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Room Types

Rooms are inspired by dhoni boats, as used by local fishermen, adjoined by simple wooden walkways built above the shallow ocean. Each is its own discreet fiefdom. From your room, walk out on to a private terrace; from your terrace, slip into a warm Maldivian sea.

The view from the wide platform bed is directly out to the watery expanse. And the bathrooms, all with double sinks, a bath and shower, share the horizon views.

Two Bedroom Villas

* 15 Beach front rooms with king-size bed or twin beds * Outdoor, inside, and bathroom daybed * Open air private garden bathroom with separate bathtub and shower * Double sink unit with large overhanging mirror * Air conditioning and overhead fan * Mini bar, personal safe and hairdryer * Television and Video on request * CD, DVD, VCD HiFi system with speakers in both bedroom and bathroom * Private outside sitting area with direct access to the beach * Connecting rooms are available Back to Top

One Bedroom Villas

* 14 Beach front Duplex Villas with upstairs bedroom king-size bed or 2 single beds * Downstairs living room with large daybed/sofa and ivory coloured sand-stone tiles * Additional toilet upstairs * Open air private garden bathroom * Free-standing bathtub and two separate showers in garden * Air conditioning and overhead fan * Mini bar, personal safe and hairdryer * Television with Video on request * CD, DVD, VCD Hi Fi Stereo system with speakers in both bedroom and bathroom * Gangway with ropes leading to balcony * Dining table and large daybed/sofa for two on the terrace * Staircase from garden directly to terrace * Private outside sitting area with direct access to the beach * 6 Crusoe Villas have their private sea water swimming pool (that are tiled with a sandstone surround) - rate supplement applies Back to Top

Loft Villas

* 14 Beach Front Villas with foyer entrance * Spacious bedroom with king-size bed * Large, luxurious, open air private garden bathroom with water feature, large bathtub and separate shower * Air-conditioning and overhead fan * Mini bar, personal safe and hairdryer * Television and Video * CD, DVD, VCD Hi Fi Stereo system with speakers in both bedroom and bathroom * Private outside sitting area with direct access to the beach * 9 Soneva Fushi Villas have their private sea water swimming pool (that are tiled with a sandstone surround) - rate supplement applies Back to Top

Dhoni Loft Suites

* 8 Beach Front Villas with foyer entrance * Spacious bedroom with four-poster king-size bed / twin beds available * Additional sitting room with 2 single beds made into a corner sofa daybed * Possibility of separating the sitting area from sleeping area by curtain * Spacious, luxurious, open air private garden bathroom and water feature, large bathtub and separate shower * Air-conditioning and overhead fan * Mini bar, personal safe and hairdryer * Television and Video * CD, DVD, VCD and Hi Fi Stereo system with speakers in both bedroom and bathroom * Private outside sitting area with direct access to the beach * 6 Soneva Fushi Villa Suites have their private sea water swimming pool (that are tiled with a sandstone surround) - rate supplement applies Back to Top

Dhoni Suites

Beach Front Duplex Villa with Upstairs Bedroom Sunset Side Ground Floor * Entrance hall with large walk-in storage cupboard * Large sitting room with double doors opening to walled-in private garden. * Spacious, luxurious, open air private garden bathroom with water feature, large bathtub and separate shower * Double sink unit with large overhanging mirror * The One Bedroom Crusoe Suite has its private sea water swimming pool (that are tiled with a sandstone surround) Upstairs * Bedroom that opens to gangway overlooking the sitting room, leading to a terrace overlooking the front of the villa with a sitting area Services & in-room facilities * Individual Mr Friday Service / Butler Service * In-Room Wine Cellar * Air-conditioning and overhead fan * Mini bar, personal safe and hairdryer * Television and Video * CD, DVD, VCD and Hi Fi Stereo system with speakers in both bedroom and bathroom Back to Top

Wine and Dine

At Cocoa Island, eat like a castaway - fresh lobster, caught locally, cooked in the Keralan style. Dine feet-in-the-sand at the main restaurant, Ufaa, beneath an alang-alang pavilion and huge Maldivian sky.

Menus change daily, blending Indian and Sri Lankan traditions with an emphasis on seafood, tandoor and organic, locally-sourced produce. Spicing is used with a lightness of touch. Choice is always tantalising, promising simplicity in the tropics, and sophistication for the more demanding gourmand.

There is also a hotel bar, Faru, open from 10am until midnight, serving fine wines, exotic cocktails and energising juices.

At Cocoa Island, we provide comprehensive room service menus, as well as a healthful COMO Shambhala cuisine.

COMO Shambhala Cuisine

COMO Shambhala Cuisine

With COMO Shambhala cuisine, guests can benefit from a wide and changing variety of menus (breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as room service) which focus on nutritionally enriching and organic foodstuffs. The emphasis is on raw ingredients, which are more easily digested as well as richer in living enzymes, vitamins and sea minerals. We don't use cow's milk, nor genetically tampered soy alternatives, but our own blended nut milks. We use honey instead of processed sugars. We also use sea vegetables high in nutrients, including magnesium and pumpkin seed 'parmesan' which replaces the flora found naturally in the intestine but is destroyed by cooking. Fish is an important feature on our menus - caught and brought straight to your plate. COMO Shambhala cuisine is not about deprivation; it's for people who enjoy their food but want to feel good. Back to Top

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Services and Activities

Although most of our guests come to Cocoa Island to relax in privacy, there are others who spend their time exploring the local region – both above and underwater.
Watersports
You can also go deep-sea fishing, or partake in watersports off the beach, like windsurfing or catamaran sailing.

Island Hopping
Particularly popular are the beach drop-offs, dolphin and sunset cruises, allowing guests to indulge in the natural solitude of empty beaches and mirror-flat horizons.

Enrich yourself with simple pleasures

At Cocoa Island, indulge in nature's bequest, from dust-white sand between idle toes, to a warm blue sea that turns blush-pink with the falling light.

Some guests find their own stretch of beach; others prefer to relax in privacy on their suite's hidden terrace, or lounge beside the resort's main swimming pool - cobalt, melting into an empty horizon.

There is a watersports centre (see Island Activities), a fully equipped Dive Centre, gym with yoga facilities, and a COMO Shambhala Retreat offering a full range of treatments including massages, Ayurveda, facials and facilities such as massage pavilions, hydrotherapy pool, steam rooms and meditation area.

Our library features an extensive book collection; games are also available, which can be delivered to your suite. A hotel boutique sells a carefully edited selection of gifts as well as holiday necessities like hats and sun lotion.

The all-day lounge offers a comfortable, stylish environment for guests. It features Internet access, flatscreen TV and media player as well as books and magazines.

We also have a 24-hour concierge.

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Diving

Diving in the Maldives is rated among the best in the world. Cocoa Island is located in a quiet atoll where the waters are undisturbed, ensuring extraordinary colour close to hand.

We have an on-site dive centre staffed by PADI certified instructors catering to every level of experience. You can rent equipment, enrol on PADI sanctioned diving courses, visit the house reef or take part in night dives. Boat dives visit more than 20 different dive sites in the area. Our safari dives explore even further afield.

At Cocoa Island, we take care of every individual, their safety and expectations of the world that lies beneath these gin-clear seas.

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Spa

Cocoa Island attends to guests' needs at a deeper level, courtesy of the COMO Shambhala Retreat. We offer healing traditions from Asia with natural therapies from the sea and earth, honed by international health consultants.

It is a place where wellness is nurtured in simple wooden beach houses, aired by breezes carrying the scent of the ocean. 

This holistic approach is coupled with expert yoga tuition, which includes week-long retreat weeks led by world-renowned specialists. Couple with our signature health-giving cuisine, and feel the benefits of a complete return to real wellbeing.

At COMO Shambhala, we believe in balance - of mind, body and spirit - and the inspiration of the soul, afforded by a place of beauty.

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