Beach Villa
One bedroom · beachThe entry beach register — sand-step, the simpler footprint.
Six Senses Kanuhura
Three islands held under one retreat — the Six Senses Maldives second act.
Signature Retreats · arranged by avé
Six Senses Kanuhura, at a glance.
For the Six Senses traveller after a softer register · the three-island estate · the castaway lunch.
- The Six Senses traveller after a softer register
- the design-led family
- the wellbeing-led couple
Prices come with our reply, for your dates
- Transfer
- 40 min seaplane from Velanathe Lhaviyani line
- Villas
- 85 villas across beachfront, family and over-watercount to confirm against post-2024 expansion
- Dining
- MarketBottega (Italian) · Sip & Sand (charcoal day, Japanese evening) · The Point (Spanish tapas) · Drift (castaway lunch)
- Spa
- Six Senses Spasleep programme · longevity protocol
- Signature
- The three-island estateJehunuhura and Masleggihuraa held as castaway islets
- Board
- Half-Board · Full-Board
The retreat, in full
Kanuhura relaunched under the Six Senses flag on 1 September 2023, after a long closure that reset the property from the slightly tired Sun Group asset into a contemporary Six Senses expression. The three-island estate is the headline: the main Kanuhura island, plus the two uninhabited islets of Jehunuhura and Masleggihuraa, used for castaway lunches, stargazing dinners, and picnics. The Six Senses wellness layer is fully present — sleep programme, longevity programming, organic garden — and the kitchen runs to six houses, from Italian Bottega to Drift's castaway lunch. The mood is softer and more sociable than the sister property in Laamu — same DNA, different register.
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
- Kanuhura's Six Senses relaunch opened 1 September 2023 — the second Six Senses property in the country, after Laamu.
- The three-island estate is the headline — the main island plus the two uninhabited islets used for castaway dining and stargazing.
- Softer and more sociable than the Laamu sister — same Six Senses DNA, the Lhaviyani location keeps it within easier transfer reach.
Gallery
The retreat, seen.
Villas
The villas, category by category.
14 villa categories at Six Senses Kanuhura. Sizes and occupancy are the retreat’s own — enquire about any one directly.
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Beach Villa with Pool
One bedroom · beach plus plungeA beach villa with a private plunge held off the deck — the working register on the sand line.
Beach Retreat with Pool
One bedroom · beach retreatA beachfront retreat with a private plunge — held quietly along the shore line.
Family Beach Retreat with Pool
Family · beach retreatA family-sized beachfront retreat — connected rooms, the same private plunge.
Deluxe Beach Villa with Pool
One bedroom · deluxe beachThe deluxe register on the beach line — a larger footprint, the same private plunge.
Deluxe Beach Villa Suite with Pool
One bedroom · deluxe suiteA deluxe beach villa suite — the larger pavilion, the deeper privacy on the sand.
Two Bedroom Beach Retreat with Pool
Two bedrooms · beach retreatA two-bedroom beach retreat — held for the family or the small party.
Two Bedroom Beach Villa with Pool
Two bedrooms · beach villaA two-bedroom beach villa with private plunge — the family register on the sand.
Two Bedroom Beach Villa Suite with Pool
Two bedrooms · beach suiteA two-bedroom beach suite — the deluxe footprint, two bedrooms held under one roof.
Three Bedroom Beach Villa Suite with Pool
Three bedrooms · beach suiteA three-bedroom beach suite — the largest beach-side register, held privately.
Three Bedroom Beach Reserve
Three bedrooms · the reserveThe reserve register — three bedrooms held privately along the longer beach line.
Water Villa with Pool
One bedroom · over-water plungeOver-water on the lagoon — long deck, plunge, the easy descent.
Family Water Villa with Pool
Family · over-waterA family-sized water villa — connected rooms over the lagoon, the same private plunge.
Two Bedroom Water Villa with Pool
Two bedrooms · over-waterA two-bedroom over-water — held for the small party, the long deck above the lagoon.
Dining
The tables, venue by venue.
5 restaurants and bars at Six Senses Kanuhura, with menus where the retreat publishes them.
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Italian
Bottega
A small Italian room — pasta drawn each morning, a long lunch under the casuarinas.
Charcoal day · Japanese evening
Sip & Sand
The room that flips through the day — charcoal grill at lunch, Japanese counter through the evening.
Spanish tapas
The Point
A circular tapas room held around a pool — the long late-afternoon hour.
Castaway · on Jehunuhura
Drift
A castaway lunch held on the uninhabited Jehunuhura — the boat, the sand, the long return.
Main · buffet with live stations
The Market
The house room — breakfast and supper across the meal plan, with the live stations running across the evening.
Meal plans · arranged with the retreat, adjustable on request
- Half-BoardBreakfast & dinner
- Full-BoardAll three meals, daily
Beyond the villa
What fills the days.
What Six Senses Kanuhura does well, with its own schedules and menus where it publishes them. Open one to read it.
IslandThe castaway islets
Jehunuhura and Masleggihuraa are held as uninhabited islets — the castaway lunch at Drift and the stargazing night both happen off the main island.
IslandThe three-island estate
The 2023 relaunch drew one retreat over three islands — the register moves between them by dhoni and whim.
DiningThe table's range
Market to Bottega to The Point's tapas — Sip & Sand turns from charcoal day to Japanese evening.
Six Senses Spa
The brand's sleep programme and longevity protocol on the softer of the two Maldives addresses — wellness held sociable rather than monastic.
Honeymoons, anniversaries, birthdays
A private islet changes what an occasion can be — the vow at Jehunuhura with nobody else ashore, dinner at Drift, the party returned by dhoni under the stars.
A day at Six Senses Kanuhura · a sketch, redrawn for you
- First light
The main island
The beach line before breakfast — the estate's clock starts gently.
- Morning
The dhoni out
A castaway islet, a snorkel line, or the Lhaviyani dive sites — the water decides.
- Afternoon
The sleep programme
Six Senses' quiet science — or the simpler protocol of a hammock at Jehunuhura.
- Evening
Sip & Sand, turned
Charcoal by day, Japanese by night — then The Point's tapas if the evening runs long.
Location
Lhaviyani Atoll, and the way there.
- Where
- Kanuhura · Lhaviyani AtollMore in Lhaviyani Atoll
- Getting there
- 40 min seaplane from Velana · the Lhaviyani lineBy seaplane
From the journal
Further reading.
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