Kani Maldives

Our second time back to Club Med Kani was absolutely spectacular! What truly set this vacation apart was the flawless experience at the Manta overwater villas combined with an enthusiastic, wonderful team that turned this trip into an unforgettable holiday full of cherished memories. Our premium experience started before we even set foot on the island. A massive, heartfelt thank you to Candice, who looked after our family flawlessly from start to finish. With the wonderful help of Candice and Oksana, our arrival and arrangements were handled perfectly, giving us total peace of mind for this holiday!

Candice warmly welcomed us right at the jetty upon arrival, and on our final day, she took care of everything to seamlessly accommodate our departure schedule, making our last day completely stress-free. A deep thank you goes to Rika at the Manta Reception, who is profoundly helpful and greeted us with the warmest, most radiant smile every single day. Over at the Manta bar, Al Amin and Basir both deserve double stars for mixing the best drinks for our family.

The heart and soul of Kani is its incredible team. Nooman was an absolute standout. He instantly recognized our family from our last visit 2 years ago and came over to chat and catch up with us warmly! He is incredibly experienced, took the time to thoroughly explain, prepare, and guide us for our excursion to swim with the sharks, and made us all feel completely safe. He went above and beyond to make our trip memorable, and it was truly an amazing day that our family will always cherish. Another incredible moment was our reunion with Chicken. What an amazing surprise after 10 years! Our kids loved him when we first met him at Club Med Cherating a decade ago. Despite the passage of time, he is still the exact same friendly, caring, and friendliest Chicken we’ve ever met. #TeamChicken ✌️!

The exceptional care and unmatched island vibes continued everywhere we went. Mojibor is the absolute best! We were so happy he instantly recognized our family and was the very first to welcome us back with his signature attentive service. He is incredibly warm, making us feel just like we were catching up with an old friend. He even set up a special table on our last dinner in Kani for our family featuring a beautifully crafted manta ray and the words “See U Soon” which really touched us deeply and makes us love Club Med even more. Shifuzaan was also very attentive, friendly, and polite. Anjas kept the resort vibes lively, and it was lovely connecting with GG, who always greeted us with a beautiful smile, a charming personality, and is an absolute great dancer! Mossey provided a good guide for snorkeling alongside great conversations about soccer (Chelsea all the way! ⚽). He is such a nice guy, and he even rushed over to have a chat and say goodbye to us right before we left Kani, which really made us feel so warm.

From the restaurant to the beach, every single crossed path with this team brought pure joy to our vacation. We absolutely love seeing and meeting all these wonderful people, and hopefully, our next Club Med stay will introduce us to the same kind of amazing souls. We are already planning our next trip and considering the brand-new Club Med Borneo for our June holiday next year, and we are so excited! Thank you all for the beautiful memories.

Excellent! Facilities amazing, food amazing, staff amazing, location amazing 10/10 highly recommend. Had the best time. There is not much to do there except swim, eat, drink and sleep. 5 days is plenty if you're just after a refresh.

I could not recommend this resort more highly. Especially Wayne and Lia at the beach bar. These 2 staff went above and beyond for our family and all guests that we seen them interact with. The whole experience at Kani was beautiful and would recommend anyone go there and give it a go. Also combine the stingray and shark snorkelling, you will not be disappointed.

It took me 2 days to travel here from Los Angeles, but I spent 12 days at this resort and it was MAGICAL. Totally worth the travel time!

I was lucky enough to stay in one of the over-the-water bungalows with the 180-degree view and had the best time.

From the moment the boat picked me up at the airport to the minute I left, everyone at this location was amazing.

From the Manta concierge team being welcoming, friendly and solving a big misstep with an excursion as quickly as they could, to Hatab (let's go, let's go, let's go!) the Land Sports Lead having great energy with every interaction on the padel tennis court and during AquaFit, to the excursion team also taking care of a problem quickly, the snorkel team members of Michael (Ed Sheeran's long lost twin) and Mohammed being genuinely friendly and fun to meet to all of the bartenders (sorry I forgot just about all of their names!) who put up with my requests for iced coffee, watermelon juice or just glasses of ice and the circus team/entertainers who put on spectacular shows in the evening, everyone was the epitome of what the hospitality industry should be.

The housekeeping team was also attentive and just made everything nice!

The food here is amazing! From the banana wrapped fish, Indian, Chinese and various specials like the beef wellington, various types of carpaccio, the special fish dishes and just about everything was seasoned perfectly and tasted amazing.

Look for the banana and chocolate croissants in the morning. They are now my holy grail of croissants!

Speaking of the restaurant, the main one is the bomb. The staff there is attentive, friendly and engaging. Just felt like they enjoyed their work. The a la carte restaurant has the best location with the sand sharks swimming below, but the food needs some help. I am allergic to lobster so I did not have that, but the other items just did not feel special enough.

I spent A LOT of time with the dive team since I am a scuba diver.

Everyone from EuroDivers was great. Thomas, Minnie, Guillaume, Margo (sorry for the misspelling!) and all of the boat crew are the best around.

They prioritize safety on every single dive and never felt like a corner was cut. This helped me be more relaxed during my dives. Also, they know the best places to dive.

Got to cross some items off my diving bucket list by seeing mantas for the first time!!! Also loved the spots where we saw turtles, sharks, stonefish, eels, bat rays and so many beautiful fish.

The dive team also went above and beyond to help me feel special on my birthday with the best birthday card EVER while during a dive, having the boat crew sing to me after the dive and joining me for dinner. Just the best around and can't wait to dive with them again!

Something else I really liked about this Club Med location that I don't remember seeing at other villages (and I have been to a few!) is how they acknowledge and appreciate the people behind the scenes.

During the white party, they bring out the kitchen staff and grounds crew so the guests can celebrate the part of the village that have some of the most thankless jobs there. I thought this was really cool and appreciated the village even more for doing this.

I get it that I was in vacation mode and everyone at this village is in the hospitality industry, but there is a certain genuineness about everyone here that I don't feel like you can train or fake. Connections I made felt warm, friendly and sincere instead of forced because people were working.

Kudos to Club Med for having such an extraordinary village!

Excellent. Worth for many and friendly culture by all the staff. Don't go to Public Island in Maldives. Too crowded with local cummunities and tourist. Club Med Kani is one of the best choice for family and kids. Delicious food and lot of free activities. Stay facing the beach is best for me. House keeping are so profesional and they do have a full time doctor in the resort. Choices of cocktails in all inclusif package. Beef and pork are served and good. Rest and relax your mind with sweet memories. I am going again to Club Med Kani with my family.