We are excited to announce the opening of the Euro-Divers Alila Kothaifaru Maldives’ dive center in one of the northern atolls in the archipelago!
Alila Kothaifaru Maldives retreat lies at the northern edge of the Maldives in the tranquil Raa Atoll, reached via a panoramic 45-minute seaplane voyage from Male. The island has 80 all-pool-villas, 36 of which are overwater with a private pool for your enjoyment and 44 beachfront villas designed seamlessly to immerse guests in the natural surroundings.
The Raa Atoll and Alila Kothaifaru offer great snorkeling and diving options to explore rich marine life, from healthy corals to sharks and manta rays.
Alila’s house reef is also home to many different species of marine life and is easily accessible. Snorkelers and scuba divers can explore at their own pace.
Our PADI 5 Star Dive Center offers a wide range of PADI courses to all experience levels and is suitable for eight-year-olds and above. Situated in one of the deeper Atolls in the Maldives, about 20 great dive sites near the resort await divers’ exploration. The journey to the dive sites takes around 10 minutes to a maximum of one hour by our spacious traditional Maldivian dhoni boat.
Best dive sites around:
- Labyrinth
- Sola Corner – Manta cleaning station
- Kottefaru Kuda Thila
Embark on the voyage by our speed boat to the famous Hanifaru Bay UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and check out one of the best spots to snorkel with reef manta rays or explore sandbanks or local islands nearby!
The opportunities of exploring the Indian Ocean don’t stop with scuba diving or snorkeling. Whether enjoying the Maldives from a different perspective or as an activity between dives, the adventures continue with Euro-Divers!
Enjoy a romantic catamaran sailing with your captain to a nearby sandbank or enjoy an incredible Maldives sunset. If you are looking for some core workouts while having fun, try stand-up paddling or kayaking. Windsurfers of all levels can launch from the shore and sharpen their mastery in the lagoon guided by our experts.
For beginners, take your first lesson and feel the wind in your sail as you skim across the warm waters.
Be the first ones to experience Alila Maldives.
Everything started with my Open Water Course at Koh Tao, Thailand. I’m hooked with the first breath I took underwater – this magical and peaceful world with all these different colors and creatures made me forget about everything else. It felt like an addiction.
This time made me realize that I don’t want to keep diving only as a hobby. I wanted to become a Diving Instructor and make diving my profession.
I was working as an entertainer in one of the resorts in South Male atoll. The first time I tried diving I absolutely fell in love with it, so every day off I would go diving.
I was lucky enough to meet people from Euro-Divers who helped me complete my instructor course and employment later on.
That trip changed everything. Since 2014, I visited more than 50 countries in three continents.
2019, 2020, 2021 – still in Maldives, enjoying what I love the most.
Im sonnigen Süden (Ägypten) lernte ich im Urlaub die unglaubliche Unterwasserwelt bei einem Schnuppertauchgang kennen und lieben.
Anfangs arbeitete ich im Tauchcenter im Büro, mir wurde jedoch schnell klar, dass ich die Gäste nicht nur über Wasser sondern auch unter Wasser begleiten wollte. Somit machte ich die Divemaster Ausbildung.
I studied Hotel management and ended up working for several years in different Hotels/Resorts around Italians seaside where I spend my days off diving and achieving the Dive Master rating.
I choose to stay in Oman because of its unspoiled dive site, beaches and many undiscovered dive places! We do not have mass tourism here and the country itself is spectacular besides being the safest place to live in.
Bored and burnt out of the stressful life in Holland, I quit my job as Manager Back Office & Finance and I went to Curacao for holiday. On this tropical island I took my first breaths under water with Instructor Marc, who is still my buddy in life.
Diving keeps me grounded, relaxed and connected with Mother Nature (myself). It supports me to let go, to put things into perspective and it helps me to stay focused and balanced in my position as a manager.
But diving was not at all my purpose of the journey, in fact I was not even a diver yet, I became a diver after I got passionate in freediving in Egypt in 2012 while freediving with dolphin in the wild, eager to become a snorkeling guide, I did my life guard licence and then my PADI open water!
I love freediving but scuba diving is an all other story for me, learning scuba diving make you discover part of yourself you didn’t know, you learn to control things that you would have never imagined possible, I regularly see many of my students discovering how calm they can be underwater when in life they tend to be hyperactive and then in the other hand I see calm or introverted persons becoming excited and move like a torpedo underwater 🙂 so diving might not be for everyone but it is definitely to discover!
I decided after my hospitality studies to enter this fascinating new world. I have started my career in Club Med as Guest Service and had the opportunity to travel some of the famous destinations for diving or snorkeling.
I am the perfect example of someone who was scared of diving, the only advice I could give is to believe in yourself.
But since I was young, I knew I wanted to travel the world, to go on adventures, have fun and meet people from everywhere. Unfortunately, those jobs didn’t give me the opportunity to do it so after 5 years I decided to move to Thailand.
Scuba Diving is a sport of passion.
During this time, I wanted to try something new, so I started scuba diving and I will never forget my first underwater experience. I felt nervous at first but at the same time a lot of excitement.
Some people might think that diving is a difficult sport, but there are many ways to enjoy safe diving for any age or gender.
