RAALHUVELI Luxury Surf Resort,
Maldives | Southern Atolls | Maldives.
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The luxury Raalhuveli Surf Resort is located on the southern rim of the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, one of the largest coral formed atoll in the world. Surrounded by the crystal clear waters of its lagoon, this resort island has its own private surf break and lies only minutes away from some of the more famous surf points in the Maldives such as Blue Bowl, Five Islands and Love Charms.
The Resort
Set in the crystal clear waters of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll (South Huvadhu Atoll), Raalhuveli Surf Resort is a private island resort surrounded by a large, deep water lagoon protected by a coral reef. These waters are in pristine conditions and have an amazing diversity of marine life, making it perfect for those seeking beach and water activities.
RESORT ACCOMMODATION
Beach Suites
Floor area: 270 square metres.
Each tucked away in its own private enclave with your very own spacious outdoor garden bathroom featuring private sun deck and covered Jacuzzi. All suites are mere steps from the beach – a local swing facing the sea, forms part of your private veranda. All suites feature your own private bar and spacious bedrooms with interiors featuring intricate wood work complimented with custom designed furniture.
Lagoon Villas & Suites
Inside the Lagoon Villas and Suites you will find the customary bedroom and bathroom with the outdoor decks designed specifically to suit the different tastes of the traveller. The Lagoon Villa and Suites come in three types
- Lagoon Suites
Floor area: 100 square metres
Which offer you uninterrupted 90 degree panoramic views of the ocean, is each a secluded hideaway located at the farthest point of the lagoon, giving you ultimate privacy. Fill every evening with romance as you enjoy the best view of the sunset from the seclusion of your room. The suite features a spacious Jacuzzi facing the ocean on the outside deck were you can alternatively layback for a breezy sunbath or gaze at the stars. The spacious outside deck is the perfect place for a private romantic dinner under the trappings of a tranquil Maldivian sky.
- Water Villa
Floor area: 103 square metres
Each with one king-size bed and one extra bed for the child come with plush accommodations which include shaded veranda, massage bath tub and walk-in jet shower cabin with separate access to the outdoor deck. With teak interiors complete with plush yet minimalist, warm and cosy furnishing, the two storey Beach Villas also features an outdoor rear garden with private plunge pool, outdoor rain shower and beach front sun deck. Have fun with the entire family, all at once, on the swing located on the outdoor deck; along with dining table and chairs for everyone. You can also relax on the balcony – listen to waves crash on the reef in the distance. Or step down form the deck stairs into the ocean for a swim – and should you feel like rinsing off after the swim, an outdoor shower is positioned comfortably next to the stairs.
- Lagoon Villa
Floor area: 85 square metres
Offers you value for money with spacious interiors featuring detailed wood work and wood paneled floors complete with everything you would need in holiday accommodations at a competitive price.
All accommodations come with:
- Flat screen televisions
- In room entertainment systems with surround sound
- DVD and CD players
- Tranquillity bedding
- 24 hour dining
- High speed WiFi internet access
- Speaker phones with international calling
- Mini bar and wine cellar
- Electronic safe
- Outdoor day beds
- Individually controlled air conditioning
RESORT FACILITIES
Dining
No matter what time of day, no matter what you are craving, our restaurants, cafés and grills cater only to satisfy your taste buds. Sample and revel in the tastes on offer.
- Café: Stunning contemporary tropical breakfast, lunch and dinner overlooking the crystal clear waters of the lagoon. Creative light snacks, sandwiches and salads are also offered throughout the day
- Thai Wok: Asian themed speciality restaurant with spectacular menus incorporating food fashions and diverse regional specialties. Dinner only.
- Tepanyaki Grill: Fresh sushi and tepanyaki grill foods
- Bar: Overlooking the lagoon. Drinks and cocktails
- Tastings: Wine cellar
- Dining Your Way: Food service in the villas, on the beach, sandbar or luxury vessels.
Spa
Authentic, traditional Asian wellness treatments and experiences provided in a stylish, restful and beautiful spa environment. Treatment selections include massage, health, beauty and holistic therapies. Warm & chill plunge pool, steam rooms and ice fountains.
Sports & Recreation
- Health and Fitness Centre
- Local Island Excursions
- Scenic Flights
- Sunset Cruises
- Games Lounge
- Library and Internet Services
- Resort Boutique
- Island Doctor and Medical Clinic
Watersports
The enormous, deep lagoon carved into the reef provides the resort with all types of watersports such as big game fishing, parasailing, water skiing, diving and kitesurfing. The resort also run Marine Education Programs.
The Surf
Maldives General Surfing Conditions
The North Male Atoll contains the more well known and surfed breaks of the Maldives. The North Male Atoll probably offers the most consistent spots especially during the summer months June and July. Most spots are well protected from the dominant south westerly winds and the reef set ups usually pick up quite a lot of swell. Some of the breaks in North Male are perfectly shaped and offer highest wave quality. Unfortunately the spots are prone to heavy crowds, because the breaks can be accessed so easily. There are plenty of boats operating in this area and many resorts offer surf transfers to the breaks. The Central Atolls including the Meemu, Thaa and Laamu and the Outer Atolls including Gaafu Dhaalu and Addu offer more than 30 world class reef breaks that are rarely surfed. Occasional troublesome weather patterns with heavy storms during the months of June to August make it difficult to cross channels between the atolls and to operate surf charter trips without well equipped boats in this area. Logistical challenges of food supply and technical support add to the fact that only very few boats stay in this area for a longer period of time. This vessel offers safety standards and equipment that allows to operate in the more remote regions. Therefore it can guarantee empty breaks. While it may happen that you will see another charter vessel during your stay you will have the breaks on your own for the most of your time. Optionally you can cruise to the Central Atolls or Addu Atoll for extra charge.
Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
It is said that the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll (also named Huvadhoo Atoll) offers the best conditions of the Maldives. It works best in March, April and September to November. It picks up more swell than any other Atoll in the Maldives and from every direction. The Gaafu Dhaalu offers the greatest quantitity and variety of spots. To almost every island on the outside of the atoll you will find one or two breaks. There is everything from barreling and hollow walls to soft and never ending playful waves. May to August can be fickle as the wind turns more southerly and may affect some of the south facing spots. During the windy days the Gaafu Dhaalu still offers good surfing on the east facing part of the atoll. There are plenty of reef passages with left and right handers. They pick up less swell than the south facing spots but will be mostly big enough as it is peak swell time in June and July. The great advantage during that time is that there are no crowds guaranteed.
Raalhuveli Resort
Raalhuveli Resort island is blessed with its own private surf break, which is located just steps away from the beach. Several other surf breaks are located within close proximity such as Blue Bowl (5 min. sailing by dhoni), five Islands or Love Charms.
Gaafu Dhaalu Spots:
- "Beacons" or "Barracuda Point" Righthander
2 hrs away from the airport, at the first southern reef pass. Touted as the Maldive's gutsiest wave, Beacons powerful rights tube onto a shallow, unforgiving reef. SW swells will break down the reef, but a SE swell will create peaks slamming straight onto close-out sections of coral. Beacons is flanked by an unnamed left across the channel, which have its days in a big swell and tend to go unridden.
- "Blue Bowls" or "Voodoos" Righthander
Blue Bowls is the most flexible right, tucked inside the pass and protected from SW-W Winds. More of a point style wave, it has good a length of ride and nice bowly sections for performance moves. All swells, all tides and all sizes.
- "Love Charms" Lefthander
are actually several reliable lefts, which can handle E winds and any size of swell. Low tide is the best when it is small, soft and broken into two distinct sections. Bigger swell morph into a long, hollow wall, with protected pockets.
- "Rockets" or "Tiger Stripes" Lefthander
Named after the narrow gouges in the reef that give a striped effect, Tigers has some real growling left in a strong swell. Tricky take offs into a long speedy wall before committing to an inside tube section that wraps and peters out in the channel. Unimpressive when small, it always seems to be bigger than everywhere else. All tides, all variations of S Swells and and any N Wind.
The Packages
Raalhuveli Resort is due to open in July 2009
Pre-booking available from now. Pleas contact us for a quote
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The Maldives
Sitting in the Indian Ocean the Maldives are a group of coral islands straddling the equator southwest of India and west of Sri Lanka. There are about 1,200 islands and roughly 200 of those are inhabited. These low lying islands, isolated reefs and sand spits make up part of a larger formation of 26 atolls that formed around the edges of sunken volcanic peaks. Ring shaped and situated atop a submarine ridge that runs from north to south, the atolls cover an area of approximately 90, 000 square kilometers. The average size of the islands is only one to two kilometers in area and most are flat with white sandy beaches, crystal clear reefs and deep blue lagoons. They sit just 1.5 meters above sea level, and with the highest point being only 2.4 meters above sea level, the Maldives are considered the flattest country in the world.
There are many places around the globe that surfers would define as paradise and the Maldives is definitely at he top of the list. As a destination for surfing perfect waves over a crystal clear reef in a tropical setting it doesn’t get much better than this. When Tony Hussein first came upon these islands in 1973 he was thinking the same thing yet the word didn’t get out for another 15 years about how good the Maldives really were. Eventually his discovery made its way through the surfing community and the Maldives were no longer just a destination for diving. These idyllic tropical islands slowly began seeing a steady influx of surfers and they haven’t stopped coming since. While breaks in the northern atolls have gained most of the attention thanks to several resorts and charter boats that offer easier access, the central and southern atolls are where new discoveries are being made. The best way to reach these more distant locales is by charter boat, and while it might take just a bit longer to get there, you and your mates will likely be the only people in the water.
Climate
The Maldives have a warm, year round tropical climate and is influenced by two monsoons courtesy of the Indian subcontinent to the north. The southwest monsoon from May to October, called “halhangu”, will tend to see more wind and rain, while the northeast monsoon, called “iruvai”, from November to April is the dry season with little or no wind. But due to the Maldives location on the equator, the monsoons are mild and do not always conform to the monsoon patterns of the Indian subcontinent. The temperatures range from 25°C (77°F) to 33°C (90°F) throughout the year and there is an abundance of sunshine in this tropical paradise. That being said, the tropics can see its share of foul weather and tropical storms are rare but not unheard of during the summer months. The water temperature remains at about 26°C (80°F) all year round.
The Trip
Male International Airport (MLE)
Check flights to Male in Maldives with Katar, Martin Air, Condo, Eurofly, Lufthansa LTU, Singapore airlines, Sri Lanka airlines, Swiss Air, Air France, ,British Airways, etc,etc.
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Transfer to Raalhuveli
Upon arrival at Malé International Airport, a staff member of the resort will meet you and help you to board a domestic flight to Kadedhoo Regional Airport (KDN) – this will take approximately 50 minutes. Upon arrival at Gan International Airport (GAN), you will need to board a domestic flight to the Kadehdhoo Regional Airport (KDN) – this will take approximately 20 minutes. Once in Kadedhoo, you will be met again and taken directly to Raalhuveli Resort via speed boat – this will take approximately 40 minutes. Tell us at what time you arrive at Male as you might need to stay overnight in town before connecting with your domestic flight to Handhufushi. In that case, we will organize your stay in Male at sister property Dhonveli Inn.
Visas
US Citizens: You will need a US passport valid for at least 6 months form the departure date. This is required for all US citizens traveling abroad. Visas for travel to the Maldives are issued upon arrival and do not need to be arranged prior to arranging your trip. As with any form of international travel, visa status is subject to change and should be checked prior to departure. Stays longer than 30 days require a visa arranged prior to travel.
Non US Citizens: Please consult your local consulate to verify the visa requirements for your stay in the Maldives. In all cases, please allow for sufficient time to obtain your visa as such arrangements can take several weeks.
Surfboards
Your airline will most likely charge excess baggage fees for surfboards. While this excess is rarely avoided, please make sure that your airline allows for surfboards. A call to the airline prior to booking your ticket will safeguard you against any disappointments.
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