Helengeli Island Resort - Maldives - Sports, Entertainment & Excursions
- Sports & Activities
If you had enough of sunbathing or swimming in the pool, table tennis, billiard, volleyball and carom (a traditional board game) keep you active. Snorkelling trips will introduce you to the amazing under water world the Maldives are renown for, as the unspoiled house reef is just meters from the beach. Excursions to inhabited local islands and deserted islands give you the unique opportunity to discover more of the Maldives and their way of life. A special excursion is the dolphin search, as many dolphins call the waters around Helengeli their home.
- Available Facilities
Aroma Therapy Excursions Restaurants Baby Cot First Aid Room Service Bar Fishing trips Safe Deposit Beach Volley Fitness Facility Sauna Beauty Saloon In-house Doctor Scuba Diving Boating Karaoke Snorkeling Coffee shop Laundry Souvenir Shop Cultural Shows Massage Parlor Spa Services Darts PADI Dive School Table Tennis Discotheque Porters
- Diving
Due to Helengeli's location on the outer reef the unspoilt house reef is within walking distance, easily accessible to both snorkellers and divers. Some of the best dive sites, such as the Helengeli Thila, are also found near Helengeli. The dive school is run by Ocean Pro-Zürich and equipped with the best modern equipment. Experienced, multilingual European diving instructors teach PADI courses up to internationally accepted diving certificates of different levels. Twice a day diving excursions to some of the 36 dive sites nearby Helengeli are arranged, some as close as 10 minutes away by dhoni.
- Snorkelling
Being a dive island, The island has a beautiful house reef. The coulourful coral and fishes and the under water garden is just a few minutes away from the island. Unaccompanied house reef dives are permitted throughout the day into the evening. Dive gears are available to rent at the resorts dive shop.
- Leisure Activities
As usual on dive islands excursions and evening activities are not a priority. As this place is out on its own the excursions are necessarily more expansive, but half and full-day snorkel and picnic trips are organized to the uninhabited island "Kagi", and if 10 passengers get together then a trip to the inhabited island of Gaafaru is also available.
Some of the excursions are:
* Dolphin Watching * Snorkel Safari * Snorkeling with Mantas