Visiting Maafushi as a solo traveller

When I visited the Maldives for the first time, I travelled there all by myself. When preparing for the trip, I was not sure if going to a destination known for luxurious honeymoons is the perfect choice for a female solo traveller on a budget like me. Nonetheless, I had some time left after a trip to Sri Lanka, and I just could not miss out on my chance to visit the Maldives. I decided to spend my first trip as a solo traveller visiting the **island **of Maafushi.

All you need for your solo adventure

Travelling to the **Maldives **alone is a whole new **adventure, **but with some preparation, it can become one of the best **experiences **of your life. To save money and indulge in the local culture, I recommend staying on a local island, inhabited by Maldivians. There are plenty of different islands, I opted for Maafushi because it is only 45 minutes from the international airport by speedboat and provides the biggest variety of touristic offers such as restaurants, **hotels **and activities.

Feel safe throughout the whole trip

**Maafushi **offers all kinds of **accommodation **from cheap and basic **guesthouses **to 4-star hotels. The staff and all **Maldivians **on the **island **are generally very friendly and reserved, so no need to feel **uncomfortable **neither in the day nor in the night when you are out alone. The Maldives is a very **safe **country. Also **eating **out **solo **was never a problem for me, you will always be accommodated courteously.

Meet fellow travellers on Bikini Beach

Most of the **guesthouses **are close to Bikini Beach, the only place in **Maafushi **where **tourists **are allowed to wear short swimwear. Therefore, all visitors to the **island **are gathering here, making it easy to find some new friends and maybe some other solo travellers. The **Maldives **is a particular destination, and **tourists **from everywhere in the **world **come here to spend a unique vacation in this delightful spot. It is not uncommon to speak to people from Serbia, China, Italy, Russia or literally any other **country **in one day.  

Spend a day exploring the Maldives

A great opportunity to explore the **Maldives **but also to make new friends is booking **activities **like a diving course, a day trip to a resort or a snorkelling excursion. There are various tour providers in Maafushi, all offering similar trips like fishing, swimming with whale sharks or general snorkelling tours including lunch on a sandbank. Most trips are suitable for 10-20 people, so you will not be **alone **for long on these trips, and you will have a lot of unique new memories to talk about afterwards.

A trip you will never forget

The small size of **Maafushi **but the big variety of **touristic offer **on this **island **makes it the perfect choice for a safe trip to paradise for solo travellers. Spend a relaxed day on Bikini Beach or book an **excursion **of your choice – you will always be surrounded by other curious travellers from around the world. Visiting **Maafushi alone **means making new friends from everywhere in the **world **and **experiencing **a trip you will never be able to forget.