Thank you for watching. Please let me know in the comments if you found it useful and please ask any questions you may have. Don't forget to check out the other videos in the Thudufushi playlist, that are full of useful information and top tips that I'm sure you will find useful
Thank You Mike for a lovely video. This is very helpful. We are going to this island with my husband in last qarter of the year. And I can’t wait 😊 I wish you have more travel ocasions to keep posting videos. Waiting for some more of your adventures
Thanks very much for your kind words. Please do subscribe to the channel, as I will be posting more from different places going forward. Hope you have a lovely time on the island, I'm sure you will. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
@Kev B I'm sure you'll love it, we definitely want to go back. Don't forget to check out my Maldivian night and snorkelling videos for the island on the same channel. Hopefully you'll find them useful too. All the best
Wonderful Video very informative, very much appreciated for all the little tips you have passed on, I presume this is totally all inclusive resort & hotel? I am thinking of booking this for next year but was looking at June but I heard you say in the vid that May June & July are to be avoided cause of the weather, so maybe I look at September, have been to Maldives many years ago in February weather then was lovely
Hi Jay Thank you so much for your kind words. It is totally all inclusive for accommodation, the buffet restaurant, drinks and snacks near the reception area, snorkel, mask and fins and the Maldivian night. If you stay in an over water villa as we did, the over water a la carte fine dining restaurant is also included. You pay extra for this if you stay in a beach villa. The only other extras are any excursions you may want to do. We went in Jan/Feb and will be going back as we loved it. Other guests who had returned many times told us to avoid the months you say due to rainfall. I'm sure you will have an amazing time and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I've also posted seperate videos on my channel of the Maldivian night, which was excellent, as well as the ocean life around the island. Thanks for watching
Hi Mike, Thank you so much for your very informative videos. We are planning to go to Maldives at the end of October ( you were In February). Our must to do is, good house reef at the island and swimming with Whale-sharks. We can’t decide which one to choose either Diamond Thudufushi or Lux South Ari Atoll. Your video gave us a good idea 👍. Thanks. 🙏
Thanks very much for watching, and I'm glad the videos were of help. We really loved Thudufushi and it's the only place that we have been to that my wife didn't want to come home from. The reef off the beach when we went, esp in front of the restaurant, was good (its where i filmed the turtles) and much better then around the over water villa we were in but, the marine life everywhere was very good. I went out on a boat for a Whale shark safari but sadly I didn't see one. I think it's a bit pot luck, but, Thudufushi isn't far from a Whale shark nursery area and many people do see them. They also do numerous noat trips to see rays, turtles etc We have been talking over this weekend about going back in 2025 as we already have a number of trips booked for this year. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again
I meant to say that when we went to Thudufushi, there was 2 Whale Shark safaris every week, weather permitting. 👍😃 If you haven't already and you did find them useful, please can I ask you to give the videos a like, as it will really help the RUclips algorithm push them out to others who may also benefit. Thank you
Thanks very much Paul. We stayed in a water villa and we had 2 types of plugs in the villa. The std UK 3 prong plug and also a small 3 pin round socket. If you do have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask I'm sure you'll have a great time. Enjoy
Hi, nice video. Have you ever been on Athuruga and can you compare it? We have been a few times on Athuruga and it seems to be that the watervillas on Thudufushi were not that broken as on Athuruga. Do you think it was worth the money?
Thanks for watching Stefan. I haven't been to Athuruga but we thought the over water villa's were worth the upgrade. As you can see on the video, they are spacious and comfortable with a lovely sized decking and to just be able to walk down into the ocean is great. Plus you get the water restaurant included in the upgrade price. Hope that helps
Hi Mike.. we travel to Thudufushi very soon … we have travelled to many Maldivian islands but this our first time to south ari atoll ! Have you any vids of the aqua resturant and more of the water villas as we will be staying in a jacuzzi water villa .. looks great ! Also did you go on any manta ray or whale shark trips ? Or diving ?
Hi If you look at my video of the walk around the island on the same channel, I do a walk around of my water villa at the end of the video. The water villa was lovely and I'm sure you'll love it. That same video also covers both restaurants and there is a picture of the Aqua restaurant in that. The only trip I did was to see the whale shark but sadly, although it was a good trip, we didn't see a whale shark, despite trying. I'll be posting a video of the marine life around the water villa in the next day or so, so if you subscribe to my channel, you'll get notification when I post it 👍 I'm sure you'll love the island. It was wonderful and my walk around video will give you a good idea and some tips about staying on the island. Best wishes
@@Mikes_Travels thank you… yes my wife was very excited the place does look Tranquil and idyllic.. we travelled to Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa last year and with it being on one of the largest shallow reefs in the Maldives the sand was very corse and sharp on the foot something we had never witness in Maldives before … thank you ! Breakfast on the water villa terrace deck sounds great although we like to go for breakfast at the restaurant (aqua) Thanks again
@Pastyism my pleasure. We had breakfast at the Aqua restaurant several times as well as the buffet restaurant that was also very good inc a very good fresh juice bar Lunch and dinner at the Aqua restaurant is fine dining every day, but the buffet restaurant also has a fine dining station in the middle for lunch and dinner. I should be posting the marine life video off of the steps of the water villa and beach later today
@Mikes Travels Thanks Mike that's a great help and very much appreciated. We're staying in a water villa, too, so we will get a couple of the round ones just in case. 👍
@Mikes Travels can't wait. I think I've watched your videos everyday in the last week! The island and water look better every time and 80+ days still to go.
@Kev B very jealous 😊 You'll have an amazing time. The villa, the staff and food were fantastic. I was a bit disappointed at the dead coral around the villa, but it doesn't take anything away from the amazing sea life you'll see and the best coral was off the beach in front of the buffet restaurant. There is a money cashier service in the late afternoon in the reception area if you need to change up money for tips. The boardwalk to the villa can get very hot (you may have seen the big white water containers dotted along the boardwalk in my videos. These are literally to put your feet in to cool them down. I'd recommend wearing flip flops or sliders walking along here if you don't want to use the golf buggy and there is a place to leave your footwear at the end of the boardwalk. The sun rises on the side of the water villa's numbered 1 to 9 and sets in front of the 2, 2 bedroom villas at the end. You get a great view of the sunset from your villa, the beach or from the pontoon near the spa If you have a Drone, you can fly it but only off the pontoon where I start my video. You have to speak to reception first to sign a disclaimer and you always have to check with them first due to the take off and landings of the sea planes Have an amazing time and please do let me know what you think. Enjoy
Thank you for watching. Please let me know in the comments if you found it useful and please ask any questions you may have.
Don't forget to check out the other videos in the Thudufushi playlist, that are full of useful information and top tips that I'm sure you will find useful
Great video and good Island
Thanks very much for your comments
Thank You Mike for a lovely video. This is very helpful. We are going to this island with my husband in last qarter of the year. And I can’t wait 😊 I wish you have more travel ocasions to keep posting videos. Waiting for some more of your adventures
Thanks very much for your kind words. Please do subscribe to the channel, as I will be posting more from different places going forward.
Hope you have a lovely time on the island, I'm sure you will. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Great video and good information on trips being charged to your room as not heard of that before.👍
Thanks very much. Glad it was useful
@Mike's Travels was very informative, and I enjoyed your narration. Can't wait to get there now!
@Kev B I'm sure you'll love it, we definitely want to go back. Don't forget to check out my Maldivian night and snorkelling videos for the island on the same channel. Hopefully you'll find them useful too. All the best
Wonderful Video very informative, very much appreciated for all the little tips you have passed on, I presume this is totally all inclusive resort & hotel? I am thinking of booking this for next year but was looking at June but I heard you say in the vid that May June & July are to be avoided cause of the weather, so maybe I look at September, have been to Maldives many years ago in February weather then was lovely
Hi Jay
Thank you so much for your kind words. It is totally all inclusive for accommodation, the buffet restaurant, drinks and snacks near the reception area, snorkel, mask and fins and the Maldivian night.
If you stay in an over water villa as we did, the over water a la carte fine dining restaurant is also included. You pay extra for this if you stay in a beach villa. The only other extras are any excursions you may want to do.
We went in Jan/Feb and will be going back as we loved it. Other guests who had returned many times told us to avoid the months you say due to rainfall.
I'm sure you will have an amazing time and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
I've also posted seperate videos on my channel of the Maldivian night, which was excellent, as well as the ocean life around the island. Thanks for watching
@@Mikes_Travels many thanks Mike for such a prompt reply...and for all the info much appreciated
Hi Mike, Thank you so much for your very informative videos. We are planning to go to Maldives at the end of October ( you were In February). Our must to do is, good house reef at the island and swimming with Whale-sharks. We can’t decide which one to choose either Diamond Thudufushi or Lux South Ari Atoll. Your video gave us a good idea 👍. Thanks. 🙏
Thanks very much for watching, and I'm glad the videos were of help.
We really loved Thudufushi and it's the only place that we have been to that my wife didn't want to come home from.
The reef off the beach when we went, esp in front of the restaurant, was good (its where i filmed the turtles) and much better then around the over water villa we were in but, the marine life everywhere was very good.
I went out on a boat for a Whale shark safari but sadly I didn't see one. I think it's a bit pot luck, but, Thudufushi isn't far from a Whale shark nursery area and many people do see them. They also do numerous noat trips to see rays, turtles etc
We have been talking over this weekend about going back in 2025 as we already have a number of trips booked for this year.
If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again
I meant to say that when we went to Thudufushi, there was 2 Whale Shark safaris every week, weather permitting. 👍😃
If you haven't already and you did find them useful, please can I ask you to give the videos a like, as it will really help the RUclips algorithm push them out to others who may also benefit. Thank you
Great video Mike. We are arriving this Friday. Are sockets uk or will we need an adapter?
Thanks very much Paul. We stayed in a water villa and we had 2 types of plugs in the villa. The std UK 3 prong plug and also a small 3 pin round socket.
If you do have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask
I'm sure you'll have a great time. Enjoy
@@Mikes_Travels cheers Mike
Thx for the nice video! No background pumping club music fortunatly ! How nasty are the mosquitos ?
Thanks Martin. We didn't encounter any mosquitos when we visited and there was certainly no pumping music, just peace and quiet
@@Mikes_Travels Ty I meant that so many videos of the maledives have some annoying clubmusic as background music. ;-)
Hi, nice video. Have you ever been on Athuruga and can you compare it? We have been a few times on Athuruga and it seems to be that the watervillas on Thudufushi were not that broken as on Athuruga. Do you think it was worth the money?
Thanks for watching Stefan. I haven't been to Athuruga but we thought the over water villa's were worth the upgrade. As you can see on the video, they are spacious and comfortable with a lovely sized decking and to just be able to walk down into the ocean is great. Plus you get the water restaurant included in the upgrade price. Hope that helps
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask 👍
Hi Mike.. we travel to Thudufushi very soon … we have travelled to many Maldivian islands but this our first time to south ari atoll ! Have you any vids of the aqua resturant and more of the water villas as we will be staying in a jacuzzi water villa .. looks great ! Also did you go on any manta ray or whale shark trips ? Or diving ?
Hi If you look at my video of the walk around the island on the same channel, I do a walk around of my water villa at the end of the video.
The water villa was lovely and I'm sure you'll love it. That same video also covers both restaurants and there is a picture of the Aqua restaurant in that.
The only trip I did was to see the whale shark but sadly, although it was a good trip, we didn't see a whale shark, despite trying. I'll be posting a video of the marine life around the water villa in the next day or so, so if you subscribe to my channel, you'll get notification when I post it 👍
I'm sure you'll love the island. It was wonderful and my walk around video will give you a good idea and some tips about staying on the island. Best wishes
@@Mikes_Travels thank you… yes my wife was very excited the place does look
Tranquil and idyllic.. we travelled to Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa last year and with it being on one of the largest shallow reefs in the Maldives the sand was very corse and sharp on the foot something we had never witness in Maldives before … thank you ! Breakfast on the water villa terrace deck sounds great although we like to go for breakfast at the restaurant (aqua)
Thanks again
@Pastyism my pleasure. We had breakfast at the Aqua restaurant several times as well as the buffet restaurant that was also very good inc a very good fresh juice bar
Lunch and dinner at the Aqua restaurant is fine dining every day, but the buffet restaurant also has a fine dining station in the middle for lunch and dinner. I should be posting the marine life video off of the steps of the water villa and beach later today
Hi Mike, one thing I need to check... what type of travel plugs do we need? Conflicting info online so worth an ask.
Hi Kev In the water villa we stayed in, we had both the British 3 pin plug and the 3 pin more circular plug sockets. Hope that helps
@Mikes Travels Thanks Mike that's a great help and very much appreciated. We're staying in a water villa, too, so we will get a couple of the round ones just in case. 👍
You'll have a fantastic time. We stayed in villa 8
@Mikes Travels can't wait. I think I've watched your videos everyday in the last week! The island and water look better every time and 80+ days still to go.
@Kev B very jealous 😊 You'll have an amazing time. The villa, the staff and food were fantastic. I was a bit disappointed at the dead coral around the villa, but it doesn't take anything away from the amazing sea life you'll see and the best coral was off the beach in front of the buffet restaurant. There is a money cashier service in the late afternoon in the reception area if you need to change up money for tips.
The boardwalk to the villa can get very hot (you may have seen the big white water containers dotted along the boardwalk in my videos. These are literally to put your feet in to cool them down. I'd recommend wearing flip flops or sliders walking along here if you don't want to use the golf buggy and there is a place to leave your footwear at the end of the boardwalk.
The sun rises on the side of the water villa's numbered 1 to 9 and sets in front of the 2, 2 bedroom villas at the end. You get a great view of the sunset from your villa, the beach or from the pontoon near the spa
If you have a Drone, you can fly it but only off the pontoon where I start my video. You have to speak to reception first to sign a disclaimer and you always have to check with them first due to the take off and landings of the sea planes
Have an amazing time and please do let me know what you think. Enjoy