The Maldives 1,190 coral islands barely break the surface of the Indian Ocean along the Equator in an archipelago of 26 atolls, the only word of Dhivehi in the English language, meaning group of coral islands.
Sixty nautical miles northwest of Malé International Airport, in Baa Atoll, Soneva Fushi’s home of Kunfunadhoo Island is one of the Maldives’ largest at 1,400 metres long and almost 400 metres wide.