Maldives : activities

Our watersport activities were done mostly in Maafushi Island. We took the package organised by Shadow Palm. These are the review of those activities :

1. Night fishing

The price offered for 4 person was 35 USD. We took off at around 5.00pm Maldivian time. Since we were only person who asked for in night fishing, there were only us on the speed boat. It felt as if it was an exclusive boat ride to fishing that night. Lol. The sunset started around 5.55 and the activity started around 7pm - 9pm. I have to admit that most of us do not possess the skill nor experience in fishing but Mohammad calmly taught and attended to our need. Most my fishing hook either get caught in between of corals or snapped due to (we thought) big fishes but I did not manage to catch any fish that night. However, the Maldivian people were good. They caught a lot and those fishes had become our dinner that night. It was a good experience and I wished to do it again if I went there again.

2. Half day Snorkeling (9am- 2pm)

The price for this activity was 25 usd plus 6 usd for environment tax which was 31 usd in total per person. The snorkelling will cover 5 points of attraction which are:

- nemo point

Nemo point

 - turtle point

turtle reef

 - manta ray point

- dolphin point
so sorry for not be able to include the picture here. Not even our tour guide managed to catch their picture.

However, the manta ray and the dolphin were said to be 50-50 chances in which we were unlucky since we could not experience to see them first hand. The nemo point was beautiful and I managed to caught some in my video. The turtle point was the most challenging point as we had to move around quickly chasing the turtle but it was worth it. The turtle itself seemed so beautiful and majestic.
The package provided pictures that the organizer took during the trip. All you have to remember is to bring during this trip is a flash drive. Don't worry if you do not bring one. There were plenty of local shop in which do sell the flash drive at the price of 200 ruffiyal.

Lunch @ sand bank

3. Adaaran island excursion

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The price for this activity was 75usd plus 35usd for transportation. The activity gives you an all-day pass to use the facilities available in the private island resort. So basically you can choose any of the private island, not necessarily limited to Adaaran island only. We chose Adaaran for the reason that they has shark and tuna feeding during the evening although Mr. FZ said that they might also be feeding stingray close up but the only stingray sighted was him.. 😎

Snorkeling

Adaaran island is a perfect ground for snorkelling. The coral was very near, less than 2m along the coastal line. I think I saw a manta ray swimming nearby as well. I'll upload the video and see if you can spot it too.

Shark feeding at 5.30pm

They provided outdoor lunch buffet. The food was ok. More detail in food and beverage.

Enjoying sunset at Adaaran

bye Adaaran

4. Kayaking and Jetski ride. (Complimentary from shadow palm)

We were granted with free 1 hour kayaking from hotel. Despite of having only 2 kayak available, we kayak-ed around the beach line and trust me, if we had the strength, we would kayak around the island. The jet ski ride was also complimentary from the hotel (Thanks to Mr. Ali and Mr. Muhammad) for us for choosing the hotel and the watersport package from them. It was fun, even though I lost my sunglasses after the ride 😓. The downside was, Mr and Mrs FZ had to ride in rainstorm (poor them).

Our 1st time experiencing jet ski ride

Kayaking

So total expenses for activities for 4 people was 704usd (2907.52 MYR).

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