Name: Bandos Maldives
Address: Bandos Island, 08480 North Male Atoll, Maldives, Bandos Island, Kaafu Atoll, 08480, Maldives
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $180 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.8

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Resort Bandos Maldives

Beachfront. Property is on or right next to the beach. Airport shuttle. Airport shuttle available at an additional charge. You can request this in the next step.

Bandos Island, 08480 North Male Atoll, Maldives – Excellent location – show map

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Everything. Location is prime. Just 15 minutes boat ride to the island. It is very convenient if you have kids or if you become sea sick on boat rides. Staff was exceptional. Food was great. Villas were cleaned two times a day. Special requests were taken care of. I was happy to see so many families with toddlers and kids. Good going team Bandos!

Osama

Saudi Arabia

Hospitality; beaches; all inclusive package; corals just off the beaches; view from our room

Abhimanyu

China

The island is big and enjoyable when you go for a walk. The activities. The gifts shop.

Abdulrahman

Saudi Arabia

Loved the stay at Bandos. The beach was pristine ,the resort was lovely. Loved the activities at the kiddo club ,they kept our kid engaged while we had a completely relaxing stay.

Deby

India

Beach is very clean.Very nice pool bar.In general was a great experience.Room were very clean.Bathroom were beautiful and clean with jacuzzi. Food were always fresh and delicious.Staff is very friendly and helpful.I want to go back there again.

Viccccc

United States of America

The room service was extremely nice. The room were always clean. The hotel is amazing

Belal

United Arab Emirates

I would recommend the hotel and I would definitely stay here again if I have a chance to come back. Everything was very clean, staffs were very nice and polite, there were lots of activities that we could join, the hotel was calm whole day even a daytime and it was very peaceful. Also, it was close from the airport and that was a good pining too. I will strongly recommend.

Karin

Japan

This was one of the nicest resorts we’ve experienced in Maldives. The facilities, bars, drinks and views are all just amazing. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Andrie

Thailand

Location is perfect. Neeraj from buffet restaurant and Ibrahim and his colleague from the Bar on the deck bar were offering very good service.

Marcel

United Arab Emirates

Amazing happy little resort. For both couples and families. For fun and relax. We really enjoyed our time there! Food is good, rooms are exceptional clean, staff polite and helpful. Warm recommendations!

Sindi

United Arab Emirates

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9.2

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What guests loved the most:
“Everything. Location is prime. Just 15 minutes boat ride to the island. It is very convenient if you have kids or if you become sea sick on boat rides. Staff was exceptional. Food was great.”

Osama Saudi Arabia
“Hospitality; beaches; all inclusive package; corals just off the beaches; view from our room”

Abhimanyu China
“The island is big and enjoyable when you go for a walk. The activities. The gifts shop.”

Abdulrahman Saudi Arabia
“Loved the stay at Bandos. The beach was pristine ,the resort was lovely. Loved the activities at the kiddo club ,they kept our kid engaged while we had a completely relaxing stay.”

Deby India
“Beach is very clean.Very nice pool bar.In general was a great experience.Room were very clean.Bathroom were beautiful and clean with jacuzzi.”

Viccccc United States of America
“The room service was extremely nice. The room were always clean. The hotel is amazing”

Belal United Arab Emirates
“I would recommend the hotel and I would definitely stay here again if I have a chance to come back.”

Karin Japan
“This was one of the nicest resorts we’ve experienced in Maldives. The facilities, bars, drinks and views are all just amazing. Staff was very friendly and helpful.”

Andrie Thailand
“Location is perfect. Neeraj from buffet restaurant and Ibrahim and his colleague from the Bar on the deck bar were offering very good service.”

Marcel United Arab Emirates
“Amazing happy little resort. For both couples and families. For fun and relax. We really enjoyed our time there! Food is good, rooms are exceptional clean, staff polite and helpful.”

Sindi United Arab Emirates

One of our best sellers in North Male Atoll! Bandos resort is a private island located 5 mi away from Male. Bandos Maldives features spacious rooms with balconies overlooking the garden or beach. A water sports center and dove school are available. The hotel has multiple dining options. Free WiFi access is available.

Bandos Resort is ideally located on North Male' Atoll, just a 10-minute speed boat ride from Male International Airport, which is 4.3 mi away.

Bandos’ rooms and villas are surrounded by nature’s beauty, some featuring high thatched roofs or wooden décor. Flat screen TV with cable TV channels are available. Tea/coffee makers and mini-bars are provided. Some feature separate living rooms or outdoor hot tubs.

A pool with swim up bar is available, while beauty and massage treatments are available at the resort’s spa. Club House offers a range of fitness activities including a gym, aerobics, badminton, tennis courts, squash and table tennis. Kokko Club offers babysitting services along with a range of programs for the little ones. Union Pay is available here.

Authentic Thai cuisine can be enjoyed at Koon Thai restaurant, while Sea Breeze Café offers Western and international food by the sea. A wide range of buffet foods can be savored at Gallery Restaurant. Huvan and Sand Bar provide lovely tropical settings to enjoy cocktails and live entertainment. Chinese options are available for breakfast. Umi Yaki restaurant serves Japanese Teppanyaki food.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

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Good for couples – they rated the facilities 8.9 for two-person stays.

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Top Location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.2)

Want a great night's sleep? This property was highly rated for its very comfy beds.

Breakfast Info

Continental, Halal, Buffet

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Max adults: 3	Standard Double or Twin Room 1 king bed or 2 twin beds
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Max adults: 3	Deluxe Double or Twin Room 2 twin beds or 1 king bed
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Max adults: 2	Garden Villa 1 queen bed
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Max adults: 3	Superior Beach Villa 1 queen bed
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Max adults: 2	Classic Double Room 1 full bed
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Max adults: 3	Water Villa 1 king bed
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Max adults: 2	Beach Pool Villa 1 king bed
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Max adults: 2	Garden Villa - Free upgrade to Deluxe Room 1 full bed
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Max adults: 2	Deluxe Double Room 1 full bed
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An Inside Look at Bandos Maldives

The island of Bandos is a perfect setting for that romantic getaway or those two weeks of bliss away from work. Bandos Maldives was the second island to open as a resort back in December 1972. Bandos Maldives is great for diving as well as family getaways. Providing our guests with the best possible hospitality and service has been our mission.

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What's nearby *

Ferry Terminal Park
4.9 miles
Hulhumalé Hospital
4.9 miles
Velana Airport Ferry
5.9 miles
Sultan Park
6.4 miles
Republic Square
6.4 miles
National Museum
6.4 miles
Hulhumale Ferry Terminal
6.5 miles
Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital
6.6 miles
National Football Stadium
6.7 miles
Villingili Ferry Terminal
6.7 miles

Closest Airports *

Male International Airport
6.2 miles

Gallery Restuarant

Food: International

Open for: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sea Breez

Food: International

Koon Thai Restaurant

Food: Thai

Open for: Dinner

Umi Yaki

Food: Japanese

Open for: Dinner

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From 2:00 PM

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Until 12:00 PM

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prepayment

Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodations type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check what conditions apply to your preferred room.

Children & Beds

Children of all ages are welcome.

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0+ years

Can use an extra bed

$94 per person, per night

Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

There's no capacity for cribs at this property.

The maximum number of extra beds allowed depends on the room you choose. Double-check the maximum capacity for the room you selected.

All cribs and extra beds are subject to availability.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Groups

When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

American Express Visa Mastercard JCB Maestro UnionPay credit card Bandos Maldives accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

The fine print

TRANSFER DETAILS (Excluded from room rate):
Please note that the property is only accessible by the following mode of transfer:

Speedboat transfer takes 15 minutes from Male International Airport. The return rates are:
Adult: USD 93.64, round trip, inclusive of all taxes
Child (2 to 11 years): USD 46.82 round trip, inclusive of all taxes
Infant (0 to 1 years): Complimentary

Guests must send arrival and departure flight details directly to the property at least 72 hours prior to arrival.

CHILD POLICY:
Children under 2 years will eat for free based on the rules and meal-plan accompanied by an adult, excluding alcoholic beverages.
Mandatory green tax of USD 6 per child per night will be charged.

GENERAL POLICIES:
Please present the same credit card used to guarantee your booking when checking in / making the payment at the hotel. Please note that property may contact the cardholder for verification purposes.

Due to safety and privacy concerns the operation of unmanned aerial systems or drones by any of guests including model aircraft by recreational users and hobbyists is prohibited.

ALL INCLUSIVE:
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served at the Gallery Restaurant with selected beverages.
- Selected beverages are served at Sand Bar, Pool Bar and Huvan.
- Evening tea is served at Sea Breeze.
- Windsurfing and canoeing; maximum 02 hours per person per day.
- Sports and leisure activities at Clubhouse are subject to availability and the time of booking.

HONEYMOON BENEFITS (For wedding not older than 6 months; wedding certificate to be presented at the time of check-in):
A bottle of wine and fruit basket

Please note that the property has a mandatory Christmas & New Year Gala Dinner:
Bed & Breakfast clients: USD 167.55 per person. 50% discount for children.
Half Board and Full Board & All Inclusive clients: USD 137.98 per person. 50% discount for children.

“Everything. Location is prime. Just 15 minutes boat ride to the island. It is very convenient if you have kids or if you become sea sick on boat rides. Staff was exceptional. Food was great. Villas were cleaned two times a day. Special requests were taken care of. I was happy to see so many families with toddlers and kids. Good going team Bandos!”

“Beach is very clean.Very nice pool bar.In general was a great experience.Room were very clean.Bathroom were beautiful and clean with jacuzzi. Food were always fresh and delicious.Staff is very friendly and helpful.I want to go back there again.”

“I would recommend the hotel and I would definitely stay here again if I have a chance to come back. Everything was very clean, staffs were very nice and polite, there were lots of activities that we could join, the hotel was calm whole day even a daytime and it was very peaceful. Also, it was close from the airport and that was a good pining too. I will strongly recommend. ”

“Amazing happy little resort. For both couples and families. For fun and relax. We really enjoyed our time there! Food is good, rooms are exceptional clean, staff polite and helpful. Warm recommendations!”

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Reviewed: February 19, 2020

Familyhop
United Arab Emirates

4 helpful votes
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Service can be slow waiting for drinks
Facilities- all inclusive options Location Family friendly Beach areas Pool

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 19, 2020

Yin
Hong Kong
8.0

“Good speedboat-accessible resort with good-value-for-money cuisine”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 2 nights
All the pavements are on the coastline of the resort. But butler, plsssssssss dun drive me through the middle part of the resort, especially at night. I don't want to see the staff area of the resort as it made me think that I was not in a resort but a low-end suburb dormitory. Moreover, the beaches are not deep enough, though the water is nice.
Overall the food there is great. Good value for money for the stay. If you prefer a resort nearby Male (accessible by speedboat but at the same time you can see Male from the resort), the location of this resort is nice enough, especially if you are having night flights.

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 16, 2020

Anonymous
Qatar
8.0

“Fantastic”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Snacks available throughout the day on all inclusive would have been good, there were restaurants on the website that did not state they were closed but then were closed when we arrived so we had more limited options when eating outwith all inclusive.
Good options for food and drinks, everywhere was clean.

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 15, 2020

Osama
Saudi Arabia

3 helpful votes
9.0

“Convenient and Satisfying”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 6 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Two Deluxe villas are connected via common wall and door. We had a noisy toddler with us and we are pretty sure it was inconvenient for our neighbors (sorry). We could hear when each one of us turned on their TV.
Everything. Location is prime. Just 15 minutes boat ride to the island. It is very convenient if you have kids or if you become sea sick on boat rides. Staff was exceptional. Food was great. Villas were cleaned two times a day. Special requests were taken care of. I was happy to see so many families with toddlers and kids. Good going team Bandos!

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 12, 2020

Richarddb
Netherlands

4 helpful votes
10

“Paradise on Earth ”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Nothing
Heaven on Earth, a true Paradise in everyway. Beaches, Palmtrees, Diving, Coralreef, Exotic Fishes, several restaurants with amazing quality food, a choice of 92 different wines, and the best service you could wish....Perfect !!

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 12, 2020

Tamer
United Kingdom

2 helpful votes
7.1

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Housekeeping staff don’t clean the room properly.
Friendly staff.

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 11, 2020

Moumita
India

2 helpful votes
9.2

Awesome
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Its location is awsm ..staffs are very friendly and helpfull.

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 8, 2020

Enrico
United Kingdom

2 helpful votes
8.0

“It has potential to be a 10, but not yet”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 7 nights
Unusable Wi-Fi in common areas (restaurants,bar,beach) even the computer used for the Karaoke night on the main screen was buffering all the time... Some of the houses are interconnected, like ours, and they are not very isolated. We could hear each other talking at normal voice volume.. For the All-Inclusive package, you can only go for food to the main restaurant. To the other ones, you have a 20% discount. Lots of Tennis, Beach Volley and Football pitches but not many activities organized like a tournament or something similar. Night entertainment quite boring, starting at 9pm and it can get quite repetitive.. Sunbeds were always "reserved" from early morning by people leaving their towels on them. I had it confirmed by one of the receptionists that that is not allowed, but nobody did anything.. maybe one of the staff needs to go around the beaches, like how is happening at the swimming pool? One day it took us 1 hour to find two empty sunbeds... All these small "negative" things are affecting the worth of the all-inclusive price that we paid.
Very friendly and welcoming staff Decent prices for the island extra activities The buffet food in the main restaurant it's always been different and enough Good all-inclusive drinks menu

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 7, 2020

Aino
Belgium

1 helpful vote
10

“An unreal experience that I can 100% recommend”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Extra food and services were rather pricy which is what it is but maybe it would be nicer to show final prices on price lists instead of prices excluding tax + service (which make 22,5% altogether).
Bandos was beyond all my expectations. Location near Male was especially good when travelling with a kid. It was really fast and easy transfer from airport. Everything was very clean, in good shape and the details were carefully considered. The island is very green and flourishing, palm trees provide protection from the sun. We had the standard room and it was already a super nice accomodation option. There are a lot of activities on the island and at least in one week we didn’t manage to feel bored. One thing I also liked in Bandos was that the profile of guests was very diverse - there were families, couples, young and old.

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 3, 2020

Abhimanyu
China
9.0

“Excellent overall; beach rooms a misnomer ”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
We had to wait for almost an hour for the boat to take us back to the hotel. Even though it was because of other passengers getting delayed we could have been suitably informed or refreshments etc could have been provided. We were also upgraded to a beach room which turned out only has the ambience of a beach (lots of sand) but doesn’t overlook the sea. Our standard room view was way better!
Hospitality; beaches; all inclusive package; corals just off the beaches; view from our room

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: February 3, 2020

Abdulrahman
Saudi Arabia

1 helpful vote
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The room service cleaning is not perfect.
The island is big and enjoyable when you go for a walk. The activities. The gifts shop.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: February 3, 2020

Ola
Poland

6 helpful votes
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Bandos is the perfect combination of comfort and price – it has everything a traditional resort has – it’s a private island, it has water bungalows and some amazing restaurants. But it also has this homey feel to it. You do not need to take an expensive sea plane to get there, it only requires about 15 minutes boat ride from Male airport. Great reef with amazing sea world. Thank you for this amazing holidays. Especially great thanks to sea breeze waitress from Philippines and my friend from Huvan you took such great care of my diet ️

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: February 3, 2020

Anonymous
Egypt

5 helpful votes
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 3 nights
The nature in the island, the clear water. There were varieties of restaurants around the relatively big island. The quality of breakfast, dinner and meals in general were exceptional. Very well entertainment round the day and night. There were much facilities helping you to really relax. We loved the design of the house (villas)... I remember my wife saying "I feel myself as Schtrumph"

Stayed in February 2020
Reviewed: February 1, 2020

Deby
India

1 helpful vote
10

“Loved our stay at Bandos!”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Loved the stay at Bandos. The beach was pristine ,the resort was lovely. Loved the activities at the kiddo club ,they kept our kid engaged while we had a completely relaxing stay.

Stayed in January 2020
Reviewed: January 31, 2020

Daniel
Finland

1 helpful vote
9.0

Awesome
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Since it is very near to the airport there is constant airplane noise, not big issue but good to know. It is a bit crowded for my taste.
Excellent diving structure and great breakfast.

Stayed in January 2020

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