A beach on Maafushi

Maafushi is in the Maldives.

Understand

Maafushi is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll. Tourism is growing fast because there are a lot of hotels and guesthouses.

Get in

The port of Maafushi

It's possible to arrive by public MTCC ferry and it cost is about 22 MVR, there are two options:

• 311: This ferry departures from the new extension in front of the Villingili Ferry Terminal of Malé. It departures at 15:00 all days except Friday and the trip is about 1h45.
• 310: This ferry departures from the Villingili Ferry Terminal of Malé. It departures at 10:00 on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

There are some speed boats that links Malé and Maafushi in 30 minutes, the cost is about $25.

Get around

Maafushi is a small island, so you can go walking to all places. Some hotels lend bikes to ride.

Do

• There is a small bikini beach in the north of the island.
• Water sports: jet-ski, parasailing, banana ride, wake boarding, etc.
• Diving and snorkelling: There are at least five dive companies and a lot of hotels where you can do dive or snorkelling tours.

• Maldives Passions
• Arena Dive Club
• Maafushi Dive

• Visit a resort island.
• Visit another inhabited islands.
• Fishing.

Buy

There are shops to buy food, drinks or sun cream.

A shop on Maafushi

There are a lot of shops to buy souvenirs, t-shirts, gifts, etc.

Eat

There are a variety of restaurants offering western, Indian, and Thai dishes. There is an Italian restaurant (Pizza & Pasta Mamma Mia.) and a Bengali restaurant too.

Drink

Alcohol is not permitted in the island, but there is a boat near of the beach where you can drink alcohol. Hotel staff call the boat and they send a transfer for free. The trip is about 5 minutes.

Maafushi street scene

Beer costs $5.

Sleep

There are a lot of hotels and guesthouses.