Jenny㍿
October 11, 2024
There are only two decent hotels on Maafushi, one is Arena, which occupies the best location, and the other is KANNI. There are also several hotels with similar names, which are actually connected together. Usually Arena has good business and will be booked first. I booked KANNI GRAND because I couldn't book a room. There is a row of coconut trees in front of GRAND, so the sea view rooms on the lower floors will be affected, and the bar activities will be very noisy at night. If Chinese people want to live in a sea view room on a high floor, they have to book the more expensive sea view room, so that they can be arranged on the sixth floor. The sixth floor happens to be the floor that is not blocked by coconut trees and has a view. The room type is nearly 900 per night, and there are no supplies in the room. Remember to bring toiletries. I dare not use the yellow bath towel. The breakfast is edible, not to the point of being inedible, and there is no delicious food. The service of the entire Maafushi Island is almost non-existent. The ancestors of the local Maldives were all pirates, and there is not much integrity to speak of. We had a friend who was traveling with us. He chartered a boat for 180 USD to go to the island. He had to wait at the airport for an hour and a half before being picked up. This friend suggested that there were extra seats to take other Chinese tourists to the island. I noticed that the boat could accommodate at least 12 people. Even though the charter customer agreed, the hotel refused to agree. In the end, only my companion and I took the charter boat, and we had to pay an additional 25 USD per person to the hotel. According to Ctrip's booking reminder, the final boat usually leaves at 18:00, but in fact, if you communicate with the hotel in advance, you can send a boat to pick up if there are enough people. The time from the airport to Maafushi is only 45 minutes, but we waited for an hour and a half that day, and some even waited for several hours. ICOM even said that if the seats are full, they will be abandoned. You must be avoiding all one-day tours of ICOM Travel Agency. They are a travel agency without integrity. Regarding eating on Maafushi Island, Chinese food is very unpalatable. We ate at a restaurant called MOONLIGHT that was quite edible.
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