Once you finally arrive in the beautiful Maldives, you'll feel as though you've found a tropical paradise, especially at your overwater bungalow resort. Spread over an extremely large area just southwest of India, The Maldives is located thousands of kilometers from Europe, and even quite a long way from the Middle East, as well.
Thankfully, you'll find that there are many flights that venture to the Malé International Airport from all over the globe, making it so that most people will only have to change planes one time during their trip. Also, since these are all long-haul flights you'll be in a wide-body plane, so even those in economy class will have a good-sized seat that grants passengers with decent legroom, which should help make any flight more enjoyable.
If you are planning on staying in one of the overwater bungalows in the Maldives you'll note that it's a reasonably priced and efficient flight from Europe. However, if you are coming from North America you might instead want to consider the overwater bungalow hotels in Bora Bora or elsewhere in the South Pacific, as they are equally nice and much easier (and faster) to reach from the Americas.
I’m looking for a 2 bed or 2 bedroom overwater bungalow for early 2025. I know it’s too early to get rates but I have to start researching now. It would be in February 2025. 3 adults, 2 bed/bedrooms.
Is this all inclusive?
Is there a way to stay in the overwater bungalow for 3 days and the rest of the nights at the hotel on land?
Is the seaplane the only way to get to your location? or is there a ferry?
Kunta,
There are all-inclusive resorts in the Maldives, but not all of them. Almost all of the water villas have one large bed and most have a pull-out sofa. If you need two large beds you’ll probably have to book two water villas. There are a few places that have 2-bedroom water villas, but the prices are pretty much always much more than the price of two single water villas. The 2-bedroom places are super-luxury suites and usually start at at least US$3,000 per night.
Yes, you can book a few nights in a water villa and the rest of your stay in an island room. Some people even get upgraded that way and end up longer in the water villa.
Most Maldives resorts require a seaplane journey to get there, but the ones closer to the airport can also have a speedboat option and sometimes both. The sea-planes are obviously expensive, but they are an amazing and thrilling ride as well so most people love them. I hope this helps. -Roger