Maldives Lhaviyani Atoll Hotels

Location. The Komandoo Maldive Island Resort is a luxury hideaway of beachside villas located on the idyllic private island of Komandoo, set among lagoons, white sand beaches and tropical gardens, 140 kilometres from Male International Airport. Hotel Features. The full-service health spa offers an oasis of relaxation with its massage and beauty treatments, and guests can browse the onsite shops, tone up in the gym, and enjoy a game on the volleyball or badminton court. The concierge can offer tour advice and book airport transport, while further amenities include multilingual staff at front desk, a playground, a currency exchange service, room service, a library, and dial-up Internet connections. The Komandoo Maldive Restaurant serves international themed buffets in a seafront setting. Two bars are onsite. Aqua, a fine-dining restaurant, is built on stilts over the water. A wealth of sports are on offer, including sailing, scuba diving, snorkelling and canoeing. Guestrooms. The 65 air-conditioned, shell-shaped bungalows feature contemporary, light decor with wrought iron furniture and wooden flooring. All offer terraces with sun loungers and beach views, cable television, direct-dial phones, dial- up Internet connections, minibars, DVD players, air conditioning, desks, safes and coffee/tea making facilities. Bathrooms have showers, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries and makeup mirrors. Expert Tip. The resort is located on a white sand beach, and the island is only 100 metres wide and 500 metres long so is easily explored on foot.

The Kuredu Island Resort is situated on the northern reef of Lhaviyani Atoll in the Maldives, and surrounded by three kilometres of white sandy beaches and aquamarine lagoons. It offers 330 air-conditioned bungalows and villas with thatched roofs and rattan or wrought iron furniture. All open on to balconies or gardens and include CD players, minibars, tea and coffee making facilities, Internet connections, direct-dial telephones and safes. Guests can soak up the sun by the pool or on the white sandy beach or head for the Duniye Spa, which offers a wide range of therapeutic treatments and massages and also features a hot tub and hair salon. There are a number of places to shop in the resort, with a jewellery store, souvenir shop, photo lab, diving equipment and golf shops. A range of activities is on offer including a PADI dive school, six-hole pitch and putt golf course and full-length driving range. There is also an air- conditioned gym and aerobics room, a floodlit tennis court, beach volleyball and the H2O Water sports Centre. Guests can try windsurfing, kite surfing, catamaran and dinghy sailing, banana boat and ringo rides and canoeing. Guests can enjoy cocktails in the quiet Akiri Bar, or dance to music in the Babuna Bar, after a meal in one of four restaurants. Staff at the 24-hour front desk can arrange cruises including a sunset cruise and Maldivian fishing cruise. Male International Airport is 129 kilometres away with an approximate transfer time of 40 minutes.

Set on a 1000m-long white, sand island within the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, Kanuhura, Maldives offers luxurious accommodation and outstanding levels of service. Located on the eastern rim of Lhaviyani Atoll, just a 40-minute seaplane flight north of Male' International Airport, the resort is secluded and tranquil, providing optimum privacy in unspoilt surroundings. The natural beauty of the island has been retained and enhanced. Beach Villas and Grand Villas have individual verandas and private beachfronts along the coral-sand shore, while Water Villas and Grand Villas, perched over the lagoon, have private staircases leading directly down to the crystal clear waters. All rooms offer views out to the Indian Ocean, hand-crafted king-sized beds with Egyptian cotton bed linen, air-conditioning, ceiling fans, satellite TV, CD/DVD player, high speed broadband Internet connection, In-Villa bar, tea/coffee making facility, and spacious semi-open-air bathrooms with a shower under the sky and freeform stone bath. Each villa is assigned a villa host to look after every guest's needs during their stay.