Kuramathi Tourist Island - Kuramathi Village Review
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aggybaggy's Review of Kuramathi Tourist Island - Kuramathi Village Maldives
3rd Mar 2006
Overall Rating
- Value for money

- Board BasisAll inclusive
- Accommodation

- Food

- Location

- Date of stayFebruary 2006
- Tour OperatorKuoni
- Customer Service

- Resort

Beautiful beaches
Beautiful reef
Beautiful sunsets
Lovely food
Friendly staff
Perfect place for our honeymoon
Bad Points
People that complain about the following:
Weather - The weather was amazing while were were there. They have a wet monsoon season and a dry monsoon season. The best time to go is December - March as it is the hottest and doesn't rain at all!
Food - (probably as there wasn't usually chips!) I'm sorry but what is the point in going to the Maldives and eating the same old rubbish you eat at home - None! That's why we were were so pleased with the huge choice of beautiful food (my husband does not eat fish at home, but had it every day in Kuramathi as it was so gorgeous)!
No sunbeds - We were so glad there were no sunbeds as people couldn't 'reserve' beaches and make the place look less pretty. It doesn't hurt to lay on the beach does it? It made it all the more romantic for us!
The Island was too big - they'd be complaining if it was small too! There was a tiny little golf buggy type vehicle that was going up and down the middle of the island taking lazy people from one end to the other. It took us 15 - 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other, along pretty little paths. It was lovely!
Monarch flight - ours was absolutely fine, and we had no delays and no problems. So some people may have been tight on room, but does it really matter? It's an easy and inexpensive way to get to paradise, and if flights run late, it's just one of those things. You shouldn't let it spoil your holiday!
Just remember that people usually only make the effort to complain, and not so often to compliment.
General Comments
The island was fully booked when we were there, but it did not feel like it. We had beaches to ourselves most days, and we only really saw people in the main restaurant and in the bar! The one day we went to the Island Barbecue we were the only people in there! It was fantastic!
When you have your first meal there make sure you get a nice table with a view, as they will then reserve the table for you for the rest of your stay. If you go as close to the beach as you can, there will be a nice breeze, and the views in the day and at night are so romantic! Also, our table was right near the edge of the restaurant, so the waiters put our table on the beach one night so we could eat under the shooting stars! (Be nice and chatty to your waiter, it's worth it and they'll love you for it)
Go to Kandholado if you can. We stayed there overnight in a water bungalow. The Island is so tiny, it only takes about 5 minutes to walk around the whole thing! There's a beautiful spa and the reef is amazing.
We travelled to Kandholado by speed boat. We arrived at the island and were given sorbets to cool us down. We were then given a tour of the whole island and taken to the dive centre (a tiny hut), given a briefing and taken out for a snorkel safari along the reef.
This was the most amazing experience of our lives! The huge table coral was amazing. The colours of everything were so bright, and the amount of fish was astonishing. It was so clear and calm you felt like your were actually flying, and the drop off made me have a wobble of vertigo! We went for a snorkel on our own a few times whilst we were there, and saw turtles very close up and big white tip reef sharks!
We had lunch in the restaurant which was lovely (and tiny), then we were shown to our room. The water bungalows are well worth the little bit of extra money (there's only 4 on the island). The bathroom had panoramic views of the sea, we had steps down to the water where snorkeling was great, and the coral was still amazing and almost as many fish as the drop off!
We had an all over body massage side by side in a sea view room as the sun was setting, and we had a candle lit bath in a sunken bath with champagne and fresh fruit.
We later had dinner on the beach under the stars (which seemed even brighter than they did on Kuramathi), and the next morning a champagne breakfast was brought to our room, which we ate on the balcony watching the dolphins swim by in the distance.
Back to Kuramathi... You don't need to take any cash apart from tipping if you are all inclusive, as you charge everything to your room. There is no point in taking any shoes other than flip flops, as the paths are all sand, and it is too hot to wear anything else!
Kuramathi was the best place to have our honeymoon, and we would recommend it to anyone.
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