Pet-friendly hotels and homes in Dharavandhoo

Very friendly personal and delicious food

We had a wonderful days on the island thanks to Ahmed and his team. Ahmed met us at the airport, shared information about the island and showed us where everything was. The room was large, everything was clean. The breakfasts were excellent. Ahmed organised several tours for us at very nice prices. Everything was incredible. We swam with mantas, sharks, rays and even went night snorkelling with a whale shark. We recommend staying at this guest house, you will be very satisfied. We will definitely come back!

The hotel is right on the beach, and the beach is lovely. Calm inlets to snorkel and swim, powdery white sand, palm trees for shade. As a scuba diver, I really appreciated the Liquid Salt dive center affiliated with the hotel. It made arranging my dive trips effortless, and the dive masters were lovely. Some of the best diving I've done. The hotel is not at all pretentious, just...comfortable and welcoming. They have several lounging areas with soft chairs and bean bags, a library of take-one-leave-one books, and board games. I happened to finish the book I brought while there, and swapped it for another. I have foods I can't eat, and the chef was very accommodating, making me customized meals and really taking care of me. It made such a difference since I was there during Ramadan and the few outside restaurants were mostly closed. After Aveyla I transferred to another island for a different diving experience, but I didn't like it nearly as much. I wish I had stayed! And if/when I come back to Maldives, I will choose Aveyla again.

Beautifully designed boutique guesthouse on a very nice and peaceful island. Out of 5 guesthouses on 5 local islands Manta Reserve was one of the best. Rooms: big room with comfy bed, light, very nicely and tasteful decorated, small fridge, huge bathroom. Rooms were cleaned every day. Food: best food we had on Maldive islands. Several choices for breakfast (fruits, yoghurt, cerials, ommelette). Fresh, well prepared fish for dinner, also great curries. Kristin Raja is a fantastic cook and will discuss with you how you like the food prepared. Staff: All people at Manta reserve are very very accommodating, friendly and helpful. Affan, the owner or Mr Nair is always around to help you and answer questions. They will do anything to make your stay comfortable. Reef / snorkling: good snorkeling with lots of fish near bikini reef. We also did a nice snorkeling excursion by boat to nearby reefs. Besides all nice coloured fish We saw turtles, reefsharks, rays. Maalhos: nice, quiet island, friendly people. In a way Maalhos felt better kept, and there was less construction going on as on the other islands we visited. Highly recommended, both Manta Reserve and Maalhos!

Since this was the first time we visited a local island, I texted the guesthouse reservation team and asked a lot of questions. They were very responsive and helpful. The rooms was very clean and nice. We wanted to do excursions at a cheaper price than resorts and they offered us fishing trips at a very good price. We went for fishing everyday with local guides and combined the trip with a picnic to nearby islands. It was an amazing trip with good price for everything.

The rooms are new, just opened 02-2025. Staff was very nice, helpful, friendly, always smiling. The breakfast is 1 minut walk just round the corner. It was tasty and enough for adults. Bikini beach is ca 40 meters from hotel it was clean. Corals very nice with a lot of life and fisches. The owner Mohammed organised the transport from Male airport as domestic flight for reasonable price and then picked us up with speedboat at the domestic airport. By leaving the island he went with us to harbour to found a local ferry to another island. Everythink was perfect.

It's a wonderful place to stay in Kendoo. Great location, quiet&safe, nice garden, few rooms on the first floor and a sea view restaurant for breakfasts on the second floor. Ideal place for snorkling from the beach, also there are many places around to go by boat. I would definetly come back during manta season. Special thanks to Akmal, a guesthouse manager, we met us at the airport, was always ready to help, organized New year dinner on the beach.

This was a 10/10 experience! It's a small inn run by locals and the location is excellent. From arrival to my departure the owners and staff were so kind and helpful. It was like I had personal butlers ready 24/7 to attend all my needs. I can't stress this point enough! The rooms were minimal and clean and The food was good and affordable. I went snorkeling at the islands housereef and the owners arranged pvt excursions to sandbanks and nearby uninhabited islands. This really was the Maldivian vacation of everyone's dreams. Thank you fasdheythere team for this Unforgettable experience!