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Cars 4 Rental Guide To Travel In Maldives
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International Airports
Hulule International (MLE) (Mal) (website: www.maldive.com/tour/arrival.html) on Hulule Island is 2km (1.2 miles) from Mal (travel time by boat – 15 minutes). Boats from the various island resorts meet each arriving plane to take visitors to their accommodation. There is no scheduled transfer from Hulule Island to the other islands. If an advance booking has been made, representatives of the resorts will receive tourists at the airport and will take care of all onward transport arrangements. Airport facilities include left luggage, first aid, bank, duty-free shops, snack bar, post office and restaurant.
Departure tax:
None if airport tax has been paid before; otherwise, US$12.
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Air Travel
The national airline is Island Aviation Services (Q2). There are direct flights from Bahrain, Bombay, Bucharest, Colombo, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gatwick, Italy, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid, Narita, Paris, Rome, Sharjah, Singapore, Trivandrum, Vienna and Zurich. Other airlines running services to Mal include Austrian Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines, which operates daily flights into Mal from Singapore.
Internal air services are operated by Island Aviation Services, linking Mal with Kaadedhdhoo, Kadhdhoo and Gan. There are also services to Hanimaadhoo in the north, although these islands will not be on most visitors’ itineraries.
A number of companies operate twin-otter and float plan services around the Maldives. The transfer from the airport to the resort islands may be an optional extra on the tour. These services are also available for trips around the islands.
Approximate flight times:
From Mal to London is 13 hours (excluding stopover).
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Travel By Water
Many cruise ships stop over at the Maldives islands as part of their itinerary. Cruise operators include Seabourn Cruises and Swan Hellenic.
Visitors generally remain on their resort island for the duration of their stay, although island-hopping trips by ferries are widely available. Local charter boats are also easily available for hire. High-speed boats meet arrivals at the airport, supplied by the resort they are booked with, and boats are available for hire at the ferry counter near the jetty area. The speedboats connect the airport with Ari Atoll and some outlying islands. The indigenous inhabitants, however, live a parochial life and tend to visit only Mal, and even then irregularly.
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Travel By Road
Travel on individual islands does not present any problem since few of them take longer than half an hour to cross on foot. In Mal, it is possible to take taxis.
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