Cocogiri Island Resort Maldives

I shall confine my review to the Island itself as flights and transfers are outside of their control. We had booked through BlueBay Travel in the UK and we always arrange our own flights. We arrived at the Island around noon, Maldives time having a short boat trip from the pontoon to the Island after our short Seaplane journey. We had a warm and friendly welcome to the Island along with a refreshing drink and towel. Check in was speedy and informative and we were shown to our Over Water Villa, room 203. The room had everything we needed, was light and airy with a patio door onto the decking which overlooked the Indian Ocean. My only complaint was that the bed didn't face the ocean. The decking has steps down to the pristine waters and we saw so many fish just standing on the decking. There is a rope net bathing area on the deck that allows you to sun bathe whilst looking down at the coral around the Villa. Personally I found it uncomfortable and lay on it once to try it out in our 12 days there. Snorkelling off the steps was like swimming in a fish tank. So many fish of varying colours and sizes. On my first swim out I saw a Turtle and Reef Shark. Over the coming days, along with the Maldivian norm, I saw a pair of Lion fish, Puffer fish acouple of different Turtles making a regular visit and reef sharks. We regularly saw a podcast of dolphins from either the restaurant or the water villa swimming in the channels. From what I saw, the coral was obviously thriving around the Island as the colours were fresh and vibrant. There is obvious recovery here from the "bleaching" often reported in the Maldives. We went out on one trip during our stay - Sharks and Turtles. It sounds scarier than it is and is superbly run by the excellent Dive Centre on the Island. We had the most amazing memories of that trip and highly recommend it. The weather was changeable during our stay which was officially the start of the wet, monsoon season. We had one bad day and it rained on several nights. It did not detract from our magical stay. We upgraded half way through our stay to a Jacuzzi Water Villa, room 214 and the staff made our move simple, taking many clothes still on hangers to save time on packing. The rooms were cleaned daily and the team did an excellent job. Thorough and always friendly and polite. My wife is a diabetic and we were provided with diet / zero coke in our room fridge daily. We were in the Jacuzzi every day and it was hard to extract my wife from it at times. The restaurant - just the one, Buffet style. The food was very varied and cattered for many different tastes. We learned that there are 12 chefs, yes 12 in the kitchen which clearly showed from the varieties of freshly baked breads, meats, Curries, pizza, pasta, salads, ohhh and the deserts, larges cakes, small individual cakes, chocolate balls, fruit drink shots, doughnuts, biscuits 😋 There was always a chef cooking something different on the cooking station. Breakfast (eggs, omelette ec

We spent 2 blissful weeks in water villa 216 in April 2025. We couldn't fault anything at all! The accommodation was great, just as we expected and being able to step from our balcony in the Indian Ocean was fantastic. Everywhere we went on the (small) island it was spotless - clean & tidy. Food was very good. On a previous Maldives trip (to somewhere more to the south) I wasn't overly fond of the food, it as barely luke warm. No such problems here, the food was freshly prepared and hot. The varying selection of curries were my go to. Staff were all friendly and welcoming. Tina was available if we had anything to discuss but we were totally happy so no issues to raise. If I'm being very picky then I'd like a better selection of alcohol free drinks. My wife and I don't drink alcohol so an alcohol free lager would be been ideal but the plentiful of tonic water & water did us nicely.