Bodumas
The overwater restaurant: for the resort a seafood kitchen, with lobster, prawns, ceviche and seared tuna (restaurants); for several guests in September and October 2026 the Japanese one, with sushi and teppanyaki (Google, Accor reviews).
Kuredhivaru Resort & Spa Maldives
Kuredhivaru Resort & Spa Maldives, the former Mövenpick in Noonu Atoll: every villa has its own pool, 45 minutes by seaplane from Malé.
A week here, month by monthKuredhivaru suits couples and families who want a pool villa at a price that stays reasonable for the Maldives: the lowest price any seller showed on Google for one night is $655 for 2 adults, from 9 April 2027. Anyone who wants a resort free of building work will be happier elsewhere while the overwater villas are renewed.
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The villa to ask for
If the beach appeals more than the water, I would ask for the Beach Pool Villa Sunset: 190 m² facing the sunsets. A family on a second stay, writing in November 2025, praises the beach villas for keeping the bathroom away from the children’s room.
The week that costs less
Read on 12 October 2026, the cheapest week runs from 28 April to 4 May 2027: each of its 7 nights at $655. The dearest night shown, 6 January 2027, is $1,664, and from 26 December to 5 January the calendar shows no price.
The seaplane on top
The seaplane is charged apart: Booking.com lists $675 per adult return until 31 October 2026 and $695 from 1 November. For a same-day transfer, Booking.com asks that your international flight lands before 3pm and leaves after 9am.
The daily chocolate hour
12 guests, writing between February 2025 and August 2026, mention the chocolate hour, which the offers page gives as daily from 4pm to 5pm and applicable to selected villa categories.
What Kuredhivaru is
The resort opened in November 2018 as Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives (FAQ, Dreaming of Maldives). Since early 2025 it has been called Kuredhivaru Resort & Spa and is on its way to becoming Mondrian Maldives, the brand of Accor’s Ennismore: the beach villas and residences have already been renewed, the overwater villas follow during 2026 (Dreaming of Maldives).
There are 105 villas: 72 over the water and the rest on the beach (WBP Stars, Hotel Management). The Overwater Pool Villas measure 140 m², the Beach Pool Villas 190, and the residence 230 for up to 8 guests (Accor); every villa has its own pool (Accor).
Meals run from ONU Marché, under its great bamboo roof, with buffet, à la carte and themed nights, to Bodumas over the water and Latitude 5.5 by the pool for sunset; Oak Lounge keeps 260 labels from 15 wine regions (restaurants). Every day from 4 to 5pm there is the chocolate hour (offer).
The sea around is Noonu Atoll’s: Christmas Rock, Raafushi and Orimas Thila are a few minutes away by speedboat (Booking.com). Kuredhivaru is a lagoon island: from the overwater villas you step into the sea, from land you go in at the dive centre (Google). It scores 4.9 out of 5 on Google from 2,745 reviews and 4.9 on Tripadvisor from 2,974, read on 5 October 2026.
One Lume
Lumina Guide 2027
Gives more than the other hotels of its place and price range.
Kuredhivaru is a resort made up entirely of pool villas, 105 between beach and lagoon in Noonu Atoll, at a price that stays reasonable for the Maldives; since 2025 it has been on its way from Mövenpick to Mondrian.
How Lumi are awardedGuests (exceptional)
500 reviews read: the staff and service please almost every guest who mentions them, the location more than 9 in 10.
Ours
The villas run from 140 to 230 m², you eat over the water at Bodumas or under ONU Marché’s bamboo roof, Oak Lounge keeps 260 wines and every day at 4pm comes the chocolate hour: that is what we found.
Our reading, point by point
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
Location
Noonu Atoll, 45 minutes by seaplane; a lagoon island, with the reef reached from the overwater villas.
Character
A 2018 resort moving from Mövenpick to Mondrian, lively at night with music and themed evenings.
Rooms
105 villas, all with pools, from 140 to 230 m²; the overwater ones due for renewal in 2026.
Food and social life
ONU Marché, Bodumas, Latitude 5.5, Oak Lounge with 260 wines and the chocolate hour.
Wellness
Sun Spa by Healing Earth over the water and in the jungle, yoga at sunrise and sunset, a gym that never closes.
The stay as a whole
From $603 to $772 a night for 2, taxes included, in the stays read on Google; the seaplane extra, $675 or $695 a head.
What makes it rare
A badge is an experience travellers look for, that is really here and that few hotels in the guide have.
They read your mind
Here: the host who looks after you answers any request on WhatsApp; at breakfast they remember your coffee or tea from the first morning, and the staff once set up a marriage proposal in secret.
469 of the 483 guests who write about the staff and service are pleased. 18 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeDoing nothing, very well
Here: a lagoon island: every villa has its own pool, and from the water villas you step straight down into the sea.
303 of the 312 guests who write about the beach and the lagoon are pleased. 18 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeHoneymoon
Here: an overwater pool villa, a floating breakfast and dinner in the Secret Garden.
292 of the 538 reviews that say who was travelling are honeymoons. 19 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeA table worth the trip
Here: ONU Marché, Bodumas, Latitude 5.5, Oak Lounge with 260 wines and the chocolate hour.
780 of the 831 guests who write about the food are pleased. 30 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badge
The 5 things that matter, as guests tell them
What do Kuredhivaru’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.
Location
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write about the lagoon around the island and the sunsets, watched from the overwater villas or from Latitude 5.5 by the pool.
Room
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write about large villas, each with its own pool: 140 m² over the water, 190 on the beach.
Staff and service
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests name the host who looked after them throughout the stay, from excursions to restaurant bookings.
Breakfast
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Breakfast is the buffet at ONU Marché, the main restaurant under its bamboo roof; guests write above all about the choice.
Price
6 in 10 guests who mention the price find it fair. Every villa has its own pool and the site’s rates start with breakfast; taxes and service are added to the listed prices of activities and restaurants.
Where Kuredhivaru leads
- Room
On the room it shares first place with Robinson Noonu among the 4 hotels compared in the Maldives.
- Staff and service
On staff and service it shares first place with Robinson Noonu among the 4 hotels compared in the Maldives.
- Price
On the bill it comes ahead of the 3 other hotels it is compared with in the Maldives.
The numbers, and how we count them
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 9.0 | 174 | 96% |
| Room | 8.8 | 149 | 95% |
| Staff and service | 9.4 | 483 | 97% |
| Breakfast | 8.1 | 29 | 90% |
| Price | – | 29 | 59% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 13 July 2025 to 5 October 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 5 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:
- Siyam World Maldives
- Robinson Noonu
- NOKU Maldives
- Soneva Jani
Price: for two on the night of 9 April 2027, from $655 (seen on Google Hotels on 12 October 2026).
What a night costs, season by season
On 12 October 2026 Google showed nights for 2 at $595 to $823 between 13 October and 23 December 2026, at $644 to $1,064 between 11 January and 26 February 2027, and at $655 to $745 from 27 February to 6 September 2027. For 16 November 2026 the reading of 5 October showed the resort’s own listing at $772 and the lowest seller at $639: I would compare both before booking.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 13 Oct.–23 Dec. 2026 | 595–823 |
| 24 Dec. 2026–10 Jan. 2027 | 696–1,664 |
| 11 Jan.–26 Feb. 2027 | 644–1,064 |
| 27 Feb.–6 Sept. 2027 | 655–745 |
The lowest price Google Hotels showed for the hotel for that night in a search for 2 adults, read on 12 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified, and the calendar stops on 6 September 2027. No price is shown for 26 December 2026 to 5 January 2027 and for 29 October. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $732 a night.
Kuredhivaru, Iru Fushi or Noku
Choose Kuredhivaru for a smaller island without Iru Fushi’s 221 villas; choose Sun Siyam Iru Fushi for beach and water villas with pools, reached by the same 45-minute seaplane. Choose Noku Maldives for water villas on the sunset side that sit above the reef, with snorkelling from the deck.
| Hotel | A night, from |
|---|---|
| Kuredhivaru | $696 |
| Sun Siyam Iru Fushi | $472 |
| Noku | $682 |
A night: the lowest price in the week of 16–22 November 2026, in a search for 2 adults, read on Google on 12 October 2026.
Bodumas, Oak Lounge, Latitude 5.5, Sun Spa, Noonu’s sea and ONU Marché
The overwater restaurant, a cellar of 260 labels, the poolside bar for sunset, a spa over the water and in the jungle, the atoll’s dives and the dining room under bamboo.
Oak Lounge and the chocolate
The cellar keeps 260 labels from 15 wine regions and hosts a tasting with a 5-course menu (restaurants, experiences). From 4 to 5pm the chocolate hour is free, a habit kept from the Mövenpick years (offer).
Latitude 5.5
The poolside restaurant, with grills, cocktails and music, on the sunset side (restaurants, Accor).
Sun Spa
Sun Spa by Healing Earth, with treatments inspired by Africa’s natural resources, in suites over the water or rooms in the jungle, open from 10am to 7pm; yoga is at sunrise and sunset (wellness). In 2021 it won a Haute Grandeur award.
Noonu’s sea
A PADI dive centre, trips to the manta rays, dolphins and turtles, big-game fishing and motorised sports (experiences, FAQ); Christmas Rock and Orimas Thila are a few minutes away (Booking.com).
ONU Marché
The main dining room, open like a market under its bamboo roof: buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner from the buffet or à la carte, and a themed night every week (restaurants, Accor).
Good to know before you book
The resort is turning into Mondrian Maldives, with the works done while it stays open: the beach villas and residences are already renewed, the overwater villas follow in 2026 (Dreaming of Maldives).
The gala dinners are compulsory and charged whether or not you attend: on 24 December $500 per adult and $240 from 6 to 15, on 31 December $690 and $345 (Booking.com).
To arrive the same day your flight must land in Malé by 3pm and leave after 9am; the resort needs your flight details at least 7 days ahead. The shared seaplane costs $675 per adult until 31 October 2026 and $695 from 1 November, return; a private one $18,000 each way (Booking.com).
Kuredhivaru is a lagoon island: from the overwater villas you step straight into the sea, from land you go in at the dive centre (Google).
On the island, taxes and service are added to the listed prices of activities and restaurants (Google). In the Maldives tourism GST is 17% (MIRA) and the green tax $12 per person (Booking.com); the prices read on Google already include them.
Overwater villas, beach villas and the residence, every one with a pool
Getting here
By seaplane from Malé, 197 km to the south: 45 minutes for the resort, 50 for Booking.com.
| Seaplane | With Trans Maldivian Airways (Accor); return $675 per adult and $435 from 2 to 11 until 31 October 2026, then $695 and $465 (Booking.com). |
|---|---|
| Times | Land in Malé by 3pm and fly out after 9am to transfer the same day; flight details 7 days ahead (Booking.com). |
| In Malé | On the Advance Purchase Offer the resort meets you at the airport and opens Trans Maldivian’s Infinity Lounge (offer). |
| Private | A private seaplane costs $18,000 each way (Booking.com). |
Sources read on 3, 4 and 5 October 2026.
From Kuredhivaru to Malé
The resort, in Noonu Atoll, and Malé’s airport, 197 km to the south. Tap a place for details.
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A day at Kuredhivaru
Sunrise
Yoga by the sea
Sessions run at sunrise and at sunset, in Hatha, Yin or Vinyasa, for every level.
10am
The spa opens
The spa is open daily from 10am to 7pm.
3pm
Into the villa
Check-in is at 3pm; on the last day, check-out is at noon.
Sunset
A yacht at sunset
Set sail on a private yacht at sunset, with the Maldivian horizon as the backdrop.
After dark
Dine under the stars
Dinner under the stars with a menu written by your personal chef, on the beach or in the villa.
Kuredhivaru Resort & Spa Maldives reviews
Platform scores and what guests write about the staff, the food, the prices and the works.
Scores read on 5 October 2026
Google2,745 reviews4.9/5
Tripadvisor2,974 reviews4.9/5
Booking.com205 reviews9.4/10
Expedia198 reviews9.8/10Guest voices
From the resort’s Google listing, January to October 2026: the Japanese restaurant, a proposal, a sunrise villa, the bill and where a villa stands.
GoogleSushi and teppanyaki
A couple in October 2026 put the Japanese restaurant first, with some of the best sushi and teppanyaki they had ever eaten, and praise the host who looked after them.
Google · October 2026Read the review
GoogleA surprise proposal
A guest in September 2026 describes getting engaged on the island without suspecting a thing, the staff having arranged it all behind the scenes.
Google · September 2026Read the review
GoogleThe sunrise villa
A couple in October 2026, 5 nights in an Overwater Pool Villa Sunrise, remember the clear water, the fish and the 3 restaurants, ONU, Latitude and Bodumas.
Google · October 2026Read the review
GoogleThe final bill
A guest in January 2026 finds activities and restaurants very dear, and the price list misleading because taxes and service are only added at payment.
Google · January 2026Read the review
GoogleThe villa by the entrance
A honeymooning couple in January 2026 were refused a more private villa and ended up at the start of the jetty, with people swimming in front of it every day.
Google · January 2026Read the review
Questions before you go
Sources read on 3, 4 and 5 October 2026.
How much is a night at Kuredhivaru?
On Google Hotels, read on 5 October 2026 for 2 adults and 3-night stays, the resort’s own site asked $772 a night from 16 November 2026 for an Overwater Pool Villa Lagoon, and the lowest seller price was $639. From 7 December the lowest was $747, from 11 January 2027 $603, from 8 March $645 and from 7 June $720, on Booking.com.
The calendar on the same card is close: $696 on 7 December, $669 on 11 January, and $1,656 on 7 January, in the thick of the festive season. The sellers’ figures include taxes and fees: for the stay from 16 November Booking.com’s link counts $572 of the $2,315 as taxes, a quarter of the total. The seaplane, $675 a head, and on the nights of 24 and 31 December the compulsory gala dinners come on top (Booking.com).
Is there an all-inclusive plan? Which meal plans are there?
The site’s rates start with breakfast; half board adds dinner, and the Special Half Board Offer took up to 25% off for stays until 30 September 2026 (offers, half board). The site publishes no all-inclusive plan. With each adult booking, one child eats free on the same plan (Booking.com).
How do you get to Kuredhivaru? How much is the seaplane?
Only by seaplane, with Trans Maldivian Airways: 45 minutes for the resort (FAQ), 50 for Booking.com. The return trip costs $675 per adult and $435 from 2 to 11 until 31 October 2026, then $695 and $465; to arrive the same day you must land in Malé by 3pm (Booking.com).
Does Kuredhivaru have a house reef?
It is a lagoon island, with the reef reached from the overwater villas and, from land, from the dive centre; guests describe it full of fish, with the odd turtle (Google). Masks and fins are free on the site’s offers (offer).
Which villa should you book?
As a couple, one of the Overwater Pool Villas, 140 m² with a pool, facing the lagoon, sunrise or the ocean; on the beach, the 190 m² Beach Pool Villas, already renewed (Accor, Dreaming of Maldives). As a family, the Four Bedroom Beach Pool Residence, 230 m² for 8 guests; one review site describes it with 3 bedrooms (WBP Stars).
Is Kuredhivaru good for children?
Yes: children of all ages are welcome, up to 2 under 15 stay and have breakfast free in their parents’ room, and one eats free on the adult’s plan; an extra bed costs $100 a night until 31 October 2026 and $120 from 1 November (Booking.com). There is a Kids Club with activities by age (experiences), and a children’s talent and fashion show one evening (events).
What is the spa like? Is spa access included in the room rate, and can outside guests use it?
Sun Spa by Healing Earth has 9 treatment rooms: 5 over the water, along the jetty that leads to the yoga pavilion, and 4 in the jungle, among the gardens (wellness). It uses Healing Earth’s products, inspired by Africa’s natural resources: treatments include the Hot Stone with basalt stones, the Ultimate Equilibrium Pinotage facial, the Island Hideaway couples’ ritual and the Coconut Journey. The site mentions no sauna or steam room.
It opens daily from 10am to 7pm, and treatments are paid on top, with 15% off on the site’s offers (offer); no price list and no day pass for outside guests are published. Yoga is at sunrise and sunset, and the beachfront gym is open around the clock (experiences).
What restaurants are there?
ONU Marché, under its bamboo roof, buffet and à la carte with a themed night every week; Bodumas over the water; Latitude 5.5 by the pool; Oak Lounge for wine; private dinners in the Secret Garden or on the beach (restaurants, romantic experiences). For the site Bodumas is a seafood restaurant, for guests in autumn 2026 a Japanese one with sushi and teppanyaki (Google).
What happens at Christmas and New Year?
The gala dinners are compulsory and charged even if you skip them: on Christmas Eve $500 per adult and $240 from 6 to 15, on 31 December $690 and $345 (Booking.com). On Google’s calendar the night of 7 January 2027 cost $1,656 (Google Hotels).
Is the resort open? What changes with Mondrian?
Yes, it is open: since early 2025 it has been Kuredhivaru Resort & Spa and is preparing to become Mondrian Maldives, with the beach villas and residences already renewed and the overwater villas scheduled through 2026; for the Dreaming of Maldives blog the Mondrian opening is set for 2026 (Dreaming of Maldives). The site publishes no closure.
Can you get married at Kuredhivaru?
Yes: the resort holds beach weddings, from a barefoot ceremony to a more styled one, with flowers and menus to order, and has a wedding brochure (weddings). It publishes no prices.
What is there to do in the evening?
Live music, a pool party and themed nights such as Great Gatsby, Latino and Dirty Dancing (events); there is cinema under the stars too (romantic experiences).
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Check-in from 3pm, check-out by noon (Accor). On the site’s offers, early check-in and late check-out subject to availability (offer).
What do guests say?
On Google it scores 4.9 out of 5 from 2,745 reviews, on Tripadvisor 4.9 from 2,974, on Booking.com 9.4 from 205, read on 5 October 2026. The 186 Google reviews of the last 6 months average 4.89. Guests praise the hosts and the staff, the pool villas and the sunsets over the lagoon; taxes and service are added to the price of activities and restaurants, and in 2026 the works towards Mondrian reach the overwater villas (Google, Tripadvisor).
Do you need a car or parking at Kuredhivaru?
No car comes into it: you arrive only by seaplane from Malé, with Trans Maldivian Airways, 45 minutes according to the resort and 50 according to Booking.com.
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