{"id":9294,"date":"2022-04-14T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/maafushivaru-birthing-dolphins-swimming-manta-rays-maldives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:05:53","slug":"maafushivaru-birthing-dolphins-swimming-manta-rays-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/maafushivaru-birthing-dolphins-swimming-manta-rays-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming With Manta Rays And Watching Dolphins Give Birth At Maafushivaru Island In The Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in Male, after leaving our second island home in the Maldives, it was so easy to start to get withdrawal symptoms from leaving such an amazing place but thankfully, we still had quite a while left in the Maldives and so the only feeling I was feeling at the time was excitement at heading out to our third island in the Maldives – Maafushivaru<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This time, it would be via seaplane (instead of a boat) as Maafushivaru is in the south of the Maldives, and so a quick stint at the Maafushivaru lounge, followed by a 40 minutes seaplane flight \u2013 Maafushivaru<\/a> was finally in sight and boy did it looks amazing!<\/p>\n

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We checked out the new digs, amazed at the amount of space in the villa and the white minimalist design\u2026 oh, and the chilled bottled of bubbly on the corner before heading outside to get a sense of our new surroundings. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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One of the main reasons to stay in an island in the south, like Maafushivaru is without a doubt, the wildlife here. This is one of the best spots to see Manta rays (and at the right time of the year, whale sharks) and even on the first evening, we got a taster of how amazing this would be when we saw the sharks down by the beach feeding on a school of fish. (You can see exactly what I mean in this video below).<\/p>\n

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