Good room . All facilities working. Very clean. As long as Master Chef Himanshu Thakor is in charge of the kitchen guests can be assured to have a very good dining experience. Himanshu is also very helpful in other respects.
For a location like Kaashidhoo the hotel was a tad overpriced. The island has numerous guesthouses but hardly any tourists so it doesn't t pay to be booking in advance. Prices drop substantially if you book just shortly before your departure. For the price I paid I would have expected a coconut welcome drink as in similarly priced establishments and fresh juice instead of squash at breakfast. It doesn't t help that the absentee owner is based in Male and any requests need to be first approved by him. The island does not really have a worthwhile house reef so if you want beach access for snorkeling this isn t the island to choose . The bikini beach is not suitable for snorkeling, the local beach only at high tide but even then it is limited as 1. There can be a strong sideways current and 2. The reef is just too shallow to swim above. You would also need to be covered up to snorkel as many locals use this beach. The real drawback of Kaashidhoo is the amount of rubbish just everywhere. Whilst you see women sweeping the beaches and streets, nobody ever picks up the rubbish blown into the verges or thrown into the greenery. Even the plantations are full of plastic rubbish. Building rubble is being carted onto the beaches and left there. You come across many inofficial rubbish heaps apart from the large waste site near the " dolphin view point" on Google.maps. the indigenous forest with its endemic plants has all but disappeared as full scale clearance seems to be condoned by the authorities. The famous Buddhist ruins have been left to overgrow. Don t expect the site - if you can find it! - to look like the photos you see on the Internet.
