Maldives on a budget guide
-Let me tell you a secret
-Maldives, are much cheaper than you can imagine
-When i tell you '' Maldives'' all that will cross your mind often
-Is the luxury resorts
-And crystal beaches that you can only visit for one reason
-Which is ''HONEYMOON'' , but after my experience here
-I can tell you that you can come to Maldives
-With no need to a bank loan or to get MARRIED
-Where you can live a Maldivian experience with low costs
-Maldives is a country that newly opening to tourism
-Before 2012, it was forbidden to visit the local islands
-And you must reserve in a resort in order to enter it
-But now it's too easy
-Whether you sleep on a resort's bed for 1,000$ per night
-Or in a local island's one for 20$ per night
-You'll always be able to enjoy the beauty of Maldives and its islands and beaches with the same magnitude
-Watch the video till the end
-And i'll tell you exactly step by step , how you can make such a trip
-For tickets, You better book it from an Asian country
-As from India or Sri Lanka
-my ticket, costed me 150$ for a round trip
-From Sri Lanka
-And this is how we got to Maldives
-The 43rd country
(VISA)
-For Visa, Maldives doesn't need it
-For almost all countries around the world
-But provided you to have a return ticket
-And booking for all the days you'll stay there
-You have to show them to the immigration officer once you arrive
-The immigrations got me tired , because you must book the flight
-And also book the hotel for the days you'll stay
-So when i was sitting inside , i booked a hotel room
-After i confirmed that i can do a free cancellation for it
-In order to cancel it once i'm in
-After i did all those things
-They let me in
(BEST TIME)
- The high season on Maldives starts from November to April
-So the best time you can come with low costs
-Is any month but those
-Because everything in this period become more expensive
-And the prices become higher
-The only bad thing that may happen to you
-Is there'll be some rain
-And it gets cloudy
more than this what would happen !
-YOU'RE IN MALDIIIIIIIIIIVES
(ACCOMODATION)
-For accommodation, you can easily find rooms
-Between 20$ to 60$ for person
-Depends to your budget and the island you're in
-I booked this room by 16$ on Maafushi island
-And we booked it by 35$ for two persons
-On Fulidhoo island, it was 50$ per night
-We spent the most nights on Maafushi island
-where we were paying from 30$ to 40$
-And this room is just by the beach
-So, honestly it deserves 50$
with an ordinary bathroom
-Usually the room's price includes the breakfast
-The cheapest way to book accommodation
-Is to use Airbnb
-If you don't have an Airbnb account
-You can click the link bellow on description
-And get a 20$ discount for your first use
-Gooo..
(TRANSPORTATION)
-For transportations there are three ways
-Either using public ships such as this
-Or using the expensive options like speedboats
-And waterplanes , but i'm not gonna talk about them
because this is a budget guide , so .. sure i'm not gonna show'em
-The price of tickets on those public ships is from 1$ to 5$
-Depends to the distance between the islands
-It may lasts 4 hours..or 15 min
-But for sure it's slower than the speed boats
( BYE BYE ..)
-And on Friday , it doesn't sail
(LOCAL ISLANDS)
-For the islands, the main three ones that you have to know are :
Halhumale , which contains the Airport
-Male, the capital
-And Maafushi, which is the most suitable island where you can stay as a tourist
-Because it's easily reachable , and it has many options for accommodation and food
-And from there you can visit other islands
-That we can talk about later
(WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO ONCE YOU ARRIVE)
-Once you arrive Maldives in the airport , you'll exit from this gate
and i'll tell you what you've to do then
firstly, you've to exit the airport and go to a place where you can exchange your currency
-And you've to exchange a small amount like 10$ enough
-Then you have to go to buy a boat ticket from the booth, the boat takes you to Male island
-The ticket is almost 70 cents
-Everyday there's two boats that takes you from Male to Maafushi Island
-One in the morning , and the other sail on afternoon time
-So take one of them
-And if you miss them ,you can stay a night on Halhumale island or Male
-And the next day you can go to Maafushi
-The first night on Maldives, on Male island
-Which is the capital
-I stayed at this capsule hotel, as you can see
-And a night over here costs 25$
(FOOD)
-About food , breakfast included with hotel reservation
-The best Maldivian breakfast dish called '' Mas Huni ''
-The most popular Maldivian breakfast dish called mas huni
-Contains tuna , coconut with some onion .. and yea you eat it with bread
-And the lunch or dinner meal usually costs from 5$ to 10$
-And the thing I ate most for lunch and dinner was ''Kutu''
-Which is a Sri-Lakian dish , but very popular in all around Maldives
( cheers.. )
(ACTIVITIES)
-If you don't have much time, i advice you to stay in Maafushi
-And do some daily activities
-Because it's cheaper and has a lot of options
-All hotels has its offers from 20$ to 50$
-For Snorkeling trips and swimming with the whales
-Visit the sand islands in the middle of the ocean and much more
-Also, there's a lot of activities that you can do your own
-And we came to see what's on the beach
-They told us baby sharks might come here
-There's a lot of sea creatures new to me
-Maldives is a very Muslim country
-And you will notice this Once you arrive at the airport
-It's forbidden to bring Alcohols with you
-Or swimming without a t-shirt for guys or with a bikini for girls
-That's why there is a private beach on each island
called Bikini beach
where you can wear whatever you want
-With this budget you can visit Maldives
-And it costs you only 30$ per day
- So you can spend a whole week in Maldives with only 200$
-If you have any questions , you can ask me in the comments bellow
-Thank you
-See ya next holiday... bye bye
-And our trip is over in Maldives islands
- Now we're going to the capital male, we'll stay there one day
-And ..we're gonna see which country is our next destination
-Anyway !
-May you travel more, PEACE
-Hello , it's Ibn Hattuta
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