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OPENING DATE:
May 1998
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GENERAL MANAGER:
Didier Jardin
Total Number of Rooms: 96
Design Aesthetic:
- Inspired by Maldivian villages with thatched roofs, timber floors and decorative lattice panels and columns
- Tropical-style interiors with teak wood
- Beach and over-water villas with pool and floor-to-ceiling ocean views
Architect:
- Grounds Kent Architects (guest rooms and public areas)
- One Degree North Landscape Architects (landscaping)
Interior Designer(s): Hirsch Bedner Associates (guest rooms and public areas); Avalon Collective Pte Ltd
History: Reopened in September 2006
Location: North Malé Atoll
Design Aesthetic:
- On its own island, reached by two-minute boat ride
- Thatched-roof treatment pavilions feature wooden floor decking, louvred side walls and sliding doors opening directly to the ocean
- Below each massage bed, a portal is built into the floor decking for guests to gaze at the marine life below
Interior Designer: Hinke Zieck
Number of Treatment Rooms: 7
Signature Treatment:
- Healing Waters Massage
- The Healing Tent Experience
Special Features:
- Night Spa
Spa Director: Dr. Anand Prayaga
Executive Chef: Eduardo Gandia Martinez
Examples of Locally Sourced Ingredients:
- Coconut
- Tuna, mahi mahi, jack fish and white snapper
Restaurant: Baraabaru
- Signature Dish: Baraabaru Signature Raan - Slow-Cooked Baby Lamb Leg, Bone Marrow Gravy
- Indoor Seating: 48
- Outdoor Seating: 40 plus 5 at the tandoori bar and 4 in the gazebo
- Designer: Grounds Kent Architects
Restaurant: Reef Club
- Cuisine: Italian
- Signature Dish: Whole Baked Fish in a Sea Salt Crust
- Indoor Seating: 40
- Outdoor Seating: 40 on the deck, 16 in the courtyard and 9 at the bar
- Designer: Grounds Kent Architects
Restaurant: Café Huraa
- Signature Dish: Maldivian curried lobster - spiny lobster with Maldivian marinade served with coconut rice, chapatti
- Indoor Seating: 74
- Outdoor Seating: 24
- Designer: Grounds Kent Architects
Lounge: Poolside Bar
- Designer: Grounds Kent Architects
Restaurant: Kandu Grill
- Signature Dish: Mixed Seafood Grill - Half Lobster, Prawns, Scallop, Tuna Steak, Homemade Seasoning, Sea Salt
- Outdoor Seating: 32
On-site Activities:
- Boating
- Cooking classes at Baraabaru Restaurant
- Dolphin cruise
- Fishing
- Jogging
- Kayaking
- Parasailing
- Scuba diving
- Shark snorkel safari
- Snorkelling
- Turtle snorkel safari
- Wakeboarding, water skiing, jet skiing
- Water toys and equipment
- Windsurfing
Off-site Activities:
- "Robinson Crusoe" private island picnic excursion
- Maldivian village visit
- Sandbank picnic
- Tour of capital city, Malé
Pools:
- Number of Pools: 3
- Main Pool: An infinity edge freshwater pool with a large sun deck. Attendants regularly provide fresh towels and cooling spritzes of mist. Pool service and a swim-up bar provide refreshments
- Serenity Pool: Swim at sunset or soak up sunshine with a signature Reef Float cocktail at the tranquil beachfront pool and deck
- Children's Pool: An oval-shaped children's pool, adjacent to the main pool, overlooks the ocean
Fitness Facilities:
- Size: 150 sq m / 1,615 sq ft
- Special Features:
- Overlooks infinity pool on the sunrise side of the island, with panoramic ocean views
- Jogging trail on a central pathway of white sand amidst coconut palms and tropical blooms
- Sample Fitness Activities:
- Group yoga (morning sun salutations and evening meditation) held daily on the yoga platform facing the ocean
- Private yoga sessions available with resident yogi
Kuda Mas ("little fish") Kids' Club has a wide range of supervised activities indoors and outdoors, including creative crafts, beach games, snorkelling, yoga sessions and cooking classes
Total Size: 84 sq m / 1,033 sq ft
Meet and Feed Capacity: 16
Outdoor Banquet Capacity: 30
One-year apprenticeship program provides young Maldivians with a firm platform of theoretical knowledge and practical skills to perform successfully in the country's number one industry; more than 800 young Maldivians have graduated from the government-accredited Four Seasons Resorts Maldives Hospitality Apprenticeship program, equipped with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to succeed in the hospitality industry
The resort is the largest single customer of lacquerware artists from Thulaadhoo – the Maldives’ last remaining lacquerware artisans – via on-site showcases and resort shop sales
Bodu Huraa Community Initiatives – Kuda Huraa has initiated and supports several projects on the neighbouring island of Bodu Huraa, including: a recycling centre; the provision of a desalination plant and sewage system; the support of the community health centre; and purchasing contracts with fishermen and farmers
Deep commitment to environmental programs
- Coral Propagation Project - a pioneering partnership with Reefscapers leading to the deployment of approximately 3,500 coral frames in the waters around Kuda Huraa, protecting the existing reef and creating new ones
- The Maldivian Sea Turtle Conservation Programme
- Glass rebottling program that eliminates up to 250,000 plastic bottles annually
Marine Discovery Centre (MDC) – an interactive research and education centre introduces guests and local school children alike to the role we can each play in conserving the local and global marine ecosystem
Guests can adopt an entire surf lifestyle at Kuda Huraa:
- The on-site pros from Tropicsurf, Noosa, Australia, run classes and courses for guests aged six and above
- Learn in the pristine lagoon, embark on a series of surf clinics or let loose on six quality breaks within a stone’s throw – with many more secret, uncrowded spots just a whisper away
- Or charter a private Seaplane Surfari for the height of surfing fantasy
- Kuda Huraa also hosts the Surfing Champions Trophy, an annual boutique surf contest that pits six world champions across three evolutionary disciplines
Singapore,
247729
