Colin & Karen Love the Maldives

So I thought I ought to see for myself, I’ve booked a lot of clients to the Maldives I wanted to see if it lived up to the hype, believe me it DOES ! Yes it’s a long journey most great destinations are, we flew to Male airport via Dubai with Emirates, truly recommend them good leg room and service even in economy, we flew to Dubai on the huge A380 then transferred to a smaller aircraft for the leg to Male I was impressed with both flights, even Wi-fi on the A380 ! They boarded both planes by seating zone so no scramble to board, so sensible. We then picked up a small internal flight 35 minutes and then a 20-minute boat ride all very smooth and well organised by my local agents. When we arrived at the resort check in was uncomlicated and quick. We were soon settled with a G&T and dinner. scenery beautiful, beaches great, food and drink great and staff who cannot do enough for you. So worth the hype YES most certainly!

We Chose a beach property rather than a water villa, it was cheaper but we love beaches so a no brainer for us, strange to pay a supplement for a ground floor but we wanted to come off the patio straight onto the sand. We weren’t disappointed. One morning I got up and opened the curtains in our room, apart from the lovely view there were a couple of surprises ! A man cutting the Coconuts off a tree just outside our patio, nothing too strange you say but it was a man with a step ladder, a leather strap to lean against at the top of the tree and a machete oh and with bare feet ! - No team of men, no supervisor, no Cherry picker and no H&S rep! Gladly nobody died! Then I looked to the right hand side of our room and there was a Rainbow in the distance (no rain)! fantastic, then the sun came out for the day, and so did we till sunset..... marvellous. We had a lovely Anniversary day, Karen opted for the beach rather than the pool for another spot of paddle boarding, she was determined to master the sport and in the seemingly endless calm conditions there won’t be a better chance.

One evening we were invited to a “meet the management “cocktail event” with some other guests which was a pleasant way to spend an hour before dinner, Nice chilled music on the beach with the sunset. When we eventually returned to our room the house keeping staff had left some petal designs on our bed. Very thoughtful of them, The weather forecast for Maafushi island Dhaalu Atoll where we stayed warned of a shower so we were ready to take cover as and when It arrived, the wind got up a bit and the heavens opened for about 20 minutes mid-morning. Well we were “caught” in the pool so thought it best to stay there sit it out and have another drink at the swim up bar. It was a short sharp shower as is often the case on a tropical holiday it was dry and roasting again within minutes, the great staff were completely unfazed by it. Karen’s beach volleyball starting about 10 minutes late was the only visible effect.

Many lovely mornings were spent with a coffee on the patio before breakfast. Great WIFI allowed me to work a little from the patio most days as well (before Karen awoke obviously!) We had great food and wonderful service at all the restaurants (3) a big thank you to Cecilia and Patrick who treated us so well.

This is a great holiday and a resort I have no hesitation recommending this to future clients.

I so want to go back!