| For those who love the beauty of nature,
Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo (Formerly Ellaidhoo Tourist Resort) is the perfect choice! Crystal clear
waters, fine white sandy beach, magnificent
house reef - classed amongst the best dive spots
on Earth - plenty of Sun! |
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In addition, Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo has been developed for
everyone! For those who love local traditions, modern
luxury, health and spa, water sports and several
recreational activities... Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo has to be the
choice! Welcome to Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo and enjoy the beauty of
nature in harmony with the modern world!
Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo is a small coral island with a total land
area of 55,625 square metres. The island is 300 metres
long and 280 metres wide, and is covered by thick
tropical vegetation. The total built up area of the
island is only 7,060 square metres (12.7% of the total
land area). The magnificent house reef just 20 metres
away from the beach surrounding the island, is the
hallmark of the resort.
Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo is located on the eastern fringes of
North Ari Atoll, about 42 km from Male’
International Airport and 40 km from Male’ (the
capital island of Maldives). Transfer time between the
airport and the resort is 20 minutes by seaplane and 1
hour 30 minutes by speedboat.

Food & Beverage
The Food and Beverage outlets on Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo offer a
variety of local and international dishes.
Main Restaurant: The main restaurant is open
at fixed times and serves in buffet breakfasts, lunch
and buffet dinner.
Coffee Shop: The coffee shop with Internet
is open from 9am in the morning until midnight and
serves different hot and cold beverages, snacks, and
various local and international dishes. Internet
service is also available here at set times during the
day.
Main Bar: The main bar is open throughout
the day from seven in the morning until the last guest
leaves at night. A variety of exotic cocktails and
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available.
 
Land Sports
If you feel like it, you can join our staff for a game
of football, volleyball, badminton or table tennis.
Water Sports
Ellaidhoo Water Sports Centre is located in Maagaa
island (our sister island just 10 minutes boat ride
away) and offers wind surfing, catamaran sailing,
water skiing, jet skiing, knee boarding, wake
boarding, banana riding and fun tube riding.
Diving
Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo has one of the best house reefs of any
resort island in the Maldives, just 20 metres away
from the beach. Lobsters, turtles, white tip and grey
reef sharks, jack fish, barracudas and tuna fish, just
to name a few, can be observed among the beautiful
multi-coloured soft corals of the house reef. If you
are lucky, you may also see manta and eagle rays
passing by. To the south of the island there is a
vertical drop-off up to 25 metres with caves at three
different levels starting from 6 metres. There is also
a small wreck providing shelter for all kinds of small
and large fish. Tourists from resort islands as far as
North Male’ Atoll visits on diving excursions to see
the spectacular house reef of Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo.
Half day and full day diving excursions are
organised to visit some of the best dive sites in the
Maldives such as Fish Head, Maya Thila, Halaveli Wreck
(sting ray city II) and Fesdhoo Wreck. Day and night
non-limited diving on the house reef is also available
for experienced divers.
 
Excursions
There are nearly 1200 small islands and an
abundance of beautiful coral reefs in the Maldives. To
give you the opportunity of visiting some of these
islands and reefs, we organise weekly excursion
programs.
Island Hopping: Full day excursion to an
uninhabited island and a resort island, with BBQ lunch
included.
Visit Hangnameedhoo: Half-day trip to an
inhabited island where you can experience the daily
life of local people.
Snorkelling Trip: Half-day snorkelling on
the house reefs of two resort islands.
Snorkelling Safari: Half-day snorkelling on
some of the reefs near Ellaidhoo.
Sunset Fishing: Fishing on a boat at a
nearby reef at sunset, followed by a BBQ dinner.
Likely catches include snappers, jack fish and
groupers.
Night Fishing: Fishing on a boat at a nearby
reef late in the evening, with a BBQ dinner on the
following day. Likely catches include snappers, jack
fish and groupers.
Morning Fishing: Trolling for fish early in
the morning, with BBQ dinner on the same day included.
Wahoo, barracuda, sailfish dolphin fish etc. are
commonly caught during morning fishing.
Malé Excursion: Full day shopping trip to
Malé, the capital island of Maldives.
Souvenir Shopping: The island boutique
offers a variety of souvenirs, post-cards, T-shirts,
colourful tropical clothes, ornaments and many more.
Special
Discount Rate of Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo
(Ex. Ellaidhoo Tourist Resort) !!
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