Kandooma
Find your tropical island paradise at the lagoon-facing Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives.
Overview
Slip into island life from the moment you arrive at Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives, with world-class South Malé Atoll diving and surfing on your doorstep. Our beach villas ooze style and boast luxury touches like outdoor showers and iPod docking stations.
Grab a coffee and wood-fired pizza from the Bokkuraa Coffee Club beside our sparkling infinity pool, or unwind with a good book and views over the peaceful lagoon. You can indulge in a soothing Thai massage and beauty treatments in our Kandooma Spa, and book the Spa Suite's private garden with plunge pool for a romantic afternoon.
Learn to sail on a catamaran trip around the region's sandbanks and take it easy with alcohol-free cocktails on a sunset cruise. It's just 5 minutes by boat from Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives for diving and snorkelling among colourful tropical fish on the reef.
Face-painting and fun games keep the children entertained in our Kids' Club, while parents unwind with a game of tennis or a workout in Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives' gym. Top off a perfect day with a Maldivian seafood feast and breathtaking sunsets on the deck at The Kitchen restaurant.
Speedboats ferry you across the turquoise waters from Malé International Airport to our contemporary resort hotel in just 40 minutes.
Accommodation
The 160 stylishly furnished rooms are bright with attractive splashes of colour; each featuring a television, iPod docker, minibar, tea and coffee maker, an orange squeezer with fresh oranges supplied daily, hammock and an outdoor bathroom.
Beach Villa
Unwind in a single-storey beach villa, decorated in nautical white and turquoise. Loose leaf tea, ground coffee and complimentary oranges refresh you after a day in the sun. Special touches include indoor and outdoor showers and an iPod dock. Views of garden or beach.
Beach House
Upgrade to a duplex beach house for extra space to store your dive equipment or surf gear. Step onto the balcony upstairs for views across the lagoon and relax in the ground-floor living area. Duplexes have both indoor and outdoor showers. Seaviews.
Overwater Villa
Laze on the lounger on the 12-sq-metre deck of your over-water villa at Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives. The light, white-washed villas have a choice of sunrise or sunset views. They also have a large deck with a fabulous overwater net hammock.
Restaurants & Bars
Wake up to ocean views and fruit smoothies at the breakfast buffet in Kandooma Café. Live music plays beneath the domed roof of our chic Lounge Bar while sizzling seafood and Asian dishes are served alongside sunset views in The Kitchen restaurant.
Kandooma Café
Location: In Hotel - On the beach area close to swimming pool
Serves: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
A blend of Western & Asian cuisine. Outdoor & indoor seating. Radio Kandooma access. Overlooking the swimming pool & the ocean. Kids menu available. Comprehensive beverage menu. Fresh ground coffee. Fresh loose leaf tea.
The Kitchen
Location: In Hotel - On the beach front
Serves: Dinner
The food will be Mediterranean-Thai with a good representation of sea food. About 15 paces away is the Wine Room where a choice of 250 wines will see that some indecision will be encountered in selecting a preferred label.
The Deck
Location: In Hotel - On the beach front, above The Kitchen Restaurant
Serves: Dinner
Thai-Mediterranean Cuisine. Serves Tapas & finger food. Shishas with various flavours. Pre–dinner drinks & sunset cocktails. Comprehensive beverage menu. Seats are on raised sunbeds with lounge pillows. Panoramic views of the ocean & sunsets. Outdoor seating.
Bokkuraa Coffee Club
Location: In Hotel - Beach front near swimming pool
Serves: Lunch & Dinner
Offers comprehensive beverage list including fresh ground coffee, fresh loose leaf tea and fresh fruit juices. Hearty snacks and light food. Kids menu available. Outdoor seating along the pool area. Panoramic views of the ocean.
Pool Bar
Location: In Hotel - In Hotel Hours of operation: 10:00am to 11:00pm
Relax! It’s too hot to do anything else, except perhaps to decide whether to order from a menu of fresh salads, sandwiches, wood-fired pizza or pick up a choice cut of eye fillet or lamb loin to be grilled by yourself under the shade of a coconut grove, pausing briefly for a sip of your favourite beverage, chatting to fellow sun loungers with grillers.
The Lounge
Location: In Hotel - In Hotel Open daily from 08.30 till late. Offers morning coffee and afternoon tea. Catch the buzz in late afternoon as divers gather to watch themselves on the day’s dive video, cocktails to watch the sunset, bar top games, light snacks and then a movie under the stars three nights in a week after dinner.
Features
Entertainment & Recreation
- The resort offers lots of recreational activities to fill your days including surfing, diving, canoeing, kayaking and snorkelling. Discover the wonders of the ocean surrounding the island and beyond in our Dive Centre.
- Recreation & Sports Court
- Barbecue Grills
- Live Entertainment
- Outdoor Pool
Health & Fitness Centre
- Fully equipped gymnasium. Jogging track around the island.
Kids Club
- Activities and venue located near the swimming pool, with drawing crayon, kids game is available.
- Wet and splash, Mini snorkelling is a wonderful way for kids to practice their skills and develop confidence before meeting the fish. This activity takes place in the pool and in the shallow waters of the lagoon
- Dry and cheery, a selection of indoor supervised activities, board and card games, table games and fun learning has been developed as a part of the weeks programme.
- Baby-Sitting.
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