DAY 07, 12th February 2022
Sh. Farukolhu
With the most unique and unusual topography, Shaviyani Farukolhu is a extraordinary island with 7 wetlands and a lagoon which in high tide, flows like a river through the island and out from the massive mangrove opening before blending into the ocean. Measuring 88 hectares out of which 7.1 hectares are wetlands, Farukolhu is the 10th largest uninhabited island in the Maldives. As of 07th October 2018, Shaviyani Farukolhu is now a protected site under the Environment Protection and Preservation Act of Maldives (Law 4/93).

