As there are nearly 80 different private-island water bungalow resorts in the Maldives, it would be extremely easy to spend a lot of time sorting through all the prices, features, and guest reviews to find the one that suits you best at a good price. Because we spent a few months sifting through this information, we're now publishing our “Editor's Choice” resort recommendations. This list is detailed to save you time finding both the best resort and best deal.
You'll also want to note that we also have a complete list of all of the cheap Maldives water villa resorts, but below you'll find the six best that combine low prices, excellent features, and very positive guest reviews. When you read through the list of resorts below, you'll quickly note that most of them operate on an all-inclusive basis to one degree or another. Because of this, and considering that nothing is cheap in the Maldives, they represent an even better deal than you might otherwise think.
Hello Roger,
We are a family of four with kids aged 8 and 5.
We are planning our trip in the last week of August.
How’s the climate during this period and how many days it is advisable stay?
I would like to know about some good kid friendly and all inclusive resorts with good deals.
TIA
Madhu,
The weather in the Maldives is almost the same all year round, although there are actual variations from island to island because these resorts stretch several thousand kilometers from north to south. My advice is to choose a resort that you might like and then check the reviews from that same month last year and the year before to see what previous guests said about the weather. In most cases guests don’t mention the weather because it’s warm every day and the rain storms tend to last only 20 minutes or less. From late May through early July the rain can last for hours in certain parts of the Maldives, but in August the storms will be over quickly and sometimes they happen overnight.
Here are our favorite Maldives resorts for families with great activities for kids (and adults).
Our favorite all-inclusive resorts for great rates is Meeru Island, and it’s pretty good for families, though not the best.
Aside from that one it’s hard to know which is the best deal because most resorts tend to offer great deals when they are a bit slow, and keep prices high when they are booked up more. It’s best to just go into Agoda.com and put in your travel dates to see which resorts are offering the best all-inclusive deals for that period. Have a great trip. -Roger