Canareef Resort Maldives
Hulhudhoo, 19060
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US$129
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Situated in the southernmost atoll of the Maldives, lies the idyllic Canareef Resort Maldives, a 271 villa resort that presents the best the country has to offer. Our island spans 4.5 kilometres, which is the longest island resort in the country. Indulge in the multitude of activities the resort has for you to enjoy. Go beneath the waves, experience our 25 unique dive locations and spot dolphins all year round. Leave your inhibitions at home and 'Step Out of The Blue' with us. Canareef Resort Maldives welcomes you with 271 spacious rooms for your honeymoon, friends or family. Each villa is refined by nature and designed for guests to enjoy the lush natural vegetation of the Island. Our villas consists of 80 Sunrise Villas, 71 Sunset Beach Villas and 120 Jacuzzi Villas from sizes of 76sqm - 97sqm. The Equator Crossing to the Resort would be one of the key highlights of your trip to our Island with your loved ones or friends, as guests get to view breath-taking aerial view of the Maldives expansive turquoise blue atolls riddle in the Indian Ocean. All guests to the Island via domestic flight will receive a personalised Equator Crossing Certificate from the Captain of the airplane. Just when you thought the fun and thrills was about to stop, hold on to your seats and be blown away by a short 10-minute exhilarating speed boat ride from Gan International Airport.
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Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)
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Fitness Centre with Gym / Workout Room
Free breakfast
Beach
Bicycle rental
Babysitting
Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
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Outdoor pool
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Breakfast buffet
Complimentary Instant Coffee
Complimentary tea
Complimentary welcome drink
Wine / champagne
Poolside bar
Diving
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Tennis court
Water sport equipment rentals
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Kids club
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During past 2 years I visited Maldives 4 times, staying in 6 resorts for at least 4 weeks. My wife and I stayed at Canareef this whole November 2022, 4 weeks on FB meal plan in Sunset Beach Villa. PROS 1. While transfer includes a local 1.5h flight and 15 minutes speedboat it was perfectly arranged by the hotel. We had minimum waiting times. 2. Villa is great. Lots of place to store your belongings, big terrace with fantastic sunsets. 3. Room cleanin service was excellent. We needed it at the same time very day and we got that. This is pretty rare. 4. Food was great. A lot of choice and staff is really trying hard to cook dishes (that are cooked in front of you) to your liking. 5. Fantastic gigantic pool. 6. Special thanks go to Mr. Shafiq Rasheed for helping with everything we…
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Date of stay: November 2022
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3 Helpful votes
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During our last day, a young boy from room service stole $1,600 from my wallet and my family with 16month child came back from Thursday 24.11 to Saturday 26.11.2022 with $3 half away around the world-To Poland.The hotel staff behaved badly. They said they weren't responsible for it and that it wasn't their problem. They sent us with nothing to the plane. I had to borrow money from strangers at the airport for baby water and yoghurt. This place must be avoided from afar
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Date of stay: November 2022
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6 Helpful votes
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This was our first visit to the Maldives and how lucky/fortunate were we to choose this resort…….like others have mentioned we loved its rural/rustic charm and couldn’t fault our Villa (621) which was palatial in proportions including a well furnished front deck leading to the beach/sea and a private jacuzzi at the back adjacent to the inside/outside bathroom. The level of service everywhere in the resort was second to none without fail everybody involved in our stay were friendly and welcoming but Ashraf, our Dining Room Waiter was unfailingly polite and so amusing and Ibrahim who cleaned our Villa daily was meticulous. We enjoyed the bicycles provided and used them to get to breakfast and the Beach Bar daily but opted for the buggy service in the evenings. If you’re looking…
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Date of stay: November 2022
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4 Helpful votes
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We stayed 5 nights in Suite 225 which is conveniently located by the 50 metre pool🏊♂️ the bar which has excellent entertainment and the restaurant. From our transfer collection at Gan airport and transfer by speedboat across a 20 minute lagoon trip to Canareef, the assistance, care, good humour and provision of information were great. Our suite was on the sunrise side of the island which offers great privacy from the terrace because there are trees and shrubs between the suite and the beach, but the beach is only metres away. The pool is superb for swimming and sunbathing or simply reading under a shady umbrella. The wait staff in the restaurant provide bespoke service. Our table waiter had a fabulous sense of humour. He should have his own comedy show. And the bar staff at…
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Four of us (adults) travelled a day and a half from the UK in November to reach Addu, the southernmost Atoll in the Maldives... and it was worth it! We gambled a little with the weather; November is the end of the rainy season, but quieter than December to April. The few rain showers we had were warm and probably prevented more sunstroke! We still saw plenty of sun, and the air was wonderfully warm throughout (29-33C, and the water was 26-29C). The staff were friendly, polite and professional, without exception. The all-inclusive buffets three times a day were wonderful and varied: always something to suit everyone, and my wife's gluten intolerance was catered for with great care. There was only one functioning restaurant for most of our trip, but I others are under renovation…
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Date of stay: November 2022
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7 Helpful votes
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Absolute beautiful place very quiet beautiful beaches and beautiful people food was absolutely excellent staff couldn’t do more for you The only downside is it takes a long time to get to this island maybe choose a closer island to the airport. We had a sunset villa which you had your own private walkway to the beach stunning cleaned twice a day clean towels couldn’t fault it at all this is paradise
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Celebrated our 40th (Ruby) Wedding Anniversary during a recent stay of the island. I initially was a little let down upon arrival to find there were only a handful of guests on the island with one restaurant and bar to visit. However, upon reflection the following day, it did afford myself and husband very relaxing days (sometimes not seeing a soul on our bit of beach or at the beach bar) until we met up at meal times with other guests. We had a jaccuzi villa which was large and comfortable. The highlight of our 11 day holiday was the dolphin cruise (happened to fall on our actual anniversary too) when we saw a couple of hundred dolphins and mother and calf blue whale, so this was amazing! Also, 6pm each evening it is a must to see the fish feeding - lots of sharks, turtle,…
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Date of stay: October 2022
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4 Helpful votes
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We recently returned from a stay at this resort and i was really impressed with the level of service provision we received. There were a few empty restaurants but there weren't a lot of people visiting (high season). The staff were lovely (Ikleel was our delightful waiter), the food was awesome, the ambiance was exceptional. We had an issues with flies during lunch one day and the staff was great at accommodating changes to ensure we didn't have further issues - which we didn't have any more. I will say the wi-fi was a bit weak/patchy and i was unable to stream spotify or download any reading material but emails were accessible. Also appreciated the waiver in getting to snorkel on our last full day there. We were the only couple that wanted to go snorkelling and they typically…
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Date of stay: October 2022
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2 Helpful votes
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My husband and I stayed in a sunset villa which was lovely. We were disappointed with the beach outside as the path going down to the sea was very stony which was difficult to walk over and there was a lot of large stones in the sea. One end of the island where the Dhoni bar and restaurant were was really nice but the other end going towards the beach bar had been abandoned, there were empty restaurants, these restaurants were advertised as open on the website, lots of rubble and rubbish scattered about also a lot of the villas looked abandoned as well, even if that end of the island was not in use it could have been kept tidy and cleaned up. On the plus side the staff were excellent they were all friendly and could not help us enough. It was our wedding anniversary while we…
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Date of stay: October 2022
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4 Helpful votes
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I took my wife away for our 40th Ruby wedding anniversary. This was a surprise for her and we had such a brilliant experience, from arrival to leaving all of the staff were very friendly and helpful. The food of our all inclusive was exceptional considering that the resort was far from full. My wife can't eat wheat so the head chef Lakshma Welideniya made bread, two desserts every day and when on duty showed my wife what was ok for her to eat and if he was not available his staff would takeover, what brilliant service. We also had an exceptional romantic meal on our Anniversary set out in a gazebo on the beach. If you want peace, tranquility beautiful surroundings, great service, somewhere that you can explore and lovely food this is the place for you. Thanks to all the staff…
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Date of stay: September 2022
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4 Helpful votes
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PRICE RANGE
US$174 - US$893 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
j resort handhufushi hotel addu atoll, j hotel handhufushi, j hotel addu atoll
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
J Resort Handhufushi
LOCATION
MaldivesAddu CityHerathera Island
NUMBER OF ROOMS
271
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