Safari Island

Fabulous 2 weeks on Safari. An excellent easily accessible house reef; together with the reason we would return ….. their unique safari boats that you can privately hire with a crew of 3 for an exploration of the area. We spent time with some stunning sea life. It’s very well worth the overnight 2 day trip cost. Our room was rustic and lovely. A semi overwater villa with a perfect sunset view and direct access to the reef on one side and lagoon beach on the other. We felt it the best of both worlds. What wasn’t so great was the overly hot restaurant, at times, canteen style queuing for food; and fixed tables which could mean you were sweltering in the sun for breakfast and lunch. The food while good and plentiful was not the high standard of other Maldivian resorts we have stayed at. We like to enjoy leisurely meals with a few glasses of wine. Here it was a case of 20 min in and out to get back to a cool breeze elsewhere. The solutions are obvious, but our final day departure experience sums up managerial attitude. The all inclusive ends at 1200 on your last day irrespective of your arrival time. Meaning no lunch or drinks before a late afternoon flight…. Bizarre. We were told we needed to buy lunch and drinks including water. Having only had 13 lunches we queried this and were allowed a lunch, but no drink…. Shame we had to ask. The reef and boats made it for us. It is a stunning island and nature wise it’s in our top 3 that we have visited. We may return for this reason, but some disappointments.

The Island is beautiful & peaceful, all staff are helpful, friendly and accomodating. The food is good with a small selection but rich in flavour. The reef is Amazing great for snorkeling. Duny Thai Spa was incredible and highly recommended. The only negative we found was the bed, a bit uncomfortable.

We visited Safari Island as a couple and all inclusive. We was aware it’s the 4 star resort and it was absolutely fine by us. We just wanted a relaxing place and connect with a nature, but we never thought we will be experiencing customs service like that ever. The restaurant & the pool bar staff was very unprofessional & unfriendly! Especially the older guy from Sri Lanka at the pool bar. He was arguing with me front of everyone and telling me I can’t have the second drink till I finish the first one?? I found it very disrespectful and unprofessional! When you all inclusive it should be your choice when you like to have your second drink not the bar staff! Also they organise a cocktail night but you have to pay extra as an all inclusive?? It felt like they just wanna take money of you all the time! It’s such a shame because the island it’s beautiful but the management & the staff should learn what is customer service. The receptionist girl from Bangladesh also was very unpleasant she never asked how was our stay when we checked out never a smile or anything. I’m a travel agent but after all of this experience definitely will not recommend this place to any of my clients.