COMO Maalifushi: 59 villas and suites, each with its own pool, in Thaa Atoll, an hour by seaplane from Malé
A week here, month by monthMaalifushi suits families who want a children’s club and surf outings, with the lowest seller on Google showing one night for 2 adults from $944. For a short break centred on a quick arrival, I would choose an island reached by boat.
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I would ask for a Water Suite for sunrise: its doors open from the living area to a terrace with a plunge pool and direct access to the lagoon.
Read on 12 October 2026, the single nights from 3 to 9 December 2026 range from $944 to $961 for 2 adults. The dearest night shown is 31 December 2026, at $4,278.
Under COMO Advance Booking, charges carry a 10% service charge and prevailing government taxes; green tax applies to every night. In a Water Suite, babysitting and laundry are charged separately.
The games room at Thila is open to all guests; I would keep it in mind for a change from the villa, with the bar open until 11pm.
COMO Maalifushi is the group’s largest private-island resort in the Maldives and, by its own account, the first and only one in Thaa Atoll; guests in 2023 and 2025 write that no other resort is in sight. Its 59 villas and suites, designed by the Japanese architect Koichiro Ikebuchi with teak floors and thatched roofs, run from 101 to 408 m², and every one has its own pool. 7 types stand on the beach and 4 over the water; families have six 2-bedroom types to choose from, and the 4-bedroom COMO Residence.
The ocean is the reason to come. Farms, one of the best waves in the Maldives, is 25 minutes away by boat, with Tropicsurf guides living on the island from April to October; the resort counts 33 dive sites, and on the house reef guests in 2026 describe sharks, rays and turtles. The COMO Shambhala spa has 8 treatment rooms over the water, a sauna, a steam room and a jacuzzi. There are 3 restaurants, Madi, the Japanese Tai and Thila by the pool, and 3 themed nights a week.
The distance is part of the stay, and it has a price. The seaplane is $1,050 per adult return and does not fly after 4.30pm; on Google Hotels a night between October and January ran from $953 to $4,278, taxes included. On the island you eat at the resort’s 3 restaurants and there is nothing else around: anyone who wants a different table every night, or a short transfer from the airport, will be happier in an atoll closer to Malé.
Lumina Guide 2027
COMO Maalifushi stands alone in Thaa Atoll, with no other resort in sight: 59 pool villas, the Farms surf break 25 minutes away by boat and a COMO Shambhala spa over the water.
How we choose the hotelsWhat we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
The only resort in Thaa Atoll, by its own account, an hour by seaplane; Farms 25 minutes away by boat.
A quiet resort among the palms, designed by Koichiro Ikebuchi and best explored by bicycle, with the uninhabited Lavadhoo 10 minutes away by boat.
11 types from 101 to 408 m², all with a private pool; 7 on the beach, 4 over the water.
Madi, Tai and Thila, with 3 themed nights at Madi: Indian on Mondays, lobster and Champagne on Wednesdays, a seafood and meat grill on Fridays.
COMO Shambhala: 8 rooms over the water, sauna, steam room and jacuzzi, daily yoga; the signature massage from $200.
$953 to $4,278 a night for 2 on Google Hotels, taxes included; the seaplane, $1,050 per adult, on top.
What do COMO Maalifushi’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write of the seclusion of an atoll with no other resort, a house reef with sharks, rays and turtles, and the seaplane flight over the atolls.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Of the villas, guests write about the space, the privacy and the pool each one has; those over the water describe very large villas and the view from the deck.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests write about the villa hosts, often by name, the chefs at Tai and Madi, the dive centre and the surf guides.
Breakfast is at Madi, on the beach, from 7am to 10.30am: a small buffet with dishes cooked to order, facing the sea.
Guests who write about the bill speak of a stay worth the journey; the website’s offers include breakfast and dinner at Madi, and the seaplane is charged separately.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 9.0 | 42 | 98% |
| Room | 8.4 | 43 | 88% |
| Staff and service | 8.7 | 83 | 88% |
| Breakfast | 6.9 | 12 | 67% |
| Price | – | 8 | 75% |
The scores come from 130 Google reviews with text, left from 31 July 2015 to 28 September 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in the Maldives: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 6 October 2026. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.
The hotels we weigh it against in the Maldives:
Price: for two on the night of 5 December 2026, from $944 (seen on Google Hotels on 12 October 2026).
From 20 December 2026 to 5 January 2027, priced single nights range from $2,878 to $4,278 for 2 adults. I would check the exact dates again before booking: the single night of 30 January 2027 fell from $3,730 to $1,414 between the readings of 5 and 12 October 2026.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 13 October to 19 December 2026 | 944–1,195 |
| 20 Dec 2026–5 Jan 2027 | 2,878–4,278 |
| 6 January to 9 April 2027 | 1,066–3,538 |
| 10 April to 6 September 2027 | 980–3,266 |
Each figure is the lowest price any seller showed on Google for one night searched alone, for 2 adults, read 12 October 2026; the calendar stops on 6 September 2027. No price is shown for 29–30 December 2026. Lone lower nights in 2027: 3 May, $1,009; 10 May, $989; 27 June, $1,028; 30 June, $1,018; 8 and 16 July and 3 August, $1,066; 19 August, $980. For the night of 4 October 2026, read on 3 October, the calendar showed $1,439 and the resort’s own listing $1,440. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $1,163 a night; the resort’s own listing, $1,163.
COMO Cocoa Island suits a shorter journey, with a 40-minute speedboat from the international airport. Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa suits a stay centred on its house reef and marine centre, reached by domestic flight and speedboat.
| Hotel | A night, from |
|---|---|
| COMO Maalifushi | $961 |
| Cocoa Island | $1,031 |
| Park Hyatt Hadahaa | $1,440 |
The lowest single-night price shown by any seller on Google in the week of 16–22 November 2026, for 2 adults, read 12 October 2026.
Dinner at Tai, the spa over the water and a lagoon for children.
Indian Ocean fish prepared with Japanese techniques: sushi, tempura, fish and steak over charcoal, with Japanese whiskies, soju and umeshu. Sunset drinks run from 5pm to 7pm and dinner from 7pm to 10pm; Tai is closed on Fridays. On the beach, Madi serves Indian food on Mondays, lobster and Champagne on Wednesdays and a seafood and meat grill on Fridays.
8 treatment rooms over the water, an open-air yoga pavilion, a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi separate for men and women, a gym open around the clock and a padel court. The spa opens from 9am to 9pm; the COMO Shambhala Massage costs $200 for 75 minutes, plus service charge and tax.
Play by COMO takes children aged 4 to 11, from 9am to 6pm: treasure hunts, Maldivian cooking, boduberu drumming and junior marine biology. There are children’s bicycles, a playground, a games room for older children and babysitting on request. In July 2026 a family describes the children cycling round the island and the youngest, at 18 months, just as happy.
The seaplane is the only way in and is paid separately: $1,050 per adult and $550 per child aged 2 to 11, return, from 5 January 2026; $1,100 per adult from 6 January 2027. The flight takes an hour, sometimes with a stop at another resort, and the last take-off is before 4.30pm: anyone landing in Malé after 3.15pm sleeps there or at COMO Cocoa Island, 40 minutes from Malé by speedboat.
Rates on the website’s offers include breakfast and dinner at Madi. The Simply COMO all-inclusive, $349 per person per night with Ultimate Savings, adds lunches, drinks, group outings and a 60-minute massage for guests over 18; diving, private excursions, the seaplane and the Christmas and New Year galas are not included.
Surfing is run by Tropicsurf, with a guide based on the island from April to October and boat trips to Farms, in Thaa, and to the breaks of Laamu and Dhaalu; prices are given at the Surf Shack.
The sea is not the same everywhere: guests in 2026 describe a house reef full of sharks, rays and turtles. In May a couple walked at low tide to the islet in front of their villa, in reef shoes.
The resort’s own figures do not always match: the accommodation page and the fact sheet count 59 villas and suites, the wedding brochure 65; the island map and the accommodation page’s FAQ still name Garden Rooms, which the catalogue does not include. The fact sheet speaks of a 50-metre pool, the facilities page of 14.6 by 6 metres.
An hour by seaplane from Malé, then 5 minutes by speedboat
| Seaplane | 60 minutes from Malé airport in 15-seat propeller planes, with a possible stop; the FAQ says 30 to 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Price | $1,050 per adult and $550 per child aged 2 to 11, return, from 5 January 2026; $1,100 per adult from 6 January 2027 |
| Timing | Flight details at least 72 hours ahead; the last take-off is before 4.30pm, so land in Malé by 3.15pm |
| Private seaplane | Up to 10 people, $9,400 each way until 5 January 2027, then $9,900 |
| At the airport | A welcome in the arrivals hall and Manta Air’s VIP lounge, open from 6am to 8.30pm |
From the official website’s seaplane transfer flyer and «About» page, read on 6 October 2026; prices are net, with service charge and tax. Luggage allowance: 25 kg checked and 5 kg in the cabin per person. From COMO Cocoa Island there is a direct seaplane, with at least 3 nights at each resort or a $645 surcharge.
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Begin at Madi, where breakfast leaves time for another coffee before service ends at 10.30am.
Join a complimentary daily class in the open-air yoga pavilion at COMO Shambhala Retreat.
Settle into Thila, with sand underfoot and Madi’s menu to choose from.
Take a sunset drink at Tai; choose another evening if it is Friday, when the restaurant is closed.
Return to Madi for a menu shaped by tropical produce and seafood.
The platforms’ scores, read on 3 October 2026, and what guests write about the reef, the villas and the food.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.8/5 from 227 ratings. The Google reviews with text collected number 130, from 31 July 2015 to 28 September 2026, and only 15 date from 2025 and 2026: the figures by theme come from all 130. They are accounts of stays we have not verified.
6 stays described on Google between March 2025 and August 2026.
GoogleIn August 2026 a guest saw turtles and shoals of fish right by the villa, enjoyed the SeaBobs and had a first surfing lesson with the Tropicsurf guides. What stayed with them most was the staff, from the Japanese restaurant to the spa.
GoogleIn July 2026 a family describes the dolphin trip, yoga, padel and kayaking, and the children cycling round the island. Even the youngest, 18 months old, had a wonderful time: for them it is the right place for families.
GoogleIn May 2026 a couple in a sunset-facing water villa had the islet where the hotel holds picnics right in front, reachable on foot at low tide in reef shoes. The villa was a 10-minute walk from the restaurant through the palms; the well-equipped gym lacked a trainer.
GoogleIn April 2026 a surfer on half board paid only for wine at dinner and cocktails at happy hour. On the house reef there were sharks, rays and healthy coral; the Water Suite near Tai faced the sunrise, and the bicycles mattered on an island this spread out.
GoogleOn 18 August 2026 a pregnant surfer out with 3 of the resort’s instructors wrote that she was told to shut up, and spoken to rudely, while their pupils took waves out of turn. She advises against coming to COMO to surf with those guides.
GoogleIn March 2025 a guest on her tenth Maldives resort gave 3 stars: coarse sand full of coral, a long low tide, one restaurant open at lunch, the same breakfast every day and waits of up to 1 hour and 20 minutes at dinner. She praised Tai, with its omakase menu, and her spa therapist, though she found the spa very expensive; the island struck her as too quiet.
The questions people ask before booking COMO Maalifushi, with the sources read between 3 and 6 October 2026.
A COMO Hotels and Resorts property on its own island in Thaa Atoll, in the southern Maldives: the home page calls it the group’s largest private-island resort in the Maldives, the «About» page the first and only one to open in the atoll. It has 59 villas and suites, all with a pool, according to the accommodation page and the fact sheet, designed by Koichiro Ikebuchi with teak floors and thatched roofs. Google Hotels rates it 5 stars. The website does not give the year it opened; the oldest Google review collected dates from July 2015. EarthCheck certified it Silver in November 2024, says the sustainability page.
The wedding brochure counts 65 villas and suites instead, and the island map still marks Garden Rooms, which no room page offers.
11 types, all with a private pool, on the accommodation page. On the beach: Beach Suite, 101 m²; Beach Villa, 116; 2-bedroom Beach Suite, 131; Two-Bedroom Beach Villa, 145; Two-Bedroom Beach House, 178; Maalifushi Beach Villa, 296; and the 4-bedroom COMO Residence, 356. Over the water: Water Suite, 107 m²; Water Villa, 120; Maalifushi Water Villa, 213; and COMO Villa, 408.
The fact sheet counts them: 13 Beach Suites, 7 Beach Villas, 17 Water Suites and 13 Water Villas, then one or two of each other type. One-bedroom types sleep up to 4, including 3 children; 2-bedroom types up to 6. Pools run from 4.7 by 3.6 metres in the Beach Suites to 13.8 by 5.1 in the Residence; the website does not say whether the sizes include decks and pools.
In Thaa Atoll, in the southern Maldives, an hour by seaplane from Malé and 45 minutes from COMO Cocoa Island, according to the fact sheet. The Google listing gives only «Thaa Atoll, Maldives». The resort calls itself the only one in the atoll, and guests agree: in 2025 a guest writing in Italian saw no other resort or building on the horizon, and heard no boats.
It is a quiet island, with bicycles to get around and a 10-minute walk from the water villas to the restaurant, as a couple describes in May 2026. In December 2025 a guest found it peaceful, particularly outside the school holidays.
Only by seaplane: an hour from Malé in 15-seat propeller planes, which sometimes stop at another resort, then 5 minutes by speedboat from the platform to the island, according to the transfer flyer. A return costs $1,050 per adult and $550 per child aged 2 to 11 from 5 January 2026, $1,100 per adult from 6 January 2027; infants under 2 travel free. A private seaplane for up to 10 people costs $9,400 each way until 5 January 2027 and $9,900 after. Prices are net, with service charge and tax.
Flight details are due at least 72 hours ahead. The last take-off is before 4.30pm: anyone landing in Malé after 3.15pm sleeps in Malé or at COMO Cocoa Island, 40 minutes away by speedboat. The FAQ gives a flight of 30 to 60 minutes, the «About» page and the fact sheet 60. The Google Hotels listing shows a free airport shuttle, but the resort’s flyer charges for every transfer.
No: the island is reached only by seaplane, and on it you go on foot, by bicycle or by the on-demand buggy included in the website’s offers. The Google Hotels listing also marks parking as unavailable.
From the beach villas you step straight on to the sand; from the water villas and suites you enter the lagoon from the deck, as the villa pages describe. There are beaches on both sides of the island, a guest wrote in 2025, and in May 2026 a couple walked at low tide to the islet in front of their villa.
At low tide you can walk out to the islet, and it takes reef shoes.
Yes. The island map marks the Maalifushi House Reef, and the Aqua Safari with the marine biologist sets off from the house jetty, says the facilities page. In 2026 guests describe reef sharks, rays, turtles and healthy coral a few metres from the villas; in September a German guest called it «a pure experience».
The resort works with Seamarc and Reefscapers to replant coral, and guests can join in. The dive centre goes to 33 sites, with a first try-dive from $250 and the Open Water course from $995.
Every villa and suite has its own pool, from 4.7 by 3.6 metres to 13.8 by 5.1, all 1.2 metres deep, on the accommodation page. Then there is the resort pool beside Thila, which the facilities page gives as 14.6 by 6 metres and the fact sheet calls a 50-metre pool; the all-inclusive sheet describes it as lagoon-like. The spa has a plunge pool and a jacuzzi. Booking.com counts 2 pools.
Thila, the bar and restaurant by the pool with a sand floor, opens from 11am to 11pm and serves lunch from noon to 4pm.
The resort pool opens from 9am to 7pm, according to the island map; Thila, the bar beside it, from 11am to 11pm. The website does not say whether the pools are heated or at what temperature: in the Maldives, says the «About» page, it stays around 30 °C all year.
3 restaurants. Madi, on the beach, serves breakfast from 7am to 10.30am and dinner from 6.30pm to 10pm, with themed nights: Indian on Mondays, lobster and Champagne on Wednesdays, a seafood and meat grill on Fridays. Tai, the Japanese restaurant over the water, serves sunset drinks from 5pm to 7pm and dinner from 7pm to 10pm, and is closed on Fridays. Thila, a bar and restaurant by the pool with a sand floor, opens from 11am to 11pm and serves lunch from noon to 4pm. In-room dining runs around the clock.
These are the hours on the restaurants’ own pages, read on 15 October 2026: Madi serves breakfast and dinner only, and the dining page counts 3 restaurants and one bar. Private meals, from a caviar and Champagne breakfast at $399 a couple to a $110 hot pot, are on the private dining page.
The website’s offers, Ultimate Savings and Advance Booking, include breakfast and dinner at Madi. The Simply COMO all-inclusive adds breakfast at Madi, 3-course lunches at Thila or Tai, 3-course dinners at Madi, Tai or Thila, wine, Champagne, cocktails and drinks by the glass, a minibar restocked once a day, afternoon tea, sundowners with live music, one 60-minute COMO Shambhala massage per guest over 18, group trips with dolphins and turtles, a 30-minute photo shoot and one load of laundry.
With Ultimate Savings, Simply COMO costs $349 per person per night. Not included, according to the all-inclusive sheet: premium wines and spirits, diving, private excursions, nights on Lavadhoo island, the seaplane and the Christmas and New Year galas. In April 2026 a guest on half board paid only for wine and cocktails.
The COMO Shambhala Retreat has 8 treatment rooms over the water, an open-air yoga pavilion, a yoga studio, a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi separate for men and women, and a gym, according to the fact sheet. The facilities page speaks of 8 double treatment rooms; the all-inclusive adds a Finnish sauna, a plunge pool, a relaxation lounge and the padel court. The spa page calls it one of the group’s largest COMO Shambhala retreats, without giving its size.
Yoga and meditation are daily and free, and from 1 December 2026 to 15 February 2027, 2 visiting practitioners take turns, the first offering acupuncture and qigong.
The facilities are free for guests aged 16 and over, according to the spa menu: the gym, locker rooms, steam room, jacuzzi and sauna. Treatments are paid for, except the 60-minute massage per guest over 18 included in Simply COMO; under-16s can have treatments on request, and the family page offers gentle massages for children.
No resort page publishes a day pass for people not staying on the island, which is reached only by seaplane: the spa menu speaks only of COMO Maalifushi guests.
The spa opens from 9am to 9pm, the gym 24 hours and the padel court from 7am to 9pm, according to the spa menu. Treatments in the villa cost $75 extra and those outside opening hours $110; cancellations need 4 hours’ notice, or the full price is charged.
The menu starts with the COMO Shambhala Massage, $200 for 75 minutes and $235 for 90; the back massage is $155 for 45 minutes, hot stones $250 for 90, the COMO Shambhala Bath $315 for 120 minutes and the Sundãri facials $175 for 60. Add 10% service charge and tax. In August 2026 a guest advised not leaving the spa until the last day.
Yes. Play by COMO takes children aged 4 to 11, from 9am to 6pm, with games, cooking, boduberu drumming and marine biology, according to the FAQ and the facilities page; there are playgrounds, children’s bicycles, a games room for older children, cots and high chairs on request and paid babysitting. Children aged 6 and under eat free; from 7 they get 50% off the à la carte menu, up to 11 according to the FAQ and the facilities page, up to 12 according to the family page.
With Advance Booking, children under 12 eat free from the children’s menu. From 20 October to 2 November 2026 the Sharks4Kids programme runs on the island. In 2023 Travel + Leisure ranked it second among family resorts in the Maldives, the fact sheet notes.
According to the facilities page: the spa and gym, the watersports and marine sports centres, the padel court, the resort pool, Play by COMO, the library, a games room with a pool table, 5 event spaces, COMO The Shop and Wi-Fi throughout. Kayaks, paddleboards, snorkelling, catamaran sailing and windsurfing are included with Simply COMO; diving, deep-sea fishing, charters and lessons are paid for. The resort grows its own vegetables and bottles its own water in glass.
Guests in 2023 found a doctor on the island; the fact sheet does not mention one.
Read on 3 October 2026: Ultimate Savings, 35% off nights until 19 December 2026, breakfast and dinner included, free cancellation up to 48 hours before and Simply COMO at $349 per person per night; Advance Booking, up to 25% off, with changes up to 14 days before; and a festive offer of up to 25% off. Booking on the website brings a $150 resort credit, according to the direct-booking page, with some festive dates excluded.
Yes, with a symbolic ceremony: the wedding brochure warns that weddings in the Maldives are not legally recognised. Packages cost $2,700 on the beach, $1,800 on the jetty and $5,500 on the uninhabited island of Lavadhoo, 10 minutes away by boat, with a cake, Champagne, flowers, boduberu drums and 2 hours of photographs; group weddings run from $250 to $400 per guest, depending on the rooms booked. Add 10% service charge and tax.
The weddings page lists 5 settings, Madi Beach, the private jetty, Palm Island, Lavadhoo and the deck of the COMO Residence, and up to 150 guests when the whole island is booked.
Yes. The festive programme, from 24 December 2026 to 1 January 2027, holds the «Tropical Gatsby» gala on 31 December at Madi, Thila and the poolside from 7pm, with a live band, a DJ from 11pm and fireworks over the sea from 11.55pm; Tai is closed that evening. The programme prints no price for the dinner, and the all-inclusive sheet excludes the Christmas and New Year galas.
On 1 January there is a New Year’s lunch at Thila, $90 per person on bed and breakfast or half board, $60 on full board. On Google Hotels, read on 12 October 2026, the night of 31 December cost $4,278, and there were no prices for the 29th and 30th.
No: the fact sheet and the facilities page list no course or golf packages. The island has a padel court, free and open from 7am to 9pm, beach volleyball and fishing.
It is open all year: on Google Hotels, read on 3 October 2026, 118 of 120 nights between 4 October 2026 and 31 January 2027 had a price, all but 29 and 30 December. The «About» page sets the dry season, December to April, against the south-west monsoon, May to November, when rain is likelier but the water is clearer and the swell bigger; April brings the clearest water, the divers’ month.
For surfing, the Tropicsurf page gives April, May and October for learners and June to September for the biggest waves. In September 2026 a German guest had a single day of rain in 10.
On Google Hotels, read on 3 October 2026, a night for 2 adults cost $1,439 on 4 October 2026, $1,318 on 17 October, $1,231 on 23 November, $1,230 on 4 December, $2,878 on 20 December, $4,118 on 31 December and $1,352 on 11 January 2027, taxes and fees included. There were no prices for 29 and 30 December.
The calendar names no villa or meal plan. For 4 October the official site, on the same listing, asked $1,440 for a Beach Suite, with $339.69 of taxes and fees in its booking link, $1,646 for a Water Suite, $1,929 for a Beach Villa and $2,251 for a Water Villa; for the same Beach Suite Booking.com showed $3,050 and Agoda $2,924. The seaplane, $1,050 per adult return, is extra.
On 3 October 2026 Google gave 4.8/5 from 227 ratings, Tripadvisor 4.9/5 from 979, with a Travellers’ Choice 2026 award, and Booking.com 9.5/10 from 34, with 8.8 for value for money. Of the 130 Google reviews with text, from 2015 to 2026, 98% of those who mention the location are positive, 88% of those who mention the villas or the staff; on breakfast, 67% are happy.
The house reef, the villa hosts, the size of the villas and the quiet of the atoll keep coming back. You eat at the same 3 restaurants throughout the stay, and breakfast, at Madi, is a small buffet with dishes cooked to order.
Restaurants, the spa, activities and weddings carry 10% service charge plus government tax, as the private dining page and the spa menu state; seaplane prices are net. Google Hotels prices for the Maldives include taxes and fees: for 4 October the official site’s Beach Suite carried $339.69 of tax in $1,440. The Green Tax at resorts is $12 a person a night, children included from age 2 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026).
Check-in is from 2pm and check-out by noon, according to the Google Hotels listing; the website does not publish the times. The seaplanes matter more, as they do not fly after 4.30pm: anyone reaching Malé after 3.15pm sleeps in town. A late departure can be spent at COMO Cocoa Island, with dinner and a speedboat to the airport, for $1,350 for up to 2 adults and 2 children, according to the transfer flyer.
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This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.
