The best thing about visiting Maldives for your vacation is that you get to experience many islands at the price of one. Being a closely set collection of 26 atolls and over a thousand small coral islands, an excursion that is favoured by all visitors and many a Maldives Resort is island hopping.
The experience of island hopping is simple and brilliant. You have either half a day or one-day tour, where you get on a boat, and then go from one island to the next exploring what each has to offer. You will naturally start from the island with your resort, for example, a tour by Maafushivaru Maldives, which is located on the island of Maafushivaru, will start there and then explore the islands around Maafushivaru. No matter what island you set out from, there are a few elements that seem to be universally present in all island hopping tours: an inhabited island apart from the one you started where you can enjoy a snack, an uninhabited island to give you the feel of being on a deserted island, a historically significant island that will enhance your knowledge of the country, and an island that has a busy street life for a spot of shopping. While these are the basic elements, the essence of it depends on whether you have opted for a romantic island hopping tour or an adventurous one. A romantic one will take you to a beautiful uninhabited island where you can talk of sweet nothings with your loved one while lying on the gorgeous white sand. An adventure one will take you to an island with a forest or a trek that will have you climbing and scampering up and down rocks to reach a glorious destination in time for lunch. Whichever the one you choose to go with, there is one thing that is definite: island hopping in Maldives is an excursion you will love reminiscing about.
Catalina Forbes is a travel writer who bases her content on many thrilling escapades experienced across the world. Google+
