U.S. News Insider Tip: If seeing mantas and whale sharks at Hanifaru Bay is on your bucket list, choose a resort in Baa Atoll, such as Anantara Kihavah and Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa ...

Home to mind-boggling biodiversity, the Maldives particularly excels on the megafauna front – great hammerheads, whale sharks ... Look up and you can easily spot the pale orange glow of Mars ...