The two weeks I volunteered in the MWSRP was truly an amazing experience. Swimming with the whale sharks, observing them and occasionally running into some mantas, turtles, reef sharks and other beautiful creatures. I found it really interesting to learn about the encounters of whale sharks in South Ari and other atolls, and so I […]
Category Archives: Volunteer
A Month in the Maldives, by Candice Karamanis
Spending the last month at MWSRP has been the best decision I have made with my life so far. Being surrounded by a horizon of endless ocean on a remote island searching for whale sharks on a daily basis is something real hard to fly back home from. Days on the dhoni are gathering information […]
American School of Doha visits MWSRP!
Our week in the Maldives, working alongside Alex and Ed, was one that we will never forget for a number of reasons. Firstly, we saw amazing marine wildlife. We were in absolute awe during our first whale shark encounter with Naococo, a timid whale shark who has major lacerations on his body from a boat […]
The Maldivian Blues, by Chiara Vitaglione
As I sit in what I can only describe as Maldivian blues, I look back on my newly developed photos of my second trip as if it were another dream. It was only during the final leg of my journey to the Island of Dhigurah that I felt like I was back in the Maldives. […]