Kandima Maldives all inclusive: the Premium plan, its hours and its extras

Kandima Maldives all inclusive is the Premium All Inclusive plan, the fullest of 4: buffets, à la carte dinners, a minibar and unlimited drinks at set hours. It takes the whole stay, at least 4 paid nights, and the transfer is extra: $414 to $725 an adult return.

Updated 13 October 20269 min readHow we write the guide

Zest’s dining room, its timber roof and tables facing the sea

Who this choice suits

Why choose Kandima

Families and groups staying 4 nights or more who will drink at the bars and dine à la carte.

The plan

When to look elsewhere

Drinks follow the bars’ hours, the transfer costs up to $725 an adult, and pool-bar food, the Deli and Aroma charge.

Before choosing

Buffet lunches, grill dinners and the evening at Breeze

A day on the plan, as the guests who chose it describe it.

The day starts at Flavour or Zest, food halls with open kitchens and a children’s corner, and the evening is where the plan pays: dinner from the chef’s menu at Smoked, Sea Dragon or Azure. Guests who booked it single out those dinners, the ribeye at Smoked in February 2026 and the Asian dishes at Sea Dragon in August 2025.

A few things are worth knowing beforehand. Pool-bar snacks sit outside the plan, a family reported in October 2025, and over New Year 2026 a scoop of ice cream cost $7++; the 3 à la carte restaurants are included, as the sheets handed out at check-in say. With no fixed check-out, a couple in June 2025 kept using the plan until they left.

On a lighter plan the arithmetic changes: Full Board PLUS covers the 3 buffet meals with soft drinks and takes 20% off à la carte lunch and dinner, and outside the all-inclusive plans snorkelling gear costs $9++ a set a day, the FAQ says. Our comparison of Maldives all-inclusive resorts sets Kandima’s plan beside the others.

5 decisions before Premium All Inclusive

Nights, transfer, dinners, bar hours and children: what to settle before the booking.

Book 4 paid nights at least
Premium All Inclusive covers the whole stay or nothing, with a minimum of 4 paid nights, and everyone in the room takes the same plan. Between 26 December 2026 and 7 January 2027 the minimum rises to 5 nights.
Price the seaplane on its own
The return seaplane costs $675 an adult until 10 January 2027 and $725 from the 11th, $375 for a child; the domestic flight with the speedboat $414 in Comfort. The last seaplane leaves at 3pm.
Reserve the à la carte nights
Smoked and Sea Dragon open on selected days of the week, 7 to 10pm, and the plan recommends booking ahead; some dishes carry a surcharge, discounted by 20%.
Note the drinks hours
Drinks are unlimited at lunch from 12.30 to 2.30pm, at dinner from 7 to 10pm, at the Beach Club from 10am to 10pm, at Breeze from 10am to midnight and at the Forbidden Bar from 7pm to midnight, by the glass.
Check the ages
On every plan 2 children up to 5.99 years stay and eat free. The current offers extend it to under 11.99 for stays until 31 October 2026, and the Flash Sale again from 5 April to 31 August 2027.

Kandima and the airport

Dhaalu Atoll · 40 minutes by seaplane from Velana

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Premium All Inclusive: what it covers and its rules

From the meal-plan page and the FAQ, read on 7 October 2026.

The plan and its conditions

Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Flavour and Zest buffets, with unlimited soft drinks; dinner can instead be taken at Smoked, Sea Dragon or Azure from the chef’s menu, 3 courses according to the FAQ, with booking ahead recommended. A snack service from 3 to 5pm at Flavour adds finger food, tea, coffee and juice.
Unlimited alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, by the glass and in the outlets only: at lunch 12.30–2.30pm, at dinner 7–10pm, at the Beach Club 10am–10pm, at Breeze 10am–midnight and at the Forbidden Bar 7pm–midnight. Drinks are included at the weekly themed dinners. The minibar is restocked once a day with wine, beer, soft drinks and snacks.
Snorkelling equipment, standard kayaks and paddleboards for 1 hour a day; daily unguided snorkelling trips to the house reef; scheduled yoga and fitness, the kids’ club, tennis, beach volleyball and the football pitch; a 20-minute photo shoot from 4 nights; check-in and check-out at any hour. A 10% discount applies to water sports from jet skis to kitesurfing and catamaran sailing, to the Burn group activities and group art classes, to selected excursions and to all spa treatments.
Not included: home delivery, Deli and Aroma Café items, food at Breeze and the Beach Club, takeaway orders and full bottles. The whole stay must be on the plan, at least 4 paid nights, with everyone in the room on it; nothing unused is refunded, and food or drink passed to guests outside the plan is charged. Special events and themed nights may carry a charge, and some à la carte dishes and drinks a surcharge, discounted by 20%.

10 places to eat and drink, and which the plan covers

Hours as each venue’s page gave them on 7 October 2026.

Flavour and Zest	The plan’s buffets, with live cooking and a children’s corner: breakfast 7–10.30am, lunch 12.30–2.30pm, dinner 6.30–10pm.
Smoked	The grill with its smoker, on the beach: dinner 7–10pm on selected days, from the chef’s menu on the plan.
Sea Dragon	Asian fusion over the water, seafood from the tanks: dinner 7–10pm on selected days.
Azure	Mediterranean on the beach: the plan names it for dinner; lunch, noon to 3pm, is outside it.
Breeze Pool Bar	DJs and live music, 10am to midnight: drinks on the plan, food charged.
Beach Club	Pool, cabanas and a swim-up bar, 10am to 10pm: drinks on the plan, food charged.
Forbidden Bar	Adults only, 7pm to midnight, drinks on the plan.
Deli and Aroma	The deli and the café sit outside the plan, as does home delivery.

One plan from studio to pool villa

The meal-plan page ties Premium All Inclusive to no category, and the current offers apply to every room type and meal plan. The choice runs from the 55 m² Beach and Sky Studios to the 95 m² Ocean Pool Villas over the water and the 105 m² beach pool villas.

The lounge linking the 2 bedrooms of a Family Sky Suite

An Ocean Pool Villa’s deck pool at sunset

For a family, the 2 Bedroom Family Sky Suite joins 2 Sky Studios with a lounge; 2 children up to 5.99 stay and eat free on the adults’ plan. The Ocean Pool Villa has its pool on the deck.

See every room

Plan names and hours that do not match

Kandima’s own pages and 2 British sellers describe the plan differently on 5 points.

Kandima’s meal-plan page, FAQ and offers, Travelbag and Virgin Atlantic Holidays, all read on 7 October 2026.

Point	Kandima’s meal-plan page	Elsewhere
The point	The resort	FAQ, offers and sellers
Plan name	Premium All Inclusive	Dine Around All Inclusive in Kandima’s FAQ and at both sellers; Platinum All Inclusive in one FAQ answer
Beach Club drinks	10am to 10pm	10am to 6pm at Travelbag
Minibar	Wine, beer, soft drinks and snacks, restocked daily	Excluded at Travelbag
Themed dinners	Drinks included; special events may charge	Excluded at Travelbag
Spa and water-sports discount	10%	15% in the current offers

The resort’s reviews
What guests say about the buffets, the reef and the size of the island is on the Kandima Maldives page.

Premium All Inclusive questions

Is Kandima Maldives all inclusive?

It sells 4 plans: Bed & Breakfast, Half Board PLUS, Full Board PLUS and Premium All Inclusive. Only Premium includes alcoholic drinks, the minibar and dinner at the à la carte restaurants; the other 3 stop at the buffets with soft drinks, with 20% off à la carte meals on half and full board.

How much does a night cost on the all-inclusive plan?

The website publishes no plan price. On the Google Hotels calendar, read on 5 October 2026 for 2 adults with taxes, a night cost $259 on 16 November 2026, $256 on 7 December, $694 on 26 December, $851 on 7 January 2027 and $294 on 11 January, with no studio or plan named. For 16–19 November Booking.com offered a Sky Studio at $317 a night, again without a plan.

What is the minimum stay?

4 paid nights, with the whole stay on the plan. Between 26 December 2026 and 7 January 2027 the festive offer asks 5 nights, allows no check-out on 31 December and includes the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve gala dinners in the rate.

Is the transfer included?

No. The return seaplane costs $675 an adult until 10 January 2027 and $725 from the 11th, $375 for a child; the domestic flight to Dhaalu with the speedboat $414 an adult in Comfort and $610 in Sapphire, taxes included. Several current offers take 50% off the domestic flight or 25% off the seaplane for stays of 4 nights or more, within set dates.

Are drinks included all day?

At set hours: lunch 12.30–2.30pm, dinner 7–10pm, the Beach Club 10am–10pm, Breeze 10am–midnight and the Forbidden Bar 7pm–midnight. Drinks are served by the glass in the outlets; full bottles and takeaway are charged.

Do children pay?

On every plan 2 children up to 5.99 years stay and eat free, on the adults’ plan. Some current offers extend it to under 11.99 for stays until 31 October 2026; the Flash Sale, booked between 1 and 14 October 2026, does so again from 5 April to 31 August 2027. Kandiland’s daily activities are part of every plan.

Is snorkelling gear included?

On Premium All Inclusive, yes: snorkelling equipment, standard kayaks and paddleboards for 1 hour a day, according to the meal-plan page. On the other plans the FAQ prices a set at $9++ a day; the daily unguided snorkelling trips to the house reef are free on every plan.

The plan’s terms

Read the meal plans

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