As a marine biologist Beth Taylor worked on various shark and coral projects in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Greece. For the past 3 years she was studying the world of manta rays in the Maldives with Manta Trust a UK based charity who’s researchers are located in different Atolls throughout the Maldives as…
We started the week with a very popular introduction dive in the pool. As a weekly event to create interest and opportunity we offer this dive free of charge to our guests at Kihaa Maldives. We explain the equipment and some basics about slow breathing and equalising the pressure and take you slowly from the…
Now that is something you don’t see every day – mantas jumping out of the water at Hanifaru Bay. It is not clear if mantas jump out of the water because they can or to rid themselves of parasites stuck to their bodies or to impress their mate. It certainly impressed us. We will have…
This week during our turtle snorkel excursion we did not only see green and hawksbill turtles but we were lucky to swim together with a pod of dolphins, an amazing experience. Some of the guests who snorkelled with the dolphins went to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Hanifaru Bay the following day to snorkel with mantas.…
For our first dive we went to Dharavandhoo Thila and were welcomed by 4 mantas and several stingrays, we knew we were in the right place. We invited our first guests not only for the dive but also for a bottle of Prosecco. We completed our first PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course with Alessandro…
