Kanuhura Resort & Spa
Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives
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About the Hotel
If you have ever envisioned your own private villa on a remote private island surrounded by endless vistas of sea and sky, you will feel as if the creators of Kanuhura were reading your mind. Reached by seaplane, this exquisite paradise on Lhaviyani Atoll in the Maldives is blissfully free of schedules and routines. While here you follow only your heartâ€(TM)s desires: a treatment at the lavish Spa, perhaps, or a meal at one of the resortâ€(TM)s unique restaurants, including Thin Rah, whose innovative menu celebrates the markets of world.
Location
Kanuhura Resort & Spa
Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives
Nearest Airport: MLE
Features and Amenities
- In-Room Amenities
- Air Conditioning
- Ceiling Fans
- DVD Players
- In-Room Safes
- Satellite Television
- Activities
- Yoga
- Interests
- Beach
- Honeymoons & Romance
- Hotels
- Overwater Bungalows
- Spa
- Villas
Reviews for Kanuhura Resort & Spa
Perfect stay
From the moment we were welcomed to this beautiful island, to the genuine goodbyes at the end of our trip, we felt at home. Everything from the quality of the food, care of the staff and beauty of the landscaping makes the hotel truly special. We enjoyed every moment even when the weather turned for a few hours here and there, which is when the hotel comes into its own offering complimentary activities / spa facilities etc. We will definitely return to this very special place
James O
Paradise Found
Highly recommend Six Senses Kanuhura. Wanted to try a non-American hotel brand and went through the "best of" lists in the usual travel magazines, which is where I first heard of SS. WOW, absolutely exceeded all expectations. Such a beautiful island, with trails and the shore groomed daily, and the villas are first-rate. Service is as good as the Four Seasons but with a true wellness focus and down-to earth staff. An evening treat at turndown service, linen napkins placed under your toiletries, unlimited bottled water (in glass bottles), comfy bed, and lots of charming details throughout the villa. I found myself eventually asking some of the staff - what is it that allows you to be so happy and so dedicated to caring for the guest? Answers were always the beauty of the place, the natural Maldivian hospitality, and the Six Senses culture. The staff always remembered each guest and what they liked - orange slices with water, finding cream for my coffee and ensuring it would be on hand every morning, just for me. The restaurant were excellent each with their place - sunset at the Point is not to be missed and this is the flagship venue. Every course was outstanding and the service from Faris was top notch. The breakfast staff at the Market made the start to every day like coming down to your own kitchen. Thank you Alham, Sujar, Faris, Mac, and many others. Pizza at Botegga is also not to be missed. I didn't get to try Sip and Sand but the beachfront pool looked awesome. The manager's beach cocktail reception with tables and lights and a one-gal DJ all brought on to the beach was just beautiful. The pride everyone has in their work shines everywhere. Feel free to ask about the food and how prepared and what they like, etc - it's an experience to not just sample but to immerse yourself. Dinner reservations were thoughtfully made for me in advance along with suggested activities tailored from the reservations team asking what I wanted to do in particular, what celebrating, and from our initial meet with my GEM. Upon arrival, just like on that HBO TV show, the management team welcomes you and introduces your dedicated GEM - not a "butler" but a Guest Experience Manager, who stays with you throughout your stay as much as needed - but always has your back to ensure you are enjoying your stay and working behind the scenes to coordinate and make suggestions. The GEM tours you around the island, walks you through your villa, helps you unpack, and even offers to have your garments pressed for free. They will ensure you have a golfcart ride to and from dinner or walk or bike. Zaid kept my villa spotless. One of the things I wanted to try was to see the turtles and sea life - but I can't swim. My GEM went out of his way and on his own initiative to arrange a surprise one on one safe snorkeling trial with one of the resident marine biologists. They picked me up, fitted me for a life vest, showed me the snorkeling basics and even also took a buoy out for me to hold onto. They helped me with getting comfortable in the water and we saw an iridescent blue striped jack fish, and a rare porcupine sea ray. Stunning. It was a joy for me and a joy seeing how much they enjoyed seeing my excitement. Who does this for you these days? Six Senses does. A tremendous memory thanks to my thoughtful GEM - Sameeh - and the biologist - Athif, and on his own time, and without charge, and with a lovely memento photograph and video of my first snorkeling encounter. Sameeh also arranged, again on own initiative, to take a jetty over to the 2nd island and tour there. We saw a black-tipped nurse shark from the shore as well as dozens of crabs. Caught in a passing monsoon but that was part of the fun. Who these days takes such care of their guests to ensure that they enjoy their time? I think it goes back once more to what's different here among the team members, why they have this pride in where they work and who they work for and the earnest desire to please and to make your stay truly memorable. It's clearly one big family and if you choose to visit you will forever be a part.
AE1168 - Chicago, Illinois
Worth trying to stay in one of the newer retreats
Lovely honeymoon at Kanuhura. We stayed in a Deluxe Beach Villa Suite with Pool (47) due to a kind upgrade (thank you) and then moved to a beach retreat (35). The beach retreat was gorgeous, definitely try to get "style 1" if you are a couple as with the other style the living room is in a separate building so split off. This would be good if travelling with teenagers however, but as a couple you'd want the whole thing (style 1). We loved lunch at Drift and the Point is really lovely too, the pool was pretty much empty whenever we went and the food at night was really good (bit disappointing at lunchtime and overpriced). Our GEM Rajeeu was the best GEM I have had and we have travelled a fair bit in the Maldives he was very helpful without being on top of us and even packed and unpacked all our things for the villa move. This is what it is like to have a wife, I thought ! In terms of improvements, Six Senses acquired this resort a few years ago and I think there is still work to be done on the older part of the island. I researched this trip hard it being our honeymoon and there is alot you can't see from the pictures of the accommodation. Villa 47 was tired in places, rusty garden furniture and the roof was missing thatch in a few patchy areas. These villas don't say "luxury" as in other resorts (other than the newer retreats which do). We stayed at SS in Vietnam and their beach villas were far superior to these. I also think the villas are dark and a choice has been made not to cut back the vegetation between the beach (or overhead)) making almost a wall between the beach and the villa (and it dark in the outside areas). We had sun for maybe 2 hours a day the rest of the time our pool was in the shade and the villa and garden were dark. On the website they are described as "private" - which they are as they are almost invisible from the beach so you don't get the lovely aspect of looking out to white sand as you do from other resorts. On the privacy side though, there are holes in the fence at V47 so you could see the people in the pool next door... I think quite a lot of maintenance is needed to bring the older villas up to date and the gardens tamed just a little, privacy is one thing, darkness and being always in the shade is another ! We also had a problem with our loo smelling, it was sorted out quickly but does indicate that better maintenance is needed of the older villas. I also at times thought the service was slow. Tables weren't cleared so we entered a couple of restaurants with messy tables where guests had left and the plates hadn't been cleared and also a few times we had to wave staff over, particularly at breakfast. At Bottega we watched guests walk away from uncleared tables as nobody attended to them. The ratio of serving staff to guests was low. You certainly could not say the service was over the top or too attentive... On our first evening we chased up my husband's drink and were told "drinks take time" (even though mine had arrived) I thought this was a bit rude as we had waited a fair while and then a fair while to call him over. It would also be nice to offer pool water or fruit, other resorts do this but at Sip and Sand there isnt anything like this at the pool and again, I saw coke cans and glasses left uncleared on the side of the pool. We did love our stay but mainly I think as it was our honeymoon. I just don't feel it is quite "there" compared with other resorts. Our GEM made it for us. Also a tip - they do a "sinner" drinks package - you can add all inclusive drinks to half board or B&B which is a huge saving and reasonably priced. We loved this and found it to be very generous.
SkittleManchester - Manchester
Holidays in Paradise
It’s been great pleasure to visit the resort. Great location, high quality standard service, friendly staff and all around made this holiday unforgettable The variety of restaurants and food selection is highly recommended. Special thanks to our Gem Laina who made the stay amazing
Piotr D
Maldives : More than a destination - Indulge in the art of being you
I am a person who loves to just enjoy watching the sea waves, if you are one too…Maldives is the place to visit. Six Senses Kanuhura Resort is the best place to visit. We landed in the sea plane to the resort, it was amazing. The resort work 1hour ahead of your time to get the maximum of day time. The staffs are too friendly…they accommodate all our requests with a smile. We would generally love to try out new cuisines during our travel, Chefs there heard our requests and prepared the dishes with extra love satisfying our taste buds. Starting from the blue waters, Instagramic locations, Coconut trees, Water sports and what not. It is a place so calm, to relax and rejuvenate amidst the hot weather (sometimes the rain showers make you excited). A trip to remember and etched close to my heart.
Swetha G - Chennai (Madras), India
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