Reethi Beach Resort scuba diving resort in Malé, Maldives

Hotel Overview

The Reethi Beach Resort is located in the peaceful Baa Atoll in the Laccadive Sea, surrounded by aqua blue lagoons and jungle like forestry.

Just a 35 minute scenic seaplane transfer from Male, on the tiny Fonimagoodhoo Island in Baa Atoll, you will find Reethi Beach, surrounded by a beautiful lagoon and its white, picture perfect, sandy beach.

A casual yet elegant resort offering friendly service, very good cuisine and a relaxing atmosphere. The island is just 600m x 200m, its elegant and spacious detached and semi-detached villas are built from natural materials in typical Maldivian-style, providing first class comfort in a unique setting.

All rooms are air-conditioned and set amid tropical foliage fringing, a long expanse of powder soft beach or on stilts over the clear blue lagoon. There are five restaurants and five bars, poolside and beachfront.

The wonderful house reef is some 30 to 100 m from the island.

Reethi Villa

Facilities

Mini Bar
Fan
Hairdryer
Air conditioning
Satellite Channels
T.V.
Telephone
Veranda
En-suite Open Air Bathroom

The simplistic yet comfortable rooms are intended to match the beauty of the island. There are 40 detached or semi-detached Reethi villas located on the beautiful sandy beachfront with breath taking views out over the ocean.

Deluxe Villa

Facilities

Fan
Hairdryer
Air conditioning
Satellite Channels
T.V.
Telephone
Veranda
En-suite Open Air Bathroom

There are 50 detached beachfront deluxe villas situated right on the white sand overlooking the exquisite crystal clear lagoon. Beautifully decorated and with a large airy feel to them you can really kick back, relax and enjoy paradise.

Water Villa

Facilities

Mini Bar
Fan
Hairdryer
Air conditioning
Satellite Channels
Safety Deposit Box
T.V.
Telephone
Veranda
En-suite Open Air Bathroom

There are 30 semi-detached water villas which are built on stilts over the gorgeous, crystal clear lagoon for guests to enjoy. Each is impeccably designed offering luxury and comfort and direct lagoon access with a tropical ocean view and magnificent sunsets.

Food and Drink

Reethi Beach is available to book as b&b, half board, full board, or all inclusive.

With five restaurants including buffet, gourmet and speciality restaurants, Reethi Beach can cater for the most discerning customer. With five bars, including a pool bar and three beach bars, there's plenty of choice to keep you entertained when your diving day is done.

The Rehendhi With views over the gardens and the sea, this main restaurant serves buffet-style breakfast, lunch and dinner. The dinner buffet offers a different ‘theme’ each night of the week, on a fortnightly menu rotation. Vegetarian and ‘healthy dining’ options are always available; special dietary needs are catered for upon request.

Moodhu Bar & Restaurant Imagine listening to the waves and watching the fish gliding below, while sipping coffee or enjoying your favourite cocktail, savouring a fresh gateau or some canapés. Built on stilts over the lagoon, and cooled by the tropical breeze, this restaurant and 24-hour coffee shop provides a serene, romantic ambience in a lovely, central, yet secluded setting.

Reethi Grill Balmy evenings under the stars - an open-air dinner rendezvous, with some fantastic views of the sea and beach, offering a real ‘grill taste’, with a true ‘live-cooking’ experience to create a new dimension in fusion cuisine, with grill, tandoori and wood-fired pizza oven specialities.

Alifaan Restaurant A popular and casual daytime venue by the poolside with a comprehensive selection of snack favourites such as burgers, pizzas, sweet and salty crêpes and much more.

Saima Garden An exclusive and romantic boutique-style restaurant, with just five tables, located next to the beach, amid lush vegetation. Offering sumptuous Maldivian and International cuisine and elegant service.

Veyo Bar Poolside, near the Sports Complex and close to one of the nicest stretches of beach.

Rasgefaanu Bar This main bar offers a wide range of cocktails, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. There is a quiet open-air deck by the beach, shaded by coconut palms; a semi-enclosed bar with occasional evening entertainment; and a games room where guests can play snooker, table tennis and a variety of board games. This is also the venue for most of the evening entertainment.

Beach Bars Popular meeting places before and after snorkelling trips, or sunbathing on the beach, all beach bars offer a wide ranging choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and are ideal for that daytime refresher, ice cream or coffee.

Handhuvaru Bar Sunset Bar Riya Bar

Flights and Transfers

Flights are available throughout the year departing from the UK and arranged with Oonasdivers. Transfers are included within your package. Please call or e-mail us for your tailor-made quote.

In order to connect with seaplane transfers your international flight needs to arrive in Male before 15:30 and for the return your flight needs to depart Male after 09:00. Carry-on baggage allowance on the seaplane is 5kg and checked in baggage is 20k. Excess charges are US$4.00 per kg and applicable on both outward and return journeys. Please note, infants do not receive any baggage allowance.

Diving Information

As with most of the Maldivian islands, the diving is organised as either a non-limit 6 consecutive day house reef package, or a 10 house reef dive package. Boat dives are booked and paid for locally for a supplement of approx $19 for a 1 dive excursion, $28 for a 2 dive excursion. Facilities include a PADI 5-star dive centre; The wonderful house reef is some 30 to 100 m from the island.

The house reef of Reethi Beach lies on a channel and stretches out along the west side of the island, a beautiful reef wall that drops down to 30m is waiting to be encountered. On the east side there is a vast Thundi (Sand Lagoon) with coral blocks and a couple of artificial surprises.

Due to its diversity and wealth of marine life, the house reef of Reethi Beach could be said to be one of the most beautiful house reefs in the Maldives.

The regular passing of spinner dolphins, eagle rays, schools of barracudas, batfish and thousands of fusiliers are just some of the highlights. You can also encounter turtles, octopus, lobster, moray eels as well as their black tip and lemon shark families.

The reef really comes alive during the evening, with visits from sting rays, guitar sharks and cobias which come right up to the shore at their daily feeding time.

For the boat dives, most of the dive sites can be reached within 10 – 45 minutes by boat (Dhoni). The furthest dive spot is about 1 hour away from Reethi Beach. You can currently vsist around 60 dive sites, which are divided in 4 basic categories: Thilas (shallow points), Outer reefs, Island reefs and Atoll reefs.

During the south-west monsoon (June – November) it's Manta season, and it's the best time of year for those magical whale shark encounters.

During the north-east monsoon the water is much clearer, means, the visibility is up to 40m and the colours seems to be brighter.

Pricing Information

Based on a 7 night stay prices start from £2625 per person and include:

Flights
Seaplane transfers
Breakfast & dinner
6 Days no limit diving on the house reef
Cylinders & weights

Your stay at Reethi Beach can easily be combined with one of our Maldives liveaboards.