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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.

Dinning

The Harbour

Dine with style in the newly built and elegantly designed fine dining restaurant – Harbour Grill. Here you will have options of dining either in air-conditioned comfort or while enjoying the cool breeze and the breathtaking scenery on the open air over water deck. Harbour Grill specializes in presenting you with the best of Maldivian fish, a large variety of seafood, home-made pasta and a selection of tender steaks char grilled to your taste. The silver light of the moon, the most delicious food and our warm and friendly staff make it one of the most memorable moments of your holiday.

Gallery Restaurant

The main restaurant of Bandos Island Resort is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and specializes in catering for guests whose holiday package includes meals – yet is open to all the guests. Package holidaymakers, however, are not restricted to one restaurant, but are welcome to eat at either the Coffee shop or the Harbour Grill with a discount.

Sea Breeze Coffee Shop

True to its name, Sea Breeze Café has been newly built right at the edge of the water with an open air over water deck and an amazing view of the sea. It is open 24 hours and offers from snacks to A La Carte Menu, ranging from Spaghetti Bolognaise, a variety of pizza to authentic Indian Curry.

Sand Bar

Right at the water’s edge is our Sand Bar, reconstructed with modern equipments and the state of designs blending well with its name and surround. It is the main bar and is open from 0730hrs until the last satisfied customer leaves. Enjoy the exotic atmosphere barefoot on the sand floor sipping a tropical drink from our wide selection. Our live band invites you to listen or dance the night away, try Karaoke or dance to the hot rhythms played by our DJ.

Paradise Bar

When you visit the Paradise Club for a sports, tennis, a vigorous workout or a swim in the pool, you can take advantage of the thirst quenching drinks and the light fare menu the Paradise Bar offers.

Sundowners

Located on the east side of the island, close to our Dive School, is the Sundowners Bar, open daily between 0730hrs to 00:30 Midnight. A favorite among divers for a quick snack and a cool drink after a dive. Watch the sunset setting across the horizon while sipping your favourite cocktail with someone special on the large over water deck at the Sundowners Bar.

Diving

The Maldives has over 200 different species of coral growing in its waters representing 60 genera, and these in turn are home to a thousand varieties of underwater life forms.

The house reef here at Bandos, considered one of the best in North Malé Atoll, will certainly give visitors a glimpse of one the true marvels of the Maldives.

Activities

Sports Fishing

Popular statistics have it that the average Maldivian consumes an average of 75 kilograms of tuna annually. Our love for fishing should then come as no surprise, and Bandos is proud to share the Maldivian flair for fishing with our guests, particularly the art of baitless fishing. One needn’t be a professional as our team includes professional fishermen who will be able to assist you throughout the course of the entire trip. Geared towards this end is our state of the art vessel. A Prowler equipped with a fish finder, global positioning systems, radar and so forth.

Different types of fish are caught depending on the monsoon. The country experiences two main seasons, the South West Monsoon and the North East Monsoon. The South West Monsoon, which usually starts in May and continues until August, is the rainy season. However, given that these coral isles have an abundance of marine fauna, there hardly is a time when a trip fails to yield a good catch.

Island Hopping

Hop on board a local mechanized ‘Dhoni’ and sail away across the North Male’ Atoll to explore the different types of Islands in the area. Snorkel or swim and take a nap while you top up that tan in our tropical paradise. Discover a local island and see Maldivians at work and experience their island lifestyle.

Visit a local souvenir shop; buy something for you to remember your the trip by, before we land on our own picnic island for lunch. The full day tour includes the picnic lunch on the beach on our very own uninhabited island of Kuda Bandos (Little Bandos). Half day tours start after breakfast and we return to Bandos for lunch

Kuda Bandos

A shout away from the main island of Bandos is the uninhabited island of Kuda Bandos (literally meaning small Bandos) ideal for a private picnic on the beach or merely enjoying the sunset after a full day of snorkelling the reef or swimming in the clear blue lagoon.

Open throughout the week except Fridays, Saturdays and other public holidays, Kuda Bandos is the penultimate Robinson Crusoe experience.

Male’ Tour

The Male’ Tour is unique. Male’ must rank amongst the smallest capital cities of the world. Explore the streets of this tiny and unique island city through a guided tour by experienced local tour guides. Watch the fisherman unload their catch at the bustling local fish market or wander the aisles of the colourful Maldivian consumable products at the local market. Learn about the history and culture of the Maldives by visiting places of interest in the city. Although Male’ is not the shopping capital of the world, you will find plenty of enthusiastic vendors keen to show you around their souvenir shops.

ightseeing&Shopping

The Maldives is a country rich in culture, history and tradition. And in order to experience life as it is known in these islands, Bandos offers you a variety of excursions to both the capital and adjoining islands.

One of the most densely populated islands anywhere in the world, with over 103,000 people on a 2.5 square mile island, Malé, the financial, administrative and cultural capital has a number of historic and religious sites that merit visiting. Equally interesting would be to take a walk in the narrow lanes and witness the hustle and bustle as shopkeepers, fishermen, civil servants and businessmen all go about their daily business. The fish market on the waterfront and the local fruit and vegetable market are also places that would prove to be interesting.

Malé is an island definitely worth visiting. The Island Hopping excursions available from Bandos will allow you to visit a local inhabited island and nearby resort islands to give you a taste of what island life is like in the midst of the Indian Ocean.

Night Fishing & BBQ

Your visit to Bandos Island Resort and Spa is not complete without trying your hand at the local pass time activity- FISHING. This is definitely a night to remember full of scenes and memories. Bait your hook, drop your line direct from a ‘Dhoni’ to the reef and hope for a nibble as you watch the spectacular colors of sunset and ocean waves lap the surrounding islands.

After 2 hours of fishing for your own supper, we prepare a delicious barbecue on the beach of Kuda Bandos. While you are waiting to barbecue your catch of the evening our staff will entertain you with spectacular ‘bodu beru’ (local music with drums, rhythm and dance). After dinner you can just sit and relax with your loved ones on the white powder sandy beach to watch the glittering bonfire on the shore.

Snorkeling Trip

The coral reefs in Maldives are inhabited by diverse marine life and are teaming with colourful fish. Snorkelling is the easiest way to enjoy the beauty found beyond the lagoon. Please wear adequate sun screen. Reef snorkelling takes place directly from the boat and is therefore suitable for stronger swimmers. If you are new to snorkelling we suggest you begin it on the house reef or the reef at Kuda Bandos.

Please remember reefs are fragile ecosystems. Please do not stand, walk on the corals or reef. Do not try to take any souvenirs from the underwater world. It is not safe to remove corals as it may be even poisonous and may hurt your hands or feet.

Sand Bank

The coral reefs in Maldives are inhabited by diverse marine life and are teaming with colourful fish. Snorkelling is the easiest way to enjoy the beauty found beyond the lagoon. Please wear adequate sun screen. Reef snorkelling takes place directly from the boat and is therefore suitable for stronger swimmers. If you are new to snorkelling we suggest you begin it on the house reef or the reef at Kuda Bandos.

Please remember reefs are fragile ecosystems. Please do not stand, walk on the corals or reef. Do not try to take any souvenirs from the underwater world. It is not safe to remove corals as it may be even poisonous and may hurt your hands or feet.

Sunset Dolphin Cruise

Experience our fun search for wild dolphins while viewing the best sunsets the islands offer. Wild ones jumping and doing their friendly tricks, even swimming with the boat as you both go jumping and streaming across the ocean.

Bring your cameras so that you can show the dancing dolphins back home. This is one of our most fun-filled excursions, during which you will see the mammals that we trust the most, dolphins, in their natural environment. They will surely bring you joy!

Kids Club

At Bandos we think of making your holiday as hassle free as possible, and for those families travelling with young children the Child Care Centre and Kids Club will prove to be a blessing. Now you can enjoy your holiday comfortable in the knowledge that your children are in the capable care of our professional child minders and baby sitters.

The facilities are free of charge and the staff of Kids Club provides baby-sitting services free of charge, for children between 1 to 12 years, between 0900hrs to 1700hrs, although a small charge is levied after 1700hrs. The Kids Club is equipped with a nursery full of toys and a large playground outside so that even your children would be guaranteed an enjoyable holiday experience.

Island Water Sports

In a country that is more water than land, the possibilities for fun-filled activities in the water are almost inexhaustible. Whether it is the turquoise of the lagoon, or the azure blue of the rich coral reefs, or even the darker blue of the ocean, the waters surrounding Bandos will certainly yield some recreational value for our guests.

The water sports centre at Bandos is staffed with professionals who are highly skilled in their craft and are fluent in English, Japanese and German. Some of our 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 Centre here at Bandos also offers top notch catamaran and windsurfing facilities, while boasting of quality equipment such as Hifly, North-Sails and Topcats.

We 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.

Live Music & Karoake

Try out your voice on our Karaoke Nights at the Sand Bar. We offer a selection of well known songs from A-Z artists. View the lyrics on our big screen, while you hide in your chair and sing out your heart with that beautiful voice within! It’s not a pressure filled atmosphere; it’s a free, independent and friendly one where you’ll never feel alone, even without a partner!
Do not miss the chance to check out our best bands perform live on our stage when they show off their stunning musical talents. Performances of Jazz, Blues, Pop and Rock twice a week at our Sand Bar where all the entertainment takes place. Other programs include Maldivian Cultural Night with traditional drums and dances, Disco Night, Crab Racing Event, Dive Show and Movie Nights.

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