Just a typical day at Baros resort, Maldives. Join me as we have breakfast at the local breakfast, swim by our water villa and snorkel amongst so many incredible sea creatures including sharks and turtles.
There are 24 resident sea turtles at Baros resort and the staff at the resort know each one by name. Despite there being so many on such a small island, they were surprisingly difficult to locate. I had spent 3 days trying to meet one of these elusive turtles and finally struck lucky. Snorkeling alongside the majestic turtle was an amazing Maldives experience.
As well as turtles, Baros houses a healthy population of sharks. There are 3 types of shark that you can find here: Blacktip reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks and nurse sharks. The shark that I frequently saw was the Blacktip reef sharks. I also saw a nurse shark from my seat at one of the restaurants. All 3 species of shark are safe to swim with.
I frequently swam alongside the sharks. I personally found it was a humbling, wonderful experience. Sharks really are beautiful!
So is it dangerous to swim with sharks in Maldives?
In the Maldives, it is not the sharks you need to be worried about in the water. They are very chilled. Needless to say however, sharks are still wild animals and so you should not provoke or try to annoy them.
Lionfish and stonefish are far more of a danger but if you wear water shoes and don’t stand on the reef, you should be fine. Many resorts also do checks to make sure there are none around.
I hope you enjoyed reading my brief introduction of the fish of the Maldives. Watch the vlog to see them in their wonderful reef home.
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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Breakfast with a view
1:37 Swimming by our water villa
1:56 Walking across the island
3:14 Snorkeling begins
03:40 A turtle sighting!
04:01 Snorkeling with fish and sharks
07:48 Dinner by the ocean
08:50 The best sunset I've ever seen!
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