The Traveller
1,190 real islands.
All 26 atolls of the Maldives. Every coastline and reef comes from OpenStreetMap.
01 · Arrive
Choose how you arrive.
Each start is its own story.
02 · Live
Live off the land and the reef.
- Forage coconuts
- Fish the reef edge with a handline
- Work resort shifts, haul cargo
03 · Build
Build a camp. Then a guesthouse.
- Lean-tos, rain catchers, farm plots
- A boat shed and a dive shop
- Your own guesthouse
04 · Sail
From a log raft to your own dhoni.
05 · Dive
Dive real dive sites.
- Whale sharks, mantas, turtles
- A scrapbook of what you've seen
- Monsoon storms to ride out
06 · Luck
Watch the tideline.
Ambergris washes up now and then.
The Traveller
1,190 real islands. One life.
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form 02 · survival and sailing
Fish, forage, trade and sail your way across the real Maldives, all 1,190 islands of them.
[01] how it plays
One life, every island.
Choose how you arrive.
Land in Malé as a backpacker with a little money and no plan. Wash up as a castaway on an uninhabited islet with nothing at all. Or grow up as an island kid with a dugout bokkura and a handline.
Make a living.
Forage coconuts, fish the reef edge, work shifts at a resort and haul cargo between atolls. Build a camp, and later a guesthouse. Dive real dive sites, ride out monsoon storms, and keep an eye on the tideline: ambergris washes up now and then.
Sail further.
Work your way up from a coconut-log raft to a dhoni of your own. The map is the real one: every island, coastline and reef across all 26 atolls comes from OpenStreetMap.