Rasdhoo

Rasdhoo is a smallish island with 850 citizens and a capital of Alif Alif Atoll (or North Ari Atoll), Maldives.

Get in
Rasdhoo can be reached by a public ferry from Malé on Su, Tu, Th at 09:00, trip takes 3 hours and costs Rf53. Timetable can be checked at the company operating these routes web site. Fast boats depart on the same days at 16:00, trip lasts for less than an hour and costs US$50.

Three times weekly (at 15:10 on Su, Tu and Th) there is a public boat to Thoddoo, trip takes 1 hr 15 min, costs Rf25.

Everyday except Friday there is a public boat to Ukulhas, departing at 13:00, trip takes 55 min and costs Rf25. The same boat proceeds then to other islands of North Ari Atoll: Bodufulhadhoo (trip takes 1 hr 30 min from Rasdhoo), Mathiveri (2 hr), Feridhoo (3 hours), Maalhos (3 hr 30 min) and Himandhoo (4 hours). Besides, there are private fast speed boats operating on this route, run three times daily.

It's also possible to charter a private jet with some unrealistic prices.

See and do
The main draw there is undoubtfully beaches, the bikini beach on the island is very small.

Diving and snorkelling
One even doesn't need a mask to spot myriads of fishes, some of which can easily be seen yet from the beach: sharks, manta rays, etc.



Buy
Lots of shops selling overprices souvenirs. Not much less of grocery shops with very extensive range of products from all over the world, which is quite surprising, they also sell some fruits and vegetables.

Any place on the island will readily accept US dollars as a payment, but not cards.



Budget
There are 16 guesthouses, most of which are quite basic, with prices starting at US$40-50.

Connect
Both mobile operators (Dhiraagu and Ooredoo) operate on the island and offer LTE connection.

Guesthouses tend to have WiFi with very slow and sometimes nonexistent Internet. Surprisingly, none of the restaurants offer WiFi.

There is also a.

Go next

 * Thoddoo &mdash; isolated island north of Atif atoll
 * Ukulhas, Bodufulhadhoo, Mathiveri, Feridhoo, Maalhos, Himandhoo &mdash; all of these Atif atoll islands can be reached by ferry from Rasdhoo