Rahaa Resort

Had the best holiday, it took me 4 trains, a hotel stay at Heathrow, 3 planes and a speed boat ride but so worth it. When you arrive at Male you are shown to an airport lounge where you can help yourself to food and refreshments whilst you wait for your connecting plane. You are met at the jetty by the staff of the Rahaa with a coconut drink and we could either have lunch or go straight to our beach front accommodation. You are shown around your accommodation which is very large and spacious. The bathroom is amazing and you can have a bath whilst looking up to the sky and listening to the birds. There were some bad reviews about the food but we thought it was good with a good choice available AND FRUIT. The free water sports are great especially the boat trips twice a day snorkelling. We also went on the turtle trip and was amazing, and visited the spa which was great. I have been to the Maldives before but the Rahaa Island is fantastic. It’s good for couples, families, friends or just visiting as a woman on her own. The all inclusive is great and you have everything you could want, the mini bar being replenished each day with wine, beer and soft drinks. You can pay extra for lobster and champagne if you wish. Last but not least I have to say the staff are amazing they are a credit to the resort and are so welcoming and can’t do enough for you. We also met the owner of the island who was a very nice man and even got us front seats in the plane back to Male. I have travelled all over the world to some great places but you can’t beat this perfect island in the middle of the Indian Ocean for a great price compared with some of the other islands.

I visited this island to celebrate my friends 60th Birthday there were three of us . To be honest I was a bit apprehensive as it was going to take us 3 planes and a boat to get there ,but wow it was so worth it . We stayed in a beach front villa where they had added an extra bed ,we could see the sea and had the most amazing stretch of beach in front of us ,with three loungers waiting . The mini bar was great it had red ,white wine and beer . The air con in the room was perfect and Charmara our cleaner would sweep up the sand that made it into our room and turn down our beds at night ,lovely extra touch ,he even decorated our friends bed for us whilst we were at dinner and left her a cake . We all loved the food on offer we found it fresh ,tasty always something different , We were very lucky the other guests were very friendly and we made many friends and even all ate together on the last evening , There were a few evenings of entertainment the crab race was so much fun . We were all dancing bare foot and everyone had a great evening . We went snorkelling ,they take you to another reef so you get a boat trip as-well,we used their complementary masks,flippers and life vests , we also went on the turtle excursion that was amazing we were lucky and saw three turtles up very close , We also used the islands canoe and kayak . We all had a massage I’d definitely recommend that as well , The staff were friendly attentive and a pleasure ( all of them ) Would I go back, yes definitely Things I’d do differently,I’d pack less and go direct and check the domestic flight times if possible , All in all a trip I will never forget thankyou Rahaa x

The island like I'm sure all the islands are magical, the rooms are lovely and very well maintained, they are cleaned daily to a good standard. There's many little things that could be improved but the main problem by far is the food. There is a choice and themed evenings but to he honest it all tastes very similar and is extremely bland. I seriously could go on for a couple of pages about how and why this should be improved but we spoke to the management and unfortunately it landed on deaf ears. It is a shame as we still enjoyed our ten days there but we could and should of loved it!