Nika Island Resort & Spa, Maldives

My sister and I recently stayed a week at Nika island. What a magical, wonderful stay we had. This is the first time just the 2 of us have been together on holiday catching up on new memories and remembering our childhood in Kenya. My sister Sue organized everything and it couldn’t have been better. This was my first visit to the Maldives and my sister’s fifth. All the staff were exceptional. The head chefs would explain the meals and advise my sister in all the meals of her choices due to her seafood allergy. The Lotus Spa delivered world class treatments. I now work as an Ayurvedic therapist and loved the treatment rooms and therapists. Everyone was so professional,kind , welcoming and friendly. I am also PADI dive Instructor (not active) and hadn’t dived for 6 years. I have worked and dived in the Red Sea, Papua Nuigini, Thailand and the UK and somehow never experienced seeing Mantas or Whale Sharks. August isn’t the season for Diving with these but you can snorkel with Mantas and we did! Life recently has thrown some hard situations for my sister and myself and having somewhere to reconnect and be immersed in nature, the sea and a location that is respectful of both was important for us. Nika island provided just this. Especially the 2 instructors and teams on the dive boat and excursions. Shatthu and Fathu are professional and incredibly knowledgeable and a credit to PADI and Nika Island. We truly did feel like we belonged to a family here. I loved all my dives and can highly recommend anyone wishing to learn from beginner to more experienced diving. Fathu did my refresh/orientation dive and was fabulous. Shatthu is the Dive Centre manager and instructor and made a dream come true by organizing a private trip to Hanufaru Bay to see the Mantas. Shattu is relaxed and experienced and you feel at total ease with their diving trips. If I was to change anything, I would have done the Nitrox course. There are Manta snorkeling trips too close to Nika. My sister and I cannot thank Shattu enough for organizing an incredible trip and making us feel so welcome. We would also like to thank the General Manager Shameed Mohamed for making our private trip possible and for the magic that is created at Nika Island Resort and Spa. This is a very special place.

We spent 7 amazing nights on this island for our honeymoon two years ago. I only have good words because we had such a great time. The island is very quiet, you can dive and snorkel, there was a Spa, a restaurant and 2 bars. We loved the aperitivo, the food, the themed nights and the people who worked there were very nice. We booked the overwater bungalow and we couldn’t recommend it more, very private with a little glass floor and a solarium at the top. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is looking to relax and have an unforgettable honeymoon.

Just got back from Nika Island . Was a beautiful place,very quiet not much going on , accommodation was great very private, Staff were very nice , only issue was food? Not the greatest a bit disappointing as this is one thing you look forward to on holidays, 🏝️🏝️🏝️☀️

It is a real shame we flew all the way from London to this paradise island and when going to sleep, we realised our villa was positioned next to one of the island's generators that they turned on during the night, all night until 7.30am which is when it stopped. We went to bed the first night and the noise woke me up. I went to the bathroom and noticed the windows of the bathroom were vibrating. I filmed this. It was shocking. I could not sleep all night. The next day I reported this to Mahmoud, the resident Manager. He was very friendly. He explained the island was full and mentioned "it was probably the wind" what woke me up. I was so concerned we were going to have another sleepless night and unfortunately I was right. Second night, the noise woke me up again. I left the villa and walked to where the noise came from. I saw the generator making the super loud noise. I then walked to front desk ( it was 4.30am, how can I forget? ) There was noone there. I messaged Mahmoud, no reply. It was middle of the night after all. Day 3, I went to front desk and met with Mahmoud and other front desk staff. I was very upset. They then moved me to the same room category but away from the generator noise. I lost 2 nights of sleep. I claimed compensation. I was told the noise was minimal so that was it. I enjoyed 5 of my 7 nights in Maldives. Yes, lovely island, spacious villa, good food (mainly Italian), amazing snorkeling but I feel very dissapointed by the way they did not want to take ANY responsibility for what happened to us and offer any refund. Yes, they surprised my partner with a birthday cake during dinner and put flower arrangements in the room but, do you think that compensate 2 nights of heavy noise, then they claimed the generator noise wasn't that loud and it was probably the wind? That says a lot about the management team. They put me off of going back to Maldives to be honest. If you visit, don't forget to bring your earplugs with you.

The worst vacation I ever had was with the management team at the resort. While the staff were friendly, the overall experience was very disappointing. Firstly, the welcoming and reception process was terrible. When I arrived at my room, I found that even the most basic necessities were not provided. For instance, I had to buy my own toiletries, including a toothbrush, from the shop. Additionally, everything incurred extra charges, including water, which was surprising. It felt like they viewed all the guests as nothing more than sources of money. I would not recommend this resort to anyone, especially considering that the management team was from Italy.

The Maldives how they used to be! Authentic experience as we first visited this island in 1997 and repeating 17 times. We will repeat fir sure. Good diving team, good service, clean and helpful in every question or matters we had. Excursions good too!