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Welcome to Rihiveli Beach Resort, Maldives, where you can truly relax and let your hair down. In a convivial, back-to-basics family-style environment, rediscover the joy of heart-to-heart communication in a pre-gadget, less-complicated world, where people are your best companions, nature satisfies your needs, and home is where you derive comfort and pleasure.
There’s no need to stand on ceremony in this topical island paradise, because everything else is at its most natural – like the breathtaking splendour of the expansive sky, shimmering allure of the warm cerulean water, and glorious hues that only nature could have created.
Stay in one of our 48 sea-facing bungalows, which offers all the facilities and amenities you’ll need…and just a little more, such as the spacious living space with gently whirring fans, and separate bathrooms with indoor and outdoor showers. You also have a terrace, and private garden that leads you directly to the warm lagoon water.
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Room and Accommodation
Set in picture postcard landscape, there are 48 bungalows in total tranquility providing sedate atmosphere to guests. Each bungalow with private lush garden is tastefully furnished with cozy wooden furniture. Room amenities include overhead fan, hairdryer and private bath with hot and cold water running supply. Relax in the shade of palms outside of your bungalow and enjoy sea views.
Our bungalows are designed for comfort, and positioned to catch the fabulous sunrise, sunset, and all the amazing views in between. Every morning, watch the glowing sun rays set Sunrise Island and Birds Island ablaze, their brightness reflecting off the water’s surface and tiptoeing across the undulating waves. In the evening, witness the fiery streaks of colour that spray the sky with crimson, flaming red, firebrick and russet.
All 48 bungalows open to astounding sea views, while a few metres away is the invitingly warm and clear lagoon water. At about 32sq m each, the bungalow offers all the comforts of home, without the distractions of modern living.
Refurbished only in 2006, each bungalow’s thatched roof, wood floor and rustic furnishings reinforce the back-to-basics setting. Ceiling fans whirl overhead, and an outdoor shower in the Deluxe Bungalow complements the indoor bathroom. Right outside your door are a generously sized terrace, and your own private garden complete with a hammock and two day beds.
Double/Twin Bungalow
The bungalow has double/twin beds. You’ll enjoy views of the amazing Indian Ocean whether from your door, terrace, private garden, hammock or deck chairs. The water is only four metres away from the terrace.
Triple Bungalow
The bungalow has three beds. You’ll love the wind in your hair as you relax in your hammock, or prepare to acquire a lovely golden tan. At night, the moon and stars cast a romantic glow over the powdery sands, and light up your private garden.
Deluxe Bungalow
The bungalow has three beds – a double bed, a day bed, an indoor bathroom and an outdoor shower. You’ll get breathtaking sea views, glorious sunsets, sand at your doorstep and 28-degree Celsius water four metres away. You also have uninterrupted views of water sports enthusiasts in action!
Family Bungalow
The bungalow has four beds, and is ideal for people travelling with children. With generous spaces inside and outside, everyone has his or her own piece of tropical paradise... unparalleled vista of the Indian Ocean included!
Deluxe Villa
The spacious duplex is ideal for a party of four or five people. It offers king-sized and single beds, a separate living room, and unbeatable views of the sunrise and our two private islets. With such glorious scenery, it’s no wonder residents prefer to spend their time outdoors.
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Restaurant and Bar
Meal times are the best occasions to make new friends, or catch up with people you met on your last visit. The communal seating arrangement at the resort over-water restaurant – where tables are set for four, six or eight diners – and cosy restaurant size favour interaction, and contribute to a relaxed, convivial atmosphere.
Cuisines
There’s a different cuisine every day, inspired by menus that span French, Italian and Maldivian, or are better described as being international or Asian. There’s also a daily barbecue lunch at Sunrise Island; it’s hugely popular and places are limited to only 20 people, so signing up at breakfast time is a must! Dinner is either buffet or set menu, and is served at the resort restaurant or occasionally, at the beach.
For special occasions, we can prepare an exclusive a la carte seafood dinner at the beach, with choice of prawns, lobsters or meat, accompanied by side dishes, salads and dessert.
All meals are prepared using fresh ingredients including meat, fish, vegetables, seasonal tropical fruits and desserts. Wine (charged separately) is served by glass or bottle; do ask for our extensive wine list.
Daily at 5.30pm (except during Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month), guests are invited to join our staff at the staff canteen for afternoon tea and biscuits.
Fun bar
If there is a focal point for everyone at the resort, then the resort bar must be it. Much larger than a conventional bar with a long counter and bar stools, it is part of a communal hall with comfortable sofa/lounge seats and card tables
This is where residents converge for an afternoon cuppa, ice-cream treat, beer, snack or leisurely chat. Pre-dinner cocktails are served al fresco outside the bar so that residents can enjoy the spectacular sunset.
After dinner, our staff will engage guests in rousing competitions like bingo, animation, card games and such, with prizes including free drinks and barbecue seafood dinner at the beach, complemented by loads of good-natured teasing and heartfelt camaraderie.
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Facilities & Services
Amongst the various business facilities in Rihiveli Beach, one can find an information desk form where one can get different types of information. The resort has a business center with a computer and internet connection. One can make use of this facility to send important mails or work on various office applications. The computer is connected to a printer from where one can get printouts.
Explore the indigenous flora and nature's wonder on the island on excursion trip. Indulge in night sailing and enjoy the nocturnal shades of sunset. The resort provides dhoni to guests for night Snorkeling beneath star-studded sky. Your fishing adventure ends on the barbeque beach dinner. Enhance your stay at Rihiveli by enjoying tennis, volleyball, gymnastic, table tennis, board games and snooker on the island.
After the island adventure, the turquoise water of the lagoon invites you to experience exquisite water adventure, including wave surfing, catamaran sailing, water skiing, canoeing, Snorkeling, scuba diving and wake boarding.
You are welcome to participate in all our resort activities, most of which are included in your full-board package. But places for the more popular activities do get filled up quickly on a first-come, first-served basis!
Retreat INDOORS
Don’t let the heat slow you down. There are indoor games that challenge your mind, test your coordination and stretch your imagination.
Communal Hall
The communal hall is a source of entertainment with indoor games such as board games (backgammon, card games), American and French billiards and table tennis. Petanque/lawn bowling is available just outside the hall.
Library
The library, located at the communal hall, is stocked with titles spanning fiction and non-fiction. Select your favourites to curl up in your hammock with.
Boutique
Every resort must have its little shop of wonders! Our boutique is stocked with local titbits, handmade keepsakes, books, hats, t-shirts, shorts, skirts, saucy and sedate swimwear, scarves, stationery and an array of sundry items. Why not personalise your t-shirt or gift? – our on-site printing services can get it done… pronto!
Balinese-style massage centre
Surrender to the healing touch of our masseuses as they ease the tight knots out of your muscles. Adept in different massage techniques, they’ll help you embark on a journey of perfect bliss and absolute relaxation.
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Location
Just 400 metres from your holiday home are Sunrise Island and Birds Island, which you can easily reach on foot. Unmarred by development, they are cloaked in verdant foliage and complemented by lovely beaches.
The Republic of Maldives comprises about 1192 coral islands set among 26 atolls in the Indian Ocean. An internet search for ‘Maldives’ will inevitably turn up raving reviews of its incredible natural beauty, marine wonders and island havens – all of which are true!
Italian traveller George Corbin is often credited with bringing the first group of tourists to the beautiful islands of the Maldives in 1972. With the opening of the first resort in late 1972, the tourism industry has soared. Today, 35 years on, 88 island resorts offer memorable experiences from beyond-star luxury to barefoot chic. Even better, guests can now look forward to another 35 new resorts slated for opening before 2010.
Rihiveli
Rihiveli Maldives is located on the South Atoll of Maldives, far from the throngs of tourists and stresses of urban living. Surrounded by a magnificent crystal-clear lagoon with the nearest inhabited island eight kilometres away, the resort is private and peaceful, and its surrounds are swarmed with natural life both above and below the waterline.
Rihiveli is 47 kilometres from Male International Airport, a distance easily covered by a one-hour speedboat ride. For security reasons, we do not provide transfers at night. So do try to book a flight that touches down before 5.00pm if you want to check into the resort on the same day.
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