Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu, Maldives

Good life to all who read these lines, as well as to all the employees of the "miracle island"! I hasten to share with you, my dear reader, my impressions of my stay, almost two and a half weeks, in this paradise (without irony): from 03/26/2025 to 04/11/2025. Objectively understanding that people have different mentalities, I still will not succumb to the temptation to please everyone, but will stick to my style: this will be a panegyric-hosanna. Firstly, I would like to dwell on the impeccable work of the hotel management, headed by Mr. Naswan and his "right hand" Mrs. Njiba. All issues related to my stay at the hotel were resolved quickly and impeccably. As an example, I would like to tell you about one incident, but it was not connected with the excellent hotel team, it was connected with the "tricks" of selfish guests - smokers, who allowed themselves to smoke right in the "thickness" of the bar visitors and so on... I had a private conversation with Mr. Naswan and was very surprised that he apologized for the guests - smokers and at the same time offered a compensation - a private romantic dinner on the sand spit! Then he asked when my birthday was, and when I said that it would be in the very near future (actually, this is why we came here), he kindly offered to organize an individual fishing tour, which I took advantage of. But success is always the brainchild of the whole team, so a little about other aspects of my vacation. Food and service during meals are also an important aspect of the vacation. Therefore, I would like to separately dwell on the service in the restaurant. Of course, the choice of dishes was not abundant, but the quality of the dishes served was worthy of the laconicism of the "Michelin" restaurants. Unfortunately, I did not remember all the employees - cooks, but I would like to separately note the professionalism and politeness of the cooks serving the egg and omelette department (he has been working in the restaurant kitchen for 11 years), as well as the girl working in the grilled food department. The work of the waiters was also impeccable; I would like to separately note the waiter, but I do not remember his name exactly: something like - Sherkhan: polite, kind and efficient. Now a little about the housing. Although some villas were in the style of "seen the light" (but I want to immediately note that the island is undergoing reconstruction of the villas), the cleanliness and cleaning of the villas by the staff deserves my approval. Here I would like to thank our cleaning specialist (I was staying in room thirty-two), but unfortunately I don’t remember his name either. I would like to dedicate a separate part of my “hosanna” to the hotel to the sea turtle rehabilitation center. This is a unique sea turtle rehabilitation center in the Maldives, where turtles that have gotten into trouble undergo a rehabilitation course, usually turtles without any limbs. Some turtles will be lucky: they will be rehabilitated and released into the wild, but others, unfortunately, will remain disabled for life and will have to be under the caring care of the amazing workers of this rehabilitation center. At the rehabilitation center, you will be offered to join the “Hatching” group in the WhatsApp messenger, through which you will be informed about all the current work of the center, for example, the time and place of turtles leaving their nests... I would like to wish the center’s employees success in their difficult, but so important for all of us work! Here I will probably finish my simple story about my vacation at the hotel. I wish all the employees of the island hotel success in their difficult work and good health, and to you, dear guests (except smokers), to have a good rest and gain strength. Hoping to see you soon Vlad.

Fabulous island, food great and amazing service - highly recommend for families. The Turtle Snorkelling trip superb and recommend the Dolphin and Manta Ray trips as well. Lots of different villas available to suit all types of visitors to the Island. The staff are so pleasant and accommodating - thank you for a fabulous homiday.

Just back from a wonderful 10 days of paradise. My Partner John & I arrived by sea plane. What an amazing place. Greeted by the lovely staff who throughout our stay just got lovelier. Our deluxe beach villa was beautiful 😍 Norman looked after us the whole stay. The food was amazing, local where possible. They have a kitchen garden. Shifan really made our stay. Every meal we had such a good laugh. Great sence of humour & always smiling. As were all in the restaurant. A big thank you to all cooking. Absolutely delicious. You all work so hard. We loved the turtle sanctuary. Such an amazing set up to help badly injured turtles. The Marine Biologist Rosalie was amazing. We saw over 100 spinner Dolphin on the sunrise trip. The staff on the boat amazing & knowledgeable. Filming for me as the Dolphin spun out of the water. Turtles hatching & running to the sea. You can join an app where these happenings alert you. Our resident turtles & black tip shark on our beach waterfront. A big thank you to Miriam my dive master who took me on a resort dive from the beach. Omg! Over the wall/reef! Never seen anything quite like it! I've been on about 12 dives around the world but this was something else! Thank you to the lovely bar staff on the beach. They new us well by the end. Drinking run punches & watching the sunsets every evening. Thank you so much. We would love to return x Oh & our lovely water sport man! Sorry for not remembering name. We took out canoes & paddle boards every day! Only ones out. Turtles & sharks swimming around us!

Our second visit; this time to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary. This beautiful, calm, peaceful idyllic island is as close to paradise as you can get - stunning white sandy beaches and gorgeous turquoise water which is totally crystal clear. The staff, service, food and accommodation is of the very highest standard we have ever experienced. Every single member of the island staff should be congratulated for their contribution in making this such a wonderful destination. They all went above and beyond to make our anniversary an incredible, memorable experience. Saving up to go again!

We stayed for two weeks in Feb 2025 and had the most amazing holiday. It was our second visit after a seven year break and were worried it may not be as impressive but I needn't have worried! We booked for the same villa, however, the beach had moved so we were kindly moved to a different villa with beach. The food in the restaurant is first class, always something different and so much to choose from. The snacks in the bar were lovely, especially the samosas!! Could not fault any of the staff who cannot do enough for you. We were looked after by several and unfortunately cannot remember names, apart from the beautiful Lilly who ensured we had fresh grapefruit juice each morning at breakfast. One small issue, they need to be stricter with the dress code in the restaurant - One lady in particular came in each time with hardly any top on (and she was extremely enhanced to say the least) which was actually quite vulgar and caused a lot of discussions at meal times.~For us it was amusing but for those with children it was not nice. I was really surprised it was allowed. Back to the good stuff, we swam with the turtles most days and the sealife is entertainment in itself. Two turtles laid eggs on the beach whilst we were there, unfortunately we missed any of the nests already there hatching. The turtle rescue centre is doing great work and we met more amazing people working there. This is not a place to go if you want to party - it is a place to be laid back and enjoy peaceful relaxation. There were no problems with mosquitoes. The bed is huge and extremely comfortable (and I am a very fussy sleeper). The island was fully booked but the beach was still almost deserted. I hope I am lucky enough to afford to return one day but if not I have the memories.