Maldives resorts
27 retreats, from a seven-minute crossing to the far atolls.
A considered short list across 11 atolls rather than a marketplace. Filter by the kind of stay, how you’d like to arrive, or the atoll — then hold the ones you like.
The retreats
10 of 27 retreats
See them on the atlasSerious spas, resident practitioners, and programmes that outlast the flight home. The wellbeing collection
Signature Retreats · 6
The country’s flagship addresses.
- Noonu
Soneva Jani
A lagoon, a slide, a sky full of stars.
- 61 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- Families
- Lhaviyani
Hurawalhi Island Resort
Adults-only, sustainability-led — and home to the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant.
- 90 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- Quiet couples
- Raa
JOALI Maldives
The joy of living, drawn in sand and sea.
- 73 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- Design-minded couples
- Baa
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru
The wellness and marine half of the Four Seasons pair — 44 acres in the Baa Biosphere.
- 103 villas
- 30 min · seaplane
- The Ayurvedic week
- Lhaviyani
Six Senses Kanuhura
Three islands held under one retreat — the Six Senses Maldives second act.
- 85 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- The Six Senses traveller after a softer register
- Laamu
Six Senses Laamu
The remote Six Senses — for many years the only resort in Laamu.
- 97 villas
- 65 min · seaplane
- The wellness-led week
Distinctive Retreats · 2
Smaller, characterful, with a strong point of view.
- South Malé
COMO Cocoa Island
All over-water — villas drawn from the line of the Maldivian dhoni.
- 33 villas
- 40 min · speedboat
- The design-led couple
- Thaa
COMO Maalifushi
The only retreat in Thaa — surf, wellness, and the long quiet south.
- 65 villas
- 60 min · seaplane
- The surf-led wellness week
All-Inclusive Ease · 2
Everything in one price — an easy first trip or a relaxed week.
- Gaafu Alifu
Pullman Maldives Maamutaa
A natural lake and a wide lagoon — the rare premium all-inclusive in the deep south.
- 122 villas
- 65 min · flight + boat
- Family stays
- Lhaviyani
Meyyafushi Maldives
A retreat drawn in pool-water, palm, and pristine reef.
- 95 villas
- 35 min · seaplane
- Families
Questions
Islands and retreats, in practice.
A local island is an inhabited island — a working harbour, a village, family-run guesthouses — and we operate the journey ourselves: rooms, boats, guides and transfers in one package. A retreat is a resort island of its own; we arrange the stay with the resort. Many journeys combine the two.
Everything between the airport and the goodbye: private transfers, rooms at guesthouses we know by name, the day’s excursions and dives, and tables booked ahead — one conversation and one bill.
On an island journey we run the transfer ourselves, as part of the package. Retreats near Malé are reached by speedboat straight from the airport — from about seven minutes to under an hour; further atolls by seaplane, which flies in daylight, or by a domestic flight and a short boat ride. Each island and retreat page gives its own transfer, and we time it to your flight.
No booking fee on either. On an island journey there is no separate fee at all — our margin sits inside the single package price you accept. On a resort stay we are paid by the retreats, and the terms say so plainly. Either way, the price is set out in your proposal before anything is booked.
The inhabited islands are dry, and the village asks for shoulders and knees covered; swimwear is for the designated beach, the lagoons and private boats. We can arrange evenings on a private dhoni for a glass of wine with supper. Retreats are licensed and dress as you please.
Yes. Tell us when you write and we confirm them in writing before you travel — with the guesthouse on an island journey, with the retreat on a resort stay. The same for anniversaries, honeymoons and private set-ups.