This paradisiacal archipelago of nearly 1,200 isles and atolls out in the Indian Ocean is home to myriad marvelous experiences and adventures - including some you might not expect!
The warmth of the Indian Ocean and its calm, crystalline waters far from large urban sprawls have made the almost 1,200 Maldives islands — with their 26 atolls of reefs and sand banks — the perfect home for millions of submarine species. Few places in the world offer such extraordinary divine conditions.
Out in the Indian Ocean, some 800 kilometres (497 miles) south of Sri Lanka, the Maldives are comprised of 1,191 islands, including 26 coral atolls (just over 200 are...