Fushifaru Maldives: 63 villas on a Lhaviyani island, 35 minutes by seaplane from Malé
A week here, month by monthFushifaru suits couples who want a resident host and a night on a private sandbank, with the lowest seller on Google showing one night for 2 adults from $636. Those who want a larger island to explore can consider Kuramathi.
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5 pairs of hotels, and the guide tells you whether this one suits you.
I would ask for the Beach Villa Sunset for its western position and lagoon outlook: 96 m², with an outdoor bathroom and a king-sized bed, for days spent between the villa and the sand.
In the calendar read on 12 October 2026, every night from 1 May to 3 July 2027 showed $636. The highest single night was 25 March 2027, at $1,013.
Online payments carry a 4% bank charge. On the seaplane, each guest has 20 kg checked and 5 kg hand luggage; excess costs $5 per kg before tax.
Check-out is at noon; if your flight leaves later, the resort can store your luggage. Keeping the villa longer depends on availability and costs 50% of the room rate.
At Fushifaru, the villa you book matters most. The Sunrise villas face east, towards the open ocean the Maldivians call Maakandu; the Sunset villas face west, over the Etherevari lagoon. Beach Villas average 96 m², with an open-air bathroom and no pool; Pool Beach Villas and the pool villas over the water reach 122 m², the 2 duplexes 240 and 250. The Jacuzzi Water Villa has a hot tub on its deck and no pool.
Guests write above all about the staff: of the 154 Google reviewers with text who mention them, 94% are positive. In the water, some step down the ladder among turtles and rays, and from October to November the mantas are a boat trip away at Fushifaru Thila; anyone who wants a house reef thick with coral will be happier on another island. Do the sums before you go: on 6 October 2026 Google showed $708 to $1,013 a night for 2 between 18 October 2026 and 31 January 2027, without naming the villa or the meal plan, and the website gives no seaplane fare.
Lumina Guide 2027
Fushifaru is a 63-villa island on the edge of Lhaviyani Atoll where every guest has a dedicated host, the sea is a few steps from the villa and mantas gather at Fushifaru Thila from October to November.
How we choose the hotelsWhat we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
On the north-eastern edge of Lhaviyani, 35 minutes by seaplane; Fushifaru Thila, the manta site, is a short way off.
A 63-villa island with a dedicated host, boduberu drumming and Thaana lessons, Maldivian cooking and dhoni trips.
9 villa types from 96 to 250 m² on average; pools in 6, a Jacuzzi in one, no plunge pool in the 2 Beach Villas.
Korakali, Raakani and the teppanyaki grill, 3 bars and 24-hour in-villa dining; no meal plan on the website.
Veyoge Spa from 10am to 7pm, with a steam room, sauna and cool plunge pool; a 24-hour gym and an outdoor yoga deck.
Google: $708 to $1,013 a night for 2, October 2026 to January 2027; no public price for the seaplane or meals.
What do Fushifaru’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.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests write of a small island, the beach, snorkelling from the shore among turtles and rays, and the sandbank close by, which they say not to miss.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Of the villas, guests write about the space, the open-air bathrooms and housekeeping twice a day; those over the water step down into the lagoon from the ladder on their deck.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests write about the dedicated host, the waiters who remember everyone’s habits and the guides who take them snorkelling among turtles and sharks, often named.
Breakfast is the buffet at Korakali, on the beach, from 7am to 10am: guests write about eggs and pancakes cooked to order and freshly cut fruit.
The villa rate comes with a dedicated host, housekeeping twice a day and, for those who book on the website, snorkelling gear and non-motorised water sports; the seaplane and taxes are added.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 9.0 | 89 | 93% |
| Room | 8.5 | 61 | 90% |
| Staff and service | 9.0 | 154 | 94% |
| Breakfast | 7.9 | 13 | 85% |
| Price | – | 19 | 63% |
The scores come from 211 Google reviews with text, left from 14 November 2017 to 18 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 1 May 2027, from $636 (seen on Google Hotels on 12 October 2026).
From 10 to 30 April 2027, each single night showed $852, before the lower prices of May. I would compare the full stay before paying: even within the May-to-August period, individual nights ranged from $636 to $753.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026–9 Apr 2027 | 686–1,013 |
| 10 April to 30 April 2027 | 852 every night |
| 1 May to 12 August 2027 | 636–753 |
| 13 August to 5 September 2027 | 636–892 |
Lowest seller price on Google Hotels for one night searched separately for 2 adults, read on 12 October 2026; no room or meal plan is named. The calendar ends on 5 September 2027. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $792 a night; the resort’s own listing, $1,028.
Kuramathi suits families who want a larger island and a kids’ club for ages 3 to 12. Cocoon is the alternative for design-led villas and an all-inclusive plan in the same atoll.
Lowest seller price on Google for one night searched separately for 2 adults within 16–22 November 2026, read on 12 October 2026; no room or meal plan is named.
The table, the spa and Maldivian culture, beyond the villa.
Korakali serves breakfast, lunch and dinner on the beach, Raakani catch of the day and grills under a thatched pavilion, and the teppanyaki grill runs from 7pm to 10pm. The Sushi Dhoni brings sushi and sashimi to your villa on a tray shaped like a Maldivian boat.
The spa opens from 10am to 7pm, set in the greenery, with a steam room, a sauna and a cool plunge pool in its relaxation area; the beauty salon and the 24-hour gym sit alongside. The website publishes no treatment menu or prices.
The resort lists lessons in boduberu, the Maldivian drum, in Thaana script and in local cooking, trips on a traditional dhoni, visits to an inhabited island and a weekly coconut show.
The seaplane flies in daylight only: to catch it, your international flight must land between 6am and 3.45pm and leave between 9am and 8pm. Each guest has 20 kg of checked luggage and 5 kg of hand luggage, with excess at $5 a kilo plus tax. The transfer fare is not published.
The website's rates carry a 10% service charge, 17% T-GST and a Green Tax of $12 per person per night (children under 2 are exempt); paying online adds a 4% bank charge. The same 17% T-GST, the tourism rate since 1 July 2025 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026), applies to the 2025 wedding price list.
The Jacuzzi Water Villa has a hot tub on its deck and no pool, even though the website's listing carries a «Plunge Pool» tag. Google marks a hot tub as unavailable at the resort; the Jacuzzi Water Villas say otherwise.
By seaplane from Malé, or a domestic flight and a speedboat
| Seaplane from Velana | 35 minutes over 145 km, after a 5-minute bus ride to the TMA terminal |
|---|---|
| International flight | Land between 6am and 3.45pm, leave between 9am and 8pm |
| Domestic flight | 35 minutes to Madivaru, then 15 minutes by speedboat |
| Luggage | 20 kg checked and 5 kg hand luggage; $5 a kilo over, before tax |
| Cancellation | Within 72 hours, 50% of the leg; a no-show pays the full fare |
From the official website's «Getting Here» and «Terms & Conditions» pages, read on 6 October 2026. The seaplane fare is not published. In a review from September 2026 a guest wrote that the return seaplane left from Kuredu, reached by boat.
Fushifaru · Lhaviyani Atoll
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Start with island-inspired flavours at Korakali, on the beach.
Try palm weaving or a Thaana writing workshop, among the resort’s Maldivian cultural activities.
Leave the beach for the greenery around Veyoge Spa and its cool plunge pool.
At Teppanyaki, dinner comes with flame-grilled seafood and cooking performed in front of you.
Make the evening a film under the stars, one of the resort’s dining experiences.
The platforms' scores, read on 3 October 2026, and what guests write about the villas, the reef and the table.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.8/5 from 324 ratings. We read all 211 Google reviews with text in full, from 14 November 2017 to 18 September 2026: they are accounts of stays we have not verified.
Google324 reviews4.8/5
Tripadvisor2,367 reviews4.9/5
Booking.com169 reviews9.6/10
Expedia71 reviews9.4/106 stays described on Google in 2025 and 2026.
GoogleIn a review from September 2026, a family who spent 2 and a half weeks in August describe being moved up to a newly refurbished pool villa on the sunset side, close to the restaurant, where the music runs until 11pm. They saw builders at work on other villas without hearing them; on the way home, the seaplane left from Kuredu.
GoogleIn June 2026 a newly married couple described a spectacular bathroom, the pool in front of the villa and reserved loungers on the beach a few steps away; every evening a themed dinner, Italian night among them.
GoogleIn July 2026 the island felt tiny and romantic: breakfast much the same every day but always fresh, excellent dinners, and the nearby sandbank not to be missed. The one drawback was mosquitoes, despite regular spraying.
GoogleIn January 2026, on half board: buffet breakfast and dinner with a different cuisine every evening, and the villa cleaned twice a day. The deck and furniture showed their years; the Jacuzzi went unused, since the sea was enough.
GoogleIn March 2026 one guest found the value excellent, the hosts good and the spa decent, but the reef almost empty. In December 2025 a family with a 2-and-a-half-year-old saw 2 turtles almost every day in front of their Sunset Beach Villa.
GoogleBooked a week before the year-end holidays, a Pool Water Villa: rays and large turtles from the ladder every day, the Korakali buffet 14 times without tiring of it and, on the boat trip, 2 mantas the writers put down to luck.
The questions people ask before booking Fushifaru, answered from sources read between 3 and 6 October 2026.
A small resort on its own island: 63 villas, 44 on the beach and 19 over the water, each looked after by a dedicated host. Google lists it as a 5-star hotel. In 2019 guests wrote of 49 villas, 5 of them over the water: the Pool Water and Premium Pool Water villas, which the website calls «new», came later. In October 2026 the resort marks its ninth anniversary with a week of events from 20 to 24 October.
The website points to the BeKind group for its loyalty programme, environmental commitments and jobs, and sells combined stays with Meyyafushi Maldives.
9 types, with the average sizes the website publishes: Beach Villa Sunrise and Sunset, 96 m², with no pool; Pool Beach Villa Sunrise and Sunset, 122 m², with a private pool; the Jacuzzi Water Villa, 96 m², with a Jacuzzi on the deck; the Pool Water Villa and Premium Pool Water Villa, 122 m², with a pool; the Beach Duplex Villa, 240 m², and the Premium Beach Duplex Villa, 250 m², each with a pool and 2 units joined by a living room. Single villas sleep 3 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children; the duplexes 6 adults, or 4 adults and 4 children. Extra beds and cots are requested at booking, subject to availability.
The Sunrise villas sit on the east side and face the open ocean; the Sunset villas sit on the west, over the calm lagoon. The water villas are on the south of the island, a guest wrote in December 2023. An Italian guest recommended the Sunset side in January 2020; others noticed that wind and current shift from one side to the other with the season.
On the north-eastern edge of Lhaviyani Atoll, 145 km from Velana International Airport: 35 minutes by seaplane. Google gives the address as Lhaviyani Atoll, Fushifaru 07086. You walk everywhere on the island; Kuredu, the atoll's big resort island, is about 8 km to the north-west.
By seaplane: a resort host meets guests at the airport, then a 5-minute bus ride to the TMA seaplane terminal and a 35-minute flight. The seaplane flies in daylight only: your international flight must land between 6am and 3.45pm and leave between 9am and 8pm, otherwise the resort suggests a night at a hotel near the airport. The alternative is a 35-minute Maldivian domestic flight to Madivaru and a 15-minute speedboat ride.
The transfer fare is not published. The terms ask for flight details and names at least 72 hours ahead; each guest has 20 kg of checked luggage and 5 kg of hand luggage, with excess at $5 a kilo before tax, and infants travel without a seat or allowance. Cancelling within 72 hours costs 50% of the leg and a no-show the full fare. In a review from September 2026 a guest wrote that the return seaplane left from Kuredu, reached by boat.
No: Fushifaru is an island reached only by seaplane or boat. The website never mentions parking, and the resort's Google listing marks it as unavailable.
The beach villas each have a stretch of sand in front; the water villas have a private ladder into the lagoon. A guest, in a review from September 2026, describes a gently shelving shore with plenty of coral fragments: easy to wade in, as long as you watch your feet. In June 2026 a couple in a Pool Beach Villa had reserved loungers and a parasol on the beach.
Yes: the resort describes a house reef, its «Underwater Playground», a coral rejuvenation garden and Project Faru, in which guests plant a coral fragment with the marine biologist. Masks and fins are free when you book on the website.
Reviews disagree. In August 2026 one guest wrote of a fine reef right in front of the water villas; in 2022 another found it good, though not in front of them. The resort itself speaks of a coral garden being regrown, and in 2023 and 2026 guests write of bleached coral, with fish, turtles, rays and sharks all around it.
From October to November, the resort says: plankton in the atoll draws mantas to Fushifaru Thila, an underwater pinnacle near the island with a cleaning station, which the dive centre visits with divers and snorkellers alike. No sighting is guaranteed: one guest in late 2025 called the 2 mantas they met «lucky», another narrowly missed one.
6 of the 9 villa types have a private pool; the Premium Pool Water Villa's has a glass front, the Pool Water Villa's an infinity edge. The Jacuzzi Water Villa has a hot tub on its deck, and the Beach Villas have no outdoor pool at all. Fanihandhi Pool Bar sits beside the shared infinity pool, and the spa has a cool plunge pool in its relaxation area. Google marks a hot tub as unavailable; the Jacuzzi Water Villas say otherwise.
The website gives neither heating nor a temperature for any pool. The only one it describes is the spa's plunge pool, which it calls cool.
Korakali, on the beach, serves breakfast from 7am to 10am, lunch from noon to 2pm and dinner from 6.30pm to 9pm. Raakani, a thatched pavilion over the sea, serves catch of the day and grills at lunch and dinner on the same hours. The teppanyaki grill runs from 7pm to 10pm. Fanihandhi Pool Bar opens from 10am to 11pm, Thundi Beach Bar from 11am to 10pm and Raalhu Bar, for coffee, from noon to 5pm; in-villa dining runs around the clock. The resort also offers a floating breakfast in your pool, dinner on a sandbank, films under the stars and the Sushi Dhoni.
The official website has no meal-plan page and no meal prices: the direct rates it publishes are for the villa, with its offers. The Google listing says all-inclusive is available and that breakfast costs extra. Guests describe both: in January 2026 a couple on half board, with buffet breakfast and dinner and a different cuisine every evening; in 2019 and 2023 others on all-inclusive, with a limited choice of alcohol.
Under the family offer, up to 2 children under 12 stay and eat free. Check the board in the rate you book.
Veyoge Spa, set in the greenery, offers holistic treatments built around the frangipani; it has a steam room, a sauna and a relaxation area with a cool plunge pool. Alongside are a beauty salon, the 24-hour gym and an outdoor yoga deck. The website publishes neither a treatment menu nor prices; in August 2026 a couple praised massages by therapists from Bali.
No page of the website, read on 3 October 2026, says the spa is included in the rate. The Spa & Wellness page describes Veyoge Spa's treatments, the steam room, the sauna and the relaxation area's plunge pool, open from 10am to 7pm, but publishes no prices, no treatment menu, no minimum age and no day pass for anyone not staying on the island. The direct-booking benefits listed in the Winter Sun Escape offer cover free non-motorised watersports, snorkelling gear and Wi-Fi, and leave the spa out; the only spa inclusion the website names is in the Twin Island offer, and that one is at Meyyafushi Maldives.
Fushifaru is a private island reached by seaplane or boat, and its arrivals page describes only guests who are staying.
The spa opens from 10am to 7pm; the gym is open 24 hours a day.
Yes, though the website leaves out the club’s ages and hours. Kokko Kids Club has an indoor playhouse with a ball pit and an outdoor ark with slides, and Google also lists babysitting. Under the family offer up to 2 children under 12 stay, eat and play free. In December 2025 a family with a 2-and-a-half-year-old praised the waiters who played with him and the island’s doctor.
The website does not say; the resort's Google listing says pets are not allowed.
Wi-Fi is free in every villa and public area. The website describes no meeting rooms; Google lists a business centre without details.
Booking on the website brings, according to its home page, a best-rate guarantee, flexible cancellation, a further 10% off for BeKind members, the dedicated host, canoes, paddleboards and pedalos, masks and fins, Wi-Fi and the seaplane lounge on arrival; honeymooners get wine, sweets and a romantic turndown. Direct offers apply per villa and per stay, cannot be combined and have no cash value.
Read on 3 October 2026: Winter Sun Escape, up to 25% off the villa and extra guests, booked by 31 October 2026 for stays until 9 January 2027; Early Bird 2027, up to 25%, for stays from 11 January to 23 December 2027; the resort's ninth anniversary, 25% off from 15 October to 15 November 2026; and Long Stay, up to 30% off, with free cancellation up to 14 days before arrival.
2 offers are worth reading down to the small print. Long Stay gives a 7-night minimum among its benefits and 10 nights in its small print; Festive Escape, for 24 December 2026 to 10 January 2027 and to be booked by 15 October 2026, promised up to 20% in its headline and up to 25% in its list. Twin Island Escape adds at least 2 nights at Meyyafushi Maldives, with a free speedboat between the 2 islands.
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Yes, with a symbolic ceremony. The 2025 price list linked from the website: a proposal at the resort $450 a couple, on the sandbank $1,000; a beach wedding $900, Handhu $1,600, a traditional dhoni wedding $2,500, a private sandbank wedding $4,000 and a group sandbank wedding $2,000 a couple for at least 6 couples. Guests pay per head, from $100 to $550. The prices carry a 10% service charge and T-GST, 17% since 1 July 2025, as the website's current terms also state (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026).
The website publishes no gala dinner or programme for 31 December 2026. Festive Escape covers stays from 24 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. Bookings from 24 December to 9 January must be paid in full, non-refundable, at least 60 days before arrival. On 6 October 2026 Google showed $804 for 2 on the nights of 24, 30 and 31 December.
The website describes no course or golf package: it lists a multi-purpose court, table tennis, the gym and watersports. In May 2026 a guest wrote that they played several games of tennis on the island.
The offers run all year and the website announces no closure. The terms set the festive season, 24 December to 9 January, and a high and a low season without giving their dates. Manta season is October to November. Between May and August guests write of changeable weather and some storms; in a review from August 2019, wind had cancelled a sandbank trip.
Google Hotels, read on 6 October 2026, for 2 adults and one night: $797 on 18 October 2026, $772 on 2 November, $708 on 16 November and 1 December, $804 on 24 and 31 December, and $1,013 on 28 January 2027, taxes and fees included, as Google shows them for the Maldives. There were no prices for the nights of 7 to 17 October 2026. The calendar does not say which villa or which board, nor whether the seaplane is included.
The rates published on the official website, by contrast, are quoted before a 10% service charge, 17% T-GST and a Green Tax of $12 per person per night.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.8/5 from 324 ratings, Tripadvisor 4.9/5 from 2,367 with a 2026 Travellers’ Choice award, Booking.com 9.6/10 from 169 and Expedia 9.4/10 from 71. In the 211 Google reviews with text, from 2017 to 2026, staff and services are praised by 94% of those who mention them, the location by 93% and the rooms by 90%. The villa rate excludes the seaplane, meals and taxes; excess baggage on the seaplane costs $5 a kilo.
The website's rates carry a 10% service charge, 17% T-GST and a Green Tax of $12 per person per night, which children under 2 do not pay. Online payments carry a 4% bank charge, and every payment is in US dollars. Excess seaplane baggage costs $5 a kilo before tax.
Check-in is at 2pm and check-out at noon. A later departure, when available, costs 50% of the room rate; if you land in the morning and want the villa straight away, book the night before. The resort asks guests to settle their bill at reception the evening before they leave.
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