Hanifaru Transit Inn

Mein Aufenthalt im Hanifaru Transit Inn war fantastisch, ich hätte keine bessere Wahl treffen können! Der Service war super persönlich und da es ein familiengeführtes Hotel ist, fühlt man sich wie zu Hause. Danke, Ahmed, für alles! Das Zimmer war geräumig, sauber und wurde täglich aufgeräumt. Das Frühstück war abwechslungsreich und das maledivische Frühstück war ein Highlight! Wir haben unsere Touren bei ihnen gebucht, wie z. B. eine Sandbank-Exkursion, Schnorcheln am Shark Reef und Turtle Point sowie Angeln bei Sonnenuntergang mit einem köstlichen Abendessen. Sehr empfehlenswert!

Our stay at the Hanifaru Transit Inn was amazing. The staff are wonderful and extremely helpful. The manager (owner) Ahmed met us at the airport and even arranged a car to take our luggage to the Inn. The town is tiny and very safe. From the Inn you can walk just about anywhere in 5 minutes and we felt comfortable walking any of the streets well into the evening. Hanifaru Transit Inn is a bit off the main streets but it was not an issue since we don’t mind walking the 3-5 minutes to get to a restaurant or the harbour. I would recommend having them arrange your plane fare in and out of Dharavandhoo as they can save you some money even if you are transferring to a resort afterwards. We made the mistake of letting the resort arrange the water taxi from Dharavandhoo and Ahmed explained he could have arranged a boat for much less. Plus we wouldn’t be at the whim of the resorts time table. I would also recommend booking Hanifaru Transit Inn’s snorkelling trips. They are very reasonably priced and go to all the popular reefs. They have a small boat that allows them to take 2-4 people out at a time. It is much nicer to have a small group in the water then one of the bigger boats were your have people everywhere. Ahmed was even able to take us to a spot to see 15-20 Manta’s when there was none at the Hanifaru Bay Bio Reserve. It was truly an amazing experience to be 1 of only 3 people in the water with that many Manta’s. Later in our trip we went to Hanifaru Bay and it was a bit crazy with so many different resorts showing up and what seemed like hundreds of people in the water. Almost all my pictures and videos from that trip has fins and arms from tourists. I cannot thank Ahmed for taking us to that secluded reef to see the Manta’s by ourselves. The food was tasty even though we only had breakfast included we did dine there on 2 evenings. The grilled fish was great and the curry’s were very nice and spiced well for our western palates. If I ever come back to the Maldives I will probably spend my whole time in Dharavandhoo staying at the Hanifaru Transit Inn.

We stayed in this guest house for 10 days in August. Everything was perfect. The manager Ahmed and his son were very attentive to all our needs. Every day they organized some excursions for us and accompanied us in snorkeling. Food was very good and abundant and they always tried to satisfy our tastes. Breakfast and dinner were served in a patio with feet in the sand. The room was very clean, with WIFI and air conditioning. 3 minutes walking from the wonderful Bikini Beach. Certanly if we went back to Maldives we would choose this guest house again.