Family · 7D | 6N
Maldives with the Family
A two-bedroom beach villa on a resort with a proper kids' club, a shallow lagoon you can stand up in for a hundred metres, and a marine biology programme for children.
- Best time
- November to April
- Route
- South Malé Atoll
Day by day
7 days, planned in full
A two-bedroom beach villa on a resort with a proper kids' club, a shallow lagoon you can stand up in for a hundred metres, and a marine biology programme for children.
Day 1
Arrive, and into the lagoon
A forty-five-minute speedboat to the island, a two-bedroom villa on the beach, and an hour in water that never gets past waist height.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Lunch, dinner
Day 2
Junior marine biologist
The children spend the morning with the resort's biologist identifying reef fish and learning what bleaching looks like, and get a certificate for it.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 3
Glass-bottom boat and coral
The reef from above for anyone who will not put a face in the water, then planting fragments on the resort's coral frames.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 4
Sandbank picnic
A dhoni to a sandbank for the morning with snorkelling gear and lunch, and the afternoon split between the kids' club and the pool.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 5
Dolphins, and a night fish
Spinner dolphins on a sunset cruise, then hand-line fishing off the jetty with the resort's crew, who cook whatever you land.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 6
A day of your own
Paddleboards, kayaks, the kids' club, and a beach cinema after dinner with the screen set up in the sand.
- Night
- Family beach villa
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 7
Fly home
The speedboat back to Velana, with a day room held at the resort if the flight is late.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 6 nights in a two-bedroom family beach villa with a plunge pool
- Return economy airfare and speedboat transfers for all travellers
- Half board, with children under 12 eating free from the main buffet
- Junior marine biologist programme and coral planting session
- Glass-bottom boat, sandbank picnic with lunch, and the dolphin cruise
- Sunset hand-line fishing with the resort crew
- Unlimited kids' club access and non-motorised watersports
Not included
- Lunches other than the sandbank day
- Drinks
- Travel insurance
- Babysitting outside kids' club hours
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