Thulhagiri Island Resort & Spa

It is rare that I give a 5 star review across the board to any resort or venue. Thulhagiri exceeded all expectations in every category and, for me, it truly was a paradise island. I was very much looking for a restful, warm and peaceful environment, and whilst I found all of that, I also found much more. This is a tiny island, with white powder sand and crystal blue waters; a 'barefoot' island, where you can literally walk everywhere without shoes, flip-flops et cetera. About 160 guests and it takes around 15 minutes to walk around the island, but it never feels busy, noisy and you are not bothered by an animation team, hawkers. There are plenty of loungers, though there are no cushioning mattresses on the beach ones. The island is designed very sympathetically to its location, with vegetation hiding most of the services and retaining privacy for both guests and the staff. Staff are attentive, polite, helpful and any matter is attended to promptly. If you are AI there are additional benefits such as free hire of snorkels, flippers and masks during your holiday. The journey begins from the airport at Male where you are transferred to a speedboat for a 15 minute journey to Thulhagiri. I was impressed with the safety procedures undertaken by the staff during the boat, assisting passengers and lifting the luggage into and out of the boat. Each beachside villa looks out to sea, and there are sandy paths to the rear of the villas, cutting across the island. This way you never see or hear the many services from your beachside resting point. There is a large swimming pool with further loungers around it, but most people sought it for shade, rather than swimming, as the beach predominantly is shallow particularly low tide for around 20 m. In your accommodation aside from the usual, you will find 2 lifejackets. We found these very useful when snorkelling at deeper depths, or beyond the reef. Although I have read reports that there were not many fish, I did not find this to be the case-see pictures below. The baby sharks were a regular feature, easily watched from the swimming pool or pier areas. They are not a problem. We were exceptionally fortunate to be upgraded to a superior water villa for part of our holiday. Tipping is not expected, but much appreciated and many of the staff send money home to families. Turning to the food, it was plentiful and varied at all meals. There were plenty of choices for drinks, served at your table and, although the meals are buffet style, careful attention is paid to the heat of the food, allergies and any special needs. There is a dive centre on the island and they can arrange a variety of trips; snorkelling, diving and windsurfing. The bar on the west side of the island gets a bit busier on the beach near sunset and it is a pleasure to sit and watch the sun go down with 1 of the many cocktails, although you might have to wait a few minutes at this busy time. As there are relatively few guests, it almost becomes a larg

We have spent 10 days at the resort as a group of 4 ( 2 couples). Staff amazing very attentive, food amazing shout out to Hassan our waiter for the week. Lovely guy very friendly. All the staff in the restaurant were polite and happy to chat again food amazing very tasty and great choice. Bar staff shout out to Sonu one of the bar staff fabulous young lady always there when we needed our drinks refreshing. Only criticism not enough chairs after dinner in the bar area. Definitely needs looking at. We have seen so much of the Maldivian wildlife fruit bars , lizards, baby shark, rays, lots and lots of fish. Amazing holiday amazing resort well worth a visit. We will return.

We had a very good time here! the weather was amazing and there was lots to sign up for! the food was veeeeery nice and we had a really nice ober! We came to be relaxed so this vacation is perfect for that All the workers are also very nice and treated us well! They are all hard workers and really nice to everyone! And we would watch the sunset every day and that was beautiful!!!!! i really recommend it here

Small and beautiful island. Good food, nice rooms (we had all 3 options), good dive and snorkel points, very nice staff, very nice people in the dive centre. Diving: We saw Sharks, Stingreys, Turtles, Mantas, colorfull fishes,

I love the energy in this place, especially staff attitude and the best person in this island is SUSMA, she is so caring person, she always positive , she has the best energy, and she always trying the best for the people here and for our couple also. LOVE SUSMA