Sandies Bathala

It was an amazing experience of living on such a small island, but they will provide everything you need. The food is just wonderful, stuff is friendly and helpful, atmosphere is nice and very Italian oriented. Reccomend for those who loves privacy and very calm vacations in beautiful place! Would add TV into the rooms for the days with bad weather.

It’s not the first time of staying there and we are absolutely satisfied! Great staff, an awesome service and picturesque views!

very comfortable bed and pillows, excellent cleaning service, helpful and efficient staff ,great food. fast ship transfer really difficult due to sea conditions upon arrival. great snorkeling with the knowledgeable and experienced biologist.

Our first vacation in the Maldives and we couldn't have chosen a better resort. From first setting foot on the jetty, the staff have been attentive, friendly, and informative. The accommodation couldn't be more "beach front" with a few steps you're in that warm azure sea. The room is comfortably and clean with an excellent AC and comfortable bed. I'm not going to write an essay on the food. Everything is lovely with various themed culinary evenings. The bar and outside seating areas are just in from the beach front pool and perfect for a drink in the evening before dinner. All the snorkelling, scuba diving, and excursions are run by the very multilingual staff. We attended the green walk, which show cases the efforts of the resort in sustainability and protecting the reef. For a peaceful and relatively secluded holiday, I don't think we could have chosen any better. I would just like to thank the manager, Mr Bastiyan and everyone of his remarkable staff. Thanks from us both Peter & Trish

Thank you to the whole Bathala team for making our recent stay on the island so enjoyable. This was our second time staying on the island having first been in 2024 and it was as good, if not better, than last year! Our time on the island is very much focussed on the water and participating in the many and varied excursions; the team in Water Sports got to know us well as we did many trips, some twice. We came away with wonderful memories of swimming with Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, and catching Red Snappers plus others fish via line fishing and snorkelling over beautiful Reefs. Lahpo and the team do all they can to make the experiences memorable for the guests, our sincerest thanks go to them all. The house reef is the best we have seen in the Maldives having been to 6 different islands. There's such a variety of species seen daily on the reef; various types of rays, sharks (black tip, white tip and nurse) and two turtles. Sun-rise snorkelling was fun to see the reef so alive and observe the more nocturnal species, like Lion Fish. The team are doing a lot to replenish coral life on the reef too which is great to see. The Intro diving lesson and short dive along the reef was superb, thank you to Werner Lau for their expert tuition. The restaurant food is fresh, varied and all very tasty and the chef and waiting staff are all very polite and extremely helpful. The accommodation is spotless with twice daily room attendance, we were very comfortable there for our 10 day stay. The island's staff work very hard which was evident by clean and looked after island, and the events put on were amazing like cocktails on the beach and the Easter dinner served outside with a spectacular display and range of food. We recognise that the Bathala team go out of their way to see that we are having an enjoyable time and are always helpful, polite and courteous. It is our intention to come back in 2026 as we have found an island that we so dearly love. If I could give you 6 Stars I would!

We had a fabulous holiday on this beautiful island. This was our fifth visit to the Maldives and this was an island we would definitely return to. The outstanding house reef and the very friendly staff were the highlights. A big thank you to Sharif our waiter who made every meal special.