Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas

One of our best journey… sorry… experience: beautiful location, unforgettable food and service but the staff, all the staff absolutely unique. All members are at the same time very professional as well human and this is one of the major reason which can help you to appreciate your stay! Alona, Praveen, housekeepers, all staff Tks for all… see you soon

The overall stay at Anantara Kihavah was a very pleasurable experience. From the food to the personnel, every aspect of the stay was well designed and fine-tuned by the hotel. Special praise goes to our personal caretaker Piyal, who helped us create the perfect holiday. He designed a carefully thought out arrangement of dinners as well as helping with every need we had. The staff were very hospitable and seemed genuine. The food was on par with the quality of the hotel and the diversity of restaurants was quite satisfactory. We ended our stay with an exploration of the cosmos, visiting the observatory on the island and getting a tour of the sky.

From the time we arrived in Male until the moment we left, including all transfers by seaplane, Anantara Kihavah Villas took care of our every need and looked after us. The island is in a stunning location in the Baa Atoll, but the scenery is matched by the beauty and comfort of the over-water villas. Food (half-board) was superb at the five restaurants - the best we have had consistently at any resort we have stayed at. And not to be missed (albeit pricy) is a meal at Sea, the underwater restaurant. Special high praise goes to our hostess who looked after us and attended to us from start to finish. This was a wonderful vacation for us and we would return in a heart-beat.

We had a fantastic experience at Anantara Kihavah! The food was very good and service was outstanding. Our housekeeper’s name was Walheed. He comes twice a day to provide us with water and things and cleans our room. He was truly outstanding. Walheed’s work was amazing, great attention to detail, works very hard, very kind and respectful to our family. We hope to have his help again next time we visit. Thank you for Walheed’s wonderful service and hospitality. We also really appreciate resort manager making his rounds to say hello to all the guests throughout the day. Really a wonderful property with amazing amenities and service!!!!

We stayed at three other 5 star hotels in Maldives the last few years but kihavah was clearly a cut above the rest. The beaches were always clean and the pool was the biggest ive ever seen in Maldives. You can snorkel right off their resort and see colourful corals and fishes. The underwater restaurant is a must try and worth the cost.

We are very grateful to have chosen this resort for our anniversary and babymoon. Our resort host, Ariene, had well reserved the dining restaurants and activities for us everyday. Each meals in different restaurants were remarkably delicious. It was also a memorable experience to have lunch in "the SEA" underwater surrounding by reef fishes. The house reef was extraordinary and breathtaking. We saw a large variety of reef fishes and a few sea turtles when snorkeling. There're even stingray and reef shark swimming around our villa. We had a great time here!

We have just returned from a truly stunning holiday at Anantara Kihavah and are desperately trying to dream up ways to return as quickly as possible. It is without doubt the best holiday we have enjoyed as a family of four (2 adults and 2 children). We had been looking forward to this holiday for well over a year and it came with huge expectations, which all too often end up unfulfilled, but I can happily say that all those expectations were exceeded. The island is exactly what we were looking for - very natural, authentic, relaxed, as private as you would wish, with exemplary service. We loved being able to cycle amongst the palm trees and did this often, even when we didn't really have anywhere to go. We split our holiday between a beach villa and a water villa and really enjoyed both. The beach villas are incredibly private and the pools are large. The beach was invariable empty and although the resort was full when we stayed it never felt that way - we almost always were able to book dining or other experiences on our own terms. We did sunset fishing, turtle snorkelling, dolphin watching, diving, lunch at Sea and many many hours of snorkelling around the island and we loved all of them. The experience at Sea (the underwater restaurant) was magical and the children spend most of the meal in awe. We tried all the restaurants and the food was really top notch - while not included in the half board we particularly enjoyed the food at Fire the Japanese restaurant. We found the half board options were on the whole very varied - there were relatively few supplements and plenty to choose from without paying extra. Children under 12 have complimentary meals including lunch which was a welcome surprise. One of the main criteria we used when choosing an island was the availability of a house reef and we were not disappointed. We saw every type of fish imaginable and were lucky enough to snorkel with sharks, turtles and stingrays all on the house reef which was very easily accessible from the beach outside the dive centre. My wife and I both used the gym which is open 24 hours a day and has all the equipment you would need with the exception of a rowing machine. The children spent most days with us, but did use kids clubs a few times and the staff there were amazing. I cannot fail to mention the villa host concept - this is such a great aspect to the stay. We were allocated a villa host (Sittu) who met us in the speedboat from the seaplane and was by our side (when needed) for the rest of the holiday. He made an effort to regularly check in (how he always seemed to find us I'll never know) whether we had asked him for something or not and was always ready with a buggy if we decided not to cycle or if there was a heavy downpour. If it did rain he would make sure the bikes were back outside the villa when we needed them. We were very sad to say goodbye to him and the island at the end of the holiday (there were tears in the seaplane) and we would