Kandooma Island Resort Maldives

Garden Villas

48 sq meters in area, either garden or sea facing. Each villa is furnished with a king or twin beds, with an option to enjoy the outdoor shower. Large picture windows open out to a private living area complete with a daybed and hammock.

Beach Villas

48 sq meters in area, either garden or sea facing. Each villa is furnished with a king or twin beds, with an option to enjoy the outdoor shower. Large picture windows open out to a private living area complete with a daybed and hammock.

Seafront Duplex Villas

71sq meters in area. Tastefully furnished with king beds, and with an option to enjoy the outdoor shower. Bedrooms are on the first floor, while the living area on the ground floor is on an open-style design laid out on a carpet of white sand. A daybed, outdoor shower and a diver’s area complement the villa’s informal setting.

Garden View Duplex Villas

71sq meters in area. Tastefully furnished with king beds, and with an option to enjoy the outdoor shower. Bedrooms are on the first floor, while the living area on the ground floor is on an open-style design laid out on a carpet of white sand. A daybed, outdoor shower and a diver’s area complement the villa’s informal setting.

Family Villas

142 sq meters in area, these villas are made up of 2 Duplex villas.

Ocean View Water Villas

85 sq meters in area, each villa is furnished with a king bed and large picture windows look out to the sea. The spacious bedroom flows out to a large outdoor shower and bathtub. An indoor shower is also an option. Sliding doors open onto a private sundeck and a water hammock. Access to villas is by walking on a private boardwalk which projects out into the open sea.

Island View Water Villas

85 sq meters in area, each villa is furnished with a king bed and large picture windows look out to the sea. The spacious bedroom flows out to a large outdoor shower and bathtub. An indoor shower is also an option. Sliding doors open onto a private sundeck and a water hammock. Access to villas is by walking on a private boardwalk which projects out into the open sea.

Two‐bedroom Presidential Villa

Hotel & Recreational Facilities

Being lively and engaged is central to our reason for existing so when it comes to dedicating a department for activity we were always going to do some things a little differently. While diving largely takes centre stage, being almost a dog-paddle to some of the country’s best dive sites, we have developed experiences to tickle most tastes. It might be pursuing an adrenaline surge on a surfboard, a mind enriching aqua safari or a reflective moment at a moonlit campfire drinking tea with a Maldivian story teller.

What a perfect way to end an amazing day, a sunset cruise aboard our Dhoni, Kandooma Orange. Feel the tranquillity of the surrounding waters as the sun sinks below the horizon. Enjoy cool drinks and tasty snacks as you watch the colourful display in the skies above, the setting sun adding a thrill to the nights awaiting adventures. For added fun Kandooma Orange has been fitted with boom nets. During the cruise these nets will be lowered into the water so you can actually have your drink, sitting in the water whilst still being towed across the sea slowly. Lasting for approximately 2 hours celebrate a drink before your evening meal, surrounded by family, friends and paradise.

What a perfect way to end an amazing day, a sunset cruise with your loved one onboard our luxury boat, Kandooma Gold. Feel the tranquillity of the surrounding waters as the sun sinks below the horizon, your mode of transport adding that special touch of class. Enjoy canapés accompanied by sparkling wine, bringing you a bit of elegance and style as you watch the colourful display in the skies above, the setting sun adding a thrill to the nights awaiting adventures.

Activities

For those who wish to feel the healing affect of nature our qualified therapist are more than willing to pamper you with a rejuvenating massage at our spas. But for those who wish to feel an adrenalin rush then the best advice that could be offered is to head over either to our sports complex in which one would find a fully equipped gym, badminton court, tennis court, football ground, and many more.

The turquoise blue lagoon and the snowy white beach at the hudhuran fushi makes it just about perfect for anyone seeking fun and excitement via any of the sports such as wind surfing, catamaran, water skiing, banana riding, canoeing, kite surfing amon many others.

Hudhuran fushi is renowed for its popularity among surfers. Easy accessibility to famous surfing breaks in the maldives such as ninja, lohi's, pasta, sultan, cokes, honkies, chickens and himmafushi among others needs no further debut about how much surfers love Hudhuran fushi.

The very 1st in the Maldives to bring you entertainment that you can see, feel and interact with. Just as pulsating as the radio station and its 3 super-cool channels, our 3 DJs’ show you how great things always come in 3’s. Worldly, talented, creative and inspired with love for music our DJs’ ensure that the best music from all over the world keeps spinning. Whether it’s from ‘Bananas in the morning’s live show that guarantees to have you in tickles, or from our vibrant sunset show, the entertainment is nothing short of the paradise that meets your eyes everyday here on Kandooma! Love the music so much you want it just for yourself? Then come to the station and get yourself one of the 50 ipods the DJs’ have programmed for your personal pleasure so you can take it anywhere the radio isn’t.

• The Breakfast Show “Bananas in the Morning” Live Daily from 8am – 11am On Channel 1 - Kandooma Rise - ‘Kan You Keep Up’ - A banana on its own can be a lot to handle, imagine two bananas? This show has gone to the monkeys! Our Djs bring you sassy entertainment with stories, observations, and straight out laughs that will make you wonder if the monkeys have really taken over?! No matter where you are from, remember one thing, these bananas proof to you that six degrees of separation means the bananas didn’t fall far from the tree!


• The Sunset Show, Live Daily from 4pm-7pm On Channel 1 – Kandooma Rise - ‘Kan You Keep Up’ - Missed the sunset or can’t see it from where you are? Well, fret not as our DJ on the sunset show puts the beauty of sunset in places the eyes cannot go. From grooves to moods, he plays ‘the sunsets’ that bound to transform reality to surreal encounters with bliss and nature.


• Channel 1 - Kandooma Rise ‘Kan You Keep Up’ - A ‘Daily Live programme’ is the mantra from the morning show to the sunset show. However, you wouldn’t want to miss theme nights as everyday of the week from 8pm-11pm our DJs’ create special evenings for those special tastes. Monday nights it’s Country Music from Garth Brooks to Shania Twain. Tuesdays are Oldies of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s ranging from the king of rock ‘n’ roll to the Beatles. Wednesdays, cuddle up to Love songs from the Backstreet Boys to Celine Dion. Thursdays we play international music from all genres whether its Hindi or Latin, you get the best. Weekends “Friday and Saturday nites”, it’s time for a change of pace as we go from 9pm-Midnight and Club K takes over with R&B, Hip-Hop, and Dance that will surely make you bust a move into whatever groove you choose.


• Channel 2 - Kandooma Breeze ‘Where Paradise meets the Eyes’ - A delightful record of good soul searching music full of memorable classics and evergreens, one that takes you on a journey down memory lane. Our DJs’ initiate a sense of nostalgia with their wide repertoire of Slow & Hard Rock, good old “Rock ‘n’ Roll”, and the best from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.


• Channel 3 – Kandooma Bleu ‘Making Waves into Moods’ - It’s an oasis of escapism as you chill-out and max to a degree that no words can explain how you feel. Switch to Channel Bleu where at the end of the line the smoothest of sounds with only your thoughts, allows you to surrender and be where you want to be…

• Kids World - Within Lego throwing distant of the Recreation Center, and adjacent to the Kandooma Café, the Kandooma Kids Club (KKC) is a world of adventure and wonderment for children aged 4 – 12. It is a place to be creative and imaginative, to engage and to learn. The KKC coordinators have been having a whale of a time developing activities for the week. We often wonder if they weren’t just enjoying themselves just a teensy bit too much.


• Wet and splashy - Mini snorkeling is a wonderful way for kids to practice their skills and develop confidence before meeting the fish. This activity takes place in the pool and in the shallow waters of the lagoon.


• Dry and cheery - A selection of indoor supervised activities, board and card games, table games and fun learning has been developed as a part of the weeks programme.


• Clever and nosey - Children are taken on a ‘see and feel’ adventure by our marine biologist as they learn to identify the amazing myriad of colourful marine life. Trips around the island to identify the flora and fauna are also introduced and a follow up painting and sound recording session to remember them is conducted later in the day.


• Creative and messy - The chefs get a little hand with their cooking. Actually lots of little hands as members of the KKC mix, mash, mould, and mush cake mixture into moulds for baking! Then later on it’s a picnic under the trees as they test and enjoy the proof of the pudding.


• Play and fancy - Children take part in Kandooma’s version of the make-believe ‘Pirates of the Maldives’ as they put on costumes, get on a dhoni and rehearse scripts on their given role! KC coordinators director the ‘actors’ and plays on Maldivian legends which are filmed and then screened later that evening for their parents.


• Safe and comfy - Baby sitting services are available for the little ones and can be arranged through the Recreation Center.

• The Dive Center - The Dive Centre is comprehensively equipped to meet the needs of advanced divers but also suitable and thoughtfully set up for absolute beginners. It is run by Euro Divers, a fully accredited organisation operating ten outlets in the Maldives alone as well as operating in several other countries. They will provide multi-lingual instructors to cater for Kandooma’s international guest mix.



Just a few of the available diving options:



• ‘Dive Now Referral Form’ with PADI which allows you to begin your dive adventure back home and complete the course with us


• Bubblemaker for children 8-10 years to experience scuba diving in pool-like conditions


• Discover Scuba for those 10 years and above as a first step towards Open Water Diver certification


• Discover Scuba Diving the first encounter with the wonders of marine life!


• PADI Scuba Diver with 3 training dives in the lagoon, 2 boat dives to maximum 12 meters & 3 theory modules with advancement for a full certification


• Open Water Dive 5 training in the lagoon, 4 boat dives and 5 theory modules



Continuing Education :



• Advanced Open Water Dive an ideal hands-on experience in different areas of diving such as Night, Deep, Drift, Fish ID, Wreck, Navigation and many more


• Specialty Courses Enriched air Nitrox, Digital UW Photography, UW Naturalist - Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response


• For non-divers, it’s an exploration ….




Snorkeling offers a highly portable and simple way of getting to know the marine life. Quite often, as much can be seen snorkeling as diving and will give you a very good idea of how appealing it would be to take the plunge and commit to a diving course. Kandooma will be offering a number of snorkeling excursions ranging from afternoon short trips to the house reef, early morning sunrise kayak and snorkeling safaris, Aqua safaris in mid morning with our resident marine biologist and some sunset snorkeling.



• Dive spot recommendations..



The dive locations surrounding Kandooma are destinations of choice for many resorts and diving safaris around the Maldives and are frequently visited by other resorts over two hours traveling time away. The principal dive spots are: Kandooma Thila, Kandooma Caves, Kandooma Corner, Cocoa Corner, Waagiri, Manta Point, Guraidhoo Kandu, Maafushi Caves, Maafushi Corner, Kuda Giri Shipwreck, Gulhi Thila, Miyaru Faru, Ranikan, Donmiyaru Thila, Rannalhi Kandu, Vaagalui Thila, and Embudhu Kandu.



• Cocoa Corner - A reef located on the north side of the Kandooma channel, where the wall is steep and many caves and overhangs are found. Commonly seen are schools of sweetlips, snappers, fusiliers, groupers and at 30m, some white tip reef sharks, eagle rays, grey reef sharks and colourful soft corals.


• Kandooma Caves - Among the largest caverns in all of the Maldives, this site boasts of 2 magnificent caves. A challenging site, but one that showcases abundant marine life, among which include the yellow sponges, seafans, blue soft coral, small tune corals and often giant morays, squirrelfish and groupers. Along the reef, see clown triggerfish, Napoleon, sweetlips, angelfish and a great site to spot green turtles.


• Kandooma Thila - Shaped like a teardrop, it is one of the most spectacular dives of this atoll, for scenery as well as for a prolific fish life. There are outcrops and overhangs where soft corals are good, but the most impressive feature is that you are sure to meet grey sharks, white tip sharks and eagle rays, which are found on the north east of the reef, along with tunas and barracudas. On reef tops where the hard corals are still intact, green turtles and sometimes a school of batfish are commonly encountered.

Dinning

The aspiration in the restaurants and bars of Kandooma has been to get the basics right and improve on things from there. We aim to make the eating and drinking experience straightforward and unfussy, offering quality through integrity of ingredients. Orange juice in the morning will always be justsqueezed, coffee (even in the rooms), will be freshly ground, tea is loose leaf, bread and ice cream will be home made. Our service aims to be direct and simple; warm and informal; always honest. We offer ample choice in price as well as in menus. It all becomes uniquely Kandooma when we “fold” in a few original dishes and service ideas.

• Bokkuraa Coffee Club (6.30am to 11.00pm) - Boutique coffees and teas are available to go or right there laced with cyan vistas of pool, sea and sky, and the clean contemporary lines of the outlet itself. It is a “buzzy” place to enjoy a little bit of the city by the beach as you hear the now familiar hiss and froth of a cappuccino in creation. All fortified by daily changing pastries and homemade ice creams by the scoop or cone.


• Kandooma Café Breakfast (6.30am to 10.30am) - Greet the day in the “Big Barnacle”! Wide archways let in the sunshine and atoll views. Also breezing through, are the views, news, weather and music provided by the “bananas in the morning” breakfast show on Radio Kandooma. Fresh Juices, fresh ground coffee, loose leaf teas, an international selection of breakfasts and attendant chefs are ready to receive instructions on just how easy you would like your eggs over.

Poolside
• All Day Menu (10.00am to 11.00pm) - Relax! It’s too hot to do anything else, except perhaps to decide whether to order from a menu of fresh salads, sandwiches, wood-fired pizza or pick up a choice cut of eye fillet or lamb loin to be grilled by yourself under the shade of a coconut grove, pausing briefly for a sip of your favourite beverage, chatting to fellow sun loungers with grillers. Then it’s back to the shade of the umbrella from where the searing blue of the atoll can best be appreciated.


• The Lounge (11.00 am to late night…or early morning) - Morning coffee, Afternoon tea, catch the dive buzz in late afternoon as divers gather to watch themselves on the day’s dive video, cocktails to watch the sunset, bar top games, light snacks and then perhaps catch Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Cary Grant in North by Northwest as some of our classic movies under the stars on the beach three nights’ in a week after dinner.


• Kandooma Café Dinner (6.00 pm to 10.00 pm) - The ‘bright and breezy’ big barnacle becomes a warm cave of soft glowing light presenting an intimate mood under the stars visible through the skylight 60 feet above. Chill out sounds of Radio Kandooma Bleu add to this almost surrealistic romantic environment. A banquet of travel inspired Mediterranean dishes spiced with flavours of Asia is supplemented by chefs busily working tandoor ovens, teppan grills and rottiseurs.


• The Kitchen (6.30 pm to 10.30 pm) - Some hotels take diners into the kitchen to sit at “the chefs table”. We’ve brought the kitchen out and put it in the middle of the restaurant to create an exquisitely elegant dining experience with the best view on the island. Diners can choose to sit in elegant comfort, looking out over Kandooma channel, out on the beach, feet in the sand, or engage the chefs in conversation by reserving a seat at one of the two main kitchen ranges. The food will be Mediterranean-Thai with a good representation of sea food. About 15 paces away is the Wine Room where a choice of 250 wines will see that some indecision will be encountered in selecting a preferred label.


• The Deck (5.00 pm to 11.00 pm) - For a slightly bohemian end to the day, walk past the Wine Room (resist the urge to have a quick browse or you will miss the sunset) and up the circular stairs to The Deck. An expanse of teak planking covering rooftop of The Kitchen liberally sprinkled with low tables, startlingly blue cushions, bean bags and monolithic granite planters of greenery. Having freshly showered off a day of sunshine and saltwater, it is the ideal place to worship a sunset and the Mojitos of our resident mixologist. After sundown the area is lit entirely by Moroccan lanterns and the stars. Perfectly ideal to continue with cocktails and graze on our tapas menu.


• Take out and delivery (24 hours) - When back from a hectic three-dive day, the only thing you might want to do is flop on the lounger and have a pizza in the comfort of your Kandooma home. Muster up enough energy to drag out the compendium and look up what is available. You have a choice of ordering from a list of simple but utterly tempting bites. You will also have a choice of picking it up at the agreed time or having it delivered for a one off price. Plates and cutlery are all in your room. Where ever possible, we use reusable containers but where disposable is unavoidable we use biodegradable food containers. Three different menu styles serve three different times from breakfast, all day and night owl. All depends on which end of the day you live in.


• Wine room - 240 labels at take away prices or with restaurant corkage.