After safari, the Maldives.
The bush-and-beach honeymoon, with the routing between the two worked out for you.
Photo © V Villas Maldives at Mirihi, MGallery Collection
The pairing
From the bush to the beach in a day.
Flights from East and southern Africa reach the Maldives through a hub such as Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi, so the move from the bush to the beach takes most of a day. After early starts and long game drives, a week on an island is the slow end the trip needs: a villa over the water, the reef, and nowhere to be.
Plan your stayPlanning it
What to know before you book.
The journey, your papers and your bags need a little more planning than the other pairings.
The journey
Through a hub such as Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi. Allow most of a day.
Yellow fever
If you have been in a country with a risk of yellow fever, such as Kenya or Uganda, you need a vaccination certificate to enter the Maldives. Children under one are exempt.
The certificate
Valid for life, written in English or French, with the stamp of the centre that gave it.
Your bags
Safari light aircraft allow about 15 to 20 kg, in soft bags. The seaplane allows 20 kg in the hold and 5 kg in hand, so a safari bag fits.
June to October
The dry season on safari, and the green season in the Maldives, with lower rates.
January and February
Calving season in the Serengeti, and the Maldives at its driest.
What we arrange
From the bush to the island.
Timed to your flight
The island transfer is timed to meet your flight into Malé, 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 the bush.
One way five nights can run. Every island is different, and nothing here is fixed.
- Day 1
Travel day
Through a hub to Malé, then the transfer to the island.
- Day 2
Sleep in
No early start, no game drive: the beach and the pool.
- 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 safari and the Maldives.
Anything not answered here, ask the reservations team on WhatsApp or by email, every day from 8am to 10pm Maldives time.
Contact usOther pairings
More ways to end a trip.
- After Sri LankaFour or five nights on an island, with the transfer timed to meet your flight from Colombo.View the pairing
- After DubaiA stopover that turns into a beach week, with the island transfer timed to your flight from Dubai.View the pairing
- Honeymoons and romancePrivate dinners, the right villa and transfers timed around the two of you.See honeymoons
Tell us about the trip. We reply within one working day.
Who is travelling, when, and what matters most. It takes about two minutes and goes straight to the reservations team.