An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

While Ocean Sapphire offers itineraries across the Maldives’ many atolls, including popular Male’ / Ari and Vaavu , Saeed says they prefer to focus on less crowded atolls such as Raa and ...

Y ou don’t think of the Maldives as a wine country. It’s dry for a start, and no vines grow on these sandy atolls. But ...