Things To Do During Your Maldives Holiday – Take A

Things To Do During Your Maldives Holiday – Take A Day Trip To Male

While Male may be the capital of the Maldives a place where visitors almost exclusively arrive into and leave from the country, its interesting that many visitors do not spend a single night in Male. This is because most visitors go directly to their resort island and spend most of their time there.

Many visitors still get to see Male via day trips organised by several of the resort islands.

Male isnt particularly large in fact its possible to walk around the island in slightly over an hour (its dimensions being approximately 2km long and 1km wide).

For its land mass, Male is pretty densely populated with around a 70,000 strong population. There are ongoing land reclamation projects in progress to increase the amount of space on the island.

Despite being a small city, Male offers the kind of services you would come to expect from any capital including books, post office, internet access, bookshops, travel agents, a myriad of eateries and so on.

There are a few points of interest for those who venture into Male to get a glimpse of life in the capital.

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