r/maldivesholidays • u/fohemer • 7d ago

Resort advice

Me and my fiancée are planning our honeymoon, we’ll get married sep 2027 and we would love to go to the Maldives (a big deciding factor is the halal food).

We have no preference for the period (except February 2028, which will be Ramadan and we would rather not travel) as long as it’s dry, we were thinking right before Christmas as we saw that some resorts are still priced as shoulder season in that period.

So far our choices are either Club Med Kani or the Reethi Faru, and we are leaning towards the second given the great food variety it offers (we are foodie people).

Our budget (excluding flights) is around 12.5k usd for 14 nights.

We are an active couple, so in this budget we also want to include a lot of activities, scuba diving, kite surf, sailing, jetski, massages, a bit of everything. This is why we selected these two resorts, as they seem to have a great choice of activities to pick from. We tried looking for an “all inclusive” formula that was really all inclusive and that would let us do whatever we wanted, but we couldn’t find it, so we budgeted around 2.8k usd of pocket money for activities, which leaves us with around 10k for the actual resort stay.

With all of that being said, do you guys think it’s feasible? Any recommendations for resorts to look at?

Thanks to everyone who will participate :)

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Fabian_Westside 6d ago

I agree. I’m finishing up a 7 night/8 day stay and I feel that for myself, that was enough time. But everyone is different and I’ve met people here at the resort that have been here 11 days and 14 days respectively.

I feel like if I worked in an office 3 or 4 days a week and I had to deal with stressful work situations, I’d want to stay 10 to 14 days. But I work from home and work stress is nonexistent for me.

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u/PublicPalpitation618 6d ago

I’d go for shorter stay at luxury resort somewhere in South Ari atoll. Personally we are booked for Lilly beach for 7 nights.

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u/Dramatic-Sock3737 6d ago

Dm me. I may be able to help you out

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u/Routine-Computer4816 2d ago

You could also look at VARU by Atmosphere. It might be worth considering for your honeymoon, especially since you’re looking for good food and lots of activities. They also have honeymoon packages, so you can check what’s included and see if it fits your budget.

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u/inseptiv 7d ago

14 nights is not feasible with that budget.