Barefoot bliss
Jul 18, 2025 outofireland Dublin, Ireland
This is a long one!! We spent 1 week here in June and had a wonderful time and fabulous sunny weather for the whole week. This was our 8th Maldives island to visit.
We arrived in Male at 5am ish. Got through security relatively quickly and proceed to the arrivals hall where we were met by an Angasana rep who assisted us through the seaplane check…
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This is a long one!! We spent 1 week here in June and had a wonderful time and fabulous sunny weather for the whole week. This was our 8th Maldives island to visit.
We arrived in Male at 5am ish. Got through security relatively quickly and proceed to the arrivals hall where we were met by an Angasana rep who assisted us through the seaplane check in and then on to the business lounge in the seaplane terminal. The lounge is relatively quiet with nice comfy seats access to a balcony and what looked like some tasty snacks. We just had time for a quick coffee and change of clothes before proceeding to the seaplane area. We arrived at the island after a 45 minute flight, the seaplane was going on to other islands after our drop off. We disembarked in a pontoon and were whisked to the island in a speedboat. We were met by staff and brought reception where we were quickly checked in and taken to our room. We were so grateful for this as it was only 9.30am! We were delighted with the room we got which was an upgrade on our booked room. We were upgraded to a deluxe beach pool villa. Thank you so much Angsana staff. We were absolutely thrilled. We thoroughly enjoyed this room. We stayed in an all inclusive basis and this was absolutely perfect for us. We used the pool at the back everyday, several times. We had a lovely beach view by our room and shaded sunloungers at the front. If I was to be critical I would say the rooms need some slight modernising eg putting USB/C ports at the bedside, making the door lock electronic instead of key. More access to plugs but these things did by no way bother us. Just a reflection.
We settled in to the island very quickly and found our way around. The island was perfect for us in this respect as we wanted a traditional no shoes island that you could walk the full way around and sandy paths and this island rocked those boxes perfectly.
We were spoiled by the wonderful staff we met and surprisingly many were working there >10 years which says a lot. We were fortunate to chat to new manager Jan who was always available and wanting to help.
We visited the water villa bar and restaurant for drinks and really enjoyed the vibe there and spotting turtles and sting rays as we sat there. But I must say we never at any point regretted not booking a water villa. My husband took the daily snorkelling tour most days and I did it 3 times and each we saw an abundance of colourful corals and sealife. It was organised so well by Ajeel in the dive centre. Who makes everyone feel so safe. He’s wonderful. When we were not snorkelling we enjoyed relaxing by the pool or walking around the island. The food was beautiful here we never had a bad meal and loved having the option of al a carte dining and the buffet. This is no ordinary buffet there was always chefs such as Mamun are on hand cooking fresh food and topping up the beautiful dishes. In this Kaani restaurant we were so well looked after by Ijmal and Leila who greeted us so brightly and tried to make things extra special. Try the biryani on the Indian al a carte menu- it’s divine.
We enjoyed watching the sunset form Funa restaurant, we didn’t take the opportunity to eat there but enjoyed some great margaritas made by Shehan. There is a happy hour there in the afternoon. We enjoyed the drinks sitting outside the bar and were greeted warmly on very occasion by Adash and Sudeesh. A wonderful selection of beers, wines and cocktails on our package. Our very last night was made extra special Ajmal the bar supervisor who went above and beyond. We are very grateful. This gentleman works incredibly hard, as do all the staff on this wonderful island. We hope to return very soon. We haven’t returned to a Maldivian island before but this one fits the bill for us
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