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Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives and Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli
Six days, two very different places: three nights in a beach villa on an adults only island in the Maldives, then two nights in old Doha on the way home, with your Qatar Airways flights and Qatar visa from Nairobi in one price.
Affordable Doha and Maldives Package from Nairobi: six days and five nights with return economy flights from JKIA on Qatar Airways, checked baggage and your Qatar tourist visa taken care of. You fly through Doha to Malé, where a shared speedboat takes you about 15 to 20 minutes to Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives, an adults only resort on its own island in the North Malé Atoll. You spend three nights in a Lagoon View Beach Villa with breakfast and dinner every day, then fly back to Doha for two nights at Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli, a short walk from Souq Waqif, before your flight home.
The island half is slow on purpose: the house reef, a boat trip in search of dolphins and a whole day with nothing booked. The Doha half brings a dhow on Doha Bay, the Museum of Islamic Art and a 4x4 safari to the Inland Sea. Every traveller needs a yellow fever certificate and a Maldives traveller declaration, and your Qatar visa must be approved before you fly, so your planner sorts all three with you. One price per person sharing covers the flights, hotel, transfers and every experience listed below, and one Baecation planner stays with you on WhatsApp from booking to landing home.
Every Qatar Airways flight from Nairobi to the Maldives changes planes in Doha. This package turns that change of planes into part of the holiday. Instead of a long day of airports on the way home, you stop in Doha for two nights, see a city most couples only ever glimpse from a departure gate, and fly home rested.
We put the island first because it is what you will have been dreaming about. Three nights in a beach villa, with the lagoon at your door and dinner every evening, set the pace. Then the city comes as a contrast: lanes of spice stalls in Souq Waqif, the skyline from a wooden dhow and a drive through the dunes to a bay where the desert meets the sea.
Every connection is planned for you. Your planner books both hotels, the speedboat and your Doha transfers, applies for your Qatar visa, files your Maldives traveller declarations with you, checks your yellow fever certificates and answers on WhatsApp if a flight moves.
Details
Summary information about this package
Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives and Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli
Doha (Qatar)
Couples
Included
Flying
All Ages (For Kids & Adults)
Bed & Breakfast
Included
January, February, March, November, December
Costs
Kenyan Citizen
Ksh. 399800 per person sharing
Non-resident
$ 3099 per person sharing
Transport
Options: Flying
Duration and Timing
No
More than >3 Days+
About Package
More information about this package
Island nights: Your first three nights are at Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives, an adults only resort on its own island in the North Malé Atoll, or a comparable resort confirmed at booking. The resort has four restaurants, a pool bar, a lobby bar, a spa and a dive and watersports centre.
Your villa: You stay in a Lagoon View Beach Villa of about 45 square metres, set on the sand with the lagoon at your door. It has a lounging area facing the water, a king bed or twin beds, a shower and a balcony or terrace.
Breakfast and dinner on the island: Breakfast is served at Oceans, the main restaurant. At dinner you choose between the international buffet at Oceans and a three course set menu at Suan Bua for Thai food, Al Khaimah for Middle Eastern food or La Brezza for Italian food. Each of you gets two drinks with dinner, one alcoholic and one soft drink. Lunch and other drinks are paid at the resort.
City nights: Your last two nights are at Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli, or a comparable hotel confirmed at booking, beside Souq Waqif. Every room has a balcony, there is a temperature controlled outdoor pool, breakfast is included, and Souq Waqif and the Museum of Islamic Art are each about five minutes away. The hotel serves no alcohol.
The routing: You fly Qatar Airways both ways. Doha sits on the way home, so your two city nights need no extra flight and break the journey back to Nairobi in two. Malé is two hours ahead of Nairobi, and Doha runs on Nairobi time.
A speedboat, not a seaplane: The resort sits about 15 to 20 minutes from Malé airport by speedboat. A resort staff member meets you in the arrivals hall with a sign and walks you to the boat, so there is no waiting for a seaplane that only flies in daylight.
The reef and the dolphins: One shared boat trip by traditional dhoni in search of dolphins is included, and the resort's dive team has replanted a coral garden you can snorkel to from the shore. Trips run on the resort's own schedule and the dolphins are wild, so sightings are never promised.
Doha in a day and a half: A two hour cruise on a traditional wooden dhow on Doha Bay, a ticket to the Museum of Islamic Art and a shared 4x4 safari over the dunes to Khor Al Adaid, the Inland Sea, where the sand runs straight into a sheltered bay.
Built for married couples: Qatar's laws on relationships are stricter than the UAE's, and couples who are not married cannot legally share a hotel room in Doha. Carry your marriage certificate. If you are not yet married, our Maldives packages and our Dubai and Maldives trip are the better fit.
Three documents before you fly: Kenyans need a Qatar tourist visa for the Doha nights, which costs QAR 100 and is included in your price. We apply through the official Hayya platform once your hotels are confirmed, so allow at least three weeks, and approval rests with the Qatari authorities alone. Maldives tourist visas are granted on arrival, but every traveller must file a free Traveller Declaration on the official IMUGA website within 96 hours before arriving and again before leaving. Both the Maldives and Qatar require a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from Kenya, and airlines can refuse boarding without one. If you need the vaccine, get it at least 10 days before you travel.
Travel cover: The Gulf region remains tense, and airspace can close at short notice. We book changeable fares where the airline offers them, ask every couple to hold travel insurance that covers flight disruption, and tell you straight away if official travel advice changes before your trip.
Drinks and dress: The island resort serves alcohol and swimwear is fine anywhere on the island. Do not pack alcohol from duty free, as neither the Maldives nor Qatar allows visitors to bring it in. In Doha, alcohol is served only in licensed hotel venues to guests aged 21 and over, shoulders and knees stay covered in public, and affection stays private.
One planner, start to finish: Your Baecation planner sends your e tickets, visa approvals and vouchers, files your traveller declarations with you and stays reachable on WhatsApp throughout. If something shifts on the ground, you message one person instead of three companies.
Package Itinerary
The package itinerary is as follows
Affordable Doha and Maldives Package Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi
Flight times vary by date. This plan follows Qatar Airways, which leaves Nairobi just after midnight, connects in Doha and lands in Malé in the early afternoon, then brings you back to Doha for two nights before an afternoon flight home. Your planner confirms the exact flights on your written quote before you pay. The Museum of Islamic Art closes on Wednesdays, so if your Doha day falls on one, your planner switches your ticket to the National Museum of Qatar.
Day 1: Nairobi to the Maldives
Morning: Through Doha Your flight leaves JKIA just after midnight, so reach the airport about three hours before, late in the evening the night before. Carry your passports, yellow fever certificates, the QR codes from your traveller declarations, printed Qatar visa approvals, e tickets, your resort and hotel vouchers and your marriage certificate. Change planes in Doha in the early morning, staying inside the airport, for the flight of about four and a half hours to Malé.
Afternoon: Across the Lagoon Land in Malé in the early afternoon and clear immigration. A resort staff member meets you in the arrivals hall with a sign and walks you to the speedboat for the ride of about 15 to 20 minutes to the island. Check in opens at 3pm.
Evening: First Dinner on the Island Unpack, take your first swim in the lagoon outside your villa and sit down to dinner, either the buffet at Oceans or a set menu at one of the three smaller restaurants.
Overnight: Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives, Lagoon View Beach Villa or similar Meals: Dinner
Day 2: The Reef and the Dolphins
Morning: The Coral Garden After breakfast, snorkel from the shore to the coral garden the resort's dive team has replanted, or float in the shallow lagoon in front of your villa.
Afternoon: In Search of Dolphins Join the shared dhoni trip in search of dolphins in the waters of the North Malé Atoll, and watch for them riding the bow wave as the boat crosses between islands.
Evening: A Set Menu Night Book a table at Suan Bua, Al Khaimah or La Brezza for a quieter three course dinner together.
Overnight: Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives, Lagoon View Beach Villa or similar Meals: Breakfast and dinner
Day 3: A Day with Nothing Booked
Morning: Slow Start Sleep in and take a late breakfast. This is the one day of the trip with no pickup and no plan, on purpose.
Afternoon: The Lagoon Is Yours Spend the afternoon on the sand outside your villa, by the pool or out on the lagoon in a hired kayak.
Evening: Last Night on the Island Have a drink at one of the bars as the day cools, then take your time over your last dinner in the Maldives.
Overnight: Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives, Lagoon View Beach Villa or similar Meals: Breakfast and dinner
Day 4: The Maldives to Doha
Morning: The Early Boat Check out early and take the speedboat back to Malé airport for your morning flight to Doha. Your planner confirms the boat time with the resort the day before.
Afternoon: Into Old Doha Land in Doha around midday, clear immigration with your Qatar visa and meet your driver for the drive of about fifteen minutes to Al Najada. If your room is not ready before the 3pm check in, leave your bags and take a first walk through Souq Waqif.
Evening: A Dhow on Doha Bay You are collected in the late afternoon for a two hour cruise on a traditional wooden dhow along the Corniche as the light softens over the West Bay towers. Finish with dinner in the souq.
Overnight: Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 5: Art and the Inland Sea
Morning: The Museum of Islamic Art After breakfast, walk or take a short taxi to the Museum of Islamic Art on the Corniche, then step out into MIA Park for the view back across the bay.
Afternoon: Where the Desert Meets the Sea A 4x4 collects you from the hotel for the drive of about an hour south. Your driver takes you over the dunes to Khor Al Adaid, the Inland Sea, where the sand slopes straight down into the water. Camel rides and sandboarding are offered at extra cost at the desert stop.
Evening: Last Night in Doha Return to the city in the early evening for a walk along the Corniche and a last dinner together.
Overnight: Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli or similar Meals: Breakfast
Day 6: Doha to Nairobi
Morning: One Last Stroll Take a slow breakfast and one last walk through the souq for spices, oud or dates to bring home. Check out by noon.
Afternoon: Flying Home Your driver takes you to Hamad International Airport for the afternoon flight of about five hours to Nairobi.
Evening: Landing at JKIA Touch down at JKIA in the evening, with the lagoon and the dunes still in your photos.
Meals: Breakfast
Add Ons
Romantic Touches: (Small extras that make the trip yours, priced as shown and added to your package)
Full Board Plus for your three island days, adding lunch, two drinks each at lunch, snorkel gear and non motorised watersports such as kayaks: from USD 390 (KES 50,300) per couple
Extra island night in your Lagoon View Beach Villa with breakfast and dinner: from USD 900 (KES 116,100) per couple
Private 4x4 to the Inland Sea, just the two of you, instead of the shared safari: from USD 130 (KES 16,800) per couple
Upgrade Your Stay: (Priced per couple on top of the package price)
Over the water: a Deluxe Overwater Villa, about 42 square metres above the lagoon with steps down into the water, for your three island nights: from USD 630 (KES 81,300)
Private pool on the beach: a Lagoon View Beach Villa with Swirl Pool, about 51 square metres on the sand with your own pool, for your three island nights: from USD 370 (KES 47,700)
Doha by the sea: your two Doha nights at Hilton Doha The Pearl, a beachfront resort on The Pearl with a private beach and breakfast included: from USD 490 (KES 63,200)
+ Inclusions
Return economy flights from JKIA to Malé through Doha and from Malé to JKIA with two nights in Doha, on Qatar Airways, with the checked baggage allowance on your fare
Qatar tourist visa for each of you through the Hayya platform, subject to approval by the Qatari authorities
Three nights at Centara Ras Fushi Resort & Spa Maldives or similar, in a Lagoon View Beach Villa
Half Board Plus in the Maldives: breakfast every day and dinner every evening, with two drinks each at dinner
The Maldives green tax for both of you for all three island nights
Return shared speedboat transfers between Malé airport and the resort
One shared dhoni trip in search of dolphins
Two nights at Al Najada Doha Hotel by Tivoli or similar, with daily breakfast
Private airport transfers in Doha on arrival and departure
Two hour traditional dhow cruise on Doha Bay with hotel pickup
Entry to the Museum of Islamic Art
Shared half day desert safari by 4x4 to Khor Al Adaid, the Inland Sea, with hotel pickup
Pre departure briefing on your Qatar visa, the IMUGA traveller declarations, yellow fever certificates, travel insurance, dress and local laws
Your Baecation planner on WhatsApp before and throughout the trip
- Exclusions
Yellow fever vaccination and certificate
Travel insurance that covers flight disruption, which we ask every couple on this trip to hold
Lunches and any meals not listed under inclusions
Drinks beyond the two each at dinner in the Maldives
Snorkel gear hire, spa treatments, watersports, diving and other excursions
Minibar, room service and in villa dining
Taxi and Metro fares in Doha outside the included transfers, including the short ride to the museum
Camel rides, sandboarding and other extras at the desert stop
Early check in and late check out
Any compulsory gala dinners the hotels charge over Christmas and New Year
Extra baggage beyond the allowance on your fare
Optional activities and the add ons listed below
Tips and gratuities
Personal spending and shopping
What To Carry
Passports valid for at least six months beyond your travel date
Printed copies of your Qatar visa approvals, one for each of you
The QR codes from your IMUGA traveller declarations, filed within 96 hours before arrival in the Maldives and again before departure
Your yellow fever certificates, as the Maldives and Qatar both require them from travellers arriving from Kenya and airlines can refuse boarding without them
Your marriage certificate
Printed copies of your e tickets, both hotel vouchers and your travel insurance certificate, as Maldives immigration asks to see your tickets and booking
A bank card you can use abroad, as Maldives immigration may ask for proof of funds and the resort charges lunches and drinks to your villa
Swimwear and a light cover up for the island
Modest outfits that cover shoulders and knees for Doha
One smart casual outfit each for dinners
A light jacket or shawl for the desert evening and air conditioned spaces
Sandals or water shoes for the island and closed shoes for the dunes
Reef safe sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
A UK style three pin plug adapter for Doha
Personal medication with your prescriptions, checked with your planner before you pack
No alcohol in your luggage, as neither the Maldives nor Qatar allows visitors to bring it in
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