In March 2024, I visited South Ari Atoll in the Maldives. Maamigili and the Marine Protected Area is a great place to spot whale sharks. Snorkeling is the best way to see them, because you have to be quick because they are fast swimmers...
I stayed in lovely Dhangethi island, visited spectacular Dhigurah island and uninhabited Villingilivaru island, and joined several snorkeling/diving trips including 2 manificent full day's to the whale shark (and manta) area near Maamigili. Thanks to the excellent guides of South Ari Dive Center, I was able to spot 2 beautiful whale sharks. Mainly juvenils live in this area. The first whale shark was about 8 meters long, and the second was about six meters. I was immensely impressed by them, they were swimming just a few meters from me. The last one came up just in from of me. Wow!
Of course I kept to the agreements with the guides: keep some distance, do not swim in front of the whale shark and absolutely no touching.
On our way to the islands we met several pod's of bottlenose dolphins. Very playful and nice.
This is a short compilation video of both day's near Maamigili. The video ends with some footage of Villingilivaru island.
Finally, about the music in this video: I heard a lot of reggae on these day's on the ship, including Bob Marley of course but also the funny last song which I didn't know yet.
The Maldives, the whale sharks, the dolphins, the ocean, the beaches: I loved it!
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