La Cabana, Maamigili

A very relaxing place to stay for your time in the Maldives. La Cabana is beautifully maintaned, clean and comfortable. The people were amazing and very helpul. The dives were wonderful, with many attractions, f.e. the manta ray, octopus, sharks and many other species. The boat is great for diving or snorkeling expeditions, as well as fishing trips, and the crew knows the best locations for all three. Cool snacks on the boat. We caught many fish, and we could grill them at La Cabana - or enjoy a delicious fish curry freshly prepared on the spot. Breakfast was yummy, with fresh fruits, and available from 7 am to 10:30 am, so sleepyheads can sleep in :) Everyone was very friendly and the atmosphere was relaxed and fun. Many thanks to Nanda and Armi and the crew, as well as Shahid, for this awesome vacation. Definitely recommend La Cabana, and the island itself is a happy and friendly place. And a mention about the restaurant "The Chef" - must try!

We had a wonderful time, the staff was very kind and helpful all the time. The room was clean, and tidied up recently. The diving boat is also well cared, and its crew is well prepared, took really good care of us! And the dives are incredible! We did more than 20 dives, each of them had an interesting thing involved. See the pictures below! Well done, La Cabana! See you next year!

I visited Maamigili Island for 3 nights with my sister. Stayed at this beautiful Hotel and what an incredible experience it was. Nishan picked us from the Jetty Point in car. At hotel we were greeted with fresh coconut water from the trees in the hotel garden. It was so refreshing. We were lucky to get a free upgrade to Super Deluxe room which has a sea view. Rooms were clean, spacious, and equipped with all modern amenities (Air conditioner, Mini fridge, hair dryer, Kettle, good size almirah, huge table, table and chair set). Washrooms were also pretty clean. Nishan had an impressive response time. Since it was our first time to Maldives we had many questions, he answered them all promptly and patiently. Staff here made sure that we had an amazing experience and had enough time to relax also in between excursions. Whale sharks are just 5 minutes speedboat drive away from this Island. We did Snorkelling with Whale Sharks accompanied by Nishan and Muvaahid. They also gave us snorkelling lessons. Went for Discover Scuba Diving with Dive instructor Midhoo and Ibrahim (saw various type of fishes and beautiful corals). Midhoo has got more than 2 decades of diving experience so we felt extremely safe with them. Also went for Night Fishing with the owner of the Hotel and two other guys (Caught a Grouper fish, saw glowing planktons in sea and also got a very good view of Milky way, spotted many shooting stars here). That night we had barbeque dinner of the fishes we caught. These guys made sure that we had a great experience at the hotel and also underwater. Would definitely visit them again !!

I visited La Cabana recently with my sister and we were amazed by their hospitality. All our questions were answered promptly and Nishan arranged everything for us. Hotel has comfortable rooms and all modern facilities are available including minifridge, hair dryer, clean linen. We did whale shark snorkeling trip with Nishan and Muvaahid and scuba dive with Midhoo and Nufrey and saw multiple whale sharks and beautiful corals😊. They also arranged for our lunch at the beach and Muvaahid also gave us swimming and snorkeling lesson. Lacabana has spoiled us with their hospitality.

La cabana is located on a local island called Maamigili, 2 hour speed boat ride from Male international airport. One can also take a domestic flight from Male to VAM (which is an airport on this island) which will take 20 minutes. Nishan is a very friendly host and he took good care of us. It was our first trip to Maldives and information provided by Nishan was crucial for us. The guesthouse has an associated dive house. It is nicely built and is value for money. The room was spacious and furniture there was good. The beach is a five minute walk from it. The beach is unspoilt, clean and amazing with a hammock in the backdrop of turquoise blue water. Nishan lent us his scooty and that was very helpful in exploring the island. To help set expectations right for future travellers, this is unlike other hotels in the sense that they don't provide room service or allowed to take food to the room. The breakfast didn't have much variety. They ordered food from a nearby restaurant and it took very long most of the times. Later we discovered an amazing restaurant called Beach Fresh and our food needs were sorted. Cycles were not available there when we went. Also we were the only guests in the guesthouse, as we went in March end. We would recommend to book transport to and from Male at this resort as the price was less than what was offered by other resorts. This guest house is recommended for being reasonably priced (as most resorts in Maldives are very expensive) and for the friendly nature of its caretaker.

Das La Cabana ist ein unheimlich schönes Guesthouse, sehr sauber, mit herzlicher Umsorgung. Das besondere bei dieser Unterkunft ist das Tauchen! Das La Cabana hat ein eigenes Tauchboot und einen sehr erfahrenen maledivischen Tauchguide, der auch das Hotel leitet. Wir hatten das Vergnügen mit Shahid tauchen zu dürfen! Er ist bereits über 25 Jahre im Süd Ari Atoll als Tauchguide tätig und die Gäste profitieren von seinem unschätzbaren Erfahrungsschatz! Er ist ein "alterHase" bei dem man sich unter Wasser einfach gut aufgehoben fühlt und obendrein spricht er auch noch hervorragend Deutsch! Wir können einen Tauchurlaub bei Shahid auf Maamigili nur wärmstens empfehlen!