Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru

From the start of our stay to till the end, the people and the service have been top notch. We’ve had enough privacy and also activity around the resort if we want it. From the guest relation - Fibit, Lynn, Houssam, Liu, Chloe, our snorkeling instructor - Henry to the chefs - Rajesh, Prosanta, Mazin, also all the servers - Nafiz, Zameer, Zihan, Abdulla, Aiman, Latheef, all these people made an amazing difference to our stay. Can’t wait to come back!

The Banyan tree Vabbinfaru resort is beautiful, friendly and private. Its lovely natural villas and coral sand beaches offer a relaxing and peaceful environment. Staff are all so friendly and willing to help. The restaurants offer a variety of cultural cuisine that is tasty and tempting. Snorkeling was our favorite activity during which we enjoyed watching 3 types of sting rays, hawksbill turtles and colorful fish. Night Snorkeling with Henry was a great adventure. So enjoyable; so hard to leave.

This is a very beautiful and peaceful island. Perfect vacation to relax and to experience some snorkeling excitements. The staff were exceptionally professional, attentive, and welcoming, ensuring every need was met with care and efficiency.

We visited Banyan Tree for our honeymoon and it exceeded all our expectations. Just a 30 minute boat transfer from Male, the accessibility to the island is fantastic. From the moment we set foot on the island we were treated like VIPs. Our room was a sunset beach villa and we were blown away by the quality of the room, the outdoor decks, the swimming pool, the jacuzzi and most importantly the views! The food is spread over two restaurants (a third is coming), both serving fantastic dishes and the service team were all friendly and professional, especially Fipit, Sejal, Aimon, Nafiz as well as Hisan on our private beach dining night. The island is small, but as we were on our honeymoon, we loved this, as it felt as if we had our own private island at times. You can walk barefoot everywhere you go, the beach has beautiful soft white sand, and the clear blue water is so warm. You also have the option to take a 30 second boat ride across to their sister resort - Dhawa for a change of scenery. We enjoyed snorkelling, scuba diving with Yaafish, night snorkelling with Chika, glass canoeing, enjoyed afternoon tea, and so much more. The most amazing day was when we chartered the resort's catamaran with Saud, Maiheen and Chika. They took us out for the day to swim with stingrays and nurse sharks, the most amazing experience ever! Every night we would walk up the jetty to sit and watch all the sea life in the underwater lights, there were so many reef sharks and all kinds of fish! The island is quite simply, paradise. Beautiful weather, amazing views and wildlife, world class service and wonderful fresh food. I urge anybody that is thinking of the Maldives to consider the Banyan Tree. We cannot thank every single member of Banyan Tree enough for making our honeymoon so unbelievably special and one we will never forget. What was potentially a once in a lifetime trip, is now a trip we must do again. A special thank you to Liu, Waheed, Chika, Zidane ;), Hery and all of the staff at the resort, for being so incredibly welcoming and going above and beyond to make our honeymoon one of a kind. We will see you all very soon!!!

I have traveled to many places in the past 10 years, and this is the first time I write a review here. Vabbinfaru is a quiet island away from the hustle and bustle; Banyan Tree is a high-quality hotel. When I came here, I felt extremely relaxed and comfortable. All the hotel staff are friendly and responsible. They could quickly remember the room number of each guest and chat with the guests at any time. The room was very clean and cleaned twice a day. I reported a small problem and they solved it immediately; the food in the restaurant was of good quality, delicious and colorful; every night there were many colorful fish gathered on the beach at the main entrance of the hotel. I like this island very much and will definitely come again