Maldives Tour Packages from Nepal

The Maldives is warm all year, between about 25 and 32 degrees, and the sea is always warm enough to swim in. The Maldives Meteorological Service gives two seasons. The dry season runs from January to March, with 10 to 11 hours of sun a day. The wet season runs from mid-May to November. December and April sit between the two.

Wet does not mean rain all day. Rain comes as showers, with sun between them, though a rough spell can last two or three days and stop the excursion boats. Resort prices follow the weather. They are lowest from May to September, rise in November, and are highest from late December to March. The two weeks around Christmas and New Year cost the most, and many resorts ask for a minimum stay then.

Dashain and Tihar fall at the end of the wet season. You get lower prices than in winter and a fair chance of showers.

Three nights is what most travellers from Nepal book, and it is enough for one island. Remember that the journey takes most of a day each way, so a three-night trip has two full days on the island. Four nights gives you a third full day, or lets you sleep on two islands without rushing.

At a resort, the cost of each extra night is the room and the meals. On a local island an extra night costs much less, so if you have the leave, add the night there.

There is no direct flight between Kathmandu and Malé. You change planes once. The shortest connection is in Colombo, about seven hours in all, and it lands in Malé in the evening. Routes through Delhi, Mumbai or Dubai take longer and often include a night in transit. Buy both flights on one ticket, so that the airline has to rebook you if the first flight is late.

The landing time matters more in the Maldives than anywhere else we sell, because you still have to reach your island. Hulhumalé is 20 minutes away by road at any hour. The shared speedboats to Maafushi stop in the early evening, and the last one leaves the airport at about 6 pm. Resorts near Malé send their own speedboat. Resorts further away use seaplanes, which fly only in daylight, so you must land in Malé by about 3:30 pm to reach them the same day.

That is why an evening arrival often means a first night in Hulhumalé, or a private boat, and why we settle the flight before we confirm the hotel. The same applies on the way home: a morning flight from Malé can mean leaving the island the evening before.

No visa is needed before you fly. Maldives Immigration grants a tourist visa on arrival, for a stay of up to 30 days. It asks for four things: a machine-readable passport valid for at least one month, a confirmed return ticket, a prepaid booking at a registered hotel, guesthouse or resort, and enough money for your stay. Each child needs their own passport. Our booking voucher is the proof of the prepaid stay.

Every traveller, children included, also submits the Traveller Declaration within 96 hours before the flight lands. It is free and takes a few minutes. Sites that charge for it are not official. You get a QR code to show at the desk.

Leaving Nepal has its own check. For a Nepali citizen travelling as a tourist, immigration at Tribhuvan airport lists a two-way ticket, a hotel booking and USD 500 in foreign currency with the bank's stamp. Keep these with your passport. Airlines and transit countries can ask for six months of passport validity even though the Maldives asks for one, so renew a passport that is close to its end.

Three charges are added to almost everything a tourist buys. The Maldives Inland Revenue Authority sets the Green Tax at USD 12 per person per night at resorts and larger hotels, and USD 6 at hotels and guesthouses with 50 rooms or fewer on local islands. Children under two do not pay it. Tourism goods and services tax is 17 percent, and resorts add a 10 percent service charge before it.

Together these add about 29 percent to a resort price that is quoted without them, so always ask whether a price includes taxes. Our package prices do. What they do not include is anything you buy outside your meal plan, which is why the meal plan matters: at a resort on half board, lunch and drinks are billed at menu price plus the taxes.

The airport's departure tax and development fee, USD 100 in economy class, are collected by the airline inside your ticket. For how the whole trip adds up, flights included, see Maldives trip cost from Nepal.

You do not need Maldivian rufiyaa. Resorts price everything in US dollars and charge it to your room, and hotels and excursion desks on local islands take dollars too. Buy dollars from a bank in Nepal against your passport and ticket. Nepal Rastra Bank allows up to USD 3,000 per trip outside India, which is more than a short holiday needs once the hotel is paid.

On a local island, carry small dollar notes for cafes, shops and tips. You may get change in rufiyaa, at about 15.4 to the dollar, and you cannot change it back in Nepal, so spend it before you leave. Nepal Rastra Bank caps what a Nepali card can spend abroad, so ask your bank how much of the limit you have left before you rely on a card.

The Maldives is a Muslim country, and the rules outside the resorts are stricter than visitors expect. Alcohol is served only on resort islands. You cannot bring any into the country, and Maldives Customs takes bottles bought on the way, even from a duty-free shop. The same customs list bans pork products and idols for worship, so leave a murti or a framed deity at home.

On Maafushi, Hulhumalé and Malé, dress as you would in a town, with shoulders and knees covered. Swimwear is for the tourist beach each island sets aside. On Fridays, shops and the public ferries stop around midday for prayers. During Ramadan, which in 2027 starts in early February, do not eat, drink or smoke in public in the daytime outside a resort.

Vapes and e-cigarettes are banned. The law of 2024 prohibits bringing them in and using them, and tourists are not exempt.

The emergency number in the Maldives is 911, and the Maldives Police run a tourist police line on 1478. At a resort, the front desk is the first call. For a problem with your booking, send us a message on WhatsApp.

Nepal has no embassy in the Maldives. The Embassy of Nepal in Colombo covers it, as Nepal's foreign ministry lists, so for a lost passport or anything else that needs your own government, contact Colombo. Save the number before you fly, along with ours.