Explore rarely visited atolls in the northern Maldives

Choose between two bespoke ‘Our Beloved Seas’ charters of Carpe Vita live-aboard

Trip Two: Hanimaadhoo > North Male – 11 nights
18th February – 1st March 2026

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The Maldives has been on Wendy and Richard’s radar for a long time. Richard has visited a number of times, the last being 2013. For those of us that dive mostly in the Coral Triangle and Pacific Ocean, the Maldives offers an opportunity to visit one of the other great realms of tropical marine life in the Indian Ocean. Many species differ here, even the ubiquitous pyramid butterflyfish are quite different compared to our familiar yellow, black and white buddies where we more often dive. The anemonefish is endemic, and there are several newly described species that Richard will be on the look out for, as well as entirely new species too of course ;)

The itinerary starts in North Male and ends in Hanimaadhoo, where there is a domestic airport for a quick flight back to the capital. We have built a special itinerary that will explore the rarely visited atolls en route and hope to largely avoid the strong currents and channels that make fish hunting challenging. Having said that, it will not always be possible to avoid currents in these exposed atolls, but we will do our best. The return route will end up in North Male likely taking in some of our favourite sites from the first trip, but also adding new sites to the route. This should be a real adventure!