§ 02 · Destinations
Twenty atolls. One archipelago. Twelve hundred kilometres top to bottom.
Browse the Maldives by atoll. Each is an administrative region, not a single island — most contain dozens. Pick one to see what's in the directory there.
Haa Alif
MV-HAThe northernmost atoll. Quiet local-island stays.
Haa Dhaalu
MV-HDHanimaadhoo airport; weekday-quiet guesthouse coast.
Shaviyani
MV-SHUntouched reefs; small-cluster local islands.
Raa
MV-RCalm lagoons and an emerging local-island scene.
Noonu
MV-NResort-anchor atoll with a few inhabited-island stays.
Baa
MV-BUNESCO Biosphere; manta-ray season June–November.
Lhaviyani
MV-LHCompact atoll; family-scale resorts and dive stays.
Alif Alif
MV-AAThe classic North Ari Atoll — whaleshark drift season.
Kaafu
MV-KVelana International is here. Maafushi, Thulusdhoo, Gulhi.
Alif Dhaal
MV-ADSouth Ari Atoll. Dhigurah, Dhangethi for inhabited stays.
Vaavu
MV-VSmallest atoll; Fulidhoo and the night-shark dive.
Faafu
MV-FTiny inhabited-island cohort; one MoT-classified airport.
Meemu
MV-MOff-the-grid local-island clusters; less-trafficked.
Dhaalu
MV-DHReef-rich and resort-leaning.
Thaa
MV-THSparsely inhabited; long-stay surf and fishing draws.
Laamu
MV-LContinuous-reef geography; surf at Yin Yang and Ying Yang.
Gaafu Alif
MV-GADomestic-flight-only access; emerging boutique cluster.
Gaafu Dhaalu
MV-GDHKooddoo airport; southern surf and reef.
Gnaviyani
MV-GNA single-island atoll — Fuvahmulah, big-tiger-shark dives.
Seenu
MV-SAddu Atoll, the southernmost; Gan international airport.