Bandos Island Resort & Spa is located in North Male Atoll and is surrounded by lush vegetation and azure waters. Offering a calm and tranquil feel, the island is great for those holidaymakers who wish to relax on a deserted beach with no noise other than the palm trees swaying and the ocean gracing the beach. This is the place to perfect your diving technique at the Bandos Dive School other facilities are plentiful on the island such as swimming pools, watersports centre, a dive school a cafe and the Anggerik Spa. Luxury accommodation is located in the beach villas.
Hotel Facilities:
Services include 24 hour reception, currency exchange, souvenir/beachwear shop, medical centre, Anggerik spa, steam room, sauna, aerobics, laundry and dry cleaning service, cyber cafe, water sports centre including diving, snorkeling and windsurfing, Paradise Club with gym, tennis, badminton and massages, billiards, TV room, disco, two swimming pools (one with separate kids section), conference facility, kids club with babysitting service and fully equipped dive school .Accommodation:
Standard rooms have a shower and a veranda.Junior Suites are larger and additionally have a bath, and a separate living room.
Garden Villas are new and are set in the gardens close to the new large swimming pool and have shower and veranda.
Beach Villas are also new, detached 2 storeys with a sitting area on the ground floor and the bedroom on the first floor, no ceiling fan. There is thatched roofed Jacuzzi in the garden.
All 225 rooms have ceiling fan, air-conditioning, mini-bar, telephone, television, safe, tea and coffee making facilities and hair dryer. Most rooms are sea facing.
Restaurants and Bars:
Artful and elegant, the Harbour Restaurant at Bandos is designed with fine-dining in mind. With an option of dining either indoors, in a comfortable air-conditioned atmosphere or outdoors where you can savour the view and gentle breeze. The Harbour specialises, among many other culinary delights, in Maldivian game fish, innumerable seafood delicacies, the finest in Italian pastas and other international cuisines.The classic island-beach bar, the Sand Bar's modern facilities blend well with the tropical atmosphere. The sand floor and island ambience of the bar is ideal for customers to enjoy one of our many tropical cocktails or any other beverage that suits their fancy. The Sand Bar is designed with fun in mind and we assure you that our guests would have a wonderful time either with our top-notch karaoke facilities, live band or discotheque evenings. The Sand Bar is open from 0730 hours in the morning till late at night.
The Gallery consisting of three spacious pods open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, is the main restaurant at Bandos. It usually has elaborate buffet setups during mealtimes and although open to all guests, the Gallery specializes in catering to those who have pre-booked their meals.
Aptly named, the recently commissioned Sea Breeze Café is situated at the edge of the water where customers can lounge on the large outdoor over-water deck and enjoy the breathtaking view of the lagoon while relaxing in the gentle breeze. Open round the clock, the restaurant offers a wide variety of dining options from a la carte offerings such as spaghetti or even authentic Indian curries to alternative fast-food fixes such as pizza and hamburgers.
Sports and Health:
The water sports centre at Bandos is staffed with professional who are highly skilled in their craft and are fluent in English, Japanese and German. Some of the most preferred activities include snorkelling, windsurfing, catamaran sailing, water skiing, parasailing, banana boat riding, wakeboard, knee board, fun tubes and canoeing. What’s important to note here is that this is not an exhaustive list and the possibilities are most certainly unlimited. The Water Sports facility here at Bandos also offer top notch catamaran and windsurfing facilities and boasts quality equipment such as Hifly, North-Sails and Topcats. They can also organise snorkelling trips to our house reef where, surrounded by the beauty of brightly-coloured coral formations and other underwater flora, you will have the opportunity to mingle with multi-coloured tropical fish.Anggerik Spa:
Rejuvenate your body and mind while enjoying a perfect holiday in Bandos, through a splendid spa treatment at Anggerik Spa. The private villas and cabanas at our spa offer intimacy and privacy. The Eastern architecture is just a glimpse into the time-honoured Asian therapies. From facial treatments that revitalize the skin, to ancient Balinese therapies, Anggerik Spa provides a healing experience for all. An exclusive spa package for couples offers a romantic spa journey while children relish Junior Spa treatments for young guests. Our experienced and skilled therapists ensure a healing, soothing and charming spa experience.
Dive School:
It would not be an exaggeration to claim that Bandos has the best dive centre in the entire country. Dive Bandos is one of the longest established centres in the country and our professional staff will ensure that you experience the lush underwater gardens, colourful fishes and magnificent seascapes in total safety. The Dive Centre is a spacious facility complete with air-conditioned audio visual classrooms, library, hot water showers, and spacious storage rooms. Located nearby is the Sundowners Bar for your relaxation after an invigorating dive. It goes without saying that the equipment we employ is the best and features internationally reputed brands such as Mares, Scubapro, Aqua Lung, Dive Rite and Suunto, to name but a few. It should also comfort our customers to know that we have an in-house service shop to ensure that all our equipment is up to standards.
Dive Bandos has a fleet of up to 4 modern, spacious fibre glass dhonis, all equipped with life vests, First Aid equipment, DAN Oxygen kits and radio to enable communication with the dive centre and the island. The experienced and well-trained boat crew is always ready to help you in any way they can. All our staff are regularly trained in emergency first aid techniques.
Transfers:
20 minutes By speed boatOfficial category: Five Star
