Sandies Bathala Maldives

“Paradise with an Amazing House Reef”

Sandies Bathala Maldives is a stunning island with crystal-clear waters, a spectacular house reef, and incredibly friendly staff. The food was delicious, and the peaceful atmosphere made it the perfect place to relax and unwind. Highly recommended for anyone seeking an authentic Maldivian escape!

“Bathala remains our most favourite Maldivian island”

We LOVE Bathala! This is our third stay on the tiny paradise island, visiting also in the last 2 years. Last year's review was titled "If I could give 6 stars then I would", however we don't quite feel that way this year, but its still gets a worthy 5 stars. The island is small, the reef is amazi… more

We LOVE Bathala! This is our third stay on the tiny paradise island, visiting also in the last 2 years. Last year's review was titled "If I could give 6 stars then I would", however we don't quite feel that way this year, but its still gets a worthy 5 stars. The island is small, the reef is amazing and each visit into the water showcases different spectacular species and we came away with many great photos and videos. The staff are friendly and its nice that with most of the guests being Italian theres also good English spoken. We love the food, we love the accommodation, we love island....but... Our Maldives adventures are also very much about excursions and trips out to see whale sharks, mantas, line fishing etc and Bathala has always provided a great offer and service to enable this. For this year though, things did not seem so well promoted and organised, not as well planned in advance, timeline for opportunities kept changing, felt like we had to push to get what we where asking for. I am not sure what was different but it felt different, just not quite so good as before. I feel its worth the Bathala management team looking at this. Thay said, nothing will stop us coming back for another visit in the future and we hope to see many our Bathala friends again. I cannot end the review without mentioning Lahpo our Maldivian friend who works in the watersports centre who we wish to thank for his 110% enthusiasm to meet our needs and for his most excellent snorkel tours around the reef and spotting so many whale sharks and mantas on our private trips out - thank you so much Lahpo and we hope to see you again! 😁🏝🌞

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“Perfect place to chill”

We had a five night stay here and sea plane /boat trip was amazing way to arrive . We had a beach villa on the sand by palm tree was a swing near the sea great photo shot . Lovely large room comfortable beds and outside bathroom shower was nice touch . We asked for a fridge which arrive quickly to… more

We had a five night stay here and sea plane /boat trip was amazing way to arrive . We had a beach villa on the sand by palm tree was a swing near the sea great photo shot . Lovely large room comfortable beds and outside bathroom shower was nice touch . We asked for a fridge which arrive quickly to keep water bottles cold and another outside chair as there were three of us .Nothing was too much trouble. A walk round island took 15 mins with 5 jetty’s to swim off or get boats from . Small shop selling clothes some cigarettes etc . Diving centre and shop to book trips . Drinks were very good as were the cocktails. Food was buffet style but wide choice from pasta ,pizza ,curries ,salads . ,fish etc . Snorkelling off house reef was easy and twice a day you could opt to join guide who took group out . Easy to see fish from beach or on jetty’s . We booked sunset cruise had boat to ourselves which we saw amazing sunset - snacks & sparkling wine included . Evening attainment was low key music ,quiz etc A relaxing holiday after Sri Lanka road trip . Staff were lovely Ali our waiter in restaurant and Pankaj the egg man at breakfast always smiling and chatting .

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“A slice of paradise”

We had our honeymoon here in the middle of March and had an incredible time. The island was fairly quiet and all the staff were extremely helpful and friendly (specially Magic who was our waiter for the week!). Our room was beautifully set up for us on arrival and we were also moved to the Sea Vill… more

We had our honeymoon here in the middle of March and had an incredible time. The island was fairly quiet and all the staff were extremely helpful and friendly (specially Magic who was our waiter for the week!). Our room was beautifully set up for us on arrival and we were also moved to the Sea Villa one night early which we were very grateful for. The beaches and snorkelling are phenomenal on the island and we were lucky enough to see some amazing marine life. We swam with beautiful fish and sharks as well as seeing corals like never before. I would absolutely recommend doing the couples sunset cruise as this was the highlight of our holiday! The staff on the boat kindly took lots of photos for us and were very friendly. Food options were also great with a different theme each night. Pizza and pasta were there everyday for lunch and breakfast which was a good option when we just wanted something simple! This is something out of the control of the staff but our journey back to Male airport was very stressful as we didn’t get picked up from the island till quite late in the morning. The sea plane did multiple pick ups which meant it took 2hrs to get back to Male. This was the only downside of the whole holiday and again it wasn’t because of Sandies Bathala necessarily, it’s just something to bear in mind!

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