Incredible 10 day stay at Kuramathi - with our 3 year old daughter!
Highlights:
We chose Kuramathi partly because of the kids club, which was even better than expected. It's much bigger than the website photos suggest, with two splash pads and a pool with slide, a garden, and lovely indoor play area. Our daughter loved it so much and kept requesting to go back. The staff are fun, caring and engaging. Huge thanks to Konnie, Rashma, Rachelle and Sara for making Wren feel so happy and secure.
We were full board and ate at the buffet restaurants, rather than a la carte. The food was exceptional, better than any other buffet we have eaten at. The breakfast almond croissants deserve a special mention!
The house reef is huge, wrapping three quarters of the island. While some parts have suffered slightly bleaching, there are numerous healthy varieties of coral. The fish life is incredible, and there is a huge population of black tip reef sharks. Access is easy from the beach or jetty - even our toddler could do it. Watching the black tips hunting fish from the jetty was such a highlight.
Rasdhoo Dive Centre was excellent - we did a refresher dive on the reef, Wata was an excellent guide. We also did the Madivaru Dive, famous for white tip reef sharks, which was stunning.
The excursions are excellent, well worth the money. We swam with manta rays on two separate snorkelling boat trips, which was an unforgettable experience.
水上飛機很容易延誤,去的時候delay了兩次,等了三個多小時才有飛機可搭,回程的時候也delay一次,算是此趟旅程的一點小不順。<br>島上的接待人員及服務人員都很親切,隨性自在的態度讓遊客不自覺就會放鬆心情,一下子就融入這邊悠閒幸福的氣氛。蜜月的驚喜是被免費從水上屋升級到水上按摩池屋,外送一瓶酒兌換券,可至任一bar兌換一瓶AI方案中有包含的酒。我們的用餐方案是HB,用餐時自備水也沒有被阻止,大部分的用餐人員還是會向櫃台點水或飲料。</br><br>來的季節照理說已進入天氣穩定的旺季,但來的時候迎風向(北側)的島風普遍較大,浪也很翻騰,背風向(南側)的狀態就穩定很多,這個時節去強烈建議還是要住南側的房型(水上按摩浴缸屋.沙灘屋),check in之後驚喜地得知旅館將我們從水上屋免費升級到水上按摩浴缸屋,超幸運!!</br><br>整個島若要徒步一圈約要一個鐘頭,島上有環島小巴士,若還有空位就會隨招即停,路標不是很多,因此若對於島的各項設施若還不熟悉,建議還是搭遊島巴士才不會走錯方向。</br><br>浮淺的點也是集中在南面的礁岸,漲潮時可直接下水,游一小段到旗桿點就有一大片的珊瑚礁和超多超美的魚,魚都不怕生,轉著眼睛在旁邊游,小遺憾就是浪還是有點大,在水中無法穩定的拍攝。</br><br>這次來正好遇上聖誕季,本來網站提示可能需要付上一人$100美金的聖誕晚餐費,但之後發現根本不須加錢,當天的buffet果然非常華麗,還有合唱團和聖誕老公公發送禮物(大概是兩人一份禮物,禮物隨機,有人拿到娃娃,有人拿到T恤),聖誕氣氛滿點!</br><br>客房服務一天兩次,整理得相當周到,倒是沒什麼機會遇到管家,渡假村的活動訊息也都會留下message在鋪得整齊的床上。</br><br>在庫拉馬蒂的四天都很愉快盡興,相當推薦的一個度假島嶼!</br>