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The Maldives was my dream. Looking at the amazing landscapes in the photographs, I dreamed and dreamed and finally decided that nothing is impossible if you really want to. It took me a long time to choose a hotel. I wanted a small green island with a good house reef and detached bungalows. Madugali Island is just like that, its dimensions are 400x200 meters. Everything is just immersed in greenery! We traveled together with my daughter, 5 years old, for a week, from January 26 to February 2.2013.
1) Tour operator Pegasus. We saw the representative of Pegasus only once - when we flew to Male. And in Male we were in for a pleasant surprise. The fact is that when we ordered a tour (on-line), it was indicated in the description of the tour package that the transfer was by boat. To be honest, because of this moment, we almost abandoned this option. They called Pegasus, clarified whether it was possible to change it with a surcharge for a seaplane, they said that it was impossible.
And so, upon arrival in Male, we were very happy to learn that the transfer would still be by seaplane. And the second point related to Pegasus. When we flew back from Male to Moscow, we were completely unexpectedly and free of charge replaced our economy class with a business class. Thanks Pegasus!
2) Now directly about the island. To be honest, I fell in love with this island. This is exactly the ideal that I dreamed of! Small in size, very green, sea with sand - well, just magical! ! ! I really regretted that I took only a week, I have to go for at least 10 days, and even better for 2 weeks, although this may not be enough! There are no water villas, all houses are detached. We lived in house number 4. Opposite it, a passage was cut to the outer wall of the reef. I didn’t swim there, I looked at corals and fish nearby, photographed them with an underwater camera. .
Shortly before departure, I wrote a letter to the hotel with our dates of arrival / departure and a request to give a house from 10 to 30 rooms (I read in one of the reviews that there is the best location). As a result, our house seemed to me the best: a great beach, close to a restaurant / bar / reception (everything is in one place). Then they went around the island, looked at the numbers: somewhere up to 28 houses - the beach is excellent everywhere! And then (from the 30th to the 54th) - not very much. . Between the house and the beach there is like a small cliff, sometimes you can’t climb ...Yes, and entering the sea is sometimes impossible there because of large stones. By location - about 26-27 houses are at the maximum distance from the restaurant, the first and 52-54th are the closest. Along all the houses there is a circular path around the island. There is sand on all the paths around the island, we never put on shoes for the whole week, we only walked barefoot! From living creatures there are many small birds that run like chickens.
My daughter was happy to feed them with a bun right from her hands. There are lizards, crows, rabbits. But the most interesting, exciting for both me and my daughter is, of course, the fish! I had never snorkeled before. And here, right next to the shore, there are corals along with a variety of fish - well, such a beauty, for the first time I almost suffocated with delight! For hours you can swim, view, take pictures and not get bored! At first, my daughter was a little afraid to dive, then she liked to look at the fish. However, she never managed to swim with a snorkel. She also really liked to feed the fish with buns. At breakfast, we took a few pieces and gave a little bit. So many fish came to feed! Even fish Napoleon got into the habit, it is big, orange, I have it in my photo album. She has a real jaw with teeth. Once she even bit me when I tried to hand feed her.
The rooms are good and big.
The minibar has water, cola, fanta, beer, wine, nuts, but it is paid, and very expensive. For example, a bottle of cola 0.3 - $ 6, a can of beer 0.3 - $ 7. There is tea, coffee, sugar - for free. Cleaned 2 times a day, and cleaned only in our absence. Beach towels are changed every day in the morning, they are placed on a bench near the entrance to the house. I left tips once a day - 1-2 dollars. The staff is very friendly, always smiling and saying hello. The restaurant fixes a table and a waiter. We took only breakfast and dinner, because the money was too expensive for us (150 thousand rubles). They got along fine without lunch. Helped out breakfast buns. I am not picky about food. For me, everything was delicious and varied. And my daughter found something to eat. On my birthday, which fell during the rest period, they festively decorated the table for me, brought a cake at the end of dinner. And when we returned to the room, a very beautifully decorated bed was waiting for us there.
It was very nice!
As for holidays with children. Before the trip, many people told me that a child of that age would be bored there, that she needed something like Turkey with its slides and animation. I took a risk and went. My daughter was absolutely not bored! On the beach they fed the fish, collected shells, swam, dived, looked at corrals and fish in glasses, sunbathed. She really liked walking through the jungle, just walking and looking at this beauty! Moreover, there are a lot of living creatures: either a bird will run, or a lizard. So who doubts whether to go there with children or not, don't even think about it! The child will be interested in it!
We didn’t go on excursions and it seems to me that no one went, because at the reception every day they posted sheets with the names of excursions, where it was necessary to enter the names and number of the house in order to recruit the required number of people for the excursion, no one entered. Of all the entertainment - at 19.
00 on the pier is feeding sharks and rays, and at 21.00 - some event (disco, crab racing), but we did not go, went to bed early.
In general, we really liked everything! We dream of visiting this paradise island again someday!
1) Tour operator Pegasus. We saw the representative of Pegasus only once - when we flew to Male. And in Male we were in for a pleasant surprise. The fact is that when we ordered a tour (on-line), it was indicated in the description of the tour package that the transfer was by boat. To be honest, because of this moment, we almost abandoned this option. They called Pegasus, clarified whether it was possible to change it with a surcharge for a seaplane, they said that it was impossible.
And so, upon arrival in Male, we were very happy to learn that the transfer would still be by seaplane. And the second point related to Pegasus. When we flew back from Male to Moscow, we were completely unexpectedly and free of charge replaced our economy class with a business class. Thanks Pegasus!
2) Now directly about the island. To be honest, I fell in love with this island. This is exactly the ideal that I dreamed of! Small in size, very green, sea with sand - well, just magical! ! ! I really regretted that I took only a week, I have to go for at least 10 days, and even better for 2 weeks, although this may not be enough! There are no water villas, all houses are detached. We lived in house number 4. Opposite it, a passage was cut to the outer wall of the reef. I didn’t swim there, I looked at corals and fish nearby, photographed them with an underwater camera. .
Shortly before departure, I wrote a letter to the hotel with our dates of arrival / departure and a request to give a house from 10 to 30 rooms (I read in one of the reviews that there is the best location). As a result, our house seemed to me the best: a great beach, close to a restaurant / bar / reception (everything is in one place). Then they went around the island, looked at the numbers: somewhere up to 28 houses - the beach is excellent everywhere! And then (from the 30th to the 54th) - not very much. . Between the house and the beach there is like a small cliff, sometimes you can’t climb ...Yes, and entering the sea is sometimes impossible there because of large stones. By location - about 26-27 houses are at the maximum distance from the restaurant, the first and 52-54th are the closest. Along all the houses there is a circular path around the island. There is sand on all the paths around the island, we never put on shoes for the whole week, we only walked barefoot! From living creatures there are many small birds that run like chickens.
My daughter was happy to feed them with a bun right from her hands. There are lizards, crows, rabbits. But the most interesting, exciting for both me and my daughter is, of course, the fish! I had never snorkeled before. And here, right next to the shore, there are corals along with a variety of fish - well, such a beauty, for the first time I almost suffocated with delight! For hours you can swim, view, take pictures and not get bored! At first, my daughter was a little afraid to dive, then she liked to look at the fish. However, she never managed to swim with a snorkel. She also really liked to feed the fish with buns. At breakfast, we took a few pieces and gave a little bit. So many fish came to feed! Even fish Napoleon got into the habit, it is big, orange, I have it in my photo album. She has a real jaw with teeth. Once she even bit me when I tried to hand feed her.
The rooms are good and big.
The minibar has water, cola, fanta, beer, wine, nuts, but it is paid, and very expensive. For example, a bottle of cola 0.3 - $ 6, a can of beer 0.3 - $ 7. There is tea, coffee, sugar - for free. Cleaned 2 times a day, and cleaned only in our absence. Beach towels are changed every day in the morning, they are placed on a bench near the entrance to the house. I left tips once a day - 1-2 dollars. The staff is very friendly, always smiling and saying hello. The restaurant fixes a table and a waiter. We took only breakfast and dinner, because the money was too expensive for us (150 thousand rubles). They got along fine without lunch. Helped out breakfast buns. I am not picky about food. For me, everything was delicious and varied. And my daughter found something to eat. On my birthday, which fell during the rest period, they festively decorated the table for me, brought a cake at the end of dinner. And when we returned to the room, a very beautifully decorated bed was waiting for us there.
It was very nice!
As for holidays with children. Before the trip, many people told me that a child of that age would be bored there, that she needed something like Turkey with its slides and animation. I took a risk and went. My daughter was absolutely not bored! On the beach they fed the fish, collected shells, swam, dived, looked at corrals and fish in glasses, sunbathed. She really liked walking through the jungle, just walking and looking at this beauty! Moreover, there are a lot of living creatures: either a bird will run, or a lizard. So who doubts whether to go there with children or not, don't even think about it! The child will be interested in it!
We didn’t go on excursions and it seems to me that no one went, because at the reception every day they posted sheets with the names of excursions, where it was necessary to enter the names and number of the house in order to recruit the required number of people for the excursion, no one entered. Of all the entertainment - at 19.
00 on the pier is feeding sharks and rays, and at 21.00 - some event (disco, crab racing), but we did not go, went to bed early.
In general, we really liked everything! We dream of visiting this paradise island again someday!
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