Maldives diaries | Thinadhoo | Covid Travel

It was a 5 days trip to Maldives. Since it was unplanned we had a tight budget, and luckily my childhood friend was already staying for his vacation there so it became easy for us to plan.
Due to this pandemic, we had to follow a lot of rules before travelling which again increased our budget too but it was worth every bit at the end.
I would like to share all the details of our stay and activities during our stay.
Flight: Mandatory to book either return or transit flight if you are planning for a tourist visa.
Bangalore to Male to and fro - 15000 pax
Visa : Visa on Arrival free for Indian nationals
Hotels : Mandatory to book your stay during the period of your visit. And have the booking confirmation handy during immigrations
We stayed at Culture Villa Thinadhoo 80$ per night for 2 pax with breakfast
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Thinadhoo is around 75 km from Male and by speed boat, it takes around 1.5 hrs. It's a small island with 70 people approx and its beautiful and people are amazing
As of 16th August 2021 : RT PCR was Mandatory before entering Maldives and test had to be done with 72hrs from travelling.
Also PCR test had to be done while returning which costed 75$ per pax
Note : During this period travelling to few private islands for a change of stay or day visit also needed PCR test so we opted to stay on one island during our complete stay.
Transport :
Since we landed pretty late we had to book a private boat to Thinadhoo which costed us around 275$ one way.
While returning we paid 55$ per pax since it was a public boat.
If one gets a public boat it would cost around 50$ per pax one way. Public ferries are also available and cheaper options but would take a longer time to reach.
Food : Thinadhoo as of August has a couple of restaurants that provide mostly Italian food, but if requested and ordered prior they would cook as per our choice so we could have Italian, Maldivian and also Indian cuisines.
Lunch and Dinner cost around 15-20$ per pax
Activities:
Snorkling : Since my friend was already staying there before we reached he had spoken to and planned all the activities.
Day 1 : we did Shark snorkling and night fishing 50$ per pax
Day 2: scuba diving 100$ per pax. Its conducted by Davide and Laura , a beautiful Italian couple, It's named Thinadhoo Maldive Dive,
Day 3 : We went to an uninhabitant island Fotteyo for day excursion and fishing and then ship wreck snorkling. It costed us around 65$ per pax
The total cost for 2 people was 1.5 lkh INR inclusive of all the fun.
Excursion courtesy: Insta acc @thinadhoo_excursions
Dive courtesy: Insta acc @thinadhoomaldivedive20
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[@phurdenspace]

Nice brother. Vlog continue karona.

[@Sailuvtey]

Thanks bhai haa firse start karna hai

[@koustuvchatterjee6744]

Big fan Sir .. love from Jharkhand ❤️❤️

[@Sailuvtey]

😜😜shera

[@EmmaSmith-tk5iq]

Nice video.
How much it cost for transfer?
And how much it cost Excursion?

[@abeshnaskar8360]

Awesome 👌

[@tonmoyghosh998]

Fan of the Aquaman.. killer look

[@Sailuvtey]

Hahaha Shifau

[@dhakaboy1]

which is a good hotel to stay in Thinadhoo ??

[@Sailuvtey]

Hey sorry for the delayed reply I hope you have already traveled.. Thinadhoo has limited number of hotels as it is a small island..
We stayed in culture Villa which was 80$ per night and had I guess only 3 rooms ..
Plumeria is a beautiful place to stay beach facing .. almost all other hotels in Thinadhoo are newly constructed and ranged from 80- to 400 $ per night