The Maldives archipelago stands on the Chagos-Maldives-Laccadive Ridge in the Indian Ocean and spans some 90,000 km2.

 

Comprised of over 1000 islands, sand bars and coral reefs, the atolls of the Maldives play host to an amazing variety of fish species, corals and marine megafauna such as turtles, dolphins and whales.

 

But the major attraction in this luxury destination is the huge population of reef manta rays, the largest recorded anywhere in the world…