Male Island Things to Do

4 more images

2 old cannons are shown on the pier of Male port and while they might have made sense when defending the island in the past, the main problem of all of these lovely islands in the Maledives is the fact, that they are totally flat and some day when the arctic ice has melted and the waterlevel of the oceans had increased by 1 meter or more, these islands might disappear forever.

4 more images

The pier-house for the tenderboats
is the first thing that the cruise-passengers will see when arriving by tenderboat from their ships, as not a single of the international cruiseships will be able to dock in Male Island.
this pier-hut is a great place to wait in the shade and watch the port-activities, while waiting for a tenderboat to take them back to the ship.
Something else that I remember is the fact that there were almost no local people hanging around offering souvenirs etc.

4 more images

Theemuge - The presidential palace
that might be the living-palace of the President of the Maledives and I passed by it accidentally when walking into some sidestreets close to the fish-market.

4 more images

The old cemetery
I really love to take a walk through old cemeteries and this one in the Maledives had such interesting inscriptions and decorations. You can walk around this cemetery on your own without any restrictions, but there was a boy showing around the tourists and making some extra money on this. His english was quite poor and I could have done it just as well without his explanations...

4 more images

The tomb of Kan'Baa Aisha Ranikilege
Kan'Baa Aisha Ranikilege was the mother of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandhar I and she was buried next to the old mosque in a tomb that looks like a small house with a basement-wall made of stone with several decorations and a wooden-wall on top.
Some of the other tombs on this cemetery are built completely of stone.

4 more images

Mulee Aage - the Presidential Palace
This is not really ment as a tourist-place, but it looks great and you can take a look through the fence and taking photographs that way is also no problem. There are guards and watchtowers, but you ill mostly not see them at all. Take a closer look at the wonderful gate of the palace with ornate decorations, you will see it in my last photo !

4 more images

The Supreme Court of the Maledives
That building obviously used to be a part of the former sultan's palace and you are allowed to step into its garden, where you will find a tomb. Unfortunately its forbidden to take photos inside of that tomb, but the park in front of the building had some great tropical flowers and the white walls against that special type of blue decorations was really great.

4 more images

The National Museum & the Sultans park
are the first sights that you might get to, when arriving by the tenderboats of your cruiseship.
You can enter the Sultans Park any time during daytime and the entrance to the National Museum is inside the park as well. The museum was closed, while I was there, and to be honest, the park was not very special eighter. Just some very few flowers in a surrounding that would need a lot more care...