Kandooma Island is 13 hectares in area or roughly about a 20 minute walk around the perimeter. Located two thirds down the south eastern edge of the south male atoll, it is neighbours to resort islands Cocoa in the north, Biyado in the west and local island Guraidhoo in the south. For a sampling of Maldivian life, visits to Guraidhoo can be arranged.

Beach Villas
Like all Kandooma's accommodation, the semi-detached 35 sqm Beach Villas come with large picture windows that positively invite the outdoors inside. Whitewashed floor boards evoke a sense of fresh coolness, yet feel warm and textured to bare feet. Luxury comes from light summer duvets and generously proportioned bath towels. Flat screen televisions, a place to plug in your mp3/iPod, indoor out-door showers and wifi broadband are the standard, in addition to all the other usual amenities you would expect of a world class lifestyle resort.
 
Duplex Villas
The sea-facing duplex villas offer the luxury of space, 72 sqm in size with 36 sqm on each level. Located at the water's edge, the villas present a striking mix of natural elements and modern design. Bedrooms are located at the first floor level and so enjoy views of the sea. The living area underneath is furnished with designer seating laid out on a carpet of fine white sand.

Family villas
As the name suggests, these villas are ideal for families or a small group of divers, and are the size of two duplex villas together. They offer sleeping space upstairs as well as living and dining below.
 
Water Villas
Water villas are 85 sqm in size and offer the ultimate in the Kandooma Maldives experience. Hovering above coral and marine life in the shallow clear waters, you will enjoy your time on the private sundeck, dangling your feet in the water, or at high tide, relaxing in a partially submerged hammock. Expansive living space is complemented by a large open bathroom which offers an outdoor shower and bathtub and views of the water.

Kandooma Café
Greet the day and let in the sunshine and atoll views. Breakfast? Fresh Juice, pressed coffee, an international selection of breakfasts and attendant chefs ready to receive instructions on just how easy you would like your eggs over. And when the evening is just beginning, a banquet of travel inspired Mediterranean dishes spiced with flavours of Asia supplemented by chefs busily working tandoor ovens, teppan grills and rottiseurs, in a warm cave of soft glowing light under the stars visible through the skylight 60 feet above.
Breakfast (6.30 am to 10.30 pm)
Dinner (6.00 pm to 10.00 pm)

Poolside
Relax! It’s too hot to do anything else, except perhaps to decide whether to order from a menu of fresh salads, sandwiches, wood-fired pizza or pick up a choice cut of eye fillet or lamb loin to be grilled by yourself under the shade of a coconut grove, pausing briefly for a sip of cold ________ (fill in with your drink of choice) chatting to fellow sun loungers.
Lunch (10.00 am to 11.00 pm)

The Kitchen
Some hotels take diners into the kitchen to sit at “the chefs table”. At Kandooma, they’ve brought the kitchen out and put it in the middle of the restaurant! Diners can choose to sit in elegant comfort looking out over the Kandooma channel, out on the beach, feet in the sand, or engage the chefs in conversation by reserving a seat at one of the two main kitchen ranges. The food will be Thai – Mediterranean with a good representation of sea food. About 15 paces away is the wine room where a choice of 250 wines will see that some indecision will be encountered in selecting a preferred label.
(6.00 pm to 11.00 pm)

Dive Center
The Dive Centre is comprehensively equipped to meet the needs of advanced divers but also suitable and thoughtfully set up for absolute beginners. It is run by Euro Divers, a fully accredited organisation operating ten outlets in the Maldives alone as well as operating in several other countries. They will provide multi-lingual instructors to cater for Kandooma's international guest mix.

For non-divers, it's an exploration...
Snorkeling offers a highly portable and simple way of getting to know the marine life. Quite often, as much can be seen snorkeling as diving and will give you a very good idea of how appealing it would be to take the plunge and commit to a diving course.

COMO Shambhala Spa
Serenity and rejuvenation await you at the COMO Shambhala Spa at Kandooma...
With five treatment rooms set in a natural and serene environment, experience the true meaning of rejuvenation as you ease your well-being into a relaxed state of body while taking in the breathtaking views.

Kids World
Within Lego throwing distant of the Recreation Center, and adjacent to the Kandooma Café, the Kandooma Kids Club (KKC) is a world of adventure and wonderment for children aged 4 – 12. It is a place to be creative and imaginative, to engage and to learn. The KKC coordinators have been having a whale of a time developing activities for the week. We often wonder if they weren’t just enjoying themselves just a teensy bit too much.