Equator Village

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is a small hotel with modest interiors on Gan Island, in the southernmost atoll of the Maldives. Since the island lies beyond the equator, every guest arriving at the hotel receives a certificate for crossing the equator.

Equator Village will appeal above all to travelers who intend to devote most of their holiday to diving and exploring the region's underwater world. There are 25 dive sites near the island, where you can meet giant mantas, swim with turtles and reef sharks, explore the wreck of a ship sunk in the Second World War and admire brightly colored fish.

And because the island is linked to its neighbors by causeways, hotel guests can also take an overland trip to see the British memorial and a Second World War RAF arsenal.

The hotel is located on an island of Addu, the southernmost atoll (beyond the equator), 542 km from the international airport in Male. Nearby resorts

The domestic flight to the local airport takes 1 hour 30 minutes, plus a road transfer across the island of about 10 minutes.

- combines skills and nature's secrets passed down from generation to generation by healers to ease any lingering tension, pain or anxiety. Set in the quiet parts of the island, where you can relax to birdsong, a light breeze and the soft lapping of waves on the shore.

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