The Maldives ranks among the top five places on Earth for watching whales and dolphins, with more than 20 different species (a quarter of the world's total) calling its waters home. The star of the show is the diminutive but highly acrobatic spinner

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The Maldives ranks among the top five places on Earth for watching whales and dolphins, with more than 20 different species (a quarter of the world's total) calling its waters home. The star of the show is the diminutive but highly acrobatic spinner dolphin, living there in the tens of thousands. Their dependable schedule of feeding offshore at night, coming into the atolls in the early morning, and leaving again for the open ocean in the late afternoon makes sightings easy. You can get up-close and personal on a dolphin cruise, which lasts from one to two weeks on board four- or five-cabin cruise yachts that seek out the best dolphin spots. Included are guides, all meals, excursions to local isles, and snorkeling gear.

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