Experiences

If you are a seasoned golfer or a beginner, Crown & Champa Resorts offer fantastic golf experiences, including large courses, driving ranges and ‘au courant’ golf clubs on the islands, making them the best choices for golf enthusiasts in the Maldives!

Perfect your swing at the Maldives’ first golf course in Kuredu Island Resort, Maldives or enjoy the 9-hole Pitch & Putt Golf Course at the Meeru Island Resort & Spa. 

Kuredu Resort & Spa

Kuredu Resorts & Spa golf club is located on the eastern portion of the island, surrounded by palm trees, playing golf could not be any more peaceful than it is here. Kuredu Golf Club boasts a full-size driving range and a large Hux – ley putting green to perfect your stroke. 

If you have never associated golf with the Maldives, Kuredu Resort Maldives is proud to introduce you to yet another trendsetting activity in this island nation. The resorts’ golf club allows guests to fit in a golfing fix between leisurely days at the beach and spa visits during their stay. 

Kuredu Golf shop, fully equipped with Kuredu golf merchandising for fanatics and Kuredu also has a golf bar to rest after sensational golf round or to watch your favourite sports matches live on satellite TV.

Learn more: https://www.kuredu.com/recreation/golf/

Guest in sister resorts – Hurawalhi, Kudadoo and Komandoo can enjoy a round of golf in Kuredu gold club, which is 10mins speed boat transfer away.

Meeru Island Resort & Spa

Located in the centre of the island, next to the Golf Driving Range and Putting Green, you can play 9 holes over 480 yards on this 2000 sqm course (21,000 sq. ft.).

Golf Lessons on the driving range or on the golf course can be scheduled from Sports Center. Fun golf and tournaments are scheduled each week. Clubs and balls are available for rent from the Sports Center. A range of golf accessories, including Meeru logo golf caps, shirts and balls are available for purchase at the Resort Gift Shop.

Learn more:  https://www.meeru.com/things-to-do/land-sports/golf.html

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The golf courses are becoming popular with our guests for wedding photography and as a couples activity.

All our resorts offer an array of land sports activities for guests of all ages. Enjoy football, tennis, badminton to padel tennis.

An unforgettable family adventure awaits in the Maldives. On the pristine beaches, the whole family can vacation in the sun. The crystal-clear ocean, promises an endless array of escapades, above the water in kayaks or diving to snorkelling below even for younger guests. These Crown & Champa Resorts offer the perfect balance of beautiful surroundings and family-oriented facilities to make your vacation a break to remember.

One of the largest islands in the Maldives, with distinct family-friendly and adult-friendly areas, Kuredu Island Resort & Spa offers vast room on land for play. The islands Kid’s Club is an idyllic hub for kids to have fun and make new friends with supervised activities. With a world-class tennis court, padel tennis, golf range and football field available, kids can take part in their favourite sports while on vacation.
To help in finding Nemo, the professional dive and watersports centre is one of the largest in the region, and the team is on hand to equip your young ones with the skills they need for exploration. Kuredu’s also boasts an active culinary scene with fourteen bars and restaurants to serve your appetite.

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Meeru Island Resort & Spa guarantees a quintessential beach holiday that the whole family will enjoy. A speedboat away from the airport, Meeru is easily accessible, particularly after a long flight. The large island surrounded by stretches of the powder-soft beach will enchant every member of your family.
Days in Meeru can be spent lounging on the beach, swimming in the family pool that comes with a wading pool for kids, enjoying refreshing snacks from Meeru Café, playing table tennis with the staff, or learning about Maldivian culture in Meeru Museum. Don’t miss the large whale skeleton outside the museum for unique vacation pictures.

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Pack your spirit of adventure and head over to Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa to discover the true colours of the Maldives. This dive resort, with separate family facilities, is perfect for all kinds of adventures. Vilamendhoo boasts of a magnificent house reef, and proximity to whale shark spots all year round.
A variety of excursions on offer, such as Family Adventure and Ocean Discovery,  grant you the opportunity to spot these and other magnificent marine creatures. The dive centre on the island also offers introductory diving courses for children.

 

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Families, couples and travellers looking for Adults-Only Fun Island experiences

For those who seek the Maldives for Adults-Only, the collection offers a choice just right for you.
• The Maldives’ only truly adults-only (18 years+) Komandoo Island Resort & Spa
• Guests 15 years+ Hurawalhi Island Resort
• Guests 12 years+ Kagi Maldives Spa Island

Resorts with separate Adults-Only areas, facilities and a choice of beach and over-water villas;
• Sangu Resort of Kuredu Island Resort & Spa (18 years+)
• Meeru Island Resort & Spa (18 years+)
• Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa (18 years+)
• ‘O’ Resort of Kuredu Island Resort & Spa (12 years+)

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World Turtle Day is May 23rd each year and is celebrated throughout the world.  This annual observance is held to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world. Though turtles have existed more than 100 million years, outliving dinosaurs, they are rapidly disappearing. Sea turtles, in particular face several threats from plastic pollution to the destruction of feeding and nesting sites.

Five of the world’s seven species of sea turtle call Maldives home, including the endangered Olive Ridley. Almost half of all the identified green sea turtles in the Maldives live in Lhaviyani Atoll, where Crown & Champa Resorts  has five of its properties and nearly all of them can be found around the Kuredu Island Resort   hose reef. In neighboring Komandoo Island Resort & Spa’s house reef, you are most likely see Green Sea Turtles as well as Hawksbill Sea Turtles.

At all of our properties, it is common for guests’ snorkeling or diving to come across these graceful creatures. Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa, well-known for whale shark spotting in the South Ari Atoll is also close to the world renowned Turtle Reef.  Hawkbills Sea Turtles and Green sea turtle can be seen all year round around Veligandu Island Resort & Spa.

All Crown & Champa Resorts are on the watch for ghost nets when out at sea and as seen in a recent video from Meeru Island Resort & Spa, this vigilance rescued a Maldivian sea turtle. Education is a must to ensure turtle conservation. At Hurawalhi Maldives, Kudadoo Maldives Private Island, Komandoo Island Resort and Kuredu, guests can participate in adopting a turtle with the Olive Ridley Project. We will continue to rescue, protect turtles and conserve their natural habitat for them.

How to Swim with Sea Turtles

For almost a hundred million years sea turtles and their ancestors have roamed the oceans. However these Though  tough survivors are classified as endangered and their future is uncertain. To pay respect to them, us and your descendants, please observe our code of conduct:

• Do not disrupt the turtles’ natural behaviour!
• Do not touch them! They can feel through their carapace and hate to be touched!
• Do not prevent them from taking a breath of air on the surface, they can drown immediately!
• Do not provoke them! If you do, you’re likely to experience one of world’s most powerful bites.
• There is no best way to ride a turtle. Do not even think about it!

Source: Olive Ridley Project 

The Maldives is the epitome of romance, the destination of dream honeymoon resorts and some of the most romantic hotels in the world. Couples escaping to any of the idyllic Crown and Champa Resorts this February will fall head over heels in love with the array of romantic indulgences with which to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Remember though, in the Maldives, every day is Valentine’s Day and love is celebrated throughout the year!

Love Maldives Resorts

Small, intimate resorts such as Veligandu Island Resort & Spa, Hurawalhi Island Resort & Spa and the adults-only Komandoo Island Resort & Spa, are custom-made for romance and couples will delight in the quiet and luxurious surroundings with service that is attentive yet discreet. Couples holidaying at the larger resorts of Kuredu Island Resort & Spa, Meeru Island Resort & Spa, Innahura Maldives Resort and Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa will not be disappointed when it comes to romantic things to do. There are many experiences and excursions tailored for love and plenty of quiet havens to be found around these stunning islands.

Love Romance

The Maldives has all the ingredients for a perfect romantic escape, no matter which resort you choose. From champagne breakfasts at your villa and candlelight dinners on the beach to indulgent couples’ massages at the spa and glorious sunsets sipping your favourite cocktail. Perhaps an exotic excursion to a deserted sandbank for the best day of your wildest dreams or a boat trip to spot dolphins, the choice is yours and, if a surprise treat is your plan, our resorts are experts in being discreet. Always dreamed of a beach wedding in paradise? Dreams come true in the Maldives with all of our resorts offering symbolic wedding ceremonies or exchange of vow events tailored to your requirements.

Love Yourself

Here at Crown and Champa Resorts, we believe in loving yourself too and whether your love is for the ocean, spa treatments or learning new things, a holiday is the perfect chance to take advantage of a little ‘me-time’. If you have a burning ambition to learn to dive or try a new water sport, seize the moment and sign up. Perhaps your own wellness needs to be pushed up the priority list? Join a yoga class, eat healthily from our sumptuous buffets and, above all, find time to relax in the beautiful surroundings.

Get ready to fall in love with the Maldives.

With so many amazing places in the world to visit, picking your next destination can be overwhelming. If you want to experience the unforgettable, add the Maldives to your 2020 travel bucket list. Many of the activities synonymous with a holiday in the Maldives are bucket list items in their own right, allowing you to realise a handful of dreams!

Dining Underwater

Experience the spectacular at Hurawalhi Island Resort’s 5.8 Undersea Restaurant, the largest all-glass underwater restaurant in the world. Situated 5.8 meters below the surface, it is a design masterpiece where you can enjoy the gastronomic extravaganza of the multi-course tasting menu while, at the same time, viewing the incredible Maldives’ marine life.

Swimming with Whale Sharks

Experience the thrill of coming face to face with the largest fish in the ocean – the whale shark. These gentle giants reach an average length of 10 meters and, being filter feeders living on plankton, they are absolutely harmless. Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa is an excellent location if you want to tick whale sharks off your bucket list – the resort offers regular trips in search of these iconic Maldives creatures.

Luxury Sailing

For picture-perfect views as far as the eye can see, stay at Kuredu Island Resort & Spa and hop on a luxury sailing boat for a day of tropical exploration. Admire the impossibly blue lagoons, sugar-white sandy beaches and perhaps even play host to a pod of dolphins as they swim in the bow wave.

Romantic Dining Experiences

For a romantic dining experience to beat all others, Veligandu Island Resort & Spa and Komandoo Island Resort & Spa are where you should stay. Prepare to be enchanted by the blanket of stars overhead and the feeling of sand beneath your toes as you indulge in an intimate beach dinner.  Romantic dining experiences can also be arranged at all other resorts.

Add the Maldives to your 2020 travel bucket list and make it an epic year to remember!