Gangehi Island Resort & Spa

We are relaxing and now we are in this hotel. There were 4 days left until the end of the vacation, we decided to move to a villa on the beach; we chose it and confirmed that we were moving. A couple of hours later, an employee comes and says that the villa is occupied and offers other villas with a less rugged view and dry trees on the sides. I was very disappointed with the rest of my stay, the behavior of the staff at the reception was disgusting, I don’t recommend the hotel

The location and seascape is stunning with excellent snorkelling just off the beach. We had a large over water villa which was lovely. The main lounge bar is spacious and stylish and the evening buffet was tasty. Good value compared with other island resorts. However, it was a bit annoying that hotel staff do not help organise speed boat transfer. Charging for nespresso pods in the room is a bit cheeky given the cost of the room. The breakfast buffet did not have any Maldivian breakfast and finally, we couldn’t sit in the lounge bar in the evening as they had ‘activities’ like karaoke and DJ Set- no thank you!

It's our first time in the Maldives - it's amazing experience for us. We stayed in their water villa for 3 nights and 4 days. We avail their full board meal (breakfast-lunch-dinner) but if you want some extra drinks like soda, juice, wine you have to pay extra but basic things like water, coffee and tea are free.. They have their own bar (happy hour at 6:30-7:30pm) where you can have some alcoholic drinks. We are not good at swimming but we were able to do diving and snorkeling with the help of their water activities instructors. Magnificent underwater! The staffs are very friendly and polite, they will help you in any way. It's a small island - you can see everything in less than 20 minutes. If you really wanted to be away from and hustle and bustle of the city, this is the place that you should visit. By the way, if you want to be in the island ASAP booked for the seaplane. But the speedboat is a nice experience as well.

We stayed at Gangehi Resort for 6 nights in March 2023. Our trip was moved from January after I broke my knee cap in December, and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to snorkel, the whole purpose of the trip. However, the water was mostly calm and clear, and we snorkeled twice every day. There was swimming off the back of our villa, where they appear to be trying with some success to build a new reef. There is a larger beech area near the dining room where there are more fish to see and where the water is generally quite calm. In general the coral is hurting, but there are some beautiful and healthy soft corals. The entire resort can be walked around in only a few minutes. There are people working to maintain the grounds all the time. The villas are cleaned 2 times a day. All the staff we interacted with were friendly and hard working. The two who did the most to make our trip a pleasure were Nafla at the front desk and Rasheed, our waiter. Staff members seemed to come from neighboring countries, and those who interacted with guests spoke excellent English. Guests seemed to come primarily from Europe, especially Italy. We appreciated that there were no noisy activities that disturbed the general peace of the island. It was a lovely place to relax! The only thing I would change about Gangehi would be the use of so many plastic bottles. They charge for every bottle of water, even at dinner. Readily available water not in plastic bottles would be good.

Nice looking resort but service into the bar is really bad!! If you pay all inclusive you will probably wait all day for barmen and it will ruin your day. It is forbiden to take drinks away from the bar, to take it into your room so your all in you will have only into the bar and everything else you ll must to pay again. I will avoid this resort next time.

Great location, snorkeling possibility directly from beach (2 main routes), tasty food - especially delicious fishes variation and desserts, helpful staff, very clean bungalow, nice orchids inside island, only prices of trips (e.g. local island Mathiveri) a little overpriced

I stayed at this property with family for 4 nights. We travelled to the property by seaplane. The flying experience was worth every penny. It’s an Italian company owned resort, so most travellers are European. The property is a small island with shallow blue waters and white sand beaches. Shoals of fish swim very close to the beach. Fish of all colours …. A wonderful sight. We spent 2 nights in the Garden villa and 2 nights in the Over water villa. The view from the bed room is simply superb …… the vast expanse of blue water and a front row seats to a beautiful sunset. The diving experience was what touched our hearts. Roberto the diving instructor , swimming with Mantas, and the sight of the corals under the water …. Truly a divine experience. The food is Ok, the service is good, the dining area has a great view and the digital detox is a welcome change. Would I recommend this place ….. an emphatic yes. This was our first international holiday with family ….. and what a beginning

We were at Gangehi Resort for 6 nights in March 2023. Our trip was moved from January after I broke my knee bone in December. I was worried the water would be too rough for me to swim in, but it was mostly calm and clear. There was swimming off the beach in back of our room and we swam there every morning. We saw reef sharks as well as several varieties of fish there, but not as many fish as were at the larger beach area near the dining room. In general the coral is hurting, but there were some beautiful and healthy soft corals to see. In the area behind our cabin they appear to be working with some success on building a new reef. The entire resort can be walked around in only a few minutes. There are people working to maintain the grounds all the time. The cabins are cleaned 2 times a day. All the staff we interacted with were friendly and hard working. The two who did the most to make our trip a pleasure were Nafla at the front desk and Rasheed, our waiter. Staff members seemed to come from countries in the area, and those who interacted with guests spoke excellent English. Guests seemed to come primarily from Europe, especially Italy. We appreciated that there were no noisy activities that disturbed the general peace of the island. It was a lovely place to relax! The only thing I would change about Gangehi would be the use of so many plastic bottles. They charge for every bottle of water, even at dinner. Readily available water not in plastic bottles would be good.

We visited this resort from 22 nd to 26 th February 2023. We had booked 2 deluxe overwater villas and let me tell you that villas are awesome with all amenities like open shower area and villas directly opening into sea. We are pure vegetarian and the chefs don't know how to make vegetarian food. In the breakfast also only bread butter and fruits . How we survived for 4 days we only know. Most of the desserts also have eggs. Only 1 litre water bottle provided per day and extra 1.5 litre water bottle costs you 5$. Only Italian and French crowd so evening activities are centred around them . Resort is in south male so travelling time from Male airport is roughly 2 hrs by speedboat which is actually tiring. Boat timings are fixed at odd hours so please check with resort before booking else you will left with nothing to do at airport for hours just like us. The resort doesn't have either pool villas or the commo swimming pool so you have to go swimming in the sea which is sometimes not good experience. Frankly suggesting , this one is not for vegetarian Indians