

Sustainable travel tip: Check the eco-credentials of a resort before you book: many Maldives resorts have their in-house marine biologists and conservationists leading underwater and wildlife conservation initiatives gardens where they can grow vegetables to supply their restaurants are plastic-free or, like Kudadoo, use only solar power. The waters are clear for snorkelling and diving and this is the time of year to see manta rays, tiger sharks and whales sharks. But if you can choose, February is one of the best months of all to go – when the skies are clear and blue, the days long, dry and not too humid, and the sunshine turns the water a luminous turquoise that’s hard to tear your gaze from.

Never turn down a trip to the Maldives, even in monsoon season (May to November). Temperature: 29☌ high 25☌ low Season: Dry Travel time from UK: 10 hours 30 minutes Time difference: GMT +5
