Many travelers heading to the islands of the Maldives will be coming for one thing and one thing only: diving.
And there’s hardly a single better place to don the SCUBA gear and wetsuits in the country than at the Banana Reef.
This fruit-shaped dash of multi-colored corals and seaweed-clad sandbanks lies underwater between the isles of the North Male Atoll.
It’s served by countless outfitters, who lead excursions to uncover the striped snappers and bulbous sponges, the reef sharks and the barracudas that all coalesce here.