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Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives is an island where time and space matter. Connect with your loved ones, make up for the time lost, strengthen friendships and create new ones in this slice of paradise; whether you are a solo traveler, a couple, a family or traveling in a group, this idyllic haven perfectly balances a sense of togetherness and inclusivity with utter privacy and independence.
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Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives has been lauded by guests for its harmonious and inviting atmosphere. The resort's amenities, including a variety of dining options, water sports, a spa, and family-friendly offerings, receive high marks from travelers. Exceptional and personalized service, especially the noted butler service, adds to the warm hospitality that guests experience.
While the spacious and modern rooms with private pools and breathtaking views are a highlight, some guests note renovations. The value and cleanliness are also consistently praised, making it a top choice for special occasions.
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Firstly a BiG thank you to our butler Moosa ! So gentle , kind & always ready to accommodate ! So polite & pleasant even with our younger son ! Thanks to him he made our stay very memorable !
We stayed in a breath taking Beautiful water villa with a pool . The design is contemporary/ modern and aesthetically beautiful ! Room is cleaned all the time & kept very well !
The resort only has 1 small reef next to the spa ( with some small fish ) so if you wish to come here for the marine life you will need to use their water facilities & get out of the resort & their prices cost a bomb ! So if you wish to swim with fish look into this - I attached the price list PER PERSON of the water sports !
If you are happy to stay here & swim ( rarely seeing fish ) and enjoy their beautiful resort they have a great kids club , fantastic pool serene ambience with jacuzzi jets in some parts and water sun beds ! The pool men bring you fresh free water & cold towels & you’re really taken care of .
FOOD & RESTAURANTS : Mr Tee @ the Thai restaurant is truly passionate & great at what he does , as for kids he makes chicken nuggets with fresh genuine chicken breast so if your kids like them this is the place to go ! the Japense restaurant was fantastic too ! We didn’t try all the restaurants I’m sure they’re good .
Room service : chicken Ceaser salad was bad threw it away and they still charged me in full for it although when lady called I said it wasn’t good barely any chicken and full of Mayo ! A salad costs over $26 + room service charges ! So I never ordered room service again !
The resort is very well kept full of trees and beautiful touches very tranquil environment & you can cycle everywhere or call you butler to take you with the buggy . ☺️
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Date of stay: April 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Check out the prices of the water sports that I uploaded
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Response from Deepa Manuel, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 19 Apr 2023
Dear Tricia, Thank you for choosing to stay at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives and for sharing your experience with us. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your water villa with pool and that Moosa provided excellent service during your stay. We appreciate your feedback regarding the marine life and food, and we will use it to improve our services. We hope to welcome you back soon. Best regards, Deepa Manuel, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
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Luxurious resort close to Male. The guests are welcomed in a premium speedboat and check in process is smooth. Guests are assigned a butler for any requests throughout the stay. The resort is very new and well maintained. It is spick and span. Bicycles are provided to move around which is very convenient. There is a huge swimming pool in the middle of resort and complimentary water activities and wellness activities are provided. The water villa is spacious and world class. The breakfast has good variety of options to suit needs of different people. The staff are very friendly and helpful. They ensure that your stay is comfortable. Overall it was a memorable experience and highly recommended.
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Date of stay: September 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Benjamin K, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 18 Oct 2021
Dear ATraveler0709 Thank you so much for visiting Kuda Villingili and for sharing your experience with the community. We are delighted to have created a memorable time with us and truly hope to welcome you soon agin. With only our best wishes Benjamin General Manager
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Heaven on earth! you are truly close to the paradise.
This resort is an unbelievable place with expectational experience and memories.
We were there for 6 days with full-board and did not have a single complaint. From the housekeeping to the dining everything was perfect. The full-board covered breakfast and dinner at the buffet restaurant, and lunch at the Italian restaurant. Food is good with wide variety of fruits.
The resort itself was well kept, there were plenty of beach chairs, a nice large public pool, and bikes available beside each villa. Great internet connection too. The atmosphere was amazing with white beaches & white sand. It is a very calm place with a lot of activities, you still able to chill and relax.
The rooms were amazing and well taken care of, very clean and with everything one may need.
The service is excellent and the staff are very helpful and friendly. All are very attentive and they pay attention to the small details. Thanks to all the staff for their kindness and service and special thanks to Salim for making our stay wonderful and unforgettable.
I have tried my first Snorkeling which was runned by Mr.Hisham, he is so experienced and very helpful and patient especially for the beginners😂. Full body Oil massage at the Spa was so good and prices are very reasonable for a five star resort. Also they have fishing trips with extra cost.
Highly recommend and I would definitely come back again.
Kuda Villingili; Where time and space matters.
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Benjamin K, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 15 Oct 2021
Dear نجود ا Thank you so very much for your kind review. And you are absolutely right; at Kuda Villingili time and space are not only re-defined but both are pure luxury and matter the most. We are thrilled you had such a wonderful stay with us, enjoying all our different experiences, be it your culinary journey or the natural environment of our paradise or our Spa tugged away on its own island. Congratulations also to your first snorkeling adventure. Our experienced Watersports team ensures everyone feels is safe and con fully enjoy the underwater world. There is a saying in the Maldives, that if you have not put your head under water, you have only seen 10% of the country's beauty Dear نجود ا , we do look forward to welcoming you back soon and maybe next time you will try out your first dive with us. Kindest regards, Benjamin General Manager
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Our vacation at the Kuda Villingili Resort was a dream. We were picked up at the gate in Male by a very friendly employee and taken to the jetty. The boat was there within 5 minutes and we were able to set off on the 30-minute journey to the resort straight away. On site we were greeted by a reception committee with drummers and after a tour of the island we were able to go straight to our beach villa with pool. Everything in the resort is excellent; everything is extremely clean and well maintained. The food in the 5 different restaurants was very good, the service was always quick and extremely friendly. The staff were really extremely friendly and well trained. Strangely, although the resort was fully booked, you don't see many other guests. The longest freshwater pool in the Maldives with 64 loungers is usually very quiet. The pool service with drinks was a highlight. Our butler Fathah was always there to help and advise us and organized everything excellently. On the day of departure we were able to lie by the pool until the transfer and then freshen up in the shower/changing room provided specially for this purpose. The friendly lady from arrival welcomed us again after the transfer and accompanied us until check-in. Overall, a really nice, relaxing and unforgettable vacation.
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Date of stay: September 2023
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The resort is amazing. We came to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary we felt so loved they did a decoration on the bed for us and brought us a cake. They have a variety of restaurants for everyone also very tasty the restaurant East was delicious, Spice was Indian/Arabic, Med was only for Lunch but they have a lot of options so sad they didn’t have dinner too, even the in room dining was delicious loved the club sandwich👍🏼 We had so much fun, there were a lot of activities to do and our butler ( Karimah ) was very sweet, helpful, and quick to answer us back whenever we needed her. The water pool villa we stayed in is on a whole other level of beauty it was very neat and clean, the colors of the interior is relaxing, THE POOL! I loved that it was a long and big pool so much space to swim in, also easy access to the beach from your villa, the staff there are all very nice and smiley. Each villa has their own bicycle ours had two bicycles and a basket for our stuff. They have one of the largest public pools I loved it. Their spa is so amazing it’s on the water and by itself we had 2 massages one we booked and the second was 60mins complimentary aroma massage that was included in our package, the masseuse who did my massage ( Tik - she’s from Thailand ) she was so good she stayed on the same pressure the entire massage which was very hard for some, yes it was one of the best massages i’ve had👌🏽 You have to go to the Surfing Point to watch the sunset there, there’s a bar there and lovely seating places to watch the beach. It was a 30mins boat ride to the resort and their boat had drinks, wifi, and a person serving you, also very clean and spacious. Honestly such an amazing resort i would recommend you to book in it you won’t regret🤍 Thank you for the beautiful memories Kuda Villingili.
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Deepa Manuel, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 19 Apr 2023
Dear Danadandhamad, Thank you for choosing Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives to celebrate your Wedding Anniversary. We are thrilled to know that you had an amazing time with us and we appreciate your kind words about our resort, restaurants, activities, spa, and most importantly our staff, especially Karimah and Tik. It is always rewarding for us to receive such positive feedback and we are glad that we were able to create beautiful memories for you. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back soon for another memorable experience. Warm regards, Deepa Manuel General Manager, Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
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Going to this resort was by far the best decision my husband and I made. It’s like they took the good parts from every resort and combined to it to make pure luxury. From initial glance the aesthetics and designing of this place is out of this world and so advanced. Every single corner of the island and rooms had such detail put into it. The view from our water villa was unreal and the rooms were very clean. During our stay, we had an amazing butler, Karimane. She was so caring and accommodating throughout our entire trip. Most of the time she saved our trip from being a disaster making sure we don’t miss our lunch or dinner and making sure we know about the activities around the island. She is very knowledgeable and efficient at what she does. Because of her checking in and out was effortless. She also helped arranged a beautiful surprise dinner for us which made our trip even more special. We’ve been spoiled! I would highly recommend her! The food was really good too, it was high quality and the chefs poured their souls into making amazing food. Raj was so caring to check up on us making sure we had a good food experience. Having him around made us feel even more secure. I was able to meet the chefs at spice. Along with their culinary skills, we were able to see the liveliness and the love the chefs put into their work, especially at spice with the Moroccan chefs and the qureshi brothers. Beyond skilled. We would often see chef Christian in the morning and he was so helpful with giving us details about food we never tried before. He was always present and ready to help. I also want to thank our servers, Mohammed, Vishal, Fazeel and countless others who have contributed to our amazing experience with their level of kindness and professionalism. Overall, a wonderful and dreamy experience!
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Morgan Martinello, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 27 Sept 2022
Dear aqsaqureshi Thank you so much for staying with us at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives, and taking the time to share your experience with fellow travelers. We are thrilled to have left a wonderful impression on you of an amazing holiday with great memories. It is fantastic that we were able to inspire you during each and every interaction, from the warm hospitality by our team to the the quality of the experiences you had. We will share your high praise with our ambassadors, who will be delighted to know they were able to make a difference during your holiday. We are happy that you interact with numerous Ambassadors and they make your stay so special aqsaqureshi, we were extremely delighted to have you with us, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon for a more amazing journey. Warm regards, Morgan Martinello General Manager
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My wife and I stayed in a water villa with pool and it was perfect. A large space that has been constructed and finished to a very high standard. The terrace and pool are totally private and so we spent a lot of time just chilling in the villa. The only fault we could say would be the quality of the toiletries and toilet paper provided. But this could be a Maldivian thing.
Our experience of the various restaurants was mixed with East and Fire coming out top overall. It’s a shame they don’t rotate the menus because after a week we felt like we had sampled most things that appealed to us. Waiting staff are very attentive especially with the water. The same cannot be said for any alcoholic drinks - on the final night we reduced our tip by $50 as we were fed up of asking for a top up of wine.
Small details like somebody assisted us from the speedboat to checkin at the airport was appreciated.
Overall this is a fantastic hotel and would recommend to anybody.
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Morgan Martinello, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 13 Dec 2022
Dear wardiemark, thank you very much for your constructive feedback, which will be looked at and we will work to improve. Great to hear you loved the villa and the décor, and you appreciated our warm welcome experience. happy to hear that you recommend Kuda Villingili and we look forward to welcoming you back again. warm regards Morgan Martinello General Manager
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We were very impressed about the service, that for us was more than 5 Star. All staff was extremely friendly and they thought about what was good for us guests. Moosa our butler arranged all the bookings and we appreciated his kindness. We recommend him highly because it took a lot Stress from us to correspond with restaurants spa and excursions, he did it all for us. It was very nice to have daily contact with him, he looked for our well beeing. Nabith our roomservice surprised us with a nice peace of art from palm leafs and flowers on the bed that brought me to tears of emotions. Our beach villa was everyday so tidy, it was a joy to live in this over the top clean and fresh home for the stay. We thank him for that. This concept of the kids villingili for us is very comfortable and relaxing- real holiday. All restaurants had maximum delishious food breakfast and dinner ( we did not use lunch, because we didn’t need it). I ate my best butter paneer in restaurant Spice ever. But all other meals also where perfect. Breakfast had all what one can dream of, all fresh and best quality. I told the chef, he has the best staff on earth. I am very picky concerning water in pools. The pool of kuda villingily is so large and clean- I swam there and was happy and felt so good. everything is very spacious, I think this is the biggest pool on Maldives. We recommend visiting the neighbor island - it was very interesting. Over all it was a perfect vacation.
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from Inaz Abdulla, Other at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 25 Mar 2023
Dear Ieonores151, Thank you for such words and highly recognizing the service standards , I highly believe that the service comes from the ambassadors and their will of going above the expectation of each guest with a warm welcoming smile. We are happy that you have recognized Moosa as a kind and loveable person also to hear from you that art work of Nabith was able to create such emotional memories. We are delighted to hear that you have recognized Spice restaurant specifically and all of culinary ambassadors, we take pride and joy is curating one of the best culinary experiences in Maldives as this is an essential for every guest who will travel to the Maldives. Yes you are correct in mentioning we have the biggest pool in the Maldives and we are very happy that our facilities combined with services was able to make you have a relaxing time at Kuda Villingili. Inaz Resident Manager
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This resort deserves much more than 5 stars rating here. The staff on this resort have risen the bar so high that you feel "not so welcome" when you stay in another hotel after leaving this place. They took care of us since we have left the airport.
Special thanks to our butler Fathey who was taking care of us everyday. More over every person in the resort tries to make your stay an exceptional experience from the management over the people in the restaurants, the gardeners and the housekeeping team.
The hotel is well-designed and all the restaurants deserve the highest possible ratings. The food is delicious, each restaurant has a separate menu for children.
We have enjoyed every single second of our stay.
Kinga, Maksymilian and Anthony.
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Date of stay: February 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Response from Morgan Martinello, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 21 Feb 2022
Dear Maksymilian R What an absolutely delightful review this is of an amazing time spent with our Kuda Villingili Family. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for rating us so highly. We may be the new kid on the block when it comes to the well established luxury tourism in the Maldives, but our owners have entrusted us with a wonderful property that has amazing and spacious villas with a 180-degree view of the beautiful vistas. Our gastronomic journey is expansive, with seven restaurants offering top cuisines from different parts of the world. And as you have highlighted, the kids menu is different at the restaurants, offering more variety to relish. Maksymilian R, it has been a pleasure to have you with us, and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back soon and creating memories that will last a lifetime. Warm regards, Morgan Martinello General Manager
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The stay at the Kudavilingili resort was a dream come true, waking up to the sound of the waves and walking in the sun kissed beaches. It was a pleasure to enjoy the luxurious stay, the commedable hospitality and the scrumptious meals. The rooms are amazing, designed with grandeur, done with impeccable taste and makes you feel pampered. The chefs do a wonderul job to make you experience heaven in your mouth. The amenities are top notch and if you land on a good day with the sea favouring, wide range of water activities await to satiate the adventurer in you. The hospitality team went above and beyond to make our stay special and create unforgettable memories. Waiting to return to this magnificent place for another vacation.
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Response from Benjamin K, General Manager at Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives
Responded 14 Oct 2021
Dear Ajumatthew Thank you for having stayed with us and for haven taken your valuable time to share your experiences. We are thrilled to see that your enjoyed your stay, even finding Heaven on Earth. At Kuda Villingil, we are very proud to offer some of the most luxuries villas to our guests and in combination with an outs standing culinary experience, we ensure you that no wishes remain unanswered. Dear Ajumatthew, we hope to see you soon again. Best wishes, Benjamin General Manager
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Dear dooogggie, yes water level change with tides, and yes during low tides you can walk, it is safe for children however must be accompanied by an adult, it also depend on the age
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Bikinis were fine. I didn’t see any topless sunbathers, but imagine that would be culturally frowned upon or forbidden on grounds of the country’s majority religion.
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PRICE RANGE
₹89,574 - ₹4,02,786 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
MaldivesKaafu AtollNorth Male AtollViligilimathidhahuraa
NUMBER OF ROOMS
75
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