{"id":9358,"date":"2024-09-28T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/swimming-manta-rays-dolphins-maldives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:06:54","slug":"swimming-manta-rays-dolphins-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/swimming-manta-rays-dolphins-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming With Manta Rays And Dolphins In The Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was one&nbsp;thing I was soooo looking forward to long before we arrived in the Maldives!<\/p>\n<p>Swimming with Manta Rays in the wild is such an amazing experience and I&#8217;d seen so many jealousy-inducing photos and videos before we returned to the Maldives so when we arrived in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maafushivaru.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maafushivaru Maldives Resort<\/a>, an island that&#8217;s perfect for sightings of manta rays, due to its southern location &#8211; I was understandably excited. To top things off &#8211; the dolphins came out to play as well!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s our latest vlog from the Maldives where we finally got to swim with manta rays in the wild!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMim0ULPB68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH THE VIDEO<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kMim0ULPB68\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kMim0ULPB68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5574.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swimming With Manta Rays And Dolphins In The Maldives (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5574.jpg?w=1365&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5574.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5574.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5574.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1000\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" >\n<div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1000px; 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