The food offered is really good, and the booze is strong which is always good. The pool and beach areas were great, and the fitness centre was fairly good for a short holiday work out.

The pool bar was a great addition, but bit of music would have been much better to relax and enjoy. The staff was excellent, really lovely; however we did notice the communication between them was rather poor which led to a lot of confusion when trying to plan different things.

Such a wonderful place! Wd visited end of July and it was tranquil and laid back. Definitely more than a three-star hotel Nice staff, each and everyone of them. Mr. Gadar in the restaurant always saw to ot that our usual drinks arrived without us having to request it. Mr. Ali  was always so helpful to advise for dishes and prepare the omelets.  Mr. Nero at the bar, always with a smile. And Mr...... from housekeeping,  who made sue we felt super-comfortable, and one day decorated our bed with a beautiful flowe design. The gentleman whose name I don't remember who brought mattresses for the sunbeds. Responsive, helpful, efficient reservation staff.  After our flight to Male was interrupted midway and we arrived several hours later, we missed the flight to Gan. I informed the hotel in writing and they were kind enough to arrange seats on a later flight. They also allowed us to use our room after check-out to shower, and because of our delayed arrival, gave us free access to lunch on the last day. For all-inclusive package, the hotel offers for free daily snorkeling trip and twice a week island hopping. Several sun lounges on sand- covered floor - feels like a beach (beach itself usually covered by the sea, hotel grouns are on a higher level). Sea offers amazing snorkelling opportunities, rich sea life (hotel should include a training session for guests to teach them not to stand on or touch the corals). Pool is pretty, but we did not use it. Dishes at meal time were constantly replenished, variety was not large but sufficient.  Food was tasty. Several cocktails on all-inclusive menu. Room spacious,daily cleaning, very efficient. Towels and sheets exchanged daily, spotlessly 2 water bottles per day (can request more at bar with All-inclusive). Loved the cats and cockorels that come greet you on your verandah or beach chair. Would definitely visit again if flights to Gan were cheaper and didn't raise overall costs so much.

High tea from 4-6 pm (free for all-inclusive) was disappointing.  Breakfast ends eaely, at 9:30. Timing of  meal times and excursions is not ideal. Lunch is 12:30-2 and afternoon snorkeling trip starts at 2 pm - snorkeling so soon after eating can be dangerous. Why not start the snorkelling half hour ater meals end? Mattress was wobbly. Shower floor is slippery when wet with shampoo.

Good sized room with ceiling fan & air conditioning, nice comfortable bed. Lovely pool area. Also a good sea front with tree shade & loungers. A beautiful beach "Bounty advert style" is within a 5 minutes walk. Delicious food with plenty of maldivian/asian dishes spiced to perfection. live music twice a week (Great Band). Exceptional value compared to island resorts.

There was a pier about two hundred & fifty metres away, which the huge stone barges moored to for the lorries to collect stone from for sea defences and island development. - giving a little noise pollution at times. (Hopefully this is a temporary thing).

All inclusive deal , drinks were limited choice but not unexpected , Big Thank you to Sogath and Nasro who looked after us really well . Food choices were very good , a couple of themed nights would be an added bonus , the Reef fish was always on the menu and always excellent as were the curry choices but plenty of options for non spicy food lovers. European meat options could be a bit more tender. The Equator village is part of the old RAF Gan establishment, historically there's so much more that could be made of the site from a guest perspective , a historical tour of the site maybe and more information about the site? Obviously if you're in the Maldives you're there for the ocean , the snorkelling was excellent with the house reef being literally yards off the beach , great snorkelling. Daily boat trips to go snorkelling to other areas are in the all inclusive as are a couple of other trips . The hotel has bicycles to loan , free on all inclusive deals and you can cycle up through the Atoll for about 10 miles . All in all a great place to visit.

Unfortunately , outside the control of the Equator village, was the offloading of a construction barge which disturbed the peace and tranquility of the resort ( it's only a temporary problem and is due to finish very soon ).

Helpful friendly staff. Abdulla Fahmy was particularly helpful managing our bokking and organising domestic flights and transfers.

We booked full board which didn't include any drinks, NOT even water with meals.

We choose this resort due to the great house reef, which exceeded our expectations with its awesome marine life (turtles, sharks etc.).This place had everything we wanted of our holiday: air-conditioned rooms close to the beach, good breakfast, good cleaning, great swimming pool (though the reef.was more important to us), good gym and a professional diving center. This was our 2. holiday in Maldives, and this time we expecially enjoyed to be on a local island and learn to know the local people and culture. (First holiday was on a hotel resort island). Equator Village is great value for the money! Special thanks for the super-friendly staff!

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the amazing staff, location and facilities all made the holiday fantastic

We went at a time of year where mosquitos were a pain (literally!)

the service at the resort was outstanding, shot out to gadir ! always 10/10 service ensuring we had everything we wanted or needed! we love you Gadir! your the man ! shout to the bar staff for the beautiful screwdrivers and beautiful smiles every day! absolutely outstanding dolphin tour and the guide in the boat was perfect in every single way! he explained everything about dolphins and gave us front row seats to see the magical creatures! his smile was also beautiful! thoroughly enjoyed the band which played on the evenings with English classics such as wonderwall and some magical Maldivian classics, one of my favourite evenings dancing on the beach with my fellow guests! really multi cultural with in the guests you can meet friends from all around the world! I will be back love lots room 102 xxx

nothing everything was 10/10

A wonderful resort with its own pool, house reef for snorkelling, gardens, dive centre, generally great staff and interesting history.

Beach location, pool, food

The hogging of chairs by a certain national group renowned for this type behaviour.