DAY 1: Malé ~ Hanimaadhoo ~ Barefoot Eco Resort
On your arrival into Malé you will be transferred by domestic flight to the local island of Hanimaadhoo. Enjoy a scenic 45-minute plane ride to a beautiful local island called Hanimaadhoo in the preserved deep North of the Maldives. Upon arrival, check in and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.
The Barefoot Eco Resort is very passionate about conserving the environment and waste management is one of the biggest challenges in the Maldives. Facilities to collect, segregate, and recycle materials are still very limited. We are actively trying to reduce plastic waste. We encourage our suppliers to reduce packaging when delivering provisions and we always order in bulk whenever possible.
Guests are invited to take disposable and hazardous waste items, such as plastic bottles, batteries and empty tubes, back to their own countries, where recycling facilities are available.
We eliminated single-use plastics at the resort, including all plastic bags and bottles. Guests are given paper and Yuta bags only. Plastic straws have been replaced with paper ones and plastic bottles have been replaced with glass ones. We don’t use plastic cutlery anymore but wooden one only. They also request guests not to wrap their luggage in plastic as it produces unnecessary waste and will never biodegrade.
In addition, we provide our staff members with reusable aluminium bottles and we compost some food waste into organic soil for the garden.
MEALS: Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 2: Barefoot Eco Resort ~ Free Day
Spend the next few days in paradise at the Barefoot Eco Resort. Your package includes daily yoga classes to enjoy in the morning and evenings, 2x complimentary snorkelling sessions to take any time you wish. There is a stunning house reef which can be easily reached by swimming, by boat and kayak. Several times per week a complimentary guided snorkeling by boat is available. Bike rental to explore the island, or sun yourself on the pristine private beach. In the evening take the complimentary boat transfer to the boat bar located out in the hotels lagoon for a few sundowners before returning back to the resort. As Hanimaadhoo is a local island, no alcohol is permitted in the resort, but a couple of hours at the Boat Bar with icy beers and cocktails will sort that out!
All your meals are included with this package. The Barefoot limits its impact on the food importation system and aims to be as self-sufficient as possible. They grow all their fruit and veg which are served to you super fresh from farm-to-table! This way the resort aims to significantly reduce their carbon footprint in consequence of importing goods. Homemade fruit jam is also served fresh daily.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 3: Barefoot Eco Resort ~ Free Day
The mission of The Barefoot Eco Hotel is not only to preserve the marine environment, but we are also aiming to the conservation of the above sea level habitat. Today you can take our included cultural and environmental bike tour are the local village for a peek into the authentic Maldivian lifestyle. The reosrt can also organise guided trips to Utheemu Island to visit the Palace of the Sultan Mohammad Thakurufaaru and to learn about his importance in Maldivian history.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 4: Barefoot Eco Resort ~ Free Day
The Barefoot Eco Resort has a large focus on wellness. Along the daily yoga we have been able to include in this package, the resort also offer a range of activities to promote health and wellbeing. They include a fully equipped Gym, windsurfing, Hobi Cat, stand up paddles, board paddles, sailing with a traditional dhoni. For equipped kite-surfers there is also the possibility of exploiting the wind that occasionally passes by the lagoon. The resort can also arrange kayaking tours to explore the reefs around the island. Some of these activities incur a charge payable to the resort.
The beach is equipped with straw covered umbrellas and loungers for sunbathing. All activities on the resort respect the guests’ privacy: you will be in one of the last paradises on earth where nothing is out of place. Every day you will be able to choose from amongst numerous activities suggested by our staff. Other facilities at the resort include a salt water pool, A beach volley and a bowls court are available anytime, as well as a library with a variety of books in several languages. For those interested in marine biology, biology lectures are conducted by the in-house marine biologist during the week
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 5: Barefoot Eco Resort ~ Free Day
For the lovers of marine life and snorkelling/diving, you will have the opportunity to take part in the following activities:
Complimentary Guided Snorkelling: The marine biologist organises several times per week a snorkelling by boat on our house reef.
Guided Snorkelling Tours: The excursions, organised on a daily basis by the marine biologist, allow to see mantas, dolphins, turtles, corals and multitudes of fishes in several reefs within the atoll.
Diving: The resort and dive dive instructors work together to ensure our policies and dive courses are up to resort sustainability standards, while raising diver awareness of what they can do to protect the marine environment.
Beach Clean Ups: The marine biologist and diving center organise clean up days to protect the beach and surrounding systems. Doing so we are able to keep the environment clean and, most important, we transmit consciousness to our guests about waste decomposition.
Evening Presentations: Two nights per week the resort holds presentations about marine life, covering topics from turtles to sharks, rays, dolphins, fish families, coral reefs and plastic pollution. Moreover, Blue planet documentaries and diving videos are played every day after dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 6: Barefoot Eco Resort ~ Free Day
On your last day why not pamper yourself at the resort spa where treatments are combined with a spiritual and meditative experience to achieve total wellbeing of body and mind. Antique furniture and décor, candlelight, oriental music and mysterious aromas are part of the unique experience. Our massages (ayurvedic and classic) range from ease to tension and relaxation to energising treatments or original Ayurvedic experiences. Beauty treatments will be tailored to your skin type. We also offer treatment packages and couple massages that can be spread throughout your stay.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OVERNIGHT: Barefoot Eco Hotel, Double Seaside Room
DAY 7: Departure
After breakfast you will check out and transferred back to Malé by 45 minute domestic flight. We hope you have had a relaxing time at the Barefoot Eco Resort.
MEALS: Breakfast
