{"id":1305012,"date":"2026-10-01T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1305012"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:11:26","slug":"maafushi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/asia\/the-maldives\/maafushi\/","title":{"rendered":"Maafushi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1303005,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_ti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It was one of the first islands to open guesthouses after the Maldives allowed tourists to stay on inhabited islands in 2009, and it now has more guesthouses than any other local island. That makes it the busiest, most sociable and cheapest way to see the Maldives without paying resort prices.\r\n\r\nLife here is a mix of a working fishing village and a backpacker hub. Families live in the lanes behind the harbour, while travellers spend their days on the bikini beach and on boat trips, and their evenings on the floating bars moored offshore.\r\n\r\nThree or four days is right: enough for a sandbank, a snorkelling trip, a day at a resort and a lazy day on the beach.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting there | Shared speedboat from Mal\u00e9 or the airport, 30 to 45 minutes ($25 to $35)\r\nCheapest way | Public ferry, about $2 to $3, Saturday to Thursday\r\nGetting around | On foot; the island is tiny\r\nMoney | US dollars accepted everywhere; ATMs on the island\r\nTap water | Desalinated; drink bottled or filtered\r\nHow long to stay | Three or four days","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Stay near the bikini beach.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"15","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"1","hw_hub_city_areas":"Bikini beach | First-timers | Guesthouses along and behind the bikini beach put you a minute from the sand, the caf\u00e9s and the boats. | 3.9420 | 73.4900 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would take, in the order we would take them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Spend your first day on the bikini beach, the island's designated swimwear area, with loungers, umbrellas and juice bars. Elsewhere on the island, cover your shoulders and knees.\r\n\r\nBook a snorkelling trip in the harbour or through your guesthouse. Half-day trips cost $25 to $50 and usually combine two reef stops, where you can swim with turtles, nurse sharks and stingrays, with an hour on an empty sandbank.\r\n\r\nTake a sunset dolphin trip ($20 to $35, about two hours); spinner dolphins are often seen. For a taste of resort life, a day pass to a nearby resort such as Fihalhohi or Adaaran Club Rannalhi costs $100 to $180 with lunch and transfers.\r\n\r\nDivers can dive with PADI centres on the island for $50 to $70 a dive. 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Sit by the water after dark too: when the plankton is there, it glows when the water moves.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Bikini beach | Free all day\r\nVillage | Best in the late afternoon\r\nHarbour | Watch the catch come in\r\nSunsets | Free every night","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Breakfast is mas huni: shredded tuna with coconut, onion and chilli, eaten with roshi flatbread. Most guesthouses include it.\r\n\r\nFor lunch and dinner, try garudhiya, a clear fish soup, and short eats (hedhikaa) such as fried fish cakes and samosa-like gulha, sold cheaply in the local caf\u00e9s. Grilled reef fish is on every menu, and the beachfront restaurants also do pizza, pasta and burgers.\r\n\r\nA meal costs \u20ac5 to \u20ac12. Many places add a 10% service charge and 17% tax, so check whether the menu prices include them.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Mas huni | Tuna and coconut breakfast\r\nHedhikaa | Short eats in local caf\u00e9s\r\nGrilled reef fish | On every menu\r\nA meal | \u20ac5 to \u20ac12 plus tax","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Maafushi","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Alcohol isn't allowed on local islands, so Maafushi's nightlife happens on the floating bars: converted safari boats moored a few minutes offshore. Guesthouses arrange the transfer, about $5 to $10 return, and drinks cost \u20ac8 to \u20ac12.\r\n\r\nBack on the island, evenings are about the beach, the caf\u00e9s along the seafront and fruit juices and shisha. It is the most social island in the Maldives for meeting other travellers.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Floating bars | Boats moored offshore\r\nTransfer | About $5 to $10 return\r\nA drink | \u20ac8 to \u20ac12\r\nOn the island | No alcohol","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Maafushi","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Maafushi","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Shared speedboats run from Mal\u00e9 and the airport several times a day, take 30 to 45 minutes and cost $25 to $35 per person. Most guesthouses book them for you and meet you at arrivals. A private speedboat costs $150 to $250 for the boat.\r\n\r\nThe public ferry is the cheapest option, at about $2 to $3. It leaves Mal\u00e9's Villingili terminal once a day, around 3pm, takes 1.5 to 2 hours and doesn't run on Fridays. Check times on mtcc.mv before you travel.\r\n\r\nOn the island, everything is a few minutes' walk.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Speedboat | 30 to 45 minutes, $25 to $35\r\nPublic ferry | $2 to $3, about 3pm, no Fridays\r\nPrivate boat | $150 to $250\r\nOn the island | Everything is walkable","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Maafushi","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Maafushi costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Maafushi is the cheapest way to see the Maldives. Guesthouse beds start around \u20ac30 and a careful day costs \u20ac60 to \u20ac90, with one trip.\r\n\r\nTaxes add up. Most prices are quoted before 17% tourism tax, often a 10% service charge, and a $6 per person per night green tax at guesthouses, so a $50 room ends up nearer $70.\r\n\r\nThe rufiyaa (MVR) is the local currency, but prices are in US dollars and dollars are accepted everywhere. Maafushi has ATMs and most guesthouses and tour operators take cards; bring small dollar notes for tips and trips.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Beds | From about \u20ac30\r\nA day | \u20ac60 to \u20ac90 with a trip\r\nTaxes | 17% tax plus $6 green tax a night\r\nDollars | Accepted everywhere","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Maafushi","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Maafushi is safe. It is a Muslim community: there's no alcohol on the island, and you should cover your shoulders and knees away from the bikini beach. During Ramadan, eat and drink discreetly in public during the day.\r\n\r\nCurrents on the outer reefs can be strong. Stay with your guide, wear a life jacket if you're not a confident swimmer, and don't touch turtles or coral. The sun is fierce, so use reef-safe sunscreen and a rash vest.\r\n\r\nEmergency: 119 police, 102 ambulance.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Dress | Cover up off the bikini beach\r\nAlcohol | Not on the island\r\nCurrents | Stay with your guide\r\nEmergency | 119 police, 102 ambulance","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Maafushi","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Maafushi","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Sandbanks, reefs, resorts and dolphins, all within an hour or so by boat.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Sandbank | 3 to 4 hours, with snorkelling | Boat | An empty strip of white sand in the middle of the lagoon, usually combined with two snorkelling stops. About $25 to $50. |  | 1305020\nTurtle snorkel | Half a day | Boat | Reefs where green and hawksbill turtles feed, often with nurse sharks and stingrays nearby. Keep your distance and don't touch. |  | 1305021\nResort day pass | A full day | Boat | A day at a nearby resort such as Fihalhohi or Adaaran Club Rannalhi, with lunch and transfers, for $100 to $180. |  | 1305022\nSunset dolphin cruise | About 2 hours | Boat | Spinner dolphins at dusk, for $20 to $35. |  | 1305023","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Maafushi","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"December to April is the dry season, with calm seas and the clearest water. May to November is wetter and windier, but cheaper and quieter.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Hot all year.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 30 | 5 | Dry, calm\r\nFebruary | 30 | 5 | Dry\r\nMarch | 31 | 4 | Dry\r\nApril | 32 | 4 | Hottest\r\nMay | 31 | 2 | Monsoon begins\r\nJune | 30 | 2 | Wet\r\nJuly | 30 | 2 | Wet, cheaper\r\nAugust | 30 | 3 | Mantas\r\nSeptember | 30 | 2 | Wet\r\nOctober | 30 | 2 | Wet\r\nNovember | 30 | 3 | Drying\r\nDecember | 30 | 5 | Dry season returns","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Ramadan changes the rhythm of the island.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/asia\/maldives\/maafushi\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Dry season | December to April | Maafushi | Calm seas. |  | \nRamadan | Varies yearly | Maafushi | Quieter days. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Prices are euro equivalents. Excludes trips and taxes.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 30 | 15 | 5 | 20\r\nMiddle of the road | 55 | 25 | 25 | 40\r\nComfortable | 100 | 40 | 40 | 70","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"The top-rated places to stay in Maafushi right now, live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Maafushi","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/asia\/maldives\/maafushi\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Maafushi travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Can I drink alcohol on Maafushi? | Not on the island. Floating bars moored offshore serve drinks; transfers cost about $5 to $10 return.\r\nCan I wear a bikini? | Yes, on the designated bikini beach. Elsewhere, cover your shoulders and knees.\r\nHow do I get there? | By shared speedboat from Mal\u00e9 or the airport, 30 to 45 minutes for $25 to $35, or the public ferry for $2 to $3 (no Fridays).\r\nIs it cheap? | It's the cheapest way to see the Maldives, but remember 17% tax and a $6-a-night green tax on top of room prices.\r\nAre there ATMs? | Yes, and most guesthouses and tour operators take cards.\r\nHow many days do you need? | Three or four.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit? | December to April, for calm seas and dry weather.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Maafushi hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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