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Maldives Day Trips on a Budget by Ferry Most Maldives day trips are sold out of a resort by boat, priced for resort guests. The budget version runs the other way, out of Male by public ferry, and it reaches the same reefs and sandbanks for a fraction of the cost. Here’s what’s actually worth the ferry fare. Budget day trips at a glance Day trip Transport Rough cost Hulhumale beach and...

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Best Cheap Eats in the Maldives Real Maldivian food, tuna, coconut and rice, is a Male and local-island thing, not a resort one: resorts serve international buffet, so the cheap version of Maldivian eating is also the authentic version. There’s no pork on any menu here, this is a 100% Muslim country, and no alcohol either outside a licensed resort. Here’s what to actually order, by...

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