SammieLouXx
May 9, 2025
The perfect Honeymoon - everything was absolutely fantastic!! We would highly recommend this resort. Main Points All staff were absolutely fantastic – especially Kristy (our Villa host), Jai and Shivan (Sommeliers). The General Manager, Rohit was very friendly and always available/checking all was ok. We met him several times during our stay and enjoyed our chats with him. We felt that the staff couldn’t have been better and are a credit to this resort. Arrival at Male Airport Once we had gone through security at Male airport, we were greeted by a representative from Emerald, who helped us to get to the seaplane check in desk. We checked our luggage in and then were put on an air conditioned minibus to the seaplane terminal. The bus had wifi so we downloaded the Emerald App and checked in to say that we had arrived. Upon arrival there, we were taken to the lounge and had approx. 1 hour there before boarding. This was seamless and stress-free. Baggage To note, the weight limit for cases is 20kg – 1 case per person, anything over this is charged at USD $5 per additional KG), which isn’t a lot. Arrival at Emerald We were the second stop on the SeaPlane, it took about 50 mins in total to get from Male airport to the resort. Upon arrival, several members of the team were there to give us a warm welcome and cold glass of champagne. We were greeted by our Villa host, Kristy who took us on a golf cart for an island tour and then to our overwater villa (with pool). Kristy told us about the island, then showed us around our room and how to use the Emerald App. She explained that all dinner reservations, etc were shown on here and could either be booked and managed through her, or the app by doing it ourselves. We had the honeymoon package, which included a photoshoot, special dinner on the beach and couples massage. Room (Over water Villa with Pool) The room was absolutely fantastic – extremely spacious (with an even bigger bathroom), separate toilet and large wardrobe area. There is also a safe, fully stocked mini bar and tea and coffee making facilities. The room was extremely clean and well decorated. Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Wash, as well as other amenities (sewing kit, toothbrushes, body lotion, towels, robes) are all provided in the bathroom. The balcony was incredible – the infinity pool was our favourite part about the villa and was always a good temperature. The only slight negative was that the air con didn’t seem to go as cool as we would have liked it to. The room was serviced twice daily – morning and evening whilst we were at dinner and always to a very high standard. Towels were always replenished which was great. The mini-bar contained beers, white & red wine, soft drinks (Coke, Fanta etc), plenty of water and snacks (chocolate bars, Haribo etc). If we wanted more of anything or something different, we could just leave a note or whatsapp our villa host which was great. The selection of beers available on the island (from memory) we