Most Beautiful Islands

French Polynesia Islands - Raiatea Island

2012-04-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

Raiatea Island

Raiatea , is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the 'center' of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to Hawaii, Aotearoa and other parts of East Polynesia started at Ra'iatea. A traditional name for the island is believed to be Havai'i. Raiatea, meaning "faraway heaven" and "sky with soft light", was first named Havai'i after the homeland of the ancient Polynesians and is the most sacred island in the South Pacific. It's no wonder that the tourism industry has recently begun to promote Raiatea and Tahaa as interesting vacation alternatives to these other more well known cousins of Tahiti- Nui. They are truly some of the last "undiscovered jewels" of Tahiti Polynesia. Raiatea and Taha'a are two islands enclosed in a single barrier reef. Here you can see lush green valleys, cascades, pineapple and vanilla plantations.

The most famous one is the Taputapuatea marae located in Opoa’s village. It is considered as the biggest and most sacred of the territory as it was at that time the headquarters of political and religious power of French Polynesia. Raiatea is also the most important nautical base of the Society islands. The lagoon has 11 passes of which the famous Te Ava Piti that allows big boats to reach Uturoa, the island’s capital. Raiatea, second economic center of Polynesia, is particularly lively when those luxury cruising boats arrive. On those occasions, the shops on the wharf, as well as the market, offer their best local products.

Finally, for scuba diving lovers, the diversity of the lagoon shared by both Raiatea and Tahaa islands will delight you: coral gardens, caves, drift divings in the passes, discovery of the Nodby’s wreck, a Danish schooner of the 19th century located 30 metres deep in the sea.

Lodging on Raiatea

Raiatea's primary resort, he Raiatea Hawaiki Nui offers sunrise views and close proximity to the main town of Uturoa. Only 10 minutes from the airport, the resort features a full service restaurant and 28 bungalows to suit your every choice: lagoonside, overwater, and garden. Only 5 minutes from the airport is the Raiatea Lodge Resort. As a small country hotel it enjoys a very special position, with a beautiful garden in which to lounge, a pool for relaxing, a jetty, a surprising snorkeling spot and easy access to the motu (small island) of Miri Miri with its white-sand beach.

Selling tips

Natural features: many deep bays; a well-preserved spectacular environment (craters, waterfalls); optimum sailing conditions; a navigable river (Fa'aroa) offering novel tours, vanilla plantations. Discover one of the world's rarest plants, the unusual "Tiare Apetahi";

A special underwater world where diversity reigns: coral gardens; caves; drift diving in the many passes; exploration of the Norby shipwreck- a splendid three-master ship that sank in 1900;

Attractive private hotels, family hotels satisfy visitors eager for authentic contact with the islanders and their way of life;

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE; Mitch Allen; Naomi T; Pierre Lesage; Mark Barger; jabbapablo;

French Polynesia Islands - Huahine Island

2012-03-21T09:14:00.001-07:00

Huahine Island

For one thing, the island is, arguably, the most picturesque in all of French Polynesia. Huahine is truly an undiscovered paradise among the Society Islands. The island itself is actually 2 islands known as Huahine Nui & Huahine Iti (Big and Little Huahine) It is located 110 miles northwest of Tahiti and is 28 square miles in size. A bridge connects the 2 islands and can be easily explored in a day or two or more. Huahine sits just opposite Raiatea and Taha’a from Bora Bora, and is larger, greener, more pristine, more culturally rich and pure than most of the Leeward Islands. It boasts the most archeological & sacred sites and the nicest people anywhere in French Polynesia. Huahine Island the least explored of the Society Islands, Huahine is a happy, peaceful place, where the traditional Polynesian way of life continues in spectacular scenery that rivals any on Moorea or Bora Bora. With steep mountains descending into protected bays of azure blue and emerald green colors, the island is also one of the more geographically diverse of the Society Group.Any place on Huahine is pure paradise. There is a lookout where you can see across the center of the island and its interior lagoons, then Northwest of Huahine Iti lies a brackish lake known as Lac Fauna Nui. This lake is all that remains of the ancient atoll lagoon. All around the island there beautiful gardens, farms, and lagoon after lagoon.

Lodging on Huahine

The three primary properties on Huahine are as unique and unspoiled as their surroundings. These exclusive resorts and hotel are located on opposite sides of the two islands and offer beauty, seclusion, fine dining, and pure relaxation. The resort restaurants are among the best in the Pacific and feature lavish and traditional Polynesian shows and music performed by the island's best musicians. These restaurants include the Omai at Sofitel Heiva Huahine, and the beautiful Arii at the Te Tiare Beach Resort.

Other restaurants include Te Nahe at Relais Mahana offering a charming local atmosphere of the isolated southern island, while Te Marara, Tiare Tipanier, and Te Manava in Fare feature waterfront settings, South Seas ambience, and Polynesian, French, and International cuisine favored by the locals. The village of Fare also offers a few roulottes and snack shops perfect for informal settings and picnics.

Activities:

Like all Islands in French Polynesia, the dual Islands of Huahine, are a water lovers paradise! Surrounded by a pristine tropical ocean and a wonderful lagoon, a great many watersports are available for your enjoyment. World class scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, and surfing are among the most popular choices Huahine has to offer, but there are numerous other choices too! Take a casual lagoon swim, rent a jetski, go windsurfing, or see what kiteboarding is all about! It's no wonder that many of Huahine's travelers come to this island just for the watersports alone!

Photos taken by: Traci L.A.; Cruiser01793 ; Pierre Lesage

French Polynesia Islands - Manihi Island

2012-03-19T04:34:00.003-07:00

Manihi Island

If you’ve dreamed of being stranded on a deserted island with all of the modern conveniences, tiny Manihi could be the place for you. Manihi is an atoll 312 miles northeast of Tahiti, in the Taumotu rchipelago. Its clear lagoon,wich is 3 ½ miles wide by 19miles long, has a deep naviglabe pass through the reef. Its magnificent clear lagoon has a deep navigable pass through the reef, and shelters several black pearl farms.

The atoll is known for its abundance of palm trees, white sandy beaches, extraordinary scuba diving, snorkeling, and spear fishing. Far from the modern world, the crystal-clear lagoon was once filled with mother-of-pearl and is the site of Tahiti's first black pearl farm. This is "farm country" South Pacific style. Instead of crops, over 60 farms here produce the world's most sought after gem: pearls. Manihi's lagoon waters are among the most perfect on earth for cultivating pearls because of the temperature, density, salinity, light, and overall climate. Today, Manihi is still the leading supplier for the Tahitian cultured pearl industry. As the Tuamotus are sparsely populated, social life on the atolls revolves around your hotel, where you’ll enjoy the companionship of fellow adventurers from around the world. Most of the 800 population live in Turipaoa village beside the pass. The lagoon is a springboard for a number of excursions which perfectly capture everything that Polynesia’s underwater flora and fauna have to offer.

Accommodation:

You can also choose between hotel categories from the most luxurious built out over the water or the more simple family pension accommodation. The only primary resort is the Manihi Pearl Beach Resort located on the main motu between the airport and the main village of Turipaoa. This well-known property features beach bungalows, each with a prime beachfront location and overwater bungalows built on the edge of the reef facing the famous lagoon. Pearl Beach Resort, Manihi, is a resort in love with and devoted to the sea and lagoon. This enchanting resort is the only one on the island and features 19 deluxe overwater bungalows with glass coffee table views of the colorful lagoon coral and marine life below and 22 beachfront bungalows, each with a refrigerator, hair dryers, coffee/ tea making facilities, individual safes, sundecks and private facilities (showers).

Activities:

Activities are naturally centered around the lagoon and your hosts will arrange boat trips to show you around the lagoon, visiting the fish parks and pearl farms, with picnics on a motu and line or spear fishing. The lagoon is a springboard for a number of excursions which perfectly capture everything that Polynesia’s underwater flora and fauna have to offer.Manihi is a haven for scuba divers, and the resort is the center for most of the activities. Besides the pearl farms, visitors enjoy exploring the lagoon and the main village of Turipaoa. There are few cars here so walking around the town square and along the coral paths is as peaceful and romantic as the lagoon itself.

Photos taken by: edpdiver ; sneno75 ; Yola.W

French Polynesia Islands - Rangiroa Island

2012-03-16T01:59:00.004-07:00

Rangiroa Island

The largest atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Rangiroa is home to a 42-mile long by 16-mile wide turquoise lagoon From the air, the atoll - the second largest in the world - seems to be a giant pearl necklace laid upon the water. Here is a world where 240 tiny islets, or motu, each no more than three feet in elevation, lay upon the ocean for more than 110 miles completely encircling an infinitely deep lagoon. Only an hour's flight from Tahiti, Rangiroa offers sunshine, white coral beaches and an immense playground for water sports and activities. Surrounded by two legendary bodies of water, Moana-tea and Moana-uri (Oceans), the main villages of Avatoru and Tiputa offer the visitor with a unique look at the South Pacific. Along the few roads, coral churches, craft centers, local restaurants, and tiny shops provide enjoyable land-based experiences to complement the many activities in the lagoon.

Accommodation:

There are only two "large" hotels, the luxurious Kia Ora and the confortable Novotel. Besides those hotels, there are several smaller family-run pensions, for instance Les Relais de Josephine.

Kia Ora, A very luxurious but old establishment, with a few overwater bungalows. The annex Kia Ora Sauvage is located on a remote motu, perfect for a complete castaway from civilization. The hotel will undergo renovation during 2009. The hotel is located near a very narrow stretch of sand which could be described as a beach. There is good snorkeling once you get off shore a bit. We saw many fish and rays. The hotel restaurant is good and the seafood buffet is a nice touch. They also have staff (Willie) who speaks excellent english and makes communicating much easier. The infinity pool is a great place to relax during the day.

Novotel Lagoon Resort, less plushy than the Kia Ora, but still high-range. Located close to the airport, but due to the very low number of (propeller only)flights this is really not a problem. Note that the hotel is right on the lagoon, with wonderful snorkelling but that there is no sand beach.

One of the cheapest family-run pensions would be Pension Loyna .Loyna is very friendly and helpful, provides free bicycle rental, knows everyone else in the island, and cooks delicious meals!

Activities:

Like many of the islands of French Polynesia, Rangiroa offers access to fantastic water sports. Rangiroa offers some of the best dives in the world in and around the Tiputa Pass. Sedentary common bottlenose dolphins regularly play group in the Pass. They can be viewed from the mainland but it is also one of the few places where they can be approached in scuba diving. Because of its large size and the existence of only two passes, each high tide creates a strong incoming current while each low tide creates a strong outgoing current in those two passes. When the current is flowing inward through Tiputa Pass, about 200 shark specimens gather at the entrance to the Tiputa Pass, at fifty meters deep. Led by the strong current, sharks can remain motionless and allow divers to observe them without any difficulty. Largemanta rays, green sea turtles, and humphead wrasses can also be seen. Occasionally, tiger sharks and hammerhead sharks can also be spotted.

Finally, for the curious and wine lovers, it is possible to discover a unique world vineyard located in the middle of a coconut plantation, on the lagoon side, and then of course taste its production.

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE

Maldives - Huvafen Fushi

2012-03-13T01:42:00.000-07:00

Huvafen Fushi Private Island

If you're heading to the Maldives, your desert-island expectations are going to be pretty high. The Maldives have always been a special place for a tropical escape. Located in North Malé Atoll in the Maldives, Huvafen Fushi is a breathtaking 30 minute luxury speedboat ride from Male International Airport. Located in North Malé Atoll in the Maldives, Huvafen Fushi is a breathtaking 30 minute luxury speedboat ride from Male International Airport. You'll be wanting white sand islets all to your self, and butlers bringing you punch while you paddle, thank you very much. After being greeted by your Thakuru on arrival, a quick cruise, skimming across the azure Indian Ocean will prepare you for a magnificently sensual escape into paradise. Alternatively, a captivating chartered seaplane transfer of 15 minutes across the atoll can be arranged for those who still prefer to fly. Fushi will not let you down. Dip your toes in the warm, ridiculously clear lagoon, dine in incredible locations, snorkel one of the Maldives best house reefs and flop out on your own private stretch of powdery-sand perfection. And just when you think it can't possibly get any better, you'll stumble upon the world's first underwater spa.

Accommodation

Huvafen Fushi Resort has just 43 naturally modern bungalows and pavilions on this tiny island, showcasing distinctive design. Four categories of land villas and three types of water lbungalows are available for quests, not to mention the fabulous luxury dhoni’s for the ultimate Maldives escape. This luxury resort features an individual plunge pool in every quest villa. Differences are not huge amongst villas since all are spaciously lavish and have the same facities albeit with discreet differences. Most differences come in size of televisions, pools and location of the bungalow. The more expensive the villa, the bigger the television,pool and floorspace. The premium villas have an on”call personal butler. Despite some differences, all have a hight level of extravagant luxury.

Relaxation

A whole range of restaurants and bars is to be found here. All venues celebrate the beauty and calming effects of the natural surroundings and seek to bring you to a purer state of being. For those looking to shake their derrière, the Huvafen Fushi is well frequented by a circuit of international DJ’s that will take the party well into dawn.

The spa here is all together remarkable. As the world’s first “underwater spa”, the concept of water surrounds you like you have never experienced before. Spend an afternoon getting a first-class massage in an atmosphere where nature and interior design converge in utter harmony.

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE & Maldives Exclusive Travel - Maldives

Maldives - Soneva Fushi

2012-03-05T07:54:00.001-08:00

Kunfunadhoo Private Island

Soneva Fushi, the first "Robinson Crusoe" style hideaway in the Maldives, is set on the privately owned, uninhibited, tropical paradise island of Kunfunadhoo. Soneva Fushi is situated in the Baa Atoll, north of Male Atoll. There are 19 atolls that stretch over 800 kilometres made up of the 1,190 islands which are the Maldives. Apart from the crystal clear waters, for which the Maldives is world-renowned, the island's unusually rich vegetation provides a unique natural experience. Villas and rooms are scattered along the beach and tucked into the lush greenery, providing the ultimate in privacy. Soneva Fushi, in the North Baa Atoll region of the Maldives, is the ultimate island experience.Soneva is committed to offer luxuries of the highest standard in an environment that nurtures the indigenous feel in design, architecture and service. The simple sophistication of a Soneva resort is enhanced by continually embracing innovations that result in the creation of unique experiences for guests.

Accommodation

A Soneva resort has a limited number of accommodations, allowing for exceptional and inspired service. Furnishings and finishes are crafted from renewable and sustainable sources, while generous personal space and the fusion of nature with guest experiences create destinations unto themselves, and further expounding the Soneva theme –Intelligent Luxury.

Soneva Fushi offers just 65 villas, which capture the very essence of a luxurious castaway fantasy. One of the greatest feature of villas is the spaciousness, in and out, that provides an ideal hideway from other quests. Each villa has the luxuries found in the best hotels but with a natural feel that is ideal for a Maldivian island atmosphere. The villas are placed so that your very own stretch of white sand beach is just a few steps away. There is dense vegetation in between each villa and garden patios let you admire the secluded beauty. Villas offer modern day facilities, yet the utmost care has been given to make the resort environment friendly, and to reflect the dream of a Robinson Crusoe experience. Thus, the hairdyer is hidden in the drawer of a coconut wood desk; the mini-bar,safe,and quadraphonic hi-fi are concelead behind rattan; the TV and DVD can be set up where you like, if you want them at all.

Activities

The sheer size of the island allows an enjoyable exploration by bicycle or an energetic run on one of Soneva Fushi's hidden jogging trails. The absence of major hotel development in the Baa Atoll leaves one spoilt for choice of desert islands to beach picnic. Alternatively ramble through nature and discover on the resort's island and neighboring island villages. And all the while, soft white sand underfoot. Then there is the wonderful Six Senses Spa, offering a menu of rejuvenating to calm mind and body. Enjoy the tranquility and remoteness of this private island and come and stay for a week or two.

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE

Maldives - Soneva Gili

2012-02-25T04:55:00.001-08:00

Lankanfushi Private Island

Soneva Gili resort hotel Maldives is located in one of the largest lagoons in the Maldives, on the privately owned Lankanfushi Island. North Male atoll in the Maldives. Lankanfushi is one of the largest lagoons in the Maldives and apart from the crystal clear waters, for which the Maldives is so renowned, the island and the lagoon provide the unique experience of combining natural lush vegetation on the island and an abundance of fish in the surrounding waters. Soneva Gili is a short 20 minute boat ride from Male, the capital of the Maldives. It is a tiny coral island in a sparkling lagoon, with jetties threading across the water out to spacious villas. Apart from the sparkling waters, the tiny island provides a very intimate atmosphere fused with luxuries of the highest international standard to create a wonderfully serene and natural experience, continuing the Soneva philosophy of Intelligent Luxury. Soneva Gili is a short 20 minute boat ride from Male, the capital of the Maldives. It is a tiny coral island in a sparkling lagoon, with jetties threading across the water out to spacious villas.

Accommodation

Soneva Gili offers just 45 sumptuous over-water villas, including 7 Crusoe Residences and The Private Reserve reached only by boat. Each villa has not only been designed and built with the utmost attention to detail, but are also environmentally-friendly and reflect the harmony of life by the water's edge. Each has its own private water garden and sun decks, and the bathrooms have a separate shower accessed along an open-air walkway. The water villa suites and the Residences have all the luxuries found in most exclusive resorts. However, while offering all these facilities, the utmost care has been taken to make the resort environmentally-friendly and to reflect the harmony of life by the water's edge. Therefore, the cantilevered sun deck sits just above the water level, making dining in ones villa a panoramic dream.

The villas and the residences are spacious with wooden floors. The interior decoration has been devised to recreate a natural habitat, using sustainable woods, natural materials and traditional fabrics, whilst still offering all the modern day amenities and creature comforts of true luxury. At Soneva Gili by Six Senses we are very sensitive to the environment. The utmost care has been taken in developing the island with respect to its ecological balance. The Maldives is a paradise for snorkeling and diving and the resort has its own fully -equipped PADI diving school plus a variety of water sports. This place tops the list of must-do destinations for those in the know.

Activities

Windsurfing, sailing, water-skiing, wakeboarding and canoeing out to the small offshore island; Supervised snorkeling on the house reef or the excellent Ocean Deep-sea fishing for sailfish, wahoo and yellow-fin tuna. The overwater Six Senses Spa offers endless body and beauty trearments: massages ranging from Hawaiian to Mongolia; Aboriginal palm reading; reflexology; aromatherapy; Bach flower essence therapy and everything imaginable. There is also an air conditioned fitness center, with flooe-to-ceiling glass, plus a sauna, steam room and cold room. Alternatively, take some massage lessons and treat your partner J

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE

Maldives - One&Only Reethi Rah

2012-02-13T04:20:00.000-08:00

One&Only Reethi Rah Private Island

There is a place in a far blue ocean of wonderful beauty. A jewel among a string of coral atolls, lagoons and white sands. The experience is privacy, warmth and moments of magic, a promise of utter contentment fulfilled. This is One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah. One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah is just 35km from Hulhule airport,a 75 minutes luxury launch aboard the One&Only yacht brings quests directly to the resort located on one of the largest islands in Kaafu Atoll. This One&Only experience conbines endless white sand coves and turquoise bays, unspoilt waters and stunning dive spots with exclusive and genuine privacy, lush surroundings and vibrant life, ambiance and energy. One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah offers the ultimate holiday experience to those seeking the pinnacle of tropical luxury. Nowhere else in the Maldives is there a resort with this much space.

Accommodation

One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah is unusual in that it is spectacularly designed in an octopus shape with an extraordinary 6 km of coastline. As a result, villas are wonderfully spacious and all guests can enjoy beautiful ocean views and access. One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah's 130 villas are discreetly placed amidst beautiful landscaping, each occupying its own secluded piece of sandy shore or private deck over crystal clear waters of the lagoon. These are some of the largest resort villas in the world, with a minimum area of 135m2, high airy ceilings and generous exterior space, ranging from private verandas and stretches of beach to private swimming pools with large decks. The look and feel is sleek and elegantly tropical, using beautiful natural materials and contemporary styling. All villas feature air-conditioning, wide-screen plasma TVs, DVD players, surround sound systems, fully stocked beverage cabinet, smoke alarms, sun beds, safes, double bathrooms and dressing areas, large soaking tubs with oversize bathroom area. Extensive in-villa dining is available and the resort keeps a library of books, CDs and DVDs for use by guests.Surrounded by the wonders of the crystal blue ocean, this superb all villa resort offers an unrivalled level of style, choice and personalized exploration. One&Only Reethi Rah offers the ultimate holiday experience to those seeking the pinnacle of tropical luxury, and has earned the following recognition.

Dining

In thatched pavilions over water… or on Arabian carpets in the sand… guests enjoy a level of service and culinary creativity that is unsurpassed in tropical island resorts. With an eye towards perfection, the resort features its own organic Chef’s Garden, and speciality items such as Kobe beef and toro from Japan are shipped on a regular basis. At One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah, island chic is the keynote for evenings, and the innovative and fresh cuisine is prepared with passion and flair.

Activities

One&Only offers a host of activities on and offshore, including tennis, beach football and volleyball, table tennis and indoor games. Pros are available for lessons and as playing partners on request. Guests can choose from numerous excursions: deep-sea fishing, sunset dhoni fishing, deluxe "desert island" picnics and cultural visits to local islands. Woven hammocks are placed around the island, for guests to relax in and read the days away. Live music is an integral part of the evening's entertainment.

Photos taken by: Alain Poder

Maldives - Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru

2012-02-08T04:46:00.000-08:00

Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru Private Island

Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru is a small intimate, private island resort with all the luxuries of the quintessential paradise island. It is the perfect holiday getaway for the most discerning traveler, ideal for people who are looking for intense escapism and privacy. Occupying the entire island of Vabbinfaru, the jewel of the North Malé Atoll, Banyan Tree Maldives Vabbinfaru lies in secluded luxury, merely 25 minutes by speedboat from the airport and Malé, the capital of the Maldives. For those seeking absolute rest and relaxation in a laid-back atmosphere,Banyan Tree is designed to deliver in luxurious fashion. Time moves imperceptibly, while the gentle touch of the warm sun makes you recall wondrous dreams once forgotten. Famous for their blissful Banyan Tree Spa, let all of your tension melt away. You will find paradise here,breathing in the salty tang of the ocean breeze as rise in the morning, swimming amongst the wondrous ocean creatures that dwell just below, enjoying the pampered comfort of your own elegant villa and marveling at the unobstructed splash of stras in the night.

Accommodation

Enjoy the best of Maldives on land and in the water as Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru offers up the best of all worlds including one of the best house reefs in the Maldives that is easily accessible from your villa. Immerse yourself in the bubbling waters of the jet pool and feel the tension seep away from your body as you drift off in a luxurious king sized bed to the sound of waves lapping on the picture-perfect shores. With a total 180sqm, your sampler experience won't be anything but luxe.

All the rooms are the same size but the deluxe rooms use some finer materials. All electricity goes off when the card key is removed from its slot and the air conditioning must be separately restarted. The best plan is probably to throw the doors open and enjoy the inside/outside life for which the rooms are well designed. The small rooms then spill out onto a fair sized deck and then a garden for the Ocean View Villas or the beach for the Beach Front Villas. Jacuzzis have been replaced with much more enjoyable plunge pools and each room also has a 'sala' or pavilion, which is inside the attractive, private gardens or, for the beach villas, at the end of a covered walkway out over the beach.

Activities

You'll find paradise here - catching the sea breeze as you wake up in the morning, snorkeling over coral and marine life just steps away from your private villa entrance, luxuriating in the comfort of your elegant five-star Maldives beach villa or a luxury Maldives spa, and marvelling at the beautiful Maldives sunset and magnificent splash of stars in the night. On top of that, enjoy complimentary wi-fi in public areas and in your villa. If you need more action than relaxation on your vacation, Banyan Tree offers a good variety of activities, or you can just lay back and get pampered at the Banyan Tree Spa or tuck into some delicious gourmet foods at the Banyan Tree restaurants.

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE and Ahmed Xahir

Maldives - Banyan Tree Madivaru

2012-02-05T22:53:00.000-08:00

Banyan Tree Madivaru Private Island

About 59km or 1 hour and 15 minutes speed boat transfer from the Male International Airport in the Maldives, lies the newly developed island of Madivaru. Banyan Tree Maldives Madivaru sets unprecedented and unique standards of luxury accommodation in Maldives. At Madivaru, Banyan Tree has created an exclusive island sanctuary renowned in the Maldives and beyond, one to appeal to the senses of even the most seasoned traveller.

The island of Madivaru features a pristine white sandy beach, a beautiful lagoon and is surrounded by breathtaking house reefs, where guests can expect a high level of privacy coupled with the finest service yet in the quintessential Banyan Tree experience. Madivaru can be your private island for the duration of your stay, or enjoy a relaxed trip making new friends in this exclusive island sanctuary that will touch the senses of all its guests. Luxury privacy is re-defined here! At Banyan Tree Madivaru, you are to forget your busy schedule and indulge in total privacy, flirting with nature.

Accommodation

Banyan Tree Madivaru offers a stay experience that is unmatched in the Maldives. A true Maldives five-star hotel experience, Banyan Tree Madivaru features an exclusive cluster of six freestanding Tented Pool Villas who is the first of its kind in Maldives. Just six tented Pool villas , each comprising three interlinked Bedouin tents, a bedroom, bathroom, and living area, with fine facilities including two outdoor showers, indoor bathtub, wine cooler, telephone, internet, combined flatscreen television/DVD/stereo surround sound system, outdoor terrace with daybeds, sunloungers and a private pool and canopied al fresco dining area.

Restaurants

Meals and scheduled excursions are all-inclusive, ensuring that guests enjoy the very best of fresh catches and marine activities. Boa Keyo, An all-day dining restaurant and a bar lounge. Named after an indigenous tree that covers large parts of the island, guests can take in a refreshing cocktail and cool off indoors in the welcome shade of this elegant restaurant.

Activities

The island itself is a little gem with a large lagoon which is wonderful for swimming as well as snorkeling. Water sports such as canoeing, water-skiing, catamaran sailing, and speedboat excursions will definitely entice the adventurous type of individual. Scuba diving in the nearby reef offers sightings of exotic sea creatures and fishes.If you want to relax and unwind, the Kanuhura Coral Island Resort Maldives has a large fresh water pool where you can lounge away endlessly.

Photos taken by: IDEE_PER_VIAGGIARE