Reethi Faru Resort

When planning your journey you will have a choice betweena sea plane transfer and a domestic flight. Previously we have always selected sea plane transfers to islands that can’t be reached by boat. This time we thought we’d try a domestic flight. So much more waiting around and it added about five hours to the journey. We decided to do the return transfer by sea plane and it was well worth the additional cost. We would never do a domestic flight transfer again! Check in at the resort was fast, friendly and efficient. The resort is relatively new , about five years old, but it was built on an established island with lots of natural vegetation. We have stayed on many Maldivian islands over the past twelve years and this one gets top marks for design! Not just the layout of the resort but the design of the room and garden. We had a beach villa and it more than exceeded our expectations and needs. The garden leading to the beach was wider than previous resorts and had lots of shade as well as sun if you moved down towards the beach. We were in room 339 and the beach in front of the villa was wide and perfect. Toiletries were of a decent standard (shampoo, conditioner , shower gel and soap. There was a bath as well as an outdoor shower and a big fan which was brilliant for drying our diving equipment! The bed, bedding and pillows were all incredibly comfortable. The room was cleaned to a very high standard by Shyam and the two foot showers for front and back ensured minimal sand in the room. We were All Inclusive and ate all our meals in the Vakaru restaurant. There was plenty of variety for us and we were more than happy with the food. I particularly enjoyed drinking the sparkling white wine at mealtimes! Service was excellent and special thanks to Rasheed and Sateeth (not sure I’ve spelt that correctly) for their excellent service and lovely smiles! There were five other restaurants that you could pay extra to eat at or pay the extra $40 per person per day to upgrade from All Inclusive to All Inclusive premium. There is quite a lot of walking around the island and most days we walked a couple of miles a day going to and from the restaurant, bars and dive centre. The marine biologist resident on the island did a wonderful job of monitoring the Green turtles nesting areas and the hatching of the baby turtles. The dive centre is run by a Swiss owned company Sea Explorers. All very friendly and good at their jobs. I'll write a separate review for them! If you'd like to see what the diving was like then check out my YouTube channel Gerry Green Diving for the'Come Dive with me in the Raa Atoll, Maldives February 2023' We would happily return, but by seaplane.,

So, his was my eighth trip to The Maldives. I had the last island I stayed at was Reethi Beach (3 times) and while there, I had heard that Reethi Faru was opening. I was not disappointed by Reethi Faru! Its a truly beautiful eco island, with amazing facilities and wonderful staff - as with all Maldives experiences, nothing is too much trouble and everything comes with a smile. It was lovely to see Nazir at the pool bar ( I met him when he was at Reethi Beach, and we were well looked after by Yani in the main restaurant and Reethi Grill. I could waffle on forever about how lovely Reethi Faru is but in all honesty, reviews are great, but you have to go there to FEEL it for yourself - do it, you really will not be dissapointed! (We are booking again for 2024).....

This was our third visit and the Island has matured into a beautiful destination. Everything is beautifully maintained and the staff are wonderful. We had a lovely welcome from previous staff who all remembered us and a lovely ‘welcome back’ decorated bed. On my birthday our table was decorated and a birthday cake arrived then a decorated bed when we got back. Lots of attention to detail and effort to be eco friendly. The food was also fab.