Does Equator Village have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.

Is Equator Village pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Equator Village?

Self-parking is free at this property.

Does Equator Village provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Are there all-inclusive benefits at Equator Village?

Some rate plans available at this property are all-inclusive.

Where is Equator Village located?

Nestled on the beach, this Gan Island hotel is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Gan Beach and 11.7 mi (18.8 km) from Addu Nature Park.

Equator Village Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Ravi Kumar

3 Mar 2023

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

Satisfactory for the price

Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Christiane

24 Feb 2025

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

best value for money resort on Maldives

best value for money resort on the Maldives, spacey room with good aircon, good buffet style food, big pool, nice bar area with decent entertainment in the evenings, not noisy, friendly and helpful staff, good house reef for snorkeling, 1 snorkel trip per day and pedal bike rental included in AI rate, great snorkeling spots visited with the boat.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

shankar

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

2/10 Terrible

Carlo Alberto

16 Apr 2021

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

Posto da radere al suolo

Da dove cominciamo...forse dai topi in cucina e nella sala da pranzo ? Oppure dagli scarrafoni grossi come una mano nelle camere ? Poi, senza offesa per nessuno, ma il rabbino che alle 05.00 del mattino fa la preghiera con lo speaker al massimo ? Ci sono 10 galline che girano per la struttura libere, probabilmente per evitare altri animali. I topini la sera corrono sul tetto tutto il giorno. Pulizia delle camere scarsa. Di 4 persone 3 sono tornate con un’intossicazione alimentare. Albergo adatto a tedeschi e inglesi con standard bassi. Pessimo

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

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

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

Verified traveller

24 Nov 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Die Gebäude sind zwar nicht die Neuesten aber haben ihren einengen Charme. Das Personal ist super nett und man wird in allen Angelegenheiten sehr zuvorkommend, nett und freundlich unterstützt Ich würde auf jeden Fall wieder hier her kommen

Stayed 3 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

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

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

8/10 Good

May, Danmark

13 Aug 2018

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Hyggeligt middelmådigt hotel-Hvad man betaler for

Det er et hyggeligt middelmådigt hotel med meget hjælpsomt personale, hvor man får, hvad man betaler for. Der er en dejlig strand ved noget af hotellet, og ved resten af hotellet ( i området ved poolen og baren) er der en betonmur, der holder vandet tilbage fra at æde af øen, da der af og til kan være kraftige bølger. Flotte korraller og fisk man kan se ved snorkling. Hotellet har en stor pool, desværre var vi så uheldige, at vi først to dage før ankomsten blev gjort opmærksomme på at poolen var lukket under hele vores ophold, da de var ved at renovere den. Dog blev vi tilbudt at få pengene retur, hvilket vi afslog, og så fik vi i stedet en betalt udflugt. Værelserne er ikke noget specielt, men der er, hvad man har brug for. Dog er det lidt omsonst med tv på værelset, når der kun er en kinesisk nyhedskanal og en musikkanal. Husk myggespray, for der er MANGE af slagsen. Men alt i alt et dejligt ophold vi havde der i 11 dage.

Stayed 13 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

12 Jun 2018

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

また泊まりたいホテル

とても静かで綺麗なホテル

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 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.

10/10 Excellent

Tanja & Anna , Frankfurt

26 Mar 2018

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

Liebevolle und tolle Unterkunft, einfach super!

Sehr freundliches und zuvorkommendes Personal. Atmosphäre im Hotel sehr herzlich. Essen sehr gut und immer frisch. Es gibt immer verschiedene Fisch und Fleischgerichte, welche stets frisch gegrillt auf den Teller oder aus einem umfangreichen Angebot des Buffet bereitstehen. Einheimische Gerichte werden auch angeboten welche besonders schmackhaft sind. Ganztäglich wird frisches Obst angeboten. Im AI 2x täglich schnorschelausflüge zu verschiedenen Korallenriffen. Super. Hier kommt keine Langeweile auf. Zudem bietet das hauseigene Riff jede Menge zu entdecken. ( Adlerrochen, stachelrochen, Schildkröten, Muränen, Haie, und alle typischen Maledivischen Fische. Wer hier aktiv ist bekommt jede Menge geboten. Außerdem gibt es einen riesigen schönen Pool, den wir nicht nutzten aber auch gerne von anderen in Andpruch genommen wurde. Zimmer wurde täglich gereinigt und liebevoll hergerichtet. Ausreichend Liegen vorhanden und Rückzugsmöglichkeiten. Anlage gepflegt mit viel Pflanzen und Blumen. Kommen auf jedenfall wieder. Für schnorschler bestens zu empfehlen. Daumen hoch. Danke für die wundervolle Zeit

Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2018

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

Angeila, gotland

22 Feb 2018

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

Fint hotell med fin pool o strand.

Jag och min man trivdes bra på detta hotel. Superfin pool och supertrevlig personal. Min man snorklade och så många fina fiskar. Tyvärr så var havet inte så klart o blått som man önskade. Och det var inte någon direkt sandstrand. Och vädret var tyvärr inte det bästa under våra 4 nätter vi bodde där o då vi bara hade 3 heldagar stt njuta av där.

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Anonyme

13 Feb 2018

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

Dans l'ensemble...

Dans l'ensemble c'était bien mais sans plus. La plage est joli mais très petites. Le gros inconvénient est que l'île est très loin de l'aéroport de Malé. J'ai passé un bon séjour mais je ne le recommanderai pas à un ami.

Stayed 13 nights in Jan 2018

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