Vakarufalhi Island Resort - Maldives - overview introduction
- Property Overview - 
The perfect option for the ‘no news no shoes’ holiday. We offer the best of our most valuable asset - nature, in all its abundance. This is the perfect picture of the tropical island haven - the image that almost always comes to mind. A small, almost circular island, about a quarter of a kilometer in diameter, the island is covered with lush vegetation and crowned by tall coconut palms. No wonder the atmosphere here is cosy and intimate. Right round the island the beach is of the finest white sand one can imagine. Lying on the beach listening to the tiny waves of the shallow blue lagoon gently caressing the sands, accompanied with the pleasant music created by the rustle of the palms, one can simply blend in with nature.
The perfect food for the soul, Vakarufalhi is for those seeking a haven of peace for total relaxation, to unwind completely from the hassles of modern living. Here you really are ‘away from it all’ enjoying the simple abundance of nature. Vakaru is designed to blend in harmoniously with its surroundings, to match the nature’s perfection and its simplicity. The local-style thatched roofing you see wherever you are at the resort match perfectly with the coconut palms while the layered soft white sand on the floors in all public areas keeps you in touch with nature even when you are indoors. At Vakarufalhi you would get the rare feeling of being at one with nature. The small size of the resort and shallow lagoon around it gives it the safety you may desire for a family holiday
- Location
Vakaru, tucked away in a remote corner in South Ari Atoll, is 90 kilometers from Male’ International Airport. Your holiday really begins as the seaplane takes off from the airport lagoon. Have your cameras ready and enough film at hand during your transfer to the resort. The short 35-minute flight offers a breathtaking aerial view of the atolls, the islands and countless reefs glistening like gems in a sea of deep blue velvet.
- Quick Facts:
Property type: Resort
Distance from airport: 90.00 Km
Total no. of rooms: 50
No. of room types: 1
Accepted credit cards: 
Address: Vakarufalhi Island Resort, South Ari atoll, Maldives
- Airport Transfer:
Once you pass through immigration and customs our airport representative will meet you to escort you to the seaplane check-in counter. A quick check-in that rarely takes over a minute and you are off to the seaplane departure lounge. An unforgettable flight of 25 minutes offering the most beautiful aerial view you will ever experience, a short journey by “dhoni” from the landing platform, and you are on Vakaru. Night transfer is not provided.
Airport transfer modes available: 
Sea plane transfer.
Vakarufalhi Island Resort - Maldives - Accommodation
- Accomodation Overview
The visitor may feel feel like Robinson Crusoe on this tiny tropical paradise, but there is no lack of comfort when it comes to accommodation. Most of the 50 palm thatched cottages on the island are individual bungalows, all surrounded by the lush tropical vegetation in all its natural splendor. Spread out around the island offering complete privacy and all facing the beach, just a few meters from the shore. There are a few bungalows which are semi-detached for family accommodation. Open the inter-connecting doors and follow up on your children. Complete privacy and convenience for families.
- Beach Bungalow - (50 rooms / units)
Cool tiled floor offers welcome respite after a relaxing day in the sun and the sea. Colourful tropical patterns on the drapery add a touch of colour to the interiors. Large glass doors facing the beach offer an excellent view of the bright colours of the lagoon and your own area of the beach. In keeping with the simplicity of the resort the rooms are spacious and airy, tastefully furnished and with nice little details that remind you that you are in the Maldives.
All rooms are air-conditioned, with mini fridge, stereo CD player and hair dryer. A comfortable rocking chair completes the picture. Each room has a small verandah facing the beach where you may relax quietly in the comfortable chairs provided. If you would like to sit and relax still closer to the beach you may use your very own sun loungers placed right in front of your room on the beach. The attached bathroom, partly open air with a small garden, is equipped with bathtub and shower. An additional shower in the small garden offers a pleasant choice and allows stargazers to have a bath under the open sky.
- Available facilities and amenities:
Air-Conditioned Ceiling fan Mini bar Balcony Hair Dryer Safe Beach Front Hot & Cold fresh water Tea / Coffee CD Player IDD Telephone Work desk / lamp Cable / Satellite TV
Vakarufalhi Island Resort - Maldives - Food and Beverage Restaurant
- Food & Beverage
Vakarufalhi offer all their guests fullboard meal plan. All meals are served in the Main Restaurant and snacks are available at the Vakaru Bar in the afternoons. Located close to each other, both are designed to create an air of simple relaxation. High conical thatched roofs, layered fine white sand under your feet and a great view of the sea creates an excellent tropical atmosphere in both the Main Restaurant and the Vakaru Bar.
The weekly grill night offers good food blended in with the most romantic atmosphere you can imagine; tables laid out on the beach under the stars, candlelight and a magnificent spread of barbecues and grills. The Maldivian night also held once a week gives you a unique chance to sample some of the finest Maldivian foods. A good opportunity to sample some excellent fish and for the adventurous, a chance to check out a variety of curries prepared in true local style. The waiters are attired in special Maldivian costume to add to the ambience.
On all other evenings dinner is a la carte - you can choose from a wide range of international dishes. A choice of salads, soups and desserts are served buffet style. A unique, romantic candle-lit dinner in the privacy of the beach area in front of your room is included in your full board package. Just choose a special evening for this romantic event and inform the reception.
Available Meal plans: Fullboard
- Ilaa Restaurant
The meals at the Ilaa Restaurant are planned out to give you an excellent variety of delicious cuisine during your stay at Vakarufalhi. While breakfast and lunch are served buffet style, a more varied programme is on offer at dinner.
Four nights of buffet with a varying international cuisine including Asian, European and Maldivian with a weekly barbecue is offered. For the remaining three nights, two nights of combination buffet & a la carte and one evening of complete a la carte dinner when your complete meal will be served to your table is in our regular programme. There are always enough choices for vegetarians available and people with special dietary requirements are also catered for.
- Ihaa Bar
Fine white sand on the floor and comfortable rattan furniture enables you to relax in total comfort. Gaze out on to the bright blue lagoon as you cool down with a cold beer after a few hours in the sun. Sit under a starlit sky on the spacious wooden deck that extends from the bar on to the beach. Sip your favourite cocktail from the extensive cocktail menu or better still enjoy a ‘Vakaru Queen’ the barman’s very own secret. Stocked with the finest wines, champagnes and liquors, the bar opens in the morning and closes when the last guest leaves.
- Outdoor dining
The remoteness of the island does not limit your dining choices, try the outdoor dining adventures offered at the island. Starting with simple candle lit dinner, endless journey of steamboat and BBQ dinner where your choice of food will be cooked by you on your dinner table to the very exclusive desert island couple only dinners are served. At Vakarufalhi, the Food & Beverage Team is ready to prepare your dream dinning experience by combining your creativity with the expertise of the team.
Vakarufalhi Island Resort - Maldives - Facilities & Services
- Facilities & Services
Services and Amenities include:
Ilaa Restaurant, Ihaa Bar, In-Villa Dining, Gym, Badminton, Table Tennis, Beach Volleyball, Football/Mini Football, Carrom, Chess, Darts, Windsurfing, Catamaran Sailing, Canoeing, Island Hopping, Sunset Cruise, Dolphin Cruise, Night Fishing, Snorkelling Trip, Deserted Island, Robinson Crusoe, Traditional Dhoni Cruise, Cultural Trips, Night Fishing, Deep Sea Fishing, Sunset Fishing, Morning Fishing, Night Time Programs; Movies, Cultural Dance Shows, Crab Race, Beach Barbecue.
Other Services; Gift Shop/Boutique, Internet Service, Wedding Renewals, TV Room/Audio, Visual Room, Reading Area/Library, Fax, High Chairs, Cribs, Turndown Service, Foreign Currency Exchange, Jewelry Shop.
- Available Facilities
Baby Cot Internet desk with PC Porters Bar Internet dial-up Restaurants Beauty Saloon Jewelry Shop Room Service Coffee shop Laundry Safe Deposit Fitness Facility Lounge area Souvenir Shop Hair Salon / barber Massage Parlor
- Duniya Spa
“Duniye Spa” at Vakaru is designed to enhance your satisfaction by adding further comfort and relaxation to your valuable stay. All the treatments are carefully selected combination of holistic treatments ranging from Indian Ayruveda, Oriental and Swedish Massages, body works and beauty treatments. Treat jetlag from the long flight, relax the tensioned muscles from busy and hectic life and remove the tension in your mind from work place.
- Honeymoon Special
Vakarufalhi Island Resort welcomes newlyweds to celebrate their very special Honeymoon at one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the world…. A small, tropical island with stunning white sand beaches, rainbow colored coral reef teeming with incredible fish….
Enjoy the privacy and intimacy of a secluded, peaceful, natural setting and a casual atmosphere, where “no shoes, no news†is our promise, and the sunsets are marvelous!
The food is great, the staff makes you feel at home, and the star filled heavens make you feel as if you are truly out of this world… memories that will last a lifetime!
Vakarufalhi honors your honeymoon by providing you with a fruit plate and flower decorated bed which we hope that you will enjoy in you room on arrival night: Vakarufalhi also offers the following “optional†Honeymoon choices, which may be booked at the Resort.
Wedding Ceremony (a symbolic, not a legal matrimony)
There is no better place to unite two hearts or rejoice in one's love than at this island paradise. Repeat your vows to another in a ceremony of your own choosing, or let us plane a traditional, symbolic Maldivian ceremony officiated by our island “head manâ€.
Renewal of Wedding vows Ceremony
There is no better place to renew one's love then at this island paradise. Repeat your vows to one another in a ceremony of your own choosing, or let us plan a traditional, symbolic Maldivian ceremony officiated by our island you will be pick up at your room and you will be brought to the place of the ceremony, under romantic palm leaves.
Romantic Candlelight Seafood Dinner on the beach
Lobster dinner on the beach or at the Terrace under a blanket of stars.
Champagne Breakfast Room Service
Enjoy a full American breakfast served in the privacy of your own room, or your own private patio anytime before noon, including a glass of champagne.
Traditional Couple Adam & Eve Herbal Oil Body Massage
Experience a relaxing and revitalizing full body treatment using special aromatic oils with aphrodisiac properties. Two tables, two Therapists, same treatment room, same time, with soothing music, sandalwood incense and a bottle of Champagne.
Robinson Crusoe to the Sand bank
Your private sand bank… the very romantic couple is taken to the private sandbank in the middle of ocean after breakfast with picnic lunch, bottle of wine, beer, soft drinks and water. The couple is picked up in the late afternoon to return to the resort.
Vakarufalhi Island Resort - Maldives - Sports, Entertainment & Excursions
- Sports, Entertainment & Excursions -
Your holiday at Vakarufalhi would obviously be one of complete relaxation. However if you feel like some action the resort offers you a few choices in land and water sports. Of course no one would want the peace to be disturbed. At Vakaru we do not offer any motorized water sports that may ruin your quite day on the beach.
With excellent dive sites in the area Vakarufalhi is the ideal location for a diving holiday. Most of the 35 dive sites or more that are visited regularly are in deeper channels towards the outer reef.
- Available Facilities
Baby Cot Fish watch PADI Dive School Banana Boat Fishing trips Porters Bar Fitness Facility Restaurants Beach Volley Foot Ball Room Service Beauty Saloon Gym Safe Deposit Boating Hair Salon / barber Scuba Diving Canoeing Internet desk with PC Sea side Games Catamaran Sailing Internet dial-up Snorkeling Coffee shop Jewelry Shop Souvenir Shop Cultural Shows Karaoke Table Tennis Cycling Laundry Tennis court Darts Live Music Volley Ball Discotheque Lounge area Water Skiing Excursions Massage Parlor Windsurfing
- Diving
South Ari Atoll is famous for mantas and whale sharks during their season. Vakarufalhi due to it's location have access to more than 35 great dive sites around the island and along the atolls outer reef. This makes Vakarufalhi a good choice for divers as well. Combined with the island setting, simple yet modern accommodation and facilities makes this resort a very well appointed place for the average dive holiday.
The resort's dive center is run by the international company Pro-Divers. Their team members speak majority of the foreign languages and they are undoubtedly the very familiar with the waters around Vakarufalhi. Due to the vast number and the availability of all levels of dive sites, this resorts becomes a highly recommended resort for beginners as well as the experts. No diver will leave the island unsatisfied and they will long to come back, as always.
From January till end of March visits to Manta points are made several times a week. In the months of September until December there is a good chance of seeing whale sharks in the area.
Boat trips are available everyday of the week. Full day, early morning, and night dive excursions are organized regularly. All the dive sites are within reach in 15 to 60 minutes by boat. Single dives to dive packages are available for certified divers.
- Snorkelling
The house reef is only 15 metres from the beach. The resort has a very nice house reef. Look out for schools of snappers, soldier fish, and batfish. The reef is frequented by stingrays, sharks and turtles and it is very likely that you come across them while snorkeling or diving around the reef. It is an interesting house reef with caves and overhangs. Independent diving and night diving on the house reef is available every day.
Masks, snorkels and fins are available from the dive school for snorkeling. Guided night time snorkeling is arranged by the dive school.
- Water Sports
Water Sports - Vakarufalhi Island Resort Maldives As one of the best places in the world for water sports, the resort has a water sports centre operated by ProDivers. It offers Catamaran sailing, windsurfing and canoeing. Beginners are offered the opportunity to learn windsurfing or catamaran sailing with an experienced member from the water sports centre, while the more skilled can rent the equipment at their own leisure. For a special day’s excursion, you can hire a catamaran for an island hopping or snorkeling excursion. One of the water sports centre staff always accompanies you on such excursions
- Land Sports
Table tennis, outdoor badminton court and dart board are offered for those who feel like some action. Bats and rackets are available at the resort free of charge. A volleyball court and a mini football ground provide the opportunity for those who prefer a harder game. Enjoy an afternoon game with the staff. Often mixed teams of staff and guests provide some fun not only for the players but for the onlookers as well.
- Wedding
A “Sunset Wedding” at the beach, a traditional wedding ceremony on a white sandy beach, decorated with coconut palm leaves and flowers. The “Maldivian Wedding” features taste of a traditional island ceremony, truly a Maldivian experience. This package includes bridal spa treatment, double layer wedding cake, bottle of champagne, wedding dinner with wine, wedding certificate and a digital image CD. Room will be decorated to your surprise for the night.
- Tours and Trips
Half Day Cultural Center
Take an expedition to Dhangethi, 30 minutes by boat. Catch a glimpse at the daily life in a typical village. Sample the clean streets and meet the friendly children. Dhangethi with a population of about 800 has a popular cultural centre which exhibits traditional Maldivian lifestyle, craftsmanship and occupations.
The excursion is organized once a week and is a half-day excursion which takes place in the afternoon.
Tour to Resort islands
There are many other resorts in South Ari Atoll and you see some of them everyday as you stroll around the island or lie relaxing on the beach. The half-day excursion offers you the possibility of sampling for yourself the unique beauty of at least some of these. This excursion is offered weekly to islands that are about 45 minutes by dhoni and a different resort is selected for each excursion.
Full-day Excursion
The full day excursion takes you around to two very different islands and a snorkeling point. The excursion begins in the morning after breakfast. First you are taken to a local inhibited island for sightseeing and shopping, then your taken to an uninhabited island for BBQ lunch. After lunch, you will have the chance to snorkel in total seclusion at a beautiful reef before heading back to Vakarufalhi.
Snorkelling Safari
The house reef of the island is excellent for snorkeling. However you may wish to see more of the underwater wonders that Maldives has to offer. With this in mind the resort organizes a snorkeling excursion once a week. This excursion takes you to two different reefs from amongst the many dotted around the resort. A half-day trip, on which you will depart in the morning after breakfast. This excursion could bring you some surprises such as whale sharks and Mantas Rays that are frequent at these reefs.
Snorkeling equipment can be rented or purchased at the island.
Early Morning Fishing
Early morning fishing is for the big game enthusiast. You wake early in the morning when it is still dark. Listen to the rustle of the palms and the sound of the waves. Then you gaze up at the millions of stars twinkling in the dawn sky. You board a ‘dhoni’ local boat and head off to the outer side of the atoll reef. You feel the fresh sea breeze on your face, as the sky becomes a little lighter.
Thick strong lines are used for this type of fishing. You hold the lines firmly as the boat starts its runs up and down along the reef. The eastern horizon becomes almost golden and the sun bursts out of the eastern horizon. A tug on the line, the captain stops the boat to let you haul in your catch. It could be a powerful Dorado, Wahoo, a Marlin or a much dreamed about Sailfish, with its huge beautiful dorsal fins that will take you by surprise. After exciting time, you will be back on the resort in time for breakfast.
Night Fishing
A more peaceful type of fishing. A time to relax and enjoy the company of your friends or your partner after an exciting day in the sun or underwater. You leave the island at five in the evening. The boat anchors at a reef in time for a magnificent sunset. The crew prepares your lines with bait, hook and sinkers. You drop your line until it almost touches the bottom. Peace and quite sets in the boat as you wait holding your line feeling the fish pecking at the bait.
Soft murmur as people start discussing their day´s activities. After a fiery twilight sky darkness sets in with millions of twinkling stars shining above. A bite! and there is some excitement on the boat as everyone looks on to see what you are pulling in. A Snapper! A Grouper!
See what fish tastes like when you have caught it yourself. Make a request at the reception and the chef will prepare the fish for you.
Sunset Photo & Dolphin Cruise
Based on the sea condition, chances are greater to site dolphin just 10 – 15 minutes of boat ride from the island. While enjoying watching the playful nice creature leaping and jumping at their final pray for the day, experience the unique Maldives sunset and sip on your favorite cocktail in hand.
Entertainment
Without disturbing the peace and tranquility of the island, few entertainment programs such as fortnightly soft music band with occasional disco nights, weekly underwater slide show by Dive School and weekly Maldivian Nights are organized at the resort to keep you entertained.
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