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We just came back from this resort and are already planning our next vacation at the same place. We stayed for two weeks in a standard beach villa and liked everything, the most important for us being the house reef. The house reef: simply outstanding, daily encounters with the sharks, turtles, whole families of the eagle rays, porcupine and boxfish, moray eels and so on. We enjoyed snorkeling at least twice a day and were never disappointed. The food : simple but good, with Italian influence. One could find pizzas and pasta at a daily basis (pasta with speck and safran sauce is my favorite). Every day the resort changes the theme of the diner, my favorite being Maldivian, we had it twice during our stay. Live barbecue with meat and fish, live naan station (just excellent) as well as other dishes from all around the world. We also booked the lobster dinner, while being a bit too expensive, it was one of the best we had so far. The Chef prepared an excellent lemon butter sauce that was just perfect for the lobster, highlighting its delicate taste. Thanks to the General manager Jaco we also had one diner at the a la carte water villa restaurant, we liked a lot the romantic setting, lounge music, service and of course the food. The excursions: we went on a whale shark excursion and were lucky to see two different of them. In our sixth’s time in Maldives it was the first encounter, what a beautiful experience ! We also went on the night sharks snorkeling and had seen at least 30 friendly nurse sharks of different size, it was impressive and beautiful. Finally, we went on manta safari and unfortunately haven’t seen any, but we will try again the next year. The resort also organizes the house reef snorkeling excursions twice a day (free of charge) with the marine’s biologists. If you are not a confident swimmer and/or would like to know better the marine’s life, I highly recommend to give it a try. The shop: I loved this shop.

Beautiful hotel at the beach on a calm local island. Staff are incredible nice and there is variety of tours available, so there is no chance to get bored. Snorkeling with mantas, turtles, fishing...you can do anything. SUP rental was available too and it was great to paddle around. Akeyz is very attentive and ready to help. There is a roof top restaurant and they also serve delicious coffee. Thank you for beautiful memories :-)

-Snorkeling experience is wonderful and Definitely will be one of the highlights of my life experience. -Staffs here are so nice and helpful. Saif in manta bar are so friendly leave us very deep impression. The guy do House cleaning for us also have great job. Everyone here are smiling and friendly. -Foods and drinks are pretty tasty giving different selections for people worldwide.

The staff were great, they really worked hard to make us feel at home and pampered! The beach dinner set up was fantastic 😍

We had a family vacation at Origami Inn from July 25 to August 6. Everything was great, as promised on the website! The hosts and staff are very welcoming and friendly! The rooms are large and comfortable, cleaning is available at any time upon request, air conditioning, fan! The food is as varied and delicious as possible! We really liked the excursions that the hosts offered and especially the very attentive support during the excursions! The beach is wonderful, there is something to see while snorkeling right in the ocean near the beach! We swam almost alone the whole time!

The location was excellent and the beach and island was spectacular!!! Host was always there as needed and give us advices and help. We did wonderfull tours/ activities - all organised by local community. All in all highly recommend this place.

Love the authentic, cozy guesthouse and the island was fantastic. Beautiful bikini beach with many fishes on the reef. Thank you very much!

Having stayed in tens of hotels in Europe and multiple in Maldives, this was by far the best hotel experience we have ever had. The staff were very kind and helpful, food was great and the rooms were clean. The hotel had great common areas. Snorkels were available without charge and the trips were well organized. We even did 2 trips for free. The hotel had designated sunbeds on the beach, which were free to use for hotel customers.

It’s truly a budget place, there is everything you need. It’s maintained clean.