Dhawa Ihuru

+ Short distances to food, swim, bar + a lot of parrots + fresh juice at breakfast + nice cocktails (especially see breeze)😍 + a chance to visit a nearby hotel Banyan tree + short transfer from airport - the reef is not so good as described🥺 P.S. the best cocktail is «see breeze» prepared by Shakaba, Afraah and Rohit, thanks to them I finally found the most delicious cocktail on the menu!!🥂 Read less

We are so glad to revisit Ihuru after 17 years. In between, we have made holiday in another 5 Maldives resorts and are in a more convincing position to report. Ihuru is the best and here is why. It's about 25 minutes speed boat from the airport, therefore avoiding expensive seaplane transfers. The resort is a smallest you can expect, meaning not too many guests around. The settings are simple and exceptionally charming. I don't understand why the water around is exceptionally turquoise but it is. We stayed in a simplest West facing Beach Villa and is so adequate for us. The All Inclusive package covered all meals and a wide drink menu. Variety of dishes at meal is not particularly wide, but most of them are very good. All buffet meals have choice of BBQ meats cooked before you as well as a few other good choices. They provided set meals for some dinners which were very enjoyable too. The Bar sitting right by the beach is so relaxing and serve All Inclusive drinks round the clock. The free mini Bar in room was the most generous. The All Inclusive package also covered many non motorised water sports such as Kayaking, Windsurfing and Catamaran Sailing, which I can make full use of. Snorkeling equipment was provided free though we brought our own. An unique thing with Ihuru is that it pairs up with the adjacent resort run by Banyan Tree. With the free boat ride every 2 hours, we can use the facilities over Banyan Tree which has larger lagoon and a better equipped water sports centre. Ihuru guests can eat there for an extra of US$20. Ihuru gave us a complimentary night fishing cruise, as we stayed for more than 3 nights. That's a highlight and with the skilful assistance of the crew we caught more than we can consume. One of the fish was suitable for sashimi and was so fresh and tasty. The house reef is most easily accessible from the beach. We were some how disappointed by the conditions of the corals while the sea life remains abundant. All staff are confident and very friendly and actively interact with guests. They impressed us that they were happy with their job. A Malaysian lady Elena who was fluent in English and Chinese including Putonghua and Cantonese responded to our enquiries very swiftly prior to our arrival and have us exceptionally cared during our stay. Our departure flight was late near mid night, we were allowed to continue using their facilities after checking out. We took an afternoon speed boat to the airport and they sent our lugguage two hours later to facilitate our brief visit to Male. So flexible. I haven't seen any better service than that. Overall, Ihuru is the best for us and remains in the top of our list. Whenever we find a good rate we would be back. Read less

Loved this Island and hotel!! Will definitely come back. The ambiance of all the areas of the resort hotel and island is relaxing and cosy. Perfect for the traveller who prefers a smaller cosier resort hotel. All the staff amazing people, who are friendly, helpful, and just so nice to meet☺️ Didn't manage to get everyone's name, but all staff did a great job of making our stay just superb !! Did manage to get a few names in between totally relaxing and enjoying ourselves, so...Elena, Sujina, Hushan, Maaniu, Raikko, Adam, Nishanth, Rohit, and Das. Thankyou for making our stay so comfortable and fun. Maaniu is a wizard on the drums! My husband really enjoyed his first ever snorkling experience. The pricing of the Spa treatment was a bit pricier than other places we have visited, so didn't try that. Room/villa was very clean, very spacious and comfortable. Great location right on the beach. Room ammenties and mini bar were generous and great quality. The Dhawa Ihuru was the highlight of our 3 different countries holiday. Highly reccommmend! Read less