Description Addu Atoll, Maldives

Holiday on an island in Addu atoll is of particular interest not talk to the divers, which attract a variety of underwater landscapes with numerous fields of table corals, but also for those tourists who seek not just lie on the beach, but also to learn something new about local culture and national traditions. In addition to the small Maldivian villages you can visit the old military base and a walk along one of the many trails, stretching out into the wilds of the rainforest.

Addu Atoll stretches 14 km from east to west and 11 miles - from north to south. The total area of the atoll - 15,7 square. km. The atoll consists of seven main islands, most of which is the island of Gan.

Gan Island (length - 5 km, width - 3 km) lies 700 km south of Hulule international airport and the capital Male ', on the southern tip of the Addu Atoll, the southernmost atoll of the Maldives archipelago. Gan Island completely unlike all the other islands of the Maldives archipelago. Being the largest island of Addu Atoll, Gan Island is covered with dense vegetation and majestic palm trees, flowering shrubs and banana plantations.

Lovers of active holidays can be to enjoy a bike on the neighboring islands, which soedinenyayutsya to the island of Gan with special dams. At each of these islands you can find the perfect places for swimming and picturesque coves for snorkeling, but the biggest surprise for every tourist will be a local lake, where from October to March winters great variety of exotic birds.

All infrastructure and architecture of the island, abandoned by the British in 1946, sustained in a strict British style: gardens, black and white roadside poles, as well as old, built in ancient times, well-preserved pier.

The island has well-developed communication, and there are many roads and trails.

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