Manta season hits Milaidhoo Maldives with 25% off on rates

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Milaidhoo Maldives has launched a special summer offer, coinciding with the manta ray season, which falls between June and November in Baa Atoll. The resort aims to make this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity even more tempting, by offering guests 25% off its published rates.

Manta ray season is when mantas (Manta alfredi), in their hundreds, migrate to the atoll’s plankton-rich waters for astounding animal-viewing opportunities unequalled anywhere else on the planet.  The recently-opened Milaidhoo Maldives is perfectly located for prime manta ray viewing, being only about 12-minutes by speedboat from Hanifaru Bay, which is known as the biggest manta feeding station in the world.

During the season, Milaidhoo offers trips to snorkel with mantas up to three times a week, with the timings being coordinated with Hanifaru Bay park rangers to ensure guests enjoy the most rewarding sighting opportunities.

Guests can go in group trips or book a private excursion, perhaps adding on a picnic on a deserted sandbank or a cruise to a local island for a truly memorable day, said Milaidhoo in a statement.  The resort’s resident marine biologist will be happy to join excursions to make this a meaningful learning experience, it added.

Hanifaru Bay is a protected marine reserve which is carefully managed with entry limited to a small number of visitors every day to conserve the environment.  Known as the world’s largest manta ray feeding station, it’s also famous for being nursery grounds for grey sharks and sting rays and is one of the very few places in the world where whale sharks congregate to mate.

It’s best known for its concentration of reef manta rays, where on good days it’s possible to see and swim alongside a hundred mantas.

For the newly opened Milaidhoo Maldives, this is particularly exciting as this will be the luxury resort’s first year to greet these spectacular seasonal visitors.  Preparations to make this as meaningful an experience as possible for guests are being made with passion, from arranging personalised alerts to creating bespoke manta watching tours.

The staff at the Ocean Stories Aquatic Centre are ready to teach guests about the gentle giants of the ocean and how to ensure encounters are safe for the animal.  The team have identified several secret spots outside of the marine reserve for yet more private and personal one-on-one manta snorkelling.  Divers can enjoy spectacular scuba diving at special dive sites within Baa atoll where manta rays can also often be found.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]