Sun Island Resort & Spa

Sun Island Resort and Spa

The Sun Island Resort & Spa in the Maldives is located on the island of Nalaguraidhoo, one of the many gorgeous tropical islands in this island nation. Sun Island has all the creature comforts and facilities you could need to have a great holiday in the Maldives.

Sun Island Resort & Spa Accommodations

There are four different types of accommodation at the Sun Island Resort & Spa: The Deluxe Room, the Super Deluxe Room, Water Bungalow and Presidential Suite. In total, there are 350 rooms and they vary in amenities and comfort depending on your budget. The Deluxe Room, Sun Island’s cheapest accommodation starts from EUR 111 per night, which is quite affordable in terms of the Maldives. For the quintessential Maldives experience, you should choose the one of the Water Bungalows, located on a wooden pier straddling out over the amazing blue waters. These rooms feature direct access to the lagoon, satellite TV and a private sundeck to mention just a few amenities.

Sun Island Resort & Spa Activities

Perfect for couples, families and groups, the Sun Island Resort and Spa offers an absolute wealth of activities including boating, canoeing, volleyball, surfing, sailing, snorkeling, tennis court, fishing trips, scuba diving, jet skiing, windsurfing and even crab racing! There are in fact, too many activities to mention, but pretty much anything you can think of, you can do at the Sun Island Resort. The resort’s dive centre offers a variety of PADI-certified courses, day trips and night dives suitable for all levels of diving expertise. The Resort’s Spa boasts all kinds of treatments and facilities including a sauna, gymnasium, beauty parlour, Jacuzzi and massage parlour. The hotel also has comprehensive meeting and conference facilities, in case you want to bring the whole company for an unforgettable team-building experience.

Crab Race Winner at Sun Island Resort

Sun Island Resort & Spa Nightlife

For those concerned with action after dark as well as during the day, the Sun Island Resort will not disappoint. There are nightly events that include karaoke, live music, disco and a traditional Maldivian night with local dancing.

Sun Island Resort & Spa Food & Drink

The Sun Island Resort has 9 restaurants and bars in total, meaning that even if you stay for three weeks, you will never grow tired of eating here. On top of that, all the food is excellent! The restaurant options include a poolside bar, a beach bar, Italian and Japanese over-water restaurant, Indian Restaurant and a Fresh Fish Grill. There are a variety of plans at Sun Island, including Half Board and All Inclusive, but you should note that All-Inclusive does not mean you can eat at every restaurant. If you are enticed by the variety of restaurants, it’s better to book room-only and pay-as-you-go in the restaurants each night. For more information about the Sun Island Resort & Spa, click here. Or if you have been to Sun Island Resort & Spa and would like to leave a review, please click here

W Retreat & Spa Maldives

W Maldives Retreat & Spa

The W Retreat & Spa Maldives, a member of the W Hotel Chain opened in 2009 and instantly sprung to fame as one of the Maldives’ finest resorts. Located on the Fesdu Island in the North Ari Atoll, the resort is a 30-minute journey by seaplane from the Male International Airport.

W Maldives Features

The W Maldives offers every amenity and luxury that an exigent traveller might request, from private whirlpool Jacuzzi tubs in the guest rooms, all with an unbeatable ocean view to some of the best restaurants in the Maldives. An enormous variety of activities are offered to guests of the W Maldives, including snorkelling, kite surfing, windsurfing, catamaran sailing, water aerobics, yoga and sports fishing. The resort also boasts a full spa, dive centre and health club.

 W Maldives Accommodation 

W Maldives Retreat and Spa

There are four different room types on offer at the W Maldives: Beach Oasis, Ocean Oasis, Seascape Escape and Ocean Haven, with the latter being the most luxurious. All the rooms have a private pool and sundeck and a plethora of indulgent amenities. The Ocean Haven, however, takes luxury to a whole new level, offering a private bar, barbecue area, 50” flat-screen TV and some of the most spectacular decor you will ever set eyes on. To say that the W Maldives is like something out of a glossy brochure is a gross understatement, but it is difficult to put into words the sheer beauty of such a resort.

W Maldives Retreat and Spa

Eating and Drinking at W Maldives

W Maldives has six restaurants in total, including a swim-up bar, over-water sunset caviar bar, a simple Thai kitchen, a seafood restaurant serving only the freshest fish of the day and a sexy cocktail bar. The variety and selection mean that you can spend a week or two relaxing at the W Maldives and still look forward to a varied nightlife, if you can tear yourself off the sundeck or out of the hammock, that is!

Getting Married at W Maldives

W Maldives is one of the premier hotels in the Maldives and prides itself on being the perfect choice for couples looking to take their vows in paradise. The hotel will take care of everything for you, making your wedding an absolute breeze to organise.

Liveaboards in the Maldives

Maldives Liveaboard Blue Lagoon

Maldives Liveaboards or Live Aboards, as they are sometimes known, are medium sized power boats that cruise around the Maldives, embarking on a series of water sports, principally scuba diving.  The Liveaboards have a number of rooms or cabins and provide all-inclusive accommodation to guests on board.  Most Maldives Liveaboards offer one- or two-week trips.

Maldives Liveaboard Season

The Maldives Liveaboard season is technically a year-round season.  While there are climatic changes in the Maldives, the islands’ proximity to the equator means that water and air temperatures are always warm and scuba diving is always possible.  However, depending on the time of year, the Liveaboards tend to visit different dive sites in different areas of the archipelago. 

You will hear two seasons mentioned when looking into liveaboard holidays in the Maldives: the Northeast Monsoon and Southwest Monsoon Seasons.  The NE Monsoon runs from December to April and the SW Monsoon from May to November.  The NE Monsoon is the dryer of the two seasons.  However, all marine life can be found throughout both seasons, just in different parts of the Maldives.

Maldives Liveaboard Activities

Traditionally, Maldives Liveaboard holidays are scuba diving holidays.  However, other activities can be enjoyed aboard the liveaboards, including snorkeling, water skiing and banana boating.  Guests aboard liveaboards also partake in dry-land activities including cultural visits to traditional Maldives villages, picnics on desert islands and shopping trips in Male.  Now that surfing and fishing are become more popular in the Maldives, there are also liveaboards that offer surfing and fishing holidays.

Maldives Liveaboard Facilities

Maldives liveaboards range in comfort level from quite basic to absolutely luxurious, depending on the travelers’ budgets.  There are some boats that offer in-room Jacuzzis and on-board spas, while others offer simple en-suite bathrooms.  All the liveaboards offer three meals a day and a couple of snacks and have full bars, although drinks prices are not usually included in the price of the accommodation.  They also have all the diving equipment, including first aid supplies and divers’ oxygen.  Most liveaboards travel with another, smaller boat called a Dhoni, from which all the dives are taken and where all the diving equipment is stowed.

Maldives Liveaboard Prices

The price of a liveaboard holiday in the Maldives varies tremendously.   Trips last 7 or 14 nights and depending on the boat and the season, the trip costs from around USD$1,000 to USD$1,800 per person per week, based on double occupancy.  Single occupancy supplements apply.  On top of this, you need to pay for your flights to the Maldives.  While this may seem like an expensive trip, it is one of the most economical ways to see the Maldives.  Many resorts in the archipelago charge upward of USD$500 per night and that doesn’t include the scuba diving or any activities, so a liveaboard holiday is really good value!

For more information about Maldives Liveaboards, or to book your Maldives Liveaboard Holiday, visit www.MaldivesDiveTravel.com.

Scuba Diving is a Great Activity During your Holidays

Are you planning your holidays? Do you enjoy scuba diving…Discovering the beautiful world that lies beneath the water’s surface?

There are an array of places to spend your scuba diving holiday all over the globe. If only we could be in more than one place at once!

Without a doubt, the Maldives is one of the best locations in the world to spend your scuba diving holidays…All you need to do now is to plan for your next adventurous, under the sea scuba dive getaway!

Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays

The Maldives is an ideal location to spend your scuba diving holidays.

Enjoy the paradaisical beaches during your scuba diving holidays!

Most divers prefer to get away from “mainstream divng” and discover the country’s amazingly gorgeous atolls on a dive liveaboard.

Once aboard, you will be whisked away on your scuba diving holidays to the best dive spots of the Maldives. Be sure to choose a company will a solid reputation and expert guides, such as Maldives Dive Travel, where the dive guides and captains possess decades of experience in choosing the best route and locations, taking into consideration the weather, diving conditions, divers’ abilities, etc.

The colourful labyrinths of the reefs are home to mantas and stingrays, turtles, napoleon wrasses, moray eels and multi-coloured schools of thousands of fish. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t miss the macro attractions on your scuba diving holidays, such as gobis, blennies, snails and crabs, as well as coral-hung shipwrecks. During outer reef dives gray reef sharks, white tip sharks, hammerheads and whale sharks, eagle rays, barracudas and giant swarms of macarel are just waiting to be discovered. On your scuba diving holidays in the Maldives, expect visibility to be as high as 40 meters, or 131 feet.

Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays Dive Sites

Following are a collection of dive sites that you shouldn’t miss visiting on your scuba diving holidays to the Maldives:

• Cocoa Thila
• Kuda Haa
• Lion’s Head
• Hukrueli Faru (Madivaru)
• Kudarah Thila
• Lankanfinolhu Faru
• Maldive Victory Wreck
• Wattaru Kandu

Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays Liveaboards

As I previously mentioned, Maldives Dive Travel is a fantastic company to use for all your Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays needs.

The Black Pearl is a luxurious liveaboard that many divers enjoy during their scuba diving holidays!

All the following liveaboards can be booked through Maldives Dive Travel.

• Adventurer 2
• Black Pearl
• Carina
• Galileo
• Island Safari 2 Royal
• Nautilus One
• Nautilus TWo
• Pretty Tombilli
• StingRay
• Thea

Check out pictures and more information about these Maldives dive safari ships now!

Top 10 Things to Do During Your Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays

Follow is a list of the top ten things you MUST do during your Maldives Scuba Diving Holidays. The Maldives is so beautiful and possesses so many gorgeous atolls, resorts, liveaboards and dive sites, I’m sure your only regret will be not having spent enough

A scuba diver enjoying his scuba diving holidays in the Maldives!

time!

1. Scuba Diving
2. Relaxing at Resorts
3. Sundowners at Sunset
4. Surfing
5. Snorkeling
6. Eat
7. Male Fish Market
8. Local Market
9. Hukuru Miskiiy Mosque
10. National Museum

Read more about each thing to do in the Maldives during your Scuba Diving Holidays at Scuba Dive Maldives.

If you need anymore help planning your scuba diving holidays, just let us know!