District of Malé City in North Malé Atoll, Maldives
Hulhumalé
Hulhumalé is a reclaimed island located in the south of North Malé Atoll, Maldives.
The artificial island is being built up by pumping sand from the sea floor, in order to meet the existing and future housing, industrial and commercial development demands of the Malé region and as a response to the threat posed by rising sea levels. The official settlement was inaugurated by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on May 12, 2004.
How locals move
Getting around Hulhumalé the local way
- Get in}} Most visitors to the Maldives are met by travel agent representatives right outside customs, who then whisk them away to their resorts by speedboat or seaplane.
- Get inIf your destination is the city itself, turn left and head for the public ferry dock.
- Get inFerries (MVR15, 10 min) leave the airport every 15min from 06:00 to 20:30, and every 30min until 00:00; in the opposite direction they run from 05:30 to 23:00.
- Get aroundMalé is small enough to walk around in an hour, and almost all sights are concentrated on the north shore, within a 15-min walk from the airport ferry.
- Get aroundMTCC ferries run between Malé and Hulhumalé from Henveiru ferry terminal (same building as the airport ferry) every 1h (MVR10, 20min), departing 07:30-23:30 from Malé and 07:00-23:00 from Hulhumalé.
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