132 SQM
Beach Pool Villa
One bedroom · 132 sqm · 9 villasSand-step, walled garden, a quiet plunge pool — the simpler beach register.
Hurawalhi Island Resort
Adults-only, sustainability-led — and home to the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant.
Signature Retreats · arranged by avé
Hurawalhi Island Resort, at a glance.
For the quieter couple — adults-only, the 5.8 undersea room, and a long marine programme on the Lhaviyani reefs.
- Quiet couples
- the longer, slower stay
Prices come with our reply, for your dates
- Transfer
- 40 min seaplanedaytime arrivals
- Villas
- 90beach, ocean, romantic over-water
- Dining
- Four restaurants + champagne pavilion5.8 undersea · teppanyaki
- Spa
- Duniye Spaover-water pavilions
- Signature
- 5.8 Underseaadults-only · the reef mantas
- Board
- Breakfast · Half-Board · Full-Board · All-Inclusive Plus
The retreat, in full
Hurawalhi is one of a small handful of adults-only retreats in the country — a quiet island in the Lhaviyani Atoll, drawn around the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant (5.8, named for the depth in metres below the lagoon). One island, one resort — about 400 metres long, 6.5 hectares, 90 villas. The register is calm and considered, the marine programme serious, and the dining card runs from the underwater room to a small teppanyaki counter.
Arrival. 40-minute seaplane from Velana International. We time the transfer to your flight, and confirm it in writing with the rest of the stay.
Worth knowing
- 5.8 is the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant; the lunch and dinner tastings are different in register.
- Hurawalhi is adults-only (15+) — the cadence of the island reflects that, particularly at sunset.
- Lhaviyani holds the world's largest known population of reef manta rays — the Marine Biology Centre runs workshops and held trips with the resident biologist.
Gallery
The retreat, seen.
Villas
The villas, category by category.
5 villa categories at Hurawalhi Island Resort. Sizes and occupancy are the retreat’s own — enquire about any one directly.
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132 SQM
Beach Sunset Pool Villa
One bedroom · 132 sqm · 21 villasWest-facing beach villa — the long sunset hour, the same private infinity pool.
105 SQM
Ocean Villa
One bedroom · 105 sqm · 15 villasOver-water on the lagoon — direct access from the deck, the lighter register without a pool.
132 SQM
Ocean Pool Villa
One bedroom · 132 sqm · 30 villasOver-water with a private infinity pool drawn off the lagoon deck — stairs straight into the warm Indian Ocean.
105 SQM
Romantic Ocean Villa
One bedroom · 105 sqm · 15 villasThe signature water house — an indulgent bathtub on the terrace, the ocean as backdrop.
Dining
The tables, venue by venue.
6 restaurants and bars at Hurawalhi Island Resort, with menus where the retreat publishes them.
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Underwater · tasting
5.8 Undersea Restaurant
The world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant — 5.8 metres below the lagoon, ten tables, a seven-course tasting at lunch and dinner.
Sunset · canapés
Champagne Pavilion
An over-water pavilion held for the sunset hour — Taittinger, canapés, the long west light.
International · open-air
Canneli Buffet Main Restaurant
The main room — lagoon-side, open-air, live cooking stations across breakfast and dinner.
Coco Bar
Junk Food Kitchen
Pan-Asian · teppanyaki
Kashibo Restaurant
Over-water Asian — Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and a small teppanyaki counter. The wine cellar sits inside.
Meal plans · arranged with the retreat, adjustable on request
- BreakfastMornings included
- Half-BoardBreakfast & dinner
- Full-BoardAll three meals, daily
- All-Inclusive PlusAll-inclusive, with more held
Beyond the villa
What fills the days.
What Hurawalhi Island Resort does well, with its own schedules and menus where it publishes them. Open one to read it.
Dining5.8 Undersea
The world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant, 5.8 metres down — the lunch and dinner tastings read differently, and both are worth a sitting.
MarineThe reef mantas
Lhaviyani holds the world's largest known population of reef mantas — the Marine Biology Centre runs workshops and held trips with the resident biologists.
MarineThe retreat reef
Mapped properly by the retreat — the snorkel map above marks the channels, the drop-offs and the quiet entries.
Duniye Spa
Over-water pavilions on the quiet shoulder of the island — the adults-only register means the spa's hush extends well past its own walls. The retreat publishes its menu plainly below.
Honeymoons, anniversaries, birthdays
An adults-only island keeps an occasion grown-up — vows over the glass at 5.8, the champagne pavilion at dusk, a sandbank held for two. Quiet, considered, witnessed by the reef.
A day at Hurawalhi Island Resort · a sketch, redrawn for you
- First light
The retreat reef
Snorkel the marked line before breakfast — the reef wakes earlier than the island.
- Late morning
The biology centre
The manta workshops set up the afternoon's trip — known cleaning stations, held small.
- Afternoon
Duniye
Over-water rooms, the menu published, the hush guaranteed by the door policy.
- Evening
Five-point-eight metres down
The undersea tasting as the reef lights change — book the glass early in the stay.
Location
Lhaviyani Atoll, and the way there.
- Where
- Hurawalhi · Lhaviyani AtollMore in Lhaviyani Atoll
- Getting there
- 40 min seaplane · daytime arrivalsBy seaplane
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