We left Male’ International Airport  on our way to South Ari Atoll.

Half an hour later we landed at Angaga Island Resort & Spa, one of the smaller resorts Trans Maldivian flies to with 70 rooms of which 20 are brand new water - bungalows.

It can be seen both from the air and on the island: Angaga features on all sides all around the island wide, white beaches with both soft and fine sand on the beach and in the water of the lagoon.

Angaga takes also pride in its greenery, flower and ponds in the interior of the island, which give it a unique setting.

The resort has a Sub Aqua Diving School which was recently awarded in Germany as the best in the Maldives.

Once the weekend was over we took another seaplane – flight back to Male’ after the Dhoni had delivered us to the platform.

The beach Bangalows do have adequate sea – view, yet are also protected and hidden in the greenery ample available.

The 20 water Bangalows are brand new and close to their “own” Sun Down Bar.

Dining facilities and baths are spacious and have good view of both the Beach, the Lagoon and the Sea .

We went with the resort owner on a trip by speedboat to the southern most end of the Ari Atoll to see if we could spot the well known Whale-Shark feeding on plankton. We came across some dolphins en route and managed to swim close to such a Whale – Shark three times, thus a successful outing indeed!

After an active day we were well treated to relax in the Coconut Spa of the resort, which is again located nicely in greenery and with some fresh ponds with beautiful lotus flowers.

While in Angaga the change of the monsoon made it necessary to change the position of the platform to be anchored elsewhere in the shelter of the island.

When we asked the owner, his management –team and the reception, why they did so exceptionally well in retaining their guests compared to last year, they were unanimous in their opinion: A small resort with unique features such as beach, diving, excellent food and friendly, caring staff and guest – oriented management.