Return to the island experience

Photography
& credits.

A collection of Maldivian scenes, historic Utheemu and the reef at Kelaa and Cerulean View’s own room photography.

The new editorial stock photographs are free to use under the Pexels licence. The Utheemu photographs are used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Kelaa’s aerial photograph is public domain under CC0. These are licensed works, rather than public-domain images. Scenic, reef and food photographs illustrate the experience and do not document Cerulean’s precise beach, house reef or meal presentation.

Free-to-use editorial photographs

• White sand and turquoise sea , Asad Photo Maldives, Pexels. Used for the opening photograph.
• Palm-fringed Maldivian shoreline , Maahid Photos, Pexels. Used for day five.
• Coconut palm and lagoon , Musaddek Sayek, Pexels. Used in the introduction.
• Maldivian reef and sunlight , Maahid Photos, Pexels. Used for day two and the gallery.
• Maldivian beach at sunset , Swapnil Kulkarni, Pexels. Used in the dining story and gallery.
• Fish over an open flame , Boris Hamer, Pexels. Illustrative barbecue photography, used for day four and the dining story.

Photographs are resized, converted to WebP and displayed in responsive crops. Dark overlays are applied in the page design.

Utheemu Ganduvaru

Utheemu03.jpg by Andreas Faessler, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display. The adapted image is also available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Download the adapted photograph.

Utheemu harbour (Utheemu01.jpg) , Andreas Faessler, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display. The adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. Download the adapted photograph.

The historic residence (Utheemu05.jpg) , Andreas Faessler, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display. The adapted image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. Download the adapted photograph.

Kelaa reef and lagoon

Reef Kelaa Aerial.jpg by M.hammadh, via Wikimedia Commons. Dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display. Used for the day-six Kelaa trip in the 07-night experience.

Cerulean brand assets

The logo and Deluxe Sea View room photograph come from the official Cerulean View website for this Cerulean campaign. They remain Cerulean’s brand assets and are not represented as public-domain or free stock imagery.

Typography

Forum and Jost match the existing Cerulean website. Font files are self-hosted under the SIL Open Font License: Forum licence and Jost licence.

Story references

Campaign details follow the supplied Cerulean brochure and the revised five-night schedule. The Utheemu story is paraphrased from Visit Maldives: Utheemu Ganduvaru, and the President’s Office accounts of National Day and the 1573 victory and the community’s care for Ganduvaru. Brand colours, typography and tone follow the Cerulean View website.

Sources and licences reviewed on 29 October 2026.