Official website of the Meedhoo Island Council · Addu Atoll, Republic of MaldivesOfficial Island Council website
Walk a 900-year-old coral-stone cemetery in 360°, dive the Maldives' largest shipwreck, and listen to the wetland at dawn.
On the eastern rim of Addu's heart-shaped atoll, beside one of the largest lagoon-and-mangrove systems in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Meedhoo is a living village with nine centuries of memory carved in coral stone. Not a private island, but a community you can visit gently.
Toggle the layers, tap a pin to read its story, and Save the places you want; they build your personal trip.
Tap a pin to read its story.
Heritage, nature, reef and shore: each place with a story, photos and a Save heart to build your trip.
The Maldives' oldest and largest cemetery: roughly 1,500 coral-stone tombs across about nine centuries, and the Fandiyaaru Miskiy.
The first wetland garden in the Maldives: birdlife, mangroves, and the roughly 50-hectare Kilhi wetland system.
A roughly 140 m WWII tanker (one of the largest shipwrecks in the Maldives), plus Addu's year-round oceanic mantas.
Tide-timed swims and golden-hour walks on Meedhoo's eastern shore.
⚑ Locally unverified
Eydhigali Kilhi & Koattey Nature Park on Hithadhoo, and the Link Road. These are part of the wider Addu atoll, not Meedhoo itself.
⚑ Wider Addu, not Meedhoo
Three ready-made days: heritage, a full island day, or slow nature. Save one or customize your own.
Koagannu coral-stone tombs, the historic mosques, and the old village lanes, at a slow, respectful pace.
A Matterport-style virtual walk through the Maldives' oldest and largest coral-stone cemetery, with tap-to-read story hotspots and audio narration. It doubles as digital preservation of an endangered site: listed on the 2022 World Monuments Watch and the UNESCO Coral Stone Mosques Tentative List.
Bundle a stay, the Koagannu heritage walk, a snorkel trip, a local-family meal and a bike, all in one mobile QR pass that routes spend to local providers. Activates on first scan.
Guesthouses, cafés and dive operators run by Meedhoo people. We hand off booking to local hosts, with no offshore OTA.
Stay with a local family on the eastern rim. Names being gathered with the council.
Enquire to bookHedhikaa, fresh fish and short eats. Named partners to be confirmed locally.
Enquire to bookSnorkel and dive trips to the British Loyalty and manta points, via local operators.
Enquire to bookMix the island: reef waves, dawn wetland birdsong, the call to prayer across the village, rain on palms. A sensory postcard.
Tap a tile to play (audio is a placeholder). Tap a mix to load it, then fine-tune each sound.
Real moments shared by visitors and locals. Tag #VisitMeedhoo to feature here.
Meedhoo is a home and a burial ground, not a backdrop. A few simple courtesies keep it that way.
Dress modestly, remove shoes, keep quiet during prayer, and ask before entering historic mosques.
Walk on the paths, never sit on or climb the tombs, and do not move or take stone. This is a living burial ground.
Never touch or stand on coral, take nothing living, use reef-safe sunscreen, and keep your distance from mantas.
Meedhoo is a living community, not a resort. Ask before photographing people, and respect local customs.
Some details on this page are illustrative and being verified with the council before publication.
