Radisson Blu Resort Maldives, 128 villas, every one with its own pool, on Huruelhi in South Ari Atoll, 30 to 45 minutes by seaplane from Malé
A week here, month by monthFor couples and families who want a villa with its own pool in South Ari, Radisson Blu starts at $517 a night on dates from 11 May to 6 September 2027 for 2 adults, the lowest seller’s single-night price on Google. The seaplane is charged on top, and the resort does not encourage children under 12 in its overwater villas.
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I would ask for the Overwater Villa - Pool and Sunrise View: 220 m² with a king bed and its own pool, facing east for the sunrise over the ocean, on the side this guide suggests for swimming.
Single nights for 2 adults read $517 on several runs between 11 May and 6 September 2027, against $1,598 to $1,880 from 29 December 2026 to 4 January 2027, on Google, read 12 October 2026.
Add the seaplane: $1,100 net per person, round trip, on the resort’s contact page. A 10% service charge and 17% GST are added to package rates, and the Maldives green tax is $12 per person per night.
Crusoe’s Beach Bar, on its own island, grills lobster on the beach every Tuesday from 7pm to 10pm; the resort says this seafood evening is subject to advance reservations.
Radisson Blu Resort Maldives has Huruelhi to itself, an island in South Ari Atoll, and took its first guests in August 2020, as several of them wrote that year. The website counts 128 beach and overwater villas in 11 types, every one with its own pool: from the 215 m² Beach Villa to the 790 m² Three Bedroom Presidential Overwater Villa, on 2 floors with a glass floor over the lagoon. Many stand on the jetties that loop out over the lagoon, and Raha, Kabuki, Alifaan, Mahurab and the spa sit over the water too.
People come for the space and the sea around it. A 2025 guest counted the 220 m² overwater villas among the largest in the Maldives, each with a deck, a walk-in wardrobe and a bath facing the water, and the resort runs whale shark trips from the island: the plankton-rich waters of South Ari keep them here all year, the largest gatherings between December and April. Mantas, turtles and nurse sharks feature in the 2026 reviews, and the staff are what guests praise most.
The same guests describe the costs. Rates include breakfast; half board, full board and the all-inclusive are sold as supplements, and everything else carries 10% service and 17% GST on top. The seaplane costs $1,100 a head return, and on 24 and 31 December the gala dinners are compulsory. On Google Hotels, read on 6 October 2026, a night for 2 cost from $541 in October to $1,880 on 4 January, taxes included, before the transfer.
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Radisson Blu has Huruelhi, in South Ari Atoll, to itself: 128 villas, each with its own pool, and boat trips from the island to the whale sharks that stay in these waters all year.
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500 reviews read: the location pleases more than 9 guests in 10 who mention it, the room 9 in 10.
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We found 11 villa types, from the 215 m² Beach Villa to the 790 m² presidential villa, 7 places to eat, with Raha’s buffet over the lagoon, and an overwater spa with 6 couples’ rooms on glass floors.
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
South Ari, with whale sharks all year and mantas nearby; 30 to 45 minutes by seaplane, after about 2 hours’ wait.
A modern resort opened in 2020, on an island already green, with jetties looping over the lagoon.
11 types from 215 to 790 m², all with their own pool; the overwater ones are not encouraged for under-12s.
7 venues and 4 meal plans, from breakfast only to all-inclusive; breakfast is Raha’s buffet over the lagoon, with chefs who cook to order.
An overwater spa with 6 couples’ rooms on glass floors and a yoga pavilion; no sauna or steam room.
$541 to $1,880 a night for 2 on Google Hotels, October 2026 to January 2027, seaplane and most meals extra.
What do Radisson Blu Maldives’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 about the trips to South Ari’s whale sharks and mantas, the nurse sharks gliding beneath the restaurants and the lagoon in front of the villas.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests describe big villas with a private pool and a sea view, cleaned twice a day.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests name Raha’s waiters, the chefs, the island host who looks after them from arrival and the dive centre team.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Breakfast is Raha’s buffet over the lagoon: guests write about the crêpes, pancakes and French toast the chefs make to order, often on request.
Book the all-inclusive and have meals already in the price: that is the advice from guests content with the bill.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 9.0 | 131 | 95% |
| Room | 8.4 | 139 | 91% |
| Staff and service | 9.0 | 467 | 91% |
| Breakfast | 8.0 | 69 | 87% |
| Price | – | 42 | 29% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 8 May 2025 to 3 October 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in South Ari Atoll: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 7 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 South Ari Atoll:
Price: for two on the night of 11 May 2027, from $517 (seen on Google Hotels on 12 October 2026).
Single nights for 2 adults run from $517 to $602 between 1 May and 6 September 2027 and from $916 to $1,048 from 7 January to 30 April, against $1,410 to $1,880 from 24 December to 6 January. I would start with dates from 11 May 2027 and not wait: between 4 and 12 October 2026 the calendar’s lowest night rose from $402 to $517, and only 2 of the 320 nights compared fell by more than 5%.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 13 Oct. to 30 Nov. 2026 | 582–743 |
| 1 Dec. to 23 Dec. 2026 | 752 every night |
| 24 Dec. 2026 to 6 Jan. 2027 | 1,410–1,880 |
| 7 Jan. to 30 Apr. 2027 | 916–1,048 |
| 1 May to 6 Sept. 2027 | 517–602 |
The lowest price any seller showed on Google Hotels for one night searched alone, for 2 adults, read 12 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified. The calendar stops on 6 September 2027. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $658 a night; the resort’s own listing, $658.
Choose LUX* South Ari Atoll for a big, lively island, with 8 restaurants, a kids’ club and trips to look for whale sharks. Choose Constance Moofushi for an all-inclusive plan, wine included, and a reef off the beach, for couples and divers.
| Hotel | A night, from |
|---|---|
| Radisson Blu Maldives | $658 |
| LUX* South Ari Atoll | $546 |
| Moofushi | $929 |
Lowest single-night seller price in the week of 16–22 November 2026, for 2 adults, read on Google on 12 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified.
Breakfast over the lagoon, a Japanese dinner, the spa on glass floors, the kids’ club and the chapel on stilts.
The all-day restaurant, on a deck over the lagoon: buffets at breakfast, 7am to 11am, lunch and dinner. Guests in 2026 spotted nurse sharks in the water at breakfast, and sharks and fish below the deck in the evening.
Open nightly from 7pm to 10pm, with Japanese and Asian cooking, cocktails and drinks from Japan. In 2026 guests write about the tuna dishes, the sushi and the lobster udon, and about the chef, whom they name.
6 couples’ treatment rooms on glass floors, 2 with spa baths, a beauty salon and an overwater jacuzzi used in the couples’ rituals. Treatments are extra, from $175 for 50 minutes to $699 for the 160-minute couples’ package, plus 10% and 17%.
Free for children aged 4 to 12, daily from 9am to 6pm, with an outdoor playground, a reading nook, crafts, games and a nap room; younger children come with a parent, and babysitting is extra.
A white overwater chapel with floor-to-ceiling windows, where the resort’s chapel wedding costs $2,488 plus service and tax. Ceremonies for foreign couples are symbolic, as the website itself says.
The seaplane is charged separately: the website asks $1,100 a person, return, and warns of a wait of about 2 hours in Malé. Source: radissonhotels.com
Rates include breakfast. Lunch, dinner, drinks, excursions and the spa are charged with 10% service and 17% GST, and the Maldives green tax of $12 a person a night is added.
The sunset-side overwater villas face the open sea. Anyone who wants to swim off the deck should book the sunrise villas on the other side: guests in 2025 report that on the sunset side the waves are often too strong to get in.
Anyone staying on 24 or 31 December pays a compulsory gala dinner: $550 and $750 an adult, $325 and $425 a child aged 6 to 11, plus service and tax.
The island is long and the villas sit far out along the jetties. Guests call a buggy, shared with other guests: in 2025 and 2026 some had one within 5 minutes and others waited more than 10.
Snorkelling from the island depends on where you swim: some guests in 2025 and 2026 found the beaches easy for beginners and saw turtles and sharks, others found little coral and paid for the boat trips to see more.
Between June 2025 and September 2026, 5 Google reviews describe the villa’s air conditioning out of order or not cooling; 2 others, in 2026, write that it worked well.
By seaplane from Malé, or by domestic flight to Maamigili and speedboat
| Seaplane | 30 to 45 minutes, sometimes with stops at other resorts; for flights landing in Malé between 6am and 3.30pm and leaving between 9am and 8pm. The website warns of about 2 hours’ wait, in a shared lounge with showers |
|---|---|
| Domestic flight | 30 minutes to Maamigili airport, then 15 minutes by speedboat; flights run through the day |
| Speedboat | About 4 hours 30 minutes from Malé, private, for arrivals between 8am and 2pm, by reservation only |
| Cost | Seaplane $1,100 a person return, domestic flight and speedboat $1,200, net, by the website; Booking.com gives $870 and $1,090 for a child aged 2 to 11 and higher prices from 24 December to 10 January |
| Luggage | 20 kg checked and 5 kg hand luggage a person from age 2; $5 for each extra kilo, at most 32 kg and 158 cm a bag |
From the official home and contact pages, read on 6 October 2026, and Booking.com, read on 3 October 2026. The website asks for flight details at least 5 days ahead; the festive page quotes the seaplane at $990.
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Raha serves a market buffet with live cooking stations in its overwater dining room, daily from 7am to 11am.
Diving activities run daily from 8am to 6pm, weather permitting, and the Marine Centre opens from 8am to 5.30pm.
Lunch at Raha runs from 12.30pm to 3pm; Crusoe’s Beach Bar, on its own island, is open from 10am to 6pm.
Treatments and massages are available daily from 8am to 8pm, in couples’ rooms on glass floors.
The overwater bar and lounge opens at 6pm, for a sundowner cocktail before dinner.
Kabuki serves omakase or à la carte dishes in its overwater restaurant until 10pm; Alifaan, the Mediterranean grill, is open at the same hours and requires a reservation.
The platforms’ scores, read on 3 October 2026, and what guests say about the villas, the sea and the bills.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.6/5 from 1,346 ratings. The figures by theme come from the newest 500 Google reviews with text, May 2025 to October 2026. They are accounts of stays we have not verified.
6 stays described on Google between January and October 2026.
GoogleIn October 2026 a honeymoon couple spent a week in an overwater sunset villa on the all-inclusive, which gave them 3 restaurants to choose from. They paid extra for the floating breakfast and the whale shark trip, which they call the experience of a lifetime, and snorkelled around the island every day with gear rented from the dive centre.
GoogleIn August 2026 a couple found the villa roomy and recently repainted and watched nurse sharks pass during breakfast. They paid almost $400 for a dolphin cruise without seeing a dolphin, and found the member discount applied to some bills and not to others.
GoogleIn August 2026 a family in a villa far along the route often found the shared buggy already full of guests from the nearer villas, and saw too few staff at the busiest meal times. They still enjoyed the stay.
GoogleIn April 2026 a couple in an overwater villa with pool praised the staff and the dive centre, but paid about $55 for a burger before 10% and 17% were added, and often chose not to eat at the resort. Some finishes looked dated, and villas were being renovated.
GoogleIn February 2026 a group in a 3-bedroom overwater villa found it fantastic but with no sun on the deck all day, its high roof facing north. The reef by the island struck them as below average; their 3 boat trips found plenty of whale sharks.
GoogleIn March 2026 a couple saw mantas and whale sharks on the boat trips and went to the talk at the whale shark research centre on the island, run with the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme. In the evening, from the main restaurant, they watched sharks and fish below.
The questions people ask before booking Radisson Blu Maldives, answered from the sources read on 3 to 7 October 2026.
A 5-star resort of the Radisson Blu brand, part of Radisson Hotel Group, on Huruelhi, an island of its own in South Ari Atoll. The website lists 128 beach and overwater villas, all with a private pool, and Tripadvisor gives the same number. Guests date the opening to August 2020; the first Google reviews with text are from that month.
It is a modern resort of wood and thatch, with 7 restaurants and bars, the overwater Blu Spa, a dive and water sports centre with PADI 5-star status run by Ocean Maldives, a kids’ club and a whale shark research centre. The website lists awards from 2020 to 2025, among them Best Wedding Destination 2025 from Travel Trade Maldives.
11 types, all on the rooms page and all with their own pool. Over the water: the Overwater Villa of 220 m², in 3 versions, Lagoon View, Sunrise View and Sunset View, for 2 adults and a child; the Three Bedroom Overwater Villa of 350 m², lagoon or sunset side, for up to 7 adults; and the single Three Bedroom Presidential Overwater Villa, 790 m² on 2 floors for 8.
On the beach: the Beach Villa of 215 m² for 3 adults, the Two Bedroom Family Villa of 355 m² and the Two Bedroom Beach Villa of 370 m², both for 5, the Three Bedroom Family Villa of 355 m², among the gardens, and the Three Bedroom Beach Villa of 410 m², both for 7. Every villa has a deck, loungers, a walk-in wardrobe, twin basins and an espresso machine. The website does not say how many there are of each type; the enclave brochure groups 8 one-bedroom overwater villas and the Presidential Villa in a private enclave, and gives larger occupancies than the website: 3 adults and a child for the overwater villas, 8 adults and 2 children for the Presidential.
On Huruelhi, in South Ari Atoll, also called Alifu Dhaalu, about 116 km from Malé airport by Google Hotels’ measure. The contact page gives «Huruelhi Island, South Ari Atoll»; Booking.com places it at Fenfushi, the inhabited island nearby. The nearest domestic airport is Maamigili, 15 minutes by speedboat.
Guests describe a peaceful island, at times nearly empty. What noise there is comes from the main pool, where children play, and from the evening entertainment, with a resident band, karaoke and quizzes.
By seaplane, 30 to 45 minutes, sometimes with stops at other resorts, for flights landing in Malé between 6am and 3.30pm; or by domestic flight to Maamigili, 30 minutes, then 15 minutes by speedboat. A private speedboat takes about 4 hours 30 minutes. The website warns of about 2 hours’ wait at Malé, in the shared lounge at the seaplane terminal, and asks for flight details 5 days ahead.
It is extra. The website asks $1,100 a person return for the seaplane, $1,200 for the domestic flight and speedboat and $4,500 one way for the private speedboat, net; the festive page quotes the seaplane at $990. Booking.com lists $1,100 an adult and $870 a child aged 2 to 11, rising to $1,300 and $990 from 24 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, and $11,000 a group by speedboat. Its listing also advertises 50% off the seaplane from 3 nights.
No: Huruelhi is an island reached only by seaplane, speedboat or domestic flight and speedboat, and there are no cars. Google Hotels lists paid parking and electric-car charging, which do not exist on the island; on it you walk along the jetties or call one of the resort’s buggies.
Every villa, by the website, has direct access to the ocean or the beach: steps from the deck on the overwater villas, the sand in front of the beach ones. The resort map marks the swimming and snorkelling areas, within 30 metres of the shore, and marks with a symbol the stretches where swimming is not allowed.
The side matters. The sunset villas face the open sea: in 2025 a guest found the water calm enough only for a few hours at low tide in the morning, and another advised the sunrise side for gentler swimming. The beaches by Raha, Crusoe’s and Eats & Beats are the ones guests praise.
The website does not use the words house reef; it sells guided snorkelling, from a $75 private lesson to the 4-hour manta and turtle trip at $250, plus service and tax, and hires out the gear at the dive centre. Guests in 2025 and 2026 snorkelled off the beaches and the decks and saw turtles, rays and nurse sharks, and a family in August 2025 found the house reef beautiful.
Others, in 2025 and 2026, found little coral close to the island. The best encounters in the reviews come from the boat trips.
Every one of the 128 villas has its own pool: 32 m² in the one-bedroom overwater villas and 90 m² in the Presidential Villa, by the enclave brochure, and infinity pools in the family and beach villas. The resort map shows 2 shared pools, at Eats & Beats, the beach club, and at Crusoe’s, a round pool with a bar in the middle; Booking.com also counts 2.
Guests praise the main pool by Eats & Beats at sunset. Google Hotels adds a wading pool and a hot tub; the spa’s couples’ rituals end in an overwater jacuzzi.
The website does not say whether the pools are heated and prints no opening hours for them; Eats & Beats, beside the main pool, is open from 10am to 10pm, by the dining page.
The dining page lists Raha, the all-day restaurant over the lagoon, with buffets at breakfast 7am to 11am, lunch 12.30pm to 3pm and dinner 6.30pm to 10pm; Kabuki, Japanese and Asian, and Alifaan, a Mediterranean grill that needs a booking, both 7pm to 10pm; and The Lab, the wine cellar, by reservation only.
Then come Crusoe’s Beach Bar, 10am to 6pm, with a lobster barbecue in the evening, Eats & Beats by the pool, with pizza, 10am to 10pm, Mahurab, the overwater bar, 6pm to 11pm, private dinners from Dining by Design, booked 24 hours ahead, floating breakfasts and in-villa dining around the clock. Guests praise the breakfast and the chefs, often by name; 10% service and 17% GST are added to every bill.
Breakfast is in every rate. The official booking engine, read on 7 October 2026 for 10 November, sells 4 plans: breakfast, breakfast and dinner, full board and all inclusive, as supplements for 2 of $234, $328 and $442 a night on the discounted rate and $349, $489 and $659 on the flexible one, tax excluded. The Kids Stay & Eat Free offer covers up to 2 children under 12 on the children’s menu.
The website does not say what the all-inclusive covers. Guests describe meals and drinks at Raha, Crusoe’s and Eats & Beats, with Kabuki and Alifaan as extras, a Classic and a Premium version, and surcharges for some dishes and drinks. A couple on half board in December 2025 could use 2 of the 5 restaurants, and in April 2026 one guest’s full board did not cover soft drinks.
Blu Spa stands over the water. The spa page gives 6 couples’ treatment rooms with glass floors, 2 of them with spa baths, and a beauty salon, plus a gym open around the clock and an overwater yoga pavilion. The spa menu uses Aromatherapy Associates products and ends the couples’ packages in an open-air overwater jacuzzi.
The size is not published, and no official page mentions a sauna or steam room. Guests in 2025 and 2026 single out the Balinese and Gentle Waves massages.
Treatments are extra, charged to the villa: from $175 for 50 minutes to $285 for the 80-minute signature treatments, $599 and $699 for the couples’ packages, plus 10% service and 17% GST, by the spa menu. The booking engine’s Book now Deal adds $50 of spa credit a stay; the gym and the daily yoga classes are free.
No page offers a day pass for anyone not staying, and the island is reached only by seaplane or boat. Guests must be 16 or over; younger children use the spa with an adult.
Daily from 8am to 8pm, by the spa page and the spa menu. You book through the island host, at the spa, by dialling 1366 from the villa or in the resort app; cancelling less than 12 hours ahead costs the full price. The gym is open 24 hours.
The spa menu lists Maldivian, Ayurvedic and Balinese signature treatments at $285, massages from $175 to $285, body scrubs and wraps from $175 to $199, Aromatherapy Associates facials from $205 to $259, manicures and pedicures from $60 and a pregnancy massage at $199.
Teenagers and children have their own menu, from $30 for nail polish to $150 for a 50-minute massage. Every price carries 10% service and 17% GST.
Yes, and it presents itself as a family resort. The kids’ club is free from 4 to 12, daily 9am to 6pm, with a playground, a reading nook, crafts and a nap room; under-4s come with a parent, and babysitting is extra. With Kids Stay & Eat Free up to 2 children under 12 stay in their parents’ villa and eat from the children’s menu at Raha, Crusoe’s and Eats & Beats. Children of 8 and 9 can try the PADI Bubblemaker.
The overwater villas are not encouraged for under-12s: the rooms page asks for a disclaimer at check-in, and the family brochure says they have no safety guards for young children. Cots are free up to 2 by the brochure, up to 6 by Booking.com, which charges $150 a night for an extra bed from 12; children 6 to 11 pay the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve galas.
By the services page and the resort map: the dive and water sports centre, a marine centre with coral nurseries, the whale shark research centre, a gym, the yoga pavilion, a tennis and volleyball court, a games room with billiards and table tennis, a library, a boutique, a photo studio, an event hall, a clinic and a 3.5 km jogging track. Wi-Fi is free; some guests found it slow in the villas.
Water sports range from jet skis and parasailing to seabobs and an electric foil, by the price list; the excursions include dolphin cruises, fishing, yacht charters and visits to local islands such as Mahibadhoo and Fenfushi.
The offers page, read on 6 October 2026, lists the Romance and Family Experience packages, with an upgrade and breakfast in bed or children’s welcome packs; Plan & Save, up to 25% off paying in advance; the Members Only Rate, up to 15% off, free to join; a 3-bedroom Royal Residence package; and bonus points for a first booking in the app.
On the booking engine on 7 October 2026 the Book now Deal took 43% off the night of 10 November and added $50 of spa credit. Booking.com’s listing advertises 50% off the seaplane from 3 nights.
Yes, but the website’s own FAQ states that weddings and vow renewals for non-Maldivians are purely ceremonial. The wedding brochure offers the Blu Spa gazebo or the beach at sunset, at $988 for the Deluxe set-up and $1,598 for the Premium, the overwater chapel at $2,488 and a sunset yacht at $3,888, plus 10% and 17%, each with cake, bouquet, Bodu Beru drummers, an officiant and a certificate.
The brochure speaks of intimate ceremonies or a small group travelling together and gives no maximum number of guests. Proposals cost from $850 to $1,600, and the resort’s photo studio covers the ceremony.
Yes, and it is compulsory for anyone staying that night. The festive programme for 2026–2027 starts with sunset cocktails on Raha beach, 6pm to 7pm, then the gala buffet from 6.30pm to 11pm, with live cooking stations, a carvery, a band, a DJ and fireworks over the sea at midnight; the party runs until 2am.
The supplement is $750 an adult and $425 a child aged 6 to 11, plus service and tax. The Christmas Eve gala costs $550 and $325 and is also compulsory; on 1 January a brunch at Raha costs $110 a person. In January 2026 a guest was asked for the gala only after booking through Booking.com.
No: there is no course on the island and no offer includes golf. For sport there are the tennis and volleyball court, the gym, the jogging track and the water sports.
All year: the website publishes no closure, and the Google Hotels calendar, read on 6 October 2026, priced every night to 31 January 2027. The festive programme runs from the tree lighting on 1 December to Orthodox Christmas on 7 January.
For the sea, the website sees whale sharks all year, with the largest gatherings between December and April, and mantas at Rangali Madivaru from November to April. A guest in October 2025 advised a beach villa outside November to April, when the wind on the overwater villas is strong.
On Google Hotels, read on 6 October 2026, one night for 2 adults, taxes and fees included, cost $541 on 12 October 2026, $682 on 14 October, $588 on 25 October, $658 on 10 November, $752 on 10 December, $1,410 on 24 December, $1,598 on 31 December, $1,880 on 4 January 2027 and $916 on 20 January.
The calendar shows the lowest seller and names no villa; every official rate includes breakfast. On the nights of 24 and 31 December the compulsory gala dinner comes on top, and the seaplane is always extra.
Google, read on 3 October 2026, gave 4.6/5 from 1,346 ratings, 86% of them 5-star by Google Hotels on 6 October; Tripadvisor 4.7/5 from 2,791, with a 2026 Travellers’ Choice award, and Booking.com 9.1/10 from 1,210, with Wi-Fi at 8.3 and value for money at 8.4. Of the newest 500 Google reviews with text, 95% of those on the location are positive, 91% on the villas and the staff.
Guests praise the staff, the villas, the breakfast and the whale sharks. Meals and extras are charged on top of the rate, with 10% service and 17% GST. There is the odd wait for a buggy, and the sunset side faces open sea.
The website’s rates are tax excluded: 10% service charge and 17% GST are added, and the Maldives green tax of $12 a person a night, at any age, by the family page. On the Google Hotels card for 7 October 2026 the official site’s $541 included $139.22 of taxes and fees, and the Google Hotels calendar shows prices with them included.
Meals, drinks, the spa, excursions and weddings are priced with «++», service and tax on top. Transfers are quoted net.
Check-in is at 2pm and check-out at noon, by the website; early check-in and late check-out are on request and depend on availability. Booking.com asks for a photo ID and a credit card at check-in, and gives 18 as the minimum age to check in.
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This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.
