Equator Village

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Dates

December 2024

January 2025

Minibar, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Excellent

Popular amenities

All-inclusive

Bar

Spa

Pool

Parking included

24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Gan Island, Addu Atoll, Gan Island

Gan Beach
10 min walk
Hulhudhoo Harbor
Addu Nature Park
26 min drive
Gan Island (GAN-Gan Intl.)
3 min walk

Room options

Standard Room

45 sq m
Sleeps 3
1 Queen Bed

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Pool

Hot tub

All-inclusive

Spa

for 1 night

includes taxes & fees

5 Dec - 6 Dec

About this property

Beachfront hotel with calming spa services

At Equator Village, catch some rays at the beach, pamper yourself at the full-service spa or enjoy scuba diving.

Equator Village offers 78 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and a safe. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include a shower, bidets, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottles of water and a ceiling fan. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered on a daily basis. Amenities available on request include an iron/ironing board.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor tennis court.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

The on-site spa has 2 treatment rooms, including rooms for couples. Services include facials, body scrubs and body treatments.

During your stay at Equator Village, you'll be within walking distance of Gan Beach. Free WiFi in public areas, free self-parking and a full-service spa are available.

Free WiFi
Free self-parking
Enjoy a bite to eat at Blue Lagoon Restaurant, a buffet restaurant that serves international cuisine
Wired Internet in some public areas for a fee
Take a swim in the outdoor pool
Indulge with facials, massages or body scrubs at the spa
Services include a concierge, tour or ticket assistance and a porter
On-site recreation includes an outdoor tennis court and bicycles to rent
2.6 miles (4.2 km) from Gan Beach and 11.7 miles (18.8 km) from Addu Nature Park
Airport shuttle service available for a fee

Some rates at Equator Village are all-inclusive. These rates include on-site meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages and other amenities.

Equator Village offers its guests a full-service spa, an outdoor tennis court, and an outdoor pool. There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe and a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi.

A children's pool, spa services, and a terrace are also featured at the business-friendly Equator Village. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Gan Island hotel.

Blue Lagoon Restaurant – This buffet restaurant specialises in international cuisine.

All-inclusive details

All-inclusive room rates at Equator Village are available. These rates are higher because they include on-site food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).

Languages

English, German, Hindi, Italian, Russian

Property amenities

Internet

Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi; wired internet (USD 4 per hour)

Parking and transport

Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
Free self parking on site

Food and drink

A bar/lounge
A coffee shop/cafe
A poolside bar
A restaurant
Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

Blue Lagoon Restaurant

Family friendly

Children's pool
In-room refrigerator
Laundry facilities
Outdoor pool
Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

24-hour front desk
ATM
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Safe at front desk

Guest services

Concierge services
Housekeeping (daily)
Porter/bellhop
Tour and ticket assistance
Turndown service

Business services

Meeting rooms

Outdoors

Barbecue grill
Garden
On the beach
Picnic area
Pool loungers
Terrace

Full-service spa

2 treatment rooms
Body scrubs
Couples treatment rooms
Facials
Massage

Accessibility

No lift

Built in 1999
Designated smoking areas
Reception hall

Room amenities

Bathroom

Bidet
Free toiletries
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Shower
Towels provided

Entertainment

Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Free bottled water
Minibar
Refrigerator

Air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Desk
Iron/ironing board on request
Phone
Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM

Contactless check-in and check-out are available

Express check-in available

Minimum check-in age - 15

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Contactless check-out

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests must transfer via aeroplane and shuttle to the property; guests must contact the property at least 72 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Guests must arrange transfers (surcharge) from Male International Airport to the property, which is 75 minutes via a flight to Gan International Airport (GAN), and then 10 minutes by shuttle to the resort. To guarantee transfers, guests must contact the property with their flight details at least 3 days before their expected arrival. Guests must pay the domestic flight fee and the shuttle fee at checkout.

The additional fee (payable at the property) covers mandatory transfer fees for guests ages 12-17.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets and service animals are not allowed at Equator Village

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 40
Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 20 (from 2 to 11 years old)
New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 50
New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 25 (from 2 to 11 years old)
A tax is imposed by the city: USD 12.00 per person, per night
Aeroplane transfer per adult: USD 118.1 (return)
Aeroplane transfer per child: USD 118.1 (return), from 2 to 11 years old
Additional fee for children (from 12 years old to 17 years old): USD 111.53 per person, per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Fee for wired Internet in public areas: USD 4.00 per hour (rates may vary)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

To get to the property, guests need to transfer by aeroplane and shuttle. Transfers need to be confirmed by contacting the property at least 72 hours before travel on the number on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.

We should mention

Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

Equator Village

Equator Village Resort Gan Island

Equator Village Resort

Equator Village Gan Island

Equator Village Hotel Gan

Equator Village Seenu Atoll

Equator Village Maldives/Gan Island

Equator Village Hotel Gan Island

Equator Village Hotel

Equator Village Gan Island

Equator Village Hotel Gan Island

Equator Village Reviews

8.6

Excellent

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10 Excellent

shankar

Travelled with family

2 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Its very good to stay..staff are too good and polite.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

FRANCIS

27 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Ravi Kumar

Travelled with family

3 Mar 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Satisfactory for the price

Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Business traveller

28 Sept 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner

22 Apr 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Very clean and tidy. Staff were lovely. Food was very good and good variety. The only thing that was a little misleading is the free trips. It mentioned that for all inclusive guests there is a free island hopping boat tour And snorkelling tour. For the island hopping technically this is true, it’s is free, but it only runs twice a week on the two days that has flights coming in and out of the airport. Because of this unless you are staying for more than one week you can’t go on it because it is only run on the day you arrive and the day you leave. And you cannot go on another trip in exchange. The free snorkelling tour is unguided and therefore only recommended for experienced snorkelers. And you have to hire snorkelling gear at a cost. Which overall didn’t end up making that much difference to our stay - but to advertise two free boat tours included for all inclusive gusts just feels a bit dishonest when we found we couldn’t actually go on either of them.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

M

16 Feb 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Paradise on a low cost budget

Before I begin...if you are the type of person that picks holes at every opportunity, then it’s not for you. The room is basic....1 small wardrobe with half a dozen plastic coat hangers and nowhere to place folded items, but you improvise. Leave them in your case. The bed is large and comfortable. The en-suite bathroom is spacious and the shower has plenty of hot water. The air conditioning is good and it is left on day and night. The food is excellent. We are both Vegetarians, but the meat dishes looked tasty and they had a variety of different choices daily. We absolutely loved the soups. The beach is small, but very safe and ideal for snorkelling. There’s no shortage of sun loungers and you can safely leave your towels, books etc unattended whilst you go for lunch. The pool is large and kept very clean. Most of the pool is kept to a depth of 1.4 metres, but at one end it is closer to 2 metres. With the all inclusive package you can more or less get a drink from 9am until midnight. The daily snorkelling trips and the once weekly island hopping trip is all part of the package. This place is popular with Eastern Europeans as they know a bargain when they see one. Many told me they have been coming every year for the past 10 years. We are going to go for two weeks every year from now on. This is not 5 star luxury. There are plenty of those to choose from in the Maldives if you don’t mind paying £500 pounds a night.

Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

wong

Business traveller

26 Dec 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Peaceful little island

Its a nice peaceful stay for us, the all inclusive package definitely worth the shot. There's not the typical Maldives expensive resort you seen on TV, but everything is there for and adequate with friendly staff and service with smile. Gan island is a quiet easy island to spent a few days, enjoy the hospitality from little island just south of equator.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family

3 Dec 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I have stayed before on two occasions, some refurbishment has been carried out since the new management took over a year ago. To the good the pool area looks great and has had new tiles and a lick of paint . The lack and condition of the steps to get out of the pool needs addressing . Also the bar service is somewhat slow but then we are on holiday. All in all a lovely place to see the real Maldives

Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Andrew

30 Nov 2019

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

6 Apr 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Firstly, let me say that this is (or was) my favourite hotel in the Maldives and that the ordinary staff, cleaners, barmen, waiters gardener etc. are extremely hardworking and courteous. However the hotel is suffering from sever mismanagement from the top. The beautiful old pool bar has been vandalised to the point of destruction leaving it unsafe and unusable in poor weather. the wooden steps to the beach are rotted to the point of one of the steps breaking under a 70 year old female guest leaving her badly shaken and bruised but miraculously not seriously . The beautiful gardens are a shadow of their former self, looking overgrown and neglected, we even had to tie back the undergrowth to gain access to our room!! If you are a non-smoker, be aware that smoking is rife in the bars (including the swim-up pool bar

Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Kah Kay

2 Apr 2019

Good transit hotel for Gan Airport

The hotel is a good transit hotel if you have an early morning flight to catch from Gan Airport after having spent your other days in other resorts. Otherwise it is a very basic 3-star hotel with only one restaurant. Breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets are at US$18.50 per person.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

3 Mar 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brilliant Value

If you like to snorkel choose the all inclusive deal which includes one free boat trip per day. Make sure you get to Mulikeda, Banana Reef and Bushy Island as they were the highlights for us. The staff are friendly and go the extra mile, just don't expect luxury, however the room was adequate and the a/c worked a treat. The food was fine with plenty of options including a good salad bar. If you're feeling peckish in the afternoon, savoury and sweet treats with tea/coffee are available from 16:00. Equator Village is brilliant value for money and would definitely recommend a stay. I'm already planning another trip for next year, 'nough said!

Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner

10 Feb 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Rooms were basic as shown in photos but clean and had everything that you need. Plenty of sun beds either by the pool or the beach. Breakfast was the same every day but a very varied menu for lunch and dinner. Meals were really tasty with lots of flavour. It was good to have so much choice of vegetables. Staff always pleasant and helpful. We went out on the snorkel boat to different locations most days and saw an abundance of fish including sharks, eagle rays and turtles. The snorkelling was also good off the beach. It was a great holiday.

Stayed 14 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

30 Dec 2018

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice relaxing island. Our only concern was that since we went last year they had lost a few bar and restaurant staff which had not been replaced. They were much needed shall I say.

Stayed 19 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

29 Dec 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good relaxing stay

The staff were friendly and we recieved a very nice greeting from the general manager on our arrival. The location is good - the beach front rooms are quiet and there is a good coral garden just off the beach - we saw turtles, octopus and a small reef shark right there. The hotel room was comfortable - we were a bit apprehensive when booking but the rooms turned out to be fine. Well maintained, clean and spacious. Not luxurious but good. We managed to hire a scooter from outsude the hotel and used that to visit other parts of the atoll - the nature reserve in the far north is quite worth a visit for its coral too. The breakfast and other meals were fine; again not luxurious but good. There were vegetarian friendly options too. Given the location it was possible to visit local restaurants too.

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

26 Dec 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sharr

24 Dec 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great holiday thanks to Equator Village.

Great room located beachside and the all inclusive package makes it all so easy...no more to pay. Staff were friendly and very helpful. We loved the snorkeling and island hopping trip and the location on Gan Island is great to cycle around and meet the locals.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

26 Nov 2018

A bit dated - but you could see some improvements were being made - like the pool was beautiful

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Mohamed, Male

21 May 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Gate staff at hotel entry were terrible. Since I was a local they always stopped me and called reception to verify if I was a guest every time I tried to re enter. Did not see this happen to foreigners.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anne

21 Apr 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

An unforgettable holiday in a unique place

We visited Equator Village, on the island of Gan, to celebrate our Coral Wedding Anniversary. We couldn't have chosen a more spectacular place to see and explore the natural environment of the coral reef and to be able to get out into the local community, cycling into the small villages, meeting the people and seeing the unspoilt Addu Atoll.The history of the RAF station here during the world war 2 was an added extra interest.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

17 Mar 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Nice hotel

Very friendly stuff members mr mohamed is a great helper as well The only problem over there that beach is not the best but using there trips you will find great beaches to go to Food is more than fine need more TV channels for me I didn't need it

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

12 Feb 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great!

Great value for money and completely recommend it! Next to GAN airport in Addu Atoll.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Rohit

3 Jan 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Stay at Equator Village.

Over all a nice stay.The water sports and other activities are the cheapest here as compared to other resorts.Best is the Dolphin Cruise And it should be must on the list of guest staying in this resort. The only thing to be improved is service time as the guest staying at Equator Village should not expect there needs attended immediately by the staff.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

7 Jan 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice Location AWESOME STAFF Must Visit

Amazing stay. All staff great !!! Open to all communication before and after check in.Except Room cleaning staff needs pushing Snorkelling at house reef reasonably gud. Snorkelling trips by boat wonderful. Food is delicious with gud variety.Room comfort very gud but the bed slides and mattress is soft springy.Bicycles for free is the best part. Go around the neighbouring islands is terrific.

8/10 Good

Karl

18 Nov 2016

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Relaxed.....

The staff at the hotel were extremely friendly and helpful with nothing too much for them. The were two things that we were not 100% happy about, one was that the poolbar was not in use and it looked liked it had not been used for some time, the other was the boat trip and BBQ that consisted of a pack lunch containing one piece of grilled chicken, sandwiches and fruit......The hotel requires a little touch up in places, but I understand that that is work in progress. Besides these minor issues the stay was very relaxing and in a good location, and at times it seemed like we had the beach to ourselves..... The free bikes were great, allowing us to island hop with ease. Collection and drop off to and from the airport was very efficient. We are already planning to stay there again next year; the location and value was excellent. Thank you.