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Best of the Maldives: Nearest Local Island – Kandooma

Published 3 February 12 12:6 PM | Maldives Complete

    As for intimately close rocks , many islands are just a wade away from each other. Other resorts , companion resorts , deserted islands . But the closest island where Maldivian locals live and work is adjacent to Kandooma . The picture above...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, location

Best of the Maldives: Reefscaping Labels - Kandooma

Published 18 January 12 3:27 AM | Maldives Complete

While for many the downsides of big lagoons are their less dramatic snorkelling and more remote house reef, many resorts now are using Reefscaping to both enhance the snorkelling in the lagoons as well as the aquatic environment overall. In fact, Lori...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, eco-sustainable

Best of the Maldives: Nearby Surf Break – Kandooma

Published 30 December 11 1:52 PM | Maldives Complete

  Maldives caters to all types of surfers from beginner to expert , from innovative to impatient. For the lattermost, yet another resort shines in the surfing haven, Kandooma , which offers the closest surf break. Most surf breaks are a good distance...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, surfing

Best of the Maldives: Hot Drinks Cafe – Kandooma

Published 29 November 11 12:18 AM | Maldives Complete

  At first glance, one would expect that refreshing pina coladas and tropical coolers would be more the order of the day than a steaming mug of brew. Coffee and tea is more the craving for those colder, cloudier climes (like today which saw our first...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, drink

Best of the Maldives: Re-fresh-ment – Kandooma

Published 7 November 11 11:39 AM | Maldives Complete

  Kuramathi wasn’t the first resort to offer locally made beverage . While coffee presses are all the rage at the luxury resorts, Kandooma offers a more natural orange juice press in every room. My wife and I enjoyed fresh OJ the mornings we were...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, drink

Best of the Maldives: Biggest Beach Towels - Kandooma

Published 22 October 11 7:38 AM | Maldives Complete

A big shower calls for a big towel. And the biggest towel I have ever seen, in the Maldives or elsewhere, are the Kandooma beach towels. They are longer than a king sized bed (more than 2 metres) and nearly 5 feet long (see above). That’s me holding...

Filed under: best of, service, Kandooma

Best of the Maldives: Vista – Kandooma

Published 8 October 11 6:54 AM | Maldives Complete

Kandooma puts the ‘up’ in ‘upscale’. Aside from a Red Bull infusion (and Vettel is in pole position), a sea plane transfer or a parasailing excursion, the best way to ‘get wings’ in the Maldives is Kandooma’s...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, infrastructure

Best of the Maldives – Pre-Schoolers: Kandooma

Published 11 August 11 11:50 AM | Maldives Complete

As I have written before , I was originally going to call Maldives Complete by the name of ‘Maldives For Families’. There were so many websites heralding it as a destination for romance/honeymoon or diving, but I always thought of it as an...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, kids

Maldives Tour 2011 – Day 8: Kandooma

Published 24 July 11 9:27 PM | Maldives Complete

  Kandooma has architected, in its landscape and buildings, vast inner spaces from a tropical canopy to a striking set of main buildings. Walking around the island, one feels a dramatic cathedral-like sense of interior space both in the built up...

Filed under: Kandooma, tour

Best Of Failures

Published 25 May 11 2:37 AM | Maldives Complete

This is my 200 th blog post on Maldives Complete. I’ve covered a range of topics focusing, like the website, on useful tips and help for prospective visitors to the resorts. The Maldives’ rich diversity of the 100+ resorts provide an unceasing source...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, Equator Village, Six Senses Laamu

Best of the Maldives Online: Reef Regeneration - Seamarc

Published 22 April 11 8:29 PM | Maldives Complete

  Happy Earth Day 2011! Maldives have always been on the vanguard of promoting the thoughtful stewardship of the planet. In the spirit of the day, I thought I would highlight Seamarc who has been pioneering ‘reefscaping’ and ‘coral regeneration’...

Filed under: best of, Reethi Rah, Island Hideaway, Beach House at Manafaru, Kandooma, online, Four Seasons Kuda Huraa, Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru, eco-sustainability

Best of the Maldives: Library – Kandooma

Published 1 May 10 1:3 PM | Maldives Complete

Most resorts have a library somewhere with a collection of paperbacks for the beach and perhaps a few magazines and board games. Increasingly, resorts are adding Internet access around the resorts and in places like business centres and these libraries...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, activity

Best of the Maldives: Reefscaping - Kandooma

Published 1 February 10 10:40 AM | Maldives Complete

  With all of the discussion in the past few posts of what the Maldives and resorts are doing for conversation and the environment, it turns out that ecologically-minded guests visiting Kandooma can turn their activism into a holiday activity. Always...

Filed under: best of, Kandooma, Landaa Giravaru, Kuda Huraa, ocean, activity, eco-sustainability

Best of the Maldives: Seating – Kandooma

Published 5 December 9 3:57 PM | Maldives Complete

Speaking of cool seating , Kandooma recently completed a revamp of its resort and its web page so you can get an good sense of the impressive overhaul. The first item to strike me was its ‘funky’ beach chairs. Actually, when I was in Kurumba last month...

Filed under: best of, relaxing, Kandooma, seating