The best thing about spending your vacation in a collection of atolls is the variety it offers. The close proximity of the islands means that you could be at one Maldives luxury resort for breakfast, have a BBQ lunch on a different island, and then spend the evening snorkelling off a different island altogether. Once the day is about to end, you could make your way to COMO Maalifushi, The Maldives and indulge in a spa treatment to take the tiredness off your body.
Island Hopping tours are usually one day or half-a-day tours. The general rule of thumb is that your island hopping experience would take you to a resort, an uninhabited island so you get the touch of nature and solitude, and then another resort or a village where you can experience the local way of life. The visit to the village is sometimes used to portray the historical aspect of Maldives or even as an opportunity for a spot of shopping. Some resorts offer a variation of Island Hopping targeting couples where they are left overnight on an uninhabited island with just a mobile phone, minimal necessities, and a bottle of champagne. It can be termed a high-end Robinson Crusoe experience for the lovers.
In essence, the experience of Island Hopping has only one goal in mind: to give a holistic feel of Maldives. You are shown how the locals go about their daily life, fishing, cooking, and making ends meet; explore the streets of Maldives and discover little trinkets that would embody the spirit of island for you to take home with; and given the opportunity to admire the natural beauty of the atolls through activities like snorkelling and diving. Island Hopping is like a crash course in Best of Maldives.
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