Dhigurah Hotels with Swimming Pools

A thorough review of our entire holiday, traveling as a family of 2 adults and a teenager. From the UK to Male airport we travelled approximately 15 hours (with a layover in Doha). We unfortunately missed our seaplane slot as we missed our interconnecting flight in Doha (due to the airline being delayed). We were escorted to the siyam waiting lobby. It was air conditioned and provided refreshments and snacks. We had to wait approximately 3 hours before we boarded the seaplane (this did quickly become very boring). The seaplane was a wonderful experience, yes it’s loud but what wonderful views. When we arrived at Siyam world we were welcomed with music, clapping, towels and a necklace which was a lovely touch. We were taken to the WOW lounge by our ambassador. We had a 30/40 minute in-depth discussion regarding the island, facilities, all-inclusive package etc. We were all extremely tired at this point and probably didn’t absorb the information as we should have. We took a ride on a buggy to our water villa by our ambassador. You communicate with your ambassador via WhatsApp. We stayed in a water villa with a slide and plunge pool. The villas have high ceilings with air conditioning and a fan. The free standing bath was a wonderful touch with the view of the ocean. The only down side to the villa we stayed in was the walls had patchy paintwork (I think it’s touch-up from the humidity) and we had an extremely hard mattresses for our liking (we were given a mattress topper by our ambassador). You can walk around the island but it’s best to wait for the buses (it’s quite a large island), they are around every 10 minutes and each bus stop has a TV screen with bus location. You can however flag a bus if you are not at a bus stop. One of the drivers went above and beyond to accommodate our family, he was amazing. WEATHER It was a consistent 29/30 degrees when we visited. We were anticipating some rain in August but in the two weeks we stayed it only rained one day. It’s quite humid and we were badly bitten by mosquitoes even though we were wearing deet spray everyday. ROOM SERVICE You have your room cleaned twice a day, you get fresh towels, dressing gowns and new bedding ever day. The mini bar is re-stocked everyday. The room service team are extremely polite, helpful and do a wonderful job. RESTAURANTS/FOOD SERVICE Download the APP in advance to pre-book restaurants and activities. We didn’t realise until we got there, so we were unable to book any of the restaurants for the first three days. You have to give your room number every time you order food or drinks. You get a bill in the restaurants which you have to sign (we got one for $845) it is part of your inclusive package but this worried us the first time. They do mark on the menus what is not included in the inclusive package (so just be aware). Tempo is a buffet style restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and themed dinner evenings. We personally loved Tempo, we found they had a good va