Fari Islands · North Malé Atoll
A modern island, drawn in clean line and quiet colour.
- 90 villas
- 45 min speedboat from Velana
- Design-led couples
Resorts · MMXXVI
The Resorts,
composed.
The luxury houses of the atolls — overwater villas, private islands, and the favours of a long-held relationship with the best addresses in the country.
The Houses
Complete comfort, pristine privacy.
Reethi Rah · North Malé Atoll
A large island with twelve beaches — for the party that wants space.
- 118 villas
- 45-55 min boat
- Multi-generational
Ithaafushi · South Malé Atoll
Three islands held under one register — a luxury house drawn over a private archipelago.
- 119 villas
- 30 min yacht
- Whole-island parties
Medhufaru · Noonu Atoll
A lagoon, a slide, a sky full of stars.
- 61 villas
- 40 min seaplane from Velana
- Families
Thiladhoo · Baa Atoll · UNESCO Biosphere
No schedules, no menus, no two days alike — held privately, house by house.
- — villas
- 30 min seaplane
- Held privacy
Embudhufushi & Olhuveli · Dhaalu Atoll
Two islands joined by a bridge — Play & Chill — drawn around a younger, livelier register.
- 134 villas
- 45 min seaplane
- The lively couple
Hurawalhi · Lhaviyani Atoll
Adults-only, sustainability-led — and home to the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant.
- 90 villas
- 40 min seaplane
- Quiet couples
Muravandhoo · Raa Atoll
The joy of living, drawn in sand and sea.
- 73 villas
- 40 min seaplane from Velana
- Design-minded couples
Emboodhoo Lagoon · North Malé Atoll
Island couture — bold strokes on a quiet lagoon.
- 80 villas
- 15 min speedboat from Velana
- Design-curious couples and families after graphic style over driftwood neutral
Feydhoo Finolhu · Kaafu Atoll
Bright island, all hands open — seven minutes from the runway.
- 127 villas
- 7 min speedboat from Velana
- Families and couples after an active, social all-inclusive
Maamutaa · Gaafu Alifu Atoll
A natural lake and a wide lagoon — the rare premium all-inclusive in the deep south.
- 122 villas
- 50 min domestic to Kooddoo + 15 min speedboat
- Family stays
Ailafushi · North Malé Atoll
A short crossing from Velana — all-inclusive ease for the open week.
- 268 villas
- 15 min speedboat
- The shorter, livelier family week
Meyyafushi · Lhaviyani Atoll
A house drawn in pool-water, palm, and pristine reef.
- 95 villas
- 35 min seaplane from Velana
- Families
Ookolhufinolhu · Lhaviyani Atoll
A design-led, all-inclusive house on a sandbank island in Lhaviyani.
- 150 villas
- ~30 min seaplane
- The design-led all-inclusive week — couples or family
Joy Island · North Malé Atoll
A butterfly-shaped island held for the easy all-inclusive week.
- 151 villas
- 40 min speedboat from Velana
- The all-inclusive week
Uthurumaafaru · Raa Atoll
An adults-only house held for two — rustic over-water on Raa.
- 109 villas
- 45 min seaplane from Velana
- Couples
Beach line · morning
Embudhoo · South Malé Atoll
One of the country's first houses — a divers' island, held quietly.
- 122 villas
- 20 min speedboat from Velana
- The dive-led week
Garden room · colonial line
Gan · Addu Atoll
The southernmost house — a former RAF base, English gardens, and the great wrecks of Addu.
- 78 villas
- 5 min by car from Gan International
- The deep-south diver
Beach line · morning
Ziyaaraifushi · North Malé Atoll
The eco-led Kaimoo house — coral propagation, glass-bottled water, a barefoot register.
- 156 villas
- 45 min speedboat from Velana
- The value-led over-water week
Ottoman line · the public room
Maguhdhuvaa · Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
A Turkish house in the deep south — hammam, Ottoman line, eight kitchens.
- 112 villas
- 55 min domestic to Kaadedhdhoo
- Design-led couples
Villa · the long pool
Somewhere & Nowhere · Baa Atoll · UNESCO Biosphere
Pronounced "dot here" — nine villas across two private islands. The smallest house in the country.
- 9 villas
- 30 min seaplane from Velana
- The full-buyout family
Beach line · morning
Bandos · North Malé Atoll
The country's second resort, opened December 1972 — origin-story Maldives.
- 215 villas
- 15 min speedboat from Velana
- The short transfer
Beach pavilion · sand-step
Kuda Huraa · North Malé Atoll
The first international luxury house in the country — the garden island of the Four Seasons pair.
- 96 villas
- 25 min speedboat from Velana
- The family week
Beach villa · sand-step
Landaa Giraavaru · Baa Atoll · UNESCO Biosphere
The wellness and marine half of the Four Seasons pair — 44 acres in the Baa Biosphere.
- 103 villas
- 30 min seaplane from Velana
- The Ayurvedic week
Kandooma Right · the take-off
Kandoomafushi · South Malé Atoll
The surf-led IHG house — Kandooma Right at the door, the family programme held.
- 160 villas
- 45 min speedboat from Velana
- The surf-led family
Lighthouse · the over-water grill
Maamunagau · Raa Atoll
The IHG flagship in the Maldives — Club InterContinental held across the whole island.
- 81 villas
- 35 min seaplane from Velana
- The recognised-brand week
Beach retreat · sand-step
Kanuhura · Lhaviyani Atoll
Three islands held under one house — the Six Senses Maldives second act.
- 85 villas
- 40 min seaplane from Velana
- The Six Senses traveller after a softer register
Over-water · the retractable roof
Olhuveli · Laamu Atoll
The remote Six Senses — for many years the only resort in Laamu.
- 97 villas
- 65 min seaplane from Velana
- The wellness-led week
Dhoni-form villa · the curve
Makunufushi · South Malé Atoll
All over-water — villas drawn from the line of the Maldivian dhoni.
- 33 villas
- 40 min speedboat from Velana
- The design-led couple
Beach suite · sand-step
Maalifushi · Thaa Atoll
The only house in Thaa — surf, wellness, and the long quiet south.
- 65 villas
- 60 min seaplane from Velana
- The surf-led wellness week
Correspondence
Asked, quietly answered.
The dry season runs November to April; January through March is at its calmest. Shoulder months (November, late April) offer excellent conditions with fewer travellers and slightly lower rates.
Resorts within forty minutes of Malé use private speedboat. Outer-atoll houses use a domestic flight plus speedboat, or a seaplane direct from Malé. Every transfer is held privately and aligned to your arrival window.
Six to twelve months ahead is unhurried. For peak season at houses like Soneva Jani or Velaa, nine to twelve months is the right pace.
Always — in writing with each house, before you arrive. Special occasions, in-villa setups and bespoke moments are confirmed the same way.
Every journey is composed individually — accommodation, transfers, the meal plan chosen for you, and the small in-villa favours. We do not work from packages.
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