Kuramathi Island Resort
Kuramathi exudes a paradisical ambiance and seamlessly blends contemporary style with the natural elements making for an idyllic island setting.
Our most popular resort in the Maldives, Kuramathi also offers fabulous All Inclusive options and a vast range of accommodation, facilities and dining more akin to large resorts elsewhere in the world.
Savour buffets in the three main restaurants plus six fabulous à la carte restaurants and six bars with regular evening entertainment. There are two swimming pools including a beachfront infinity pool, a floodlit tennis court, gym, table tennis, sauna, Jacuzzi, relaxing spa, a good range of watersports including excellent scuba diving (extra charge), kids' club, shops, library and numerous excursions. Snorkelling on the house reef is superb and possible directly from the beach, and a visit to the idyllic sand bank at the tip of the island is a must.
Accommodation
290 beach and water villas with air-conditioning, fan, kingsize bed, minibar, telephone, tea/coffee making facilities, flat-screen television, DVD player, iPod dock and a terrace or deck.
Garden villas (45m²) are simply designed.
Beach villas (70m²) have four-poster beds and wooden decks.
Deluxe beach villas (51m²) are a short stroll from the sand bank and have a bath.
Beach Jacuzzi villas (90m²) enjoy a spacious garden bathroom and deck.
Superior beach villas with Jacuzzi (90m²) are round in shape and contemporary in style.
Deluxe beach villas with Jacuzzi (95m²) face the lagoon with four poster beds, bath and outdoor rainfall shower and Jacuzzi.
Water villas (52m²) are on stilts with a deck and steps down to the sea.
Water Jacuzzi villas (90m²), some with large two-tiered sundeck and outdoor Jacuzzi.
Restaurants
• Haruge, Malaafaiy and Farivalhu - Buffet dining • Siam Garden – Thai Cuisine • Tandoor Mahal – Indian Cuisine • The Reef – seafood restaurant • Island Barbeque – Grill on the beach • Palm Pizzeria & Gelateria – Mediterranean
All Inclusive
- All meals in designated main restaurant, all drinks (soft, mineral water, selected spirits, house wines, beer)
- High tea at Island Coffee Shop and Dhoni Bar (3-5pm)
- Windsurfing (tuition not included)
- Snorkelling equipment
- 1 sunset cruise and 1 local island visit per stay.
Kuramathi Island Resort
Kuramathi exudes a paradisical ambiance and seamlessly blends contemporary style with the natural elements making for an idyllic island setting.
Facilities
One of the most extensively facilitated resorts in the Maldives, Kuramathi has something for everyone, including:
- Three main buffet restaurants
- Six à la carte restaurants
- Six bars with regular evening entertainment
- Two swimming pools
- Floodlit tennis court
- Gym
- Table tennis
- Sauna and Jacuzzi
- Spa
- Watersports including excellent scuba diving (extra charge)
- Kids' club
- Shops
- Library
- Snorkelling on the house reef is superb and possible directly from the beach
- A visit to the idyllic sand bank at the tip of the island is a must.
Swimming Pools
• Two freshwater swimming pools: • Oceanfront infinity pool with poolside bar • Lagoon style pool shrouded amongst palms with a poolside bar, Jacuzzi and kids' pool
Children's Club
Bageecha, open from 8:30hrs to 22:00hrs every day, offers a wide range of outdoor activities organised for kids of 3 to 12 years. Daytime activities include: • Night walks • Body and face painting • Marshmallow grilling on the beach
Spa & Beauty
The facilities at the spa include two overwater treatment rooms and seven beach treatment rooms and a dedicated herbal bath room.
You can arrive at the spa early to begin your treatment with hot and cold water experiences. A relaxation area and separate wet areas for men and women are available, each featuring steam, sauna, icy plunge pool and rainfall shower completes your spa experience.
Therapies at the spa include treatments designed just for couples, individual massage of Asian, Ayurvedic, Thai, Balinese and traditional European origins, slimming and forming treatments, body wraps, beauty treatments, facials for both men and women, hairdressing and decorative art.
Scuba Diving
Rasdhoo Divers operates two dive schools on the island (both PADI Gold Palm/SSI facility/Barakuda). The multi-lingual team offers an excellent diving experience for both advanced divers and beginners.
Location
An island just 500m in length and situated in the South Ari Atoll, 25 minutes by seaplane from Malé. Lonubo is a tiny uninhabited island just a short boat ride across from Maafushivaru.
Beach Description
As a large island, beachfront is abundant. Find swathes of sands around the infinity pool and quiet mini-coves along the flanks of the island. For solitude and isolation, take a stroll along the impressive stretch of pure white sands of the island's spit
Kuramathi Island Resort
Explore the surroundings
Destination introduction
Holidays in the Maldives conjure up images of white sands, swaying palm trees and crystal blue waters, creating that quintessential picture-perfect holiday bliss. Kuoni’s hand-picked island resorts offer everything from all inclusive Maldives holidays, to rustic island retreats and the world’s finest luxury accommodation. Savour gourmet dining, sensuous spas, spectacular diving and the most enchanting ocean sunsets.
Maldives holiday highlights - Admire sea views with a stay in a water villa, elevated over turquoise waters.
- Whilst most of our resorts have fabulous spas, look out for our ‘SPA’ labelled resorts for the finest in pampering indulgences.
- Discover a vibrant underwater world with a professional, supervised scuba-diving expedition. Browse some of our comprehensive dive packages.
- For the ultimate experience join the Atoll Explorer for a Maldives cruise around this beautiful country’s most magical atolls.
- All Inclusive Maldives holidays - For the complete hassle-free holiday look out for our specially negotiated All Inclusive deals.
- All Maldives holidays travelling on scheduled flights include access to the VIP lounge in Malé International Airport on your departure.
Diving
These idyllic coral islands rank amongst the best dive destinations in the world. In conjunction with Euro-Divers, we can offer quality diving packages in the Maldives which can be pre-booked in the UK.
The rare beauty of the magnificent underwater world has made these islands one of the most enchanting diving destinations in the world. When conditions are good the underwater visibility is at the highest level – sometimes exceeding 50 metres – and the warm water temperatures year round make diving in the Maldives a pleasure.
The North Malé Atoll is home to the Lion’s Head and Wattaru Kandu dive sites both of which are frequented by reef sharks. Wattaru Kandu is also home to stingrays and
garden eels whilst Lankanfinokhu, or Manta Point as it’s locally known, is a great place to see manta rays being cleaned by local colonies of cleaner fish.
Hukrueli in the South Malé Atoll is another place to see rays and cleaner fish and Maaya Thila, a protected marine area in this atoll is home to white-tip sharks, turtles, zebra morays and the elusive guitar shark.
Hanifaru lagoon in the Baa Atoll is one of the best places to see whale sharks and manta rays. June to September is the best time to see them as this is during the monsoon season and equinox when the lagoon is filled with plankton.
Important Notes: A medical certificate of physical fitness may be required and qualified divers must bring proof of diving certification and logbook. Please ensure that you purchase adequate insurance.
If you are travelling with any other form of insurance, we strongly recommend that you check the terms of your policy and if necessary take out extra cover. Dive prices shown do not include boat trips to and from dive sites. Boat trips approx. $10 per dive are payable locally. If you intend to learn to dive whilst you are in the Maldives, you must book a holiday of at least eight days duration (five days for the Scuba Diver courses). Open Water and Scuba Diver courses include the necessary equipment as required. Cost for logbook, certificate, course book and other course materials are not included. Costs per person approximately: US$140 (Certification alone: $85).
* Extra equipment required including mask, fins, snorkel, regulator with octopus and pressure gauge, BCD with inflater, 10 litre tank, weightbelt, weights and dive computer (compulsory for every diver) can be obtained locally at an extra charge. Full terms and conditions available on request.
Shopping
In Malé you’ll see plenty of street merchants selling beautiful Maldivian postage stamps. Those ragged dentures suspended outside gift shops are sharks’ jaws. Attractive T-shirts are stencilled before your eyes, generally with brilliantly coloured tropical fish.
The islanders are expert in carving coconut wood and use it to decorate their houses. Mat-weaving, basket-making and coir rope-making are other long-standing crafts. Mats are woven from haa grass. There is some highly developed lacquerwork and you may see examples of handloom weaving or jewellery handcrafted in gold and mother of pearl.