Resort Islands

Bathala Island Resort

Bathala is a price competitive, small and a very attractive island. Like its neighbors its also a Dive-Island.

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The island is positioned almost, but not quite, on the outside of the atoll - and bathala is lucky to have not only quick access to great dive sites - as you could see from the above real picture, also a great beach and a very good house reef. Naturally most people goes to bathala for diving.

The whole of North-East ARI-Atoll of Maldives has the four resorts - Bathala, Maayafushi, Chaaya Ellaidhoo and Constance Halaveli. On the inside of the atoll are among the two famous thilas, known as "Maaya Thila" - which has been described as "the white-tip reef shark capital of the <aldives"; and "Fish Head" - which has been described as "the grey-reef shark capital of the Maldives. These two thilas are Protected Marine Areas by the Maldivian government.

Fish Head - also has been considered as among the ten-best-dive in the World!

On the outside of the atoll are many number of enticing channel dives and several more top class thila dives. The list of residential fish include; barracuda, turtle, tuna, eagle ray, napoleon wrasse and even hammerhead shark.

Time off from, or in between, boat dives guests can be found snorkeling or diving the house reef. always close by you can step off the jetty or swim to the reef edge. It drops sharply to thirty metres and is recovering well.

Unsurprisingly the rhythms of the resort reflect the schedule of the divers: morning dive, lunch, afternoon dive, shower, relax on the beach, beer, dinner, bed. For this reason there aren't much of big organized excursions.

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Those who aren't diving have the beach to themselves during the day, for tanning and reading, or sleeping in the shade. and the island has an excellent beach. From the shade outside the rooms to the shallow lagoon the sand is deep, white and fine. Despite the usual seasonal erosion, it also travels, unimpeded, all around the island.

Accommodation

There are 46 individual bungalows divided between standard, superior and deluxe. All the rooms were renovated under the new management in 1996. They are all clean, white, simple and adequately decorated. The standard rooms do not have air-condition or hot water. Not all rooms are on the beach, some are tucked behind. The deluxe rooms have minibars.

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