Reethi Faru has announced that the resorts marine biologists have started a coral nursery on ropes in order to grow fragments back to bigger colonies after the 2016 El Niño. Using metal frames, small branches of coral can be attached and spread out to create coral nurseries.

El Niño is a cyclical weather event that takes place every few years resulting in warmer waters passing through the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Combined with global warming, it has seen water temperature reach new highs of 34 degrees in some areas, causing the corals to go beyond their thermal limit, which results in bleaching and sometimes death.

When coral sits in water that is too warm for too long, it gets stressed and become bleached and expels the algae that provides it with about 90% of its energy and turns white. Corals become bleached when under stress because of changing conditions, such as rising sea water temperature. If the corals stay stressed for more than a couple of weeks it starts to starve, become diseased, and dies. It has also found that some species of fish, particularly parrotfish, are eroding the reefs more intensely following the bleaching event.

Reethi Faru, the new holiday escape in the Indian Ocean which opened in November this year is situated in Raa Atoll, north-west of Male' on the tiny island of Filaidhoo. The island measures 600 x 350 m and its stunning house reef is just 30 to 80 meters from shore.

The 150 well-furnished, homely and spacious detached and semi-detached villas is built in traditional style and blends perfectly into the natural beauty of the environment.

30 Reethi Faru Garden Villas villas are detached and located on the east side of the island, set amongst tropical vegetation, with a sitting area, rain shower, terrace with deck-chairs and sun loungers on the beach. Some of the units are semi-detached and especially designed for families or groups of friends. Those villas comprise 2 bedrooms, connected with a common sitting room and powder room.

43 Deluxe Beach Villas are detached beach-front villas, with a spacious sitting area, rain shower and bathtub, terrace with deck chairs and sun loungers on the beach.

6 Family Deluxe Beach Villas comprise of 2 bedrooms, connected with a common sitting room and powder room, specially designed for families or groups of friends.

25 Deluxe Jacuzzi Beach Villas are completely detached and facing the beach, with a spacious sitting area, 1 rain shower and a bathtub, bathrobes, terrace with a Jacuzzi and deck chairs and sun loungers on the beach.

44 Water Villas are detached villas built on stilts over the lagoon, with a spacious sitting area, rain shower, indoor shower and bathtub, bathrobes, balcony with additional deck, sun loungers and direct lagoon access.

2 Water Villa Suites consist of fully detached villas built on stilts over the lagoon with 2 bedrooms, a large sitting area, 2 bathrooms with rain shower and bathtub, bathrobes, balcony with Jacuzzi and additional deck, sun loungers and direct lagoon access.

The unique setting amid tropical foliage, fringing a long expanse of powder soft beach or on stilts over the clear blue lagoon will make every guest wish to stay on and on.

Reethi Faru can be reached by a scenic 45 minutes seaplane flight from the international airport or a 20 minutes domestic flight to Dharavandhoo followed by a 30 minutes speed boat ride to the Resort.

For more information visit: https://www.reethifaru.com