Maafushivaru Hotels with Breakfast

The Outrigger and Kuoni reps at Malé airport made for a seemless and stress free journey. They simply took care of everything and guided us through the airport each way to and from the seaplane process. The exceptional care and attention to detail started on arrival, through to final Security on departure. We stayed in an over-water villa with pool and it is highly recommended: the pool is a definite advantage. We stayed in Room 332, at the end of the jetty and whilst not advertised as a 'sunset room', it most certainly had a fabulous view of the beautiful sunsets. The villa is beautifully appointed and cleverly designed. In common with all of the resort, the villa is kept in first class condition. The daily room cleaning and the downturn service are faultless and attentive. The easy access to the ocean is a great advantage and the water is crystal clear and a perfect temperature, although the depth can vary through the day and we found it calmer (less breeze) in a morning; but afternoons are hardly tricky at all, simply our preference. A massive and surprising advantage: there were no flies or mozzies anywhere! The entire Outrigger team is fabulous. They have a clever use of first names, that are remembered. (They clearly circulate a snap of you taken at the airport!) The take-away memory is that all of the 200 staff in the resort smile constantly! But they all genuinely cared and with a maximum of some 170 guests, the team is plentiful to provide the first class service. Our dedicated 'Host' was Moosa and nothing was too much trouble for him. He set up a WhatsApp group for us and him when we arrived and anything we needed or enquiry we had was responded to without delay. The beaches are picture perfect: they are raked constantly (as are the paths throughout the resort) and the sand is white, so fine it is more like a soft paste or flour. We had 'Dine All Around' (basically fully inclusive) and it is certainly far better value than 'pay as you go' unless all you want are the Sommelier wines. When we arrived our Host, Moosa, had pre-booked all of our dinner reservations and, whilst we could have asked for changes, these proved well planned. (We overheard some guests not being able to reserve the restaurant they wanted by attempting the book on the day.) The restaurants are sensational. The Executive Chef, Chris Long, has done a fine job of ensuring that each has its defined menu and theme whilst maintaining a consistency of excellence. All food we had was excellent: food quality, dish variety, product freshness, presentation and above all, taste and preparation. We were never disappointed. At breakfast, we resolved to eat a different breakfast each day and none disappointed, even my Sri Lankan curry! The drinks and cocktails on offer were also excellent. There is a great variety, with excellent labels and unexpectedly good World wines. We booked the private island, Lonubo, for a sunset BBQ. It was about $2,000 for