Thulhagiri Island Resort & Spa

We booked for end of March to early April to miss the strong rain, thunder etc which happened on our last day, and we cannot do anything ie swimming or sun bath. The actual temp is higher than BBC weather, it is 38c, to 34c, and feel like 41c as strong sun and no wind, and no shade. A many of mini island with surrounding soft sand, but no shells and no fish. We were lucky to see sharks few times and mantle couple times. The depth of sea water is 5ft tall, and I could go out very far, but nothing to see on snorkelling which is a shame. Only few swimmers, only 20+ sun bathers, mostly are Germany ppl. Food, the restaurant is small and open so it is hot, only fans, so it is hard to stay out eating, but dash back to room for ac. the hot food is limited, I can count like 12 trays, and the fruits is limited and they cut for you. It is not a cheap holiday, so I would expect more selection and less control on food ie is a buffet, so controlling on fruits Is odd. I was on full board, and expecting some basic drink ie tea, soft drinks, but that was not that case, soft drink was like $4 not cheap. accommodation, we booked the superior water house, it is beautiful, and so cool, floating on sea, ours is at the end, so it is like 5 mins walk to beach, restaurant, gym etc so it was tiring, and annoying. The bathroom is beautiful, twin basins, but no shower head so it was annoying to wash, only fixed head shower. The sheets are not ironed, so you see ceased. It is hot country, like all islands, it has insects, cockroaches, etc and it was bad, I got bitten twice on the leg, and we did not eat inside. We sprayed and many cockrochaers died like flies. We both got bitten daily, 2 per days. they did act with spray, and electric, but they bite at sleep and daytime. The sea is beautiful, hot and salty, bring your snorkelling gear, feed bread and wait 15mins and you get some silver fishes. sunrise was covered by low clouds, and sunset was captured once, but covered by cloud again. It is an island, so you are locked in, we did the many excursions, snork, sunrise, dinner at night bbq, but there are not much to do. if you cannot swim, then you are in trouble ie bored. If you going for sun bathe, it is not cheap, as I can find local countries or other hot asia countries. You cannot swim far out, even it is low level as there are no life guard, so it is your risk to swim out far, so sea reef, is a no no, also you cannot go. It is a tick box holiday, but we wont go, as there are cheaper places for hot sun and clear water.

Fantastic place for R and R-the waters are sparkling light blue with plenty of fish to be seen Staff are amazing,food is incredible and accommodation so comfortable-am in an overwater bungalow that rocks with the tide,so soothing Plenty to do-snorkelling trip and sunset dolphin tour extra but worth it

This island is wonderful! We spent our honeymoon at Thulhagiri, first time in Maldives. I’m glad that I could be there, I have friends from the staff, they service and kidness also unforgettable like the island. Susma, Muffed and our favorite bartender we hope that we can see you again! Foods were amazing with my gluten intolarence I could choose min 4 type of food and never had issues as every day the staff showed me what can I eat! Thank you for the amazing expericence! I hope we can see you soon Xoxo

Our October stay in Lovers Paradise My husband and I were looking forward to Thulhagiri Resort and we believed that this small island would be charming for our wedding anniversary holiday. We are regular visitors to the Maldives and love the barefoot natural resorts with a house reef. Thulgahiri did not disappoint us and we spent a wonderful 10 days here. The reef and coral here were worse than we expected, but the snorkeling trip to Bandos reef made up for it. The biggest benefit of the Thulgahiri resort are the beautiful beaches and white sand around the entire island. The beach bungalows also deserve praise.. too luxurious for us. We didn't use the TV or the bathtub during our vacation. The location of our bungalow was excellent (No. 121). Thank you to the reservation team (Mr. Hazim) for fulfilling my e-mail request regarding the preferred location of our beach villa. However, we would like to praise entire staff from the Sand bar, the Beach bar and the Buffet restaurant, all of which are run by a very experienced R&B manager. We especially thank to Mr. Rakesh from the Beach bar.. who fulfilled all our wishes very quickly and efficiently. Summary: I recommend the resort to guests who don't want to travel far from Male and prefer AI services over daily snorkeling. The beaches and ocean water are really beautiful here. The food is a litle bit monotonous but very tasty. We missed themed dinners in the Buffet restaurant and live music during the evening entertainment.., but the most important thing is that thanks to all the employees of the resort we had an unforgettable holiday. We would love to come back . Katarina & Zdenko from Slovakia

Had two weeks here in a water bungalow for our honeymoon. We had the most amazing time and loved every minute Our waiter took great care of us and even sorted a romantic dinner on the beach for us one night, The room was great although the air con struggled to cool it down and if you were second for a shower it was like going into an oven. The cleaner was lovely and came every day with fresh beach and bathroom towels. The food was perfect for us as we love curries and spice, plenty of none spicy options available too. Not much entertainment first week but increased our second week. The beach BBQ was worth the money ($65) even though we were all inclusive it was lovely to have dinner by the sea (again) Would I go back, definitely. But as there are so many other islands would probably try somewhere wise next time.