Diamonds Athuruga Beach & Water Villas
After an extensive refurbishment, Diamonds Athuruga is awash with stunning beaches and verdant palms. The surrounding waters teem with brightly coloured fish and other sea life, perfect for snorkelling and diving.
The island has an attractive and informal open-air restaurant and bar on the main island, a boutique, Serena Spa and regular evening entertainment. There is a watersports centre offering windsurfing, canoeing, laser boats and hobie cat sailing (skippered charters), a PADI dive school, snorkelling trips, waterskiing, deep sea fishing, reef casting and bottom fishing can be arranged (at extra cost). Superb snorkelling is available from just off the island itself. The brand new Water villas are accessed by a jetty from the main island and enjoy access to the à la carte overwater restaurant and bar.
Accommodation
The 46 Beach bungalows are positioned just yards from the water's edge and boast air-conditioning, ceiling fan, sitting area, telephone, iPod docking station, minibar, tea and coffee making facilities, open-air bathrooms with a shower and a terrace.
The 25 beautiful Water villas are built on stilts over the water and have an iMac computer and complimentary Wi-Fi, a large terrace with dining area and sun beds, with direct access to the water and exclusive dining available in the new à la carte overwater restaurant.
Restaurants
• Main Dining Area - Attractive and informal open-air restaurant serving buffet style cusine • Overwater restaurant - A la carte menu for Water villa guests
All Inclusive
- All meals and selected drinks, beer, wine, spirits, tea/coffee, cocktails and soft drinks
- Free watersports, snorkelling equipment, windsurfing for expert guests, hobie cat catamaran (skippered charter), laser sailing for expert guests, canoes
- Laundry
- Beach towels
- Island hopping excursion (once per stay)
- Regular evening entertainment
- Access to Maldivian Air Taxi seaplane lounge.
Diamonds Athuruga Beach & Water Villas
After an extensive refurbishment, Diamonds Athuruga is awash with stunning beaches and verdant palms. The surrounding waters teem with brightly coloured fish and other sea life, perfect for snorkelling and diving.
Facilities
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Open-air restaurant and bar on the main island
- A la carte overwater restaurant and bar for Water villa guests
- Watersports centre - windsurfing, canoeing, laser boats, hobie cat sailing, waterskiing
- PADI dive school
- Serena Spa
- Snorkelling from the house reef
- Boutique
- Fishing (at extra cost)
Swimming Pools
Freshwater swimming pools
Spa and Beauty
Serena Spa offers a wide range of relaxation and pampering treatments from a fusion of Indian and Asian traditions.
Therapies at the spa:
- Ayurvedic massages
- Wraps, scubs and facials using natural materials such as honey, cucumber, sesame, coconut, yogurt, coffee, papaya and orange
Scuba Diving
I-Dive PADI dive centre onsite.
Location
In the South Ari Atoll, approx. 25 minutes by Maldivian Air Taxi seaplane from Malé airport and close to sister-resort Diamonds Thudufushi Beach & Water Villas.
Beach description
White sandy beach
Diamonds Athuruga Beach & Water Villas
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.