Anantara Kihavah Villas Maldives

Anantara Kihavah Villas Maldives
Hotel chain	Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas
General information
Address	P.O. Box 2014, Kihavah Huravalhi Island, Baa Atoll, Republic of Maldives
Town or city	Kihavah Huravalhi Island, Baa Atoll
Country	Republic Of Maldives
Coordinates	5.295931, 73.057086
Opening	1st March 2011
Owner	Minor Hotel Group
Other information
Number of rooms	77 Villas
Number of restaurants	6
Website
http://kihavah-maldives.anantara.com/

Anantara Kihavah Villas is a luxury resort and spa situated on Kihavah Huravalhi Island in the Baa Atoll Island archipelago and near the Hanifaru Bay in Maldives. The resort is an extension of the luxury resort and spa operator Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas based in Bangkok, Thailand.

History

Anantara Kihavah Villas was constructed in November 2010 to join the Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas’ growing number of resort operations spanning across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The Anantara brand is part of Minor International PLC. Based in Thailand, Minor International PLC is a leisure company that oversees a total of 97 properties in the hospitality & travel trade including the Four Seasons, AVANI Hotels, Per AQUUM, Marriott International besides Anantara.

Baa Atoll - The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Baa Atoll which is an administrative division of Maldives consists of three separate natural atolls. It is situated on the west of the Maldives atoll chain consisting 75 islands with 13 of them inhabited with a population of over 11,000. Baa Atoll was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in June 2011. As a biosphere reserve, Baa Atoll conserves and impacts significant biodiversity globally in its numerous reefs that demonstrate a long history of human interaction with the environment. It is the home for Maldives’ high diversity of reef animals, tropical fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

Anantara Kihavah Coral Adaption Programme

Coral reefs are very important in sustaining and increasing marine life while protecting the future health of the ocean. They also act as living barriers providing a natural defence against beach erosion and wave destruction. While constructing Anantara Kihavah Villas in November 2010, in its commitment to protect the environment, the resident marine biologist developed coral gardens^[1] attaching them with sand covered iron frames in the middle of the over-water pool villas to encourage coral to grow faster than it would naturally. These environmentally friendly measures were taken to prevent more damage to the Baa Atoll’s fragile marine ecosystem. The coral reef is already showing signs of growth after experiencing a catastrophic disaster that occurred in 1998 destroying more than 90 percent of shallow coral reef in the Maldives when El Nino, a climatic deadly phenomenon raised the sea temperatures by 4.4 °C causing the reef to bleach. The marine life is progressively returning to its previous habitat. Anantara Kihavah Villas with its Coral Adoption Programme^[2] invites and encourages nature lovers to participate in reef creation and contribute to the ongoing conservation effort by adopting a coral frame.^[3]

Achievements

Anantara Kihavah Villas has strived to implement its commitment according to its vision to protecting and nurturing the environment, preserving local culture through education, innovation and empowerment.

See also

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas

Anantara Veli Resort & Spa Maldives

Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort

Minor International

References