhoni, manta season in Hanifaru Bay and no shoes at all.
This is a week for swimmers, not only for divers. Hanifaru Bay is snorkel-only by law, so if you can float face down and breathe through a tube you can see everything the trip is built around. Children from ten are welcome with a parent.
The pace is slow and wet. One outing by dhoni most mornings, back for lunch, and the afternoons left open for a hammock or the house reef. Nothing starts before eight except the tide.
What makes it is the season and the stay. From May the plankton gathers in the bay and the mantas follow it in. We stay on a local island in a family guesthouse, not a resort, which is why the price is what it is and why shoulders stay covered in the village. Sari reads the tide tables each evening and picks the hour.
The itinerary · 7 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 07Dharavandhoo
Shoes off
A short flight from Malé, then the dhoni. Shoes go in a basket and stay there for a week.
20 minutes by air · night on the island
Route, day by dayDrag the line to travel it
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Six nights in a family guesthouse on Dharavandhoo
- All meals
- The dhoni and its crew every day
- Snorkel kit, and the permits and ranger fees for Hanifaru Bay
- Flights between Malé and Dharavandhoo
- A marine biologist as your guide
Not included
- Flights to Malé
- Scuba dives, $60 each with a local centre
- Travel insurance
- Alcohol, which local islands do not serve
Your guide
Sari Wulandari
Dive leader, Indonesia · Sorong, West Papua
Marine biologist first, guide second. She will name every fish and tell you which ones to leave alone.
96tours led
Meet SariTour · Maldives · By boat
Sandbanks of Baa Atoll
The tour · Baa Atoll
A week between sandbanks by dhoni, manta season in Hanifaru Bay and no shoes at all.
This is a week for swimmers, not only for divers. Hanifaru Bay is snorkel-only by law, so if you can float face down and breathe through a tube you can see everything the trip is built around. Children from ten are welcome with a parent.
The pace is slow and wet. One outing by dhoni most mornings, back for lunch, and the afternoons left open for a hammock or the house reef. Nothing starts before eight except the tide.
What makes it is the season and the stay. From May the plankton gathers in the bay and the mantas follow it in. We stay on a local island in a family guesthouse, not a resort, which is why the price is what it is and why shoulders stay covered in the village. Sari reads the tide tables each evening and picks the hour.
The itinerary · 7 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 07Dharavandhoo
Shoes off
A short flight from Malé, then the dhoni. Shoes go in a basket and stay there for a week.
20 minutes by air · night on the island
Route, day by day
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Six nights in a family guesthouse on Dharavandhoo
- All meals
- The dhoni and its crew every day
- Snorkel kit, and the permits and ranger fees for Hanifaru Bay
- Flights between Malé and Dharavandhoo
- A marine biologist as your guide
Not included
- Flights to Malé
- Scuba dives, $60 each with a local centre
- Travel insurance
- Alcohol, which local islands do not serve
Your guide
Sari Wulandari
Dive leader, Indonesia · Sorong, West Papua
Marine biologist first, guide second. She will name every fish and tell you which ones to leave alone.
96tours led
Meet SariTour · Maldives · By boat
Sandbanks of Baa Atoll
The tour · Baa Atoll
A week between sandbanks by dhoni, manta season in Hanifaru Bay and no shoes at all.
This is a week for swimmers, not only for divers. Hanifaru Bay is snorkel-only by law, so if you can float face down and breathe through a tube you can see everything the trip is built around. Children from ten are welcome with a parent.
The pace is slow and wet. One outing by dhoni most mornings, back for lunch, and the afternoons left open for a hammock or the house reef. Nothing starts before eight except the tide.
What makes it is the season and the stay. From May the plankton gathers in the bay and the mantas follow it in. We stay on a local island in a family guesthouse, not a resort, which is why the price is what it is and why shoulders stay covered in the village. Sari reads the tide tables each evening and picks the hour.
The itinerary · 7 days
The route, day by day.
Day 01 / 07Dharavandhoo
Shoes off
A short flight from Malé, then the dhoni. Shoes go in a basket and stay there for a week.
20 minutes by air · night on the island
Route, day by dayDrag the line to travel it
What you pay for
What is included.
Included
- Six nights in a family guesthouse on Dharavandhoo
- All meals
- The dhoni and its crew every day
- Snorkel kit, and the permits and ranger fees for Hanifaru Bay
- Flights between Malé and Dharavandhoo
- A marine biologist as your guide
Not included
- Flights to Malé
- Scuba dives, $60 each with a local centre
- Travel insurance
- Alcohol, which local islands do not serve
Your guide
Sari Wulandari
Dive leader, Indonesia · Sorong, West Papua
Marine biologist first, guide second. She will name every fish and tell you which ones to leave alone.
96tours led
Meet Sari
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