Hulhumale

Hulhumale’ or Hulhumale is a reclaimed island located in the south of North Male Atoll. Hulhumale’s reclamation began on October 16, 1997. The artificial island was reclaimed to establish a new land mass required to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region. The official settlement was inaugurated by President Gayoom on May 12, 2004.

Swimming in Hulhumale’

 

You can enjoy various activities in Hulhumale. The island have a long artificial public beach which is perfect for swimming. Maldives is a 100% Islamic country so the regulations of the government of Maldives officially bans wearing bikini, swimsuits etc. 

However there are many places around Hulhumale where these rules do not apply, such as resort islands, Picnic Island and sandbanks. Maldives wants its visitors to enjoy to their fullest and also public access is very low in such areas. Trips to such places are arranged on daily basis on request.

BBQ AREA

Hulhumale has a BBQ area where many locals go during Friday and Saturday to do BBQ or barbecue and get together. BBQ events are also arranged upon requests.

SHOPS in Hulhumale

Hulhumale has local shops where you can do local shopping, buy local fruits and other necessary needed item if required.

Bicycle Riding

Hulhumale is a 144 hector, big island where bicycling has its own merit especially when it’s pretty windy in the evening hours. Bicycles are easily available on rents at cheap prices. Also for more adventurous people the motor bike is always there.

Restaurants and Cafés in Hulhumale

If you choose to take a ride or a walk in Hulhumale, you will meet up lots of Cafes and Restaurants offering different taste of foods. Most of the restaurant will be providing all types of foods and share almost same menu. The café are more famous for drinking coffee and eating snacks.

Water Sports

In Hulhumale’ there are couple of companies which provides water-sports activities. These water sports are really enjoyable to beat the heat and feel energetic.

Diving

 

There are three diving stations in Hulhumale different choice with different prices.

Hiring Boat

Boat is available on full day or half day basis at different prices which are really reasonable. You can either go to a local island visit, snorkeling, picnic island, visiting a resort.

Transportation

There are two mode of transportation in Hulhumale. Public bus transportation which will coast MRF 3.00 and Taxi Transportation which coast MRF 20.00. For your information MRF stands for Maldivian Rufiyaa which is around 3.95 Indian rupees.

Visiting Male’ City

Male’ City is the Capital City of Maldives. To go to the city from Hulhumale you will have to take a ferry which will cost MRF 5.30. The ferry transportation is there from Hulhumale to Male every 15 minutes. It is a 20 minutes ferry journey. Also you can enjoy sight seeing at this period.

In Male’ you can do site visits, because there are lots of historical places, where you will get lots of information about history of Maldives. Places like Islamic Center, Muliaage’, and Museum are present where you will find lots of information and history.

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Paradise snorkeling

Maldives: Paradise snorkeling

Filitheyo Island Resort

There are a few places in the world that enthrall the visitor upon arrival as the Maldives do. Maldives is surrounded by natural beauty which is simply breathtaking. Maldives has the ability to totally mesmerize the visitor by its beauty and perfection.

It is the same for divers or snorkeling lovers. Infact it is a paradise for water lovers, with such a wide variety of life to explore.


                                                                                          Coral reef close to the beach: essential!

The Maldives is the heaven for divers. The underwater scenery is just as spectacular as those above the surface and the richness of the fauna is simply unbelievable. The best way to explore the underwater world of the Maldives is to choose the island. It is very important to make sure to have a "house reef" (house reef) a few flipper strokes from the beach. You will indeed spend a lot of time in the water so it is advisable to take a boat along.

If you have no idea about diving or snorkeling, this is the best time to start. For snorkeling, you do not even need to know how to swim. You will automatically float (clothing a life jacket) above the reef once on site like some of our Asian friends, who do not have the culture of swimming as European, and be floating above the reef. 

Watch out for sunburn!

To begin you do not need complicated equipment. Maldives hotels will lend or lease a mask, snorkel and flippers. Consider wearing a t-shirt special watersports certified UV protection (rather take in a light color, you will have less hot). They dry very quickly and are still more comfortable than a t-shirt in cotton. It costs less than 10 euros in a store like "Decathlon" and believe me you will thank me for having recommended this investment because the sun of Maldives is rather "beefy in tough." Also do be a little extra cautious with the buttocks and thighs, as this is often where the sun attack ... wearing shorts is certainly less sexy, but is highly recommended. If you decide to apply sun cream to protect the skin, please use a lotion that will not damage corals (without chemical filter). It is a bit more expensive than conventional lotions but it is in my opinion a sign of respect towards the corals. We stayed at a hotel, I recently visited under the guidance of a German friend. I had the chance to dive in some of the sights and practice my favorite sport, namely snorkeling.

                                                                                            The wall is clearly visible on this photo

Filitheyo is located in the north Nilandhe atoll. This magical island is surrounded by a fall - a kind of wall - which falls between 35 and 90 meters below the surface. Swimming above the falls is pretty amazing wildlife. It is amazing for us regulars Atlantic and the Mediterranean to see so many colorful fish. The waters in this area are full of turtles, eagle rays, surgeons fish, lionfish, moray eels, parrotfish, triggerfish. With a little luck you will also see a big beast like a shark! 

I already saw some sharks "there are SHARKS"? Uh, yes, the Maldives, there are a lot of sharks around the islands but they are rare, small and harmless. Witnessing a Shark is not a regular scene, it is very rare occurrence and you would probably need a lot of luck on your side. The vast majority are black tip sharks from 80 cm to 1 meter 20 long. It’s a brain mechanism that people have developed after watching Spielberg’s movies, but in reality you’ll take a liking to this kind of meetings.

Lulu the turtle ...

Filitheyo offers a base of highly professional diving instructors supervised by the Werner Lau. Two new French instructors were on the island (Thomas and Bertrand) and they seemed to be pretty happy to advise me. Lovers of scuba diving will discover several of the 30 proposed sites. There is also a recent wreck (2009) located up to 32 meters underwater. Nurse sharks (no it does not bite, they usually sleep at the bottom) and the lines are already benefiting from this refuge.

                                                                                              Class - an advanced diver diving!

I really had great times at Filitheyo water and I do not regret this trip at all. It was a fun experience. I feel more relaxed and chill now. I had to spend some money, but I guess it was worth it. It is advisable to refer to antilogvacations for cheap touring packages and guidance