Safari Island

Chanaporn Yamjinda

This is the hotel we chose to go for our honeymoon. We got recommened to this hotel by chance as they said that this hotel was the best place for experiencing the real nature and sealife. They were absolutely correct. Even more than what we could imagine. The hotel itself had great hard-working staffs who were always standing by and accommodating. I can sense that they tried to keep as much natural and human-being as possible from having nothing but sea, beach, and trees. Apart from that, we got to bring it by ourselves. It may feel strange for the starter as we got too attached to technology and comfort from the city, then, you will get used to it later. Second, as spoken by the name itself, this was really a safari of infinite amount of sea lives with widespread of species. We made a correct decision to spend some amount of money to buy the full day tour on the boat where we can do snorkelling in many unseen lagoons and enjoy living our lives again in the sea. We found sharks, Manta ray, Eagle ray, Sting ray, turtles, and a lot of fishes which we have not seen before in our lives with very close range to them. How often that this can happen in most of people's lives? In order to manage all of this to happen, we would like to really thank to the 3 boat crews (S-9 Ship: Sarim, Imraan, Nabeen) who were absolutely the best in their work. We learned a lot from you!! You guys made our trip complete!!

H. B.

Unfortunately, I can't recommend Safari Island. We had a bungalow in the immediate vicinity of the diving centre. Unfortunately, we couldn't use the terrace at low tide because of the stench of faeces. We were told at reception that the stench was caused by the low tide and the fact that the house reef was exposed. Unfortunately, the stench was only in the last four bungalows. You can also tell that nothing was done to the bungalows during Corona. What a pity. Worth seeing were the nurse sharks that gather under the restaurant. The food was typical for the Maldives in buffet form, as expected. It is difficult to walk around the island as some of the bungalows are close to the water and therefore there is hardly any beach to walk around. We recommend the one-day boat trip, which was included in the price when booking the island before Corona. Here you have to pay a lot of money...but still unforgettable moments. It takes a lot of imagination to say that the reef is recovering. In places you can find one or two corals that are doing well. But unfortunately it feels more like you're snorkelling over a coral graveyard. In my opinion, 80 per cent of the reef is broken .... unfortunately. This is certainly due to the climate, but also to the guests who simply trample over the reef. There are fish, and with a bit of luck you might even see an eagle ray, nurse sharks and reed sharks.

Nimasha Perera

Tremendously beautiful resort. Situated in beautiful island which isolated from all the busy world will definitely take your all stress out. I was stayed there around 2 days and wish i can go back. But you have to pay additional for the sea plane, because sea plane is the only way to reach the resort. Water villa's has breathtaking sea view totally worth every penny. Each villa has under glass sea view and rooms were very clean and tide, room service were amazing and fast. Sea resturant was the main restaurant and menu is little different and lot of choices. Food was delicious. Staff were very friendly and discipline. I will defiantly come again

Karam Abdulla

Safari island resort, this is an amazing piece of art, relaxing, calm and especially the unique safari trips here is amazing. Food is top quality, local ownership and great service

Matthew Cook

Great villas and reefs, stunning beaches.