If you’re looking for a true Maldivian off-the-beaten-track experience, try out the Alpha Royale alternative. It is excellent value.

Our group of 4 couples had a large comfortable 6 bedroom guest house all to ourselves, complete with cook and housekeeper. We chose local Maldivian food ( Western food also possible) for our meals which were excellent. We had clean air-conditioned rooms with ensuite bathrooms, and the guest house was nestled in the heart of a local Maldivian village. There were no 5-star resorts on the island, no upmarket spa or fancy pricey restaurants to burn a hole in our pockets.We had a taste of the pure village life. A very special experience.

Great value for money. The Alpha Royale crew was experienced, helpful and hard working. They customized our daily excursions to suit our desires, be it fishing, snorkeling or just cruising to nearby islands.

The only negative was the super-long 8-hour boat ride from Male Airport to the village. Next time, I’ll spend the money and take the sea plane. 30 mins.

Trip was amazing. Captain and crew are excellent , boat is very comfortable, hospitality also excellent.

We enjoyed our trip in the beautiful Maldives.  We didn’t catch the fish we were hoping but we did catch some smaller fish that still made it fun.  Thanks to the crew for being great!

Just home from Embudu Village resort. A great international group, Iraqi Hussen and Hydra sorry guys if I mispelled , Sweden girls with one a Syrian speaking fluent Arabic. Then 3 Germans and one Texan. We caught some nice fish. Two groupers, one very nice Impala or something the crew called it but to me it was a vermillion snapper. This in the 12 to 15 pound range. A nice dog snapper. We also caught some 3 to 4 pound fish which were excellent eating later at the hotel. We caught just enough for everyone to enjoy. Embudu was great preparing the fish for us. A great day. Go to have fun. Not downloaded the photos yet. Will send those later. We saw our captain today at the airport. I knew it was him because of the sun glasses.

Booked charter for 4 hours and requested to be picked up from our ship which was anchored approximately 1000 yards of the main island of Male’. Boat picked us up spot on time and made us feel welcome straight away.

The captain of the boat spoke very good English but the rest of the crew spoke very little. Took approximately 40 minutes to get out to fishing area where we were going to troll.

On route saw large amounts of large fish jumping out of water and numerous schools of sail fish. Spent 2 hours trolling and hooked and landed one nice sailfish of approximately 8 foot and 40 Kg’s. We did try bottom fishing for about an hour after trolling but had no luck. In hindsight we should have asked to bottom fish for longer but we had an enjoyable day anyway.

The crew turned on a small feed for us at the end of the day and were very pleasant and courteous. Dropped us off at our ship at the end of the day but we had been provided with a great day on the water and with excellent service.