Canareef Resort Maldives

非常適合多人家庭出行 更適合單人 或是 情侶出行，島上的朋友非常友善，風景自然宜人，適合長期旅行，和短期小憩。

First things, first…the island is large, it’s very long, the resort is huge, spread out along the length by a few kilometres…the main hub (reception, office, shop, spa, gym, dining, swimming pool, main bar, etc) is lopsided towards the “top end” of the island, while most of the accomodation spreads towards the “bottom end” of the island a couple of kilometers away…the walk is nice, shaded, scenic, bikes are supplied, and the resort shuttle buggies which are only ever a couple of minutes away…our room we stayed was of course furthest towards the bottom of the island, 5-10 minutes by buggy… On the plus side, our room was closest to the bottom of the island, a “beach bar” located there, it’s the “nicest beach” on the island, with the best reef system, it’s the only place to get a decent snorkel to see fish, if that’s what you want to do, that’s where you’d go… a 5-6/10 at best for snorkelling, but that’s the Maldives for you (bleached coral common there)… All the rest is good news, it’s cheap, rooms are very large, very comfortable, very clean, full facilities, our room had a nice spa, accomodation right on the beach…due to the size of the resort, they spaced our neighbours, so it was very private…food was full buffet, decent spread, slight change of menu each day, although there was spaghetti/pasta served every lunch/dinner extra to the buffet choices…drinks at dining, beer or wine only…drinks at the bars, limited cocktail choices, however you can have any spirit, and mix of your own choice, e.g. gin and bitter lemon, whiskey and Coke, etc…the swimming pool at the main bar was huge, plenty of room for everyone…shallow at one end, progressively deeper towards the other end…beautiful surroundings, shady trees, sunning lounges, most of which have umbrellas available, friendly staff, especially the serving girls…3 large pool tables, table tennis, table soccer game, library book selection, games in plenty (chess, dominoes, etc), large indoor sit down area, clean toilets, showers available, magnificent sunset views, free dolphin cruise, free massage included, a win, win for us… Would definitely go again and probably will…

We have just returned to the UK after spending the most fabulous 10 days on this very “special” island in the southern most atoll of the Maldives. Indeed if you go any further south you encounter penguins at the South Pole!!! But first it’s worth mentioning the journey for us, the rest of the UK and Europe. It’s a long way, be prepared for 3 flights and a speedboat trip. (Some airlines fly direct to the capital of the Maldives, Male, but that’s still a 10+ hour flight) So what I am trying to say is, be prepared. Having said that, Canareef have thought of the possible negative effect of this and have arranged at Male airport for ALL their guests to stay in the executive lounge at the domestic terminal (Moonimaa Lounge.) We had a 10 hour wait (not typical I have to say, but we arrived at 6.30am and the lunch time flight was full, so we were put on the 16.45pm flight. I can hear readers already thinking this is a negative, not so, the time went really quickly. Full breakfast, lunch and evening meals are provided, plus snacks throughout the day, plus hot/cold drinks. WiFi is provided and there is a shower room. All paid for by Canareef. ) We also were allowed to use the separate bed area away from the main lounge. We had 2 lovely meals, used the WiFi, had a shower, changed cloths and had a snooze!!! When we arrived at the resort it was dark, but there was a warm welcome with some traditional music and we were meet by Millie (she was the first person we meet and the last to hug us at the airport at the end.) She talked us through the resort activities, where things were and showed the various trips that were on offer. For the next 10 days we totally relaxed, enjoyed the food, our sunset villa with jacuzzi and 4 poster bed. The outdoor shower was a brilliant experience, as this is the rainy season and it’s worth mentioning that for the first 4 days it rained consistently, but we didn’t mind at all, we were in the Maldives and had known this could happen. The rest of our stay was a mixture of sunshine and showers. Our villa (673 for 1 night) and then 655 was amazing and kept spotlessly clean and tidy by room attendant Mootar (apologies if I spelt your name wrong.) He checked we had everything we needed, including extra water, toilet rolls and towels. And I know he enjoyed the sweets we left him each day!!!! (the only reason we asked to change villa’s was purely Villa 655 had a view of the ocean and we spend a lot of our time watching the water, totally relaxing, especially when it was raining!!!) Reception staff always had a smile on their face (special thanks to Winda, Alba, Jessica, Jasmin and so sorry if I missed anyone out. They were also the ladies I would call for the buggy service.)❤️❤️ Dive Centre was amazing and professional, Heather went on a snorkelling trip and loved every minute of it. (Worth mentioning if you don’t have your own mask, snorkel and Finns there is a small change for these.)❤️❤️ Food in the buffet restaurant (KILHI) w