After Dubai, the Maldives.
A stopover that turns into a beach week, with the island transfer timed to your flight from Dubai.
Photo © Centara Grand Lagoon Maldives
The pairing
A little over four hours from the city to the sea.
Dubai to Malé takes a little over four hours, with several flights a day, and the Maldives is one hour ahead. A few nights in the city and then a week on an island breaks a long journey in two, and Dubai’s cooler months, roughly November to April, overlap with the Maldives’ drier season.
Plan your stayPlanning it
What to know before you book.
Plenty of flights, an hour’s time difference, and two seasons that line up well.
The flight
A little over four hours from Dubai to Malé, with several flights a day.
The time
The Maldives is one hour ahead of Dubai.
November to April
Dubai’s cooler months, the easiest for time outdoors, and the Maldives’ drier season.
Summer
Dubai is hot and humid, and the Maldives is in its green season, with lower rates.
Your UAE visa
Many nationalities are given a visa on arrival in the UAE. Check the rules for your passport.
Your Maldives visa
A tourist visa on arrival, with a return ticket, a paid booking and the online Traveller Declaration, filled in within 96 hours before landing.
What we arrange
From Dubai to the island.
Timed to your flight
The island transfer is timed to meet your flight from Dubai, and your flight home.
An island for the hour you land
Seaplanes fly in daylight only, so land by 15:30 for a seaplane island. Later than that, an island reached by speedboat, or a night near the airport first.
One quote
The island, the villa and every transfer on one quote, each on its own line.
One contact
One contact from your first message until you fly home.
A sample stay
Five nights after Dubai.
One way five nights can run. Every island is different, and nothing here is fixed.
- Day 1
Fly from Dubai
A little over four hours to Malé, then the transfer to the island.
- Day 2
Slow down
The beach and the pool, after the city.
- Day 3
The reef
Snorkel the house reef, or a boat trip if the island runs one.
- Day 4
The spa
A treatment in the afternoon, and dinner by the water.
- Day 5
Last full day
A sunset cruise, or a last afternoon in the lagoon.
- Day 6
Home
A transfer timed to your flight.
Questions
Asked about Dubai and the Maldives.
Anything not answered here, ask the reservations team on WhatsApp or by email, every day from 8am to 10pm Maldives time.
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