Maldives a Nation of Islands

Scattered across the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the gem like islands of the Maldives depict the rare vision of tropical paradise. Palm fringed islands with sparkling white beaches, turquoise lagoons, clear warm waters and coral reefs teeming with abundant varieties of marine flora and fauna, continue to fascinate visitors , as it has fascinated others in the past, for thousands of years. Marco Polo referred to the Maldives as '...flower of the Indies', and Ibn Batuta called her in his chronicles 'One of the wonders of the world'.

Truly a natural wonder, the height of the islands rarely reach above two metres. The 1,190 islands, consisting of 26 atoll formations, are spread over an area of 90,000 square kilometres. The Maldivian atolls are a classic discovery in its own right: the word atoll has been derived from Dhivehi, the Maldivian language, from the word atholhu.

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