Vihamanaafushi, North Malé Atoll, Maldives
Blacktips, sting rays and eagle rays are regularly sighted at the house reef. Dusk seems to be a particularly good time for fish activity.
In 2011, on the first snorkel at the house reef, the shark count reached about 20, some well over a metre long. There were also many sting rays (mostly by the water sports centre), lionfish and a zebra moray. In 2013, on a snorkel, 7 sharks, 2 turtles and a huge sting ray were seen, along with big schools of sergeant majors, parrotfish and blue-striped snappers (vermelhos-de-listras-azuis), and a group of fluorescent squid. That year there were many signs of the corals recovering, with blue, green and yellow tips scattered everywhere.
Kurumba, on the island of Vihamanaafushi, was the first resort in the Maldives. It opened on 3 October 1972 as Kurumba Village, with sixty beds and bungalows of coral block and palm leaf, and was immediately fully booked.
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