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    Vakarufalhi Island Resort

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    ABOUT THE HOTEL

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    On its very own island, the Vakarufalhi Island Resort is as secluded as it gets.

    This place bobs on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. It's so remote that you'll catch a seaplane to get there and, once you arrive, the hotel's the only sign of human life.

    A reef forms a ring around the island, which means ripple-free conditions for scuba diving, snorkelling and kayaking. Opt for one of the over-water bungalows, and you'll be able to slip straight into the water from your outdoor decking.

    • Rooms: 75

    Things you'll love

    • Private white-sand beach
    • Over-water villas
    • PADI-approved diving centre

    Location

    FOOD & DRINK

    Half Board Plus

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast and dinner.  

    All Inclusive

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    • Evening Meal
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    Buffet meals served in the main restaurant – breakfast 07.30-10.00, lunch 13.00-14.30 and dinner 19.30-21.30. Afternoon tea in the main bar 17.00-18.00. Unlimited local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks with bottled water, soft drinks, fruit juice, beer, wine, spirits, tea and coffee 10.00-23.00. Snacks at set times.

    Full Board Plus

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    • Breakfast
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    Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Wine, beer, soft drinks and tea available at the buffet restaurant with meals. 

    Half Board

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    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Evening Meal
    • Drinks
    • Snacks

    Buffet breakfast and dinner.  

    Facilities

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    • Spa*

      With Ayurvedic treatments and massages on offer in 1 of the 6 couples treatment rooms. Available to those over the age of 12.

    • Ilaa buffet restaurant

      Open-air buffet restaurant for international cuisine and Italian and Mediterranean flavours. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    • Sunset cruise*

      With cocktails.

    Rooms

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    25th Wedding Anniversary Trip
    03 May , 2019 jldev, 255115
    For our 25th wedding anniversary, my husband and I left our children at home and treated ourselves to a once-in-a-lifetime trip to The Maldives. As it was our first trip there, I have no comparison against other resorts but we certainly did really enjoy Vakarufalhi. We had a lovely lagoon-facing water villa which was exactly what I'd hoped for and which matched the dreams that I've had for so long about staying in the Maldives. The snorkeling at the resort, particularly the area off the main jetty, was certainly fantastic (the fish life but not the coral) but, as we have snorkeled a lot in the Pacific, it was the stunningly beautiful white powdery sand beaches and crystal clear sandy lagoon that amazed us more. And I got a real thrill about how many colourful little fish, little sharks and even a sting ray one day would just swim around the base of our villa each day. The water is so clear that it's easy to see them. The daily buffet meals were all tasty with a good range of food. I enjoyed the lean towards Italian food as that was quite unique for us. I was normally too full for dessert but I still marveled at the amount of delicious looking options that they managed to provide for each lunch & dinner. So impressive for a small beach resort in such a hot location. Maumoon and the other lovely waiters in the water villa side of the restaurant took great care of us at each meal (gosh they work hard!). The sand art that Maumoon created on our table for our last night dinner was very special. So, all in all, I can highly recommend Vakurufalhi :)
    An other fantastic stay at this lovely island
    23 Apr , 2019 Elena M, 186338
    This was our 2nd visit of Vakarufalhi and it was even better than the 1st visit 2 years ago. It was nice to see a lot of familiar faces. All the staff worked so hard to make the stay pleasant and care free. The Italian chef is now gone though. The reef is still lovely with a lot of marine life: we saw sharks of all sizes on a daily basis, turtles were a common sight as well, just need to know where to look! This time we went to the deep sea water fishing trip and my daughter absolutely enjoyed it. Arun, the diving guy with a maine coon cat, was incredibly knowledgeable about the sea, fish, reef and would stop by guests and spend time chatting to them. We were very lucky to have fantastic waiters and bar staff in the restaurant and bar. Many thanks for making our stay so remarkable! Special thanks goes to Shareef and the young tall guy who did not have a name badge  All chefs were great as well: my favourite was vodka and salmon pasta, seriously good. Every Sunday they do dinners on the beach and they are lovely; ask for the sea facing table and you would have the most amazing dinner experience. The reception ladies and the manager (sorry can’t remember the names) were all great and super helpful. The diving guys were very helpful as well; our daughter had a intro into diving and is looking forward to do the proper course next year when old enough. It was nice to see the reduction in Chinese guests at this resort. I am not racists but the amount of noise they produced on our first visit made it a welcome change. There are a lot more Germans this time but majority of guests are still Italian and French. We would definitely be back to this resort next year. A few things I would like resort to address: 1. Usage of 0.5 l plastic bottles. This is such an unnecessary plastic waste. If you insist on using water in plastic bottles, at least offer guests 1.5 l or 2 litre bottles, will be less plastic waste. Or give out all the guests normal water bottles and provide water refilling stations / refill the bottles every day. Well done, for using paper straws! 2. Be very strict to all those guests ( mainly Asian ) who step/ walk on corrals OR/AND feed the fish. There are notice boards everywhere in 3 languages and people still ignore them. Staff not doing enough to stop this behaviour. I personally spoke and told of at least 10 people doing this but this is not the answer. Put a guard on the jetty and give him the authority to issue fines to people like that on a spot and add fines to the bills. Only this way you can make a positive impact. And you can raise money for initiatives like introducing turtles onto the reef. Apart from that, it’s a great place and you will have lovely time no matter whether you stay in BV or WV.
    Second visit
    23 Apr , 2019 zacd, 293984
    This was my second visit at this beautiful resort. Must say the service even improved the staff are so friendly and attentive. The food great. Was worried because the old shef left, but aparently he tought the others his methods so no complaints what so ever .. The atmosphere is great and the water villa so large and convenient. One thing I so less fish this time. Maybe it is because the reef is dead. Saw some turtles whice was nice and a small eagle ray.
    Simply Superb
    14 May , 2019 JasonO1366, 294474
    We just got back from our wedding/honeymoon vacation at Vakarufalhi, and like most reviews on here, everything was just perfect. The attentiveness of every staff member was the best experience I’ve ever had at a resort. Our trip to Maldives started off horribly with flight cancellations and delays. So much so that we arrived to Vakarufalhi 2 days late. We initially booked 8 days in a water villa, then 4 days in a sunset beach villa. Without us even asking, the hotel staff rearranged our stay to have 4 days in a beach villa, then 8 days in a water villa, so the 2 days we missed would not take away from our water villa stay, but rather 2 days in a beach villa. However, there was one small issue with this. Our wedding was scheduled for Saturday, May 4th and we would have had to switch rooms on our wedding day. Once I mentioned this, Luca, the operations manager, kindly upgraded (for free) our second night in a beach villa to a water villa. We were then able to switch rooms on Friday and focus on our wedding on Saturday. They were truly exceptional in handling our delays and requests. Thank you again Suranga Fernando (Reservation Executive) and Luca Scavarda. On to our wedding! We couldn’t have had a better experience. The entire wedding staff did a wonderful job organizing and even making some last-minute changes per our request. Patrick Herman, our wedding coordinator, was so helpful and communicated everything to us in a very professional and timely manner. Thank you again Patrick for everything you did for us! The day before our wedding, Gayan (he manages the water villas) talked a lot with my wife to make her the perfect flower head-dress using native Maldivian flowers. He too was very helpful for our entire stay and was always happy to assist us in anything. Our photographer, Hunais, was very energetic and excited to make some beautiful photos our wedding. He even made a video of the ceremony for us, something the resort had not done before. Just like everyone else, Hunais was extremely helpful and accommodated our requests for various photos we wanted to have taken. Thanks, Hunais! Our wedding day was perfect, thank you again to everyone involved. I also need to mention our restaurant host, Maumoon. He was so attentive, polite, funny, and friendly. He made every meal we had there memorable (and there were a lot of meals!) Maumoon is awesome. The food was delicious and diverse… thank you to the chef and all the restaurant staff. Our house boy (sorry, I didn’t get his name), was top-notch and always made up our room to perfection. So many names I didn’t get, but as I mentioned, every member of the staff we talked with had a smile on their face and made us feel like celebrities. I won’t review the rooms…. Everything you read in other reviews is spot on. Big, comfortable, and clean. Thank you again Vakarufalhi! We’ll see you again for sure! - Jason and Nina O'Fallon
    Very impress, very nice resort
    05 May , 2019 Pawin, 311304
    I visited Vakarufalhi on 28 April 2019 This resort is one island one resort, where is I can walked around resort around 1 hour. Room Water villa is so big, many space and big terrace Beach villa is not far from beach, just around 20 meters walk Food & Drink Great taste, breakfast is so nice and I ate BBQ buffet for dinner with high quality beef, fish and fresh salad Nature Beach is very clean and very nice, beach around island Coral reef is great, i snorkeling for 2 times in afernoon and morning, i can find turtle, eagle ray, Moray eel, shark and a lot of colorful fish GM and staff special thanks to Mr Luca, General Manager, he take us for snorkeling for 2 times and take care us very nice and also their staff here also have great service mind Summary : Very impressive here, nice resort, nice coral reef, nice service, nice food
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