Maldives : Transportation

Since we were on very tight budget, we found ourselves using the public transport. The cost is much cheaper but the transport took a bit of our time. So here is the summary of our transportation during this trip:

Ferry from airport to Male	10 Rufiyaa per person
Taxi from Male terminal to Off Day Inn	35 Rufiyaa for 4 persons including luggage
Taxi from Off Day Inn to Villingili Ferry Terminal	35 Rufiyaa for 4 persons including luggage
Ferry to Maafushi island from Villingili ferry terminal	53 Rufiyaa per person
Ferry from Maafushi to Male	22 rufiyaa per person
Pickup truck from Villingili ferry terminal to Hulhumale-Male ferry terminal	40 Rufiyaa for 6 person with luggage
Ferry to Hulhumale from Male	5.5 Rufiyaa per person
Taxi from Hulhumale ferry terminal to H78 hotel (we took an MPV car to drive us there) Waiting for taxi at hulhumale terminal Our taxi has arrived. yeay!	35 Rufiyaa for 4 person with luggage
Taxi from H78 hotel to airport It's time to say good bye..:(	compliment from the hotel

  
 

Ferry tickets. The only one that is not included is from Airport to Male'

Expenses

Total spent for transportation for 4 person

= 507 Ruffiya = 33.8 USD = MYR 139.60

Transportation spent per person in MYR 34.90 or USD 8.45

TIP! The Maldivian has the habit of rounding up the transportation fee. For example, the ferry to Male from airport costed 40 Ruffiyaa for 4 person (equal to 2.67 USD) but if you bought the ticket in USD, the fee would be 4 USD (1 USD for each person). Change your currency in Rufiyaa for better savings if you plan to take public transport.

Facts about public transportation in Maldives

**Based on interviewing the local people and information brochure we collected, below are the point in public transport that we learned during our stay in Maldives. We still could not fully understand the MTCC (Maldives Transport and Contracting Company) brochure. Let us know in the comment section if any errata was found in this section.

1.      The ferry at the airport to Male is available until 2am in the morning. 

**The terminal for airport-Male Ferry located next to Hulhumale-Male Ferry Terminal.

You can get a taxi from the Hulhumale ferry Terminal.

2.      No ferry available on Friday

3.      Ferry to Maafushi from Villingili Ferry Terminal is available at 3pm every day except for Friday and also available at 10am for Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

4.      Ferry from Maafushi to Male available at 7.30am every day except Friday and 12.30pm for Saturday, Monday and Wednesday.

5.      For more detail you can check out the detail on this Atoll Transfer website.

TIPS!! If you plan to get to Maafushi on earlier ferry ticket, I would suggest to get flight a day before Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday. There is 10am ferry available.

 6.      The speedboat available at any time but cost around 20 USD per person to Maafushi Island. (The rate depends on the distance between your location)

7.      The taxi fee all around the Male Island was charged on flat rate of 35 Rufiyaa.

8.      Ferry from Male to Hulhumale available every 15-30 minutes starting 5.30am Maldivian time and ended at 8pm on weekday or 10pm on Friday. The schedule can be downloaded from this link. 

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