Sirru Fen Fushi, 120 villas, each with its own pool, on an island in Shaviyani Atoll in the northern Maldives, 55 minutes by seaplane from Malé
A week here, month by monthSirru Fen Fushi suits families and couples who want a big, green island and a 9 km house reef off the beach: $753 a night for 2 adults, the lowest price any seller showed on Google from 2 November to 23 December 2026. Anyone who would rather skip a 55-minute seaplane flight, charged extra, may prefer a resort nearer Malé.
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I would ask for a Sunset Deluxe Beach Villa with Pool: 495 m² of indoor and alfresco space with a private pool, on the sand overlooking the aquamarine lagoon: ideal, says the resort, for couples and families alike.
In the calendar read on 12 October 2026 the lowest run is 2 November to 23 December: 52 nights at $753. From 28 December to 3 January a night costs $3,035 to $3,868.
The seaplane is extra: Booking.com’s listing, read on 3 October 2026, asks $695 per adult and $450 per child, return. Watersports and excursions carry a 10% service charge and the prevailing government taxes.
Dinner à la carte alternates: Kata, the overwater Japanese restaurant, is closed on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Azure, seafood and grill, is closed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Both seat from 7pm to 10pm.
Sirru Fen Fushi, «secret water island» in Dhivehi, is an independent member of The Leading Hotels of the World on Gaakoshibee, in Shaviyani Atoll. Before its change of management it was Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi: the website's photographs still carry that name, and a guest in February 2025 wrote of booking «when it was still the Fairmont». The island is about 1.5 km long, with jungle in the middle and 120 villas across beach, jungle and water, from Sunrise Beach Villas of 360 m² to the 7-bedroom Sirru Residence of 2,500 m².
The reason to come is the sea: the house reef runs for 9 km and is reached from the beach without crossing seagrass, with manta cleaning stations, nurse sharks and more than 40 turtles the resort calls residents. In front of the 200-metre infinity pool stands Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium; the kids' club takes children from 4 to 12, and the spa has a 50-metre adults-only pool.
The 55-minute seaplane costs $695 a head and $450 for children, according to Booking.com on 3 October 2026; in August 2026 a guest praised the resort’s car between the airport and the seaplane. The website publishes no meal-plan prices; on Google Hotels a night for 2 ran from $886 to $4,207 between October and January, with nights from 28 December to 6 January above $3,800.
Lumina Guide 2027
Sirru Fen Fushi takes up a big, green island in Shaviyani Atoll, in the northern Maldives, with a 9 km house reef you can swim to from the beach and 120 villas, each with its own pool.
How we choose the hotelsWhat we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
In Shaviyani Atoll, 55 minutes by seaplane from Malé: remote and quiet, but the flight is $695 a head.
A natural island with jungle, safari tents, the Coralarium and a lab that recycles plastic.
14 villa types, all with a private pool, from 164 m² over the water to 2,500 m² on the beach.
Raha Market's buffet, Kata and Azure on alternate nights, Spice Box at lunch and 2 bars; meal-plan prices are unpublished.
Arufen Spa of 2,000 m², 8 rooms and an Ayurveda suite, a 50-metre adults-only pool and a 24-hour gym.
$886 to $4,207 a night for 2 on Google Hotels, taxes and fees included, plus the seaplane.
What do Sirru Fen Fushi’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.
Guests describe the reef off the villa, turtles, mantas and dolphins, on an island about 1.5 km long with jungle in the middle.
Guests write about the space in the villas, the privacy of those over the water and the private pools.
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write about the butlers, often thanked by name, the waiters who remember each guest’s habits and the dive centre’s guides.
Breakfast is at Raha Market, buffet and à la carte, from 7 to 11am; the Island Romance offer adds a floating breakfast.
The bill is the villa, the return seaplane at $695 a head and the meal plan, whose prices the website does not publish.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 9.2 | 18 | 100% |
| Room | 8.3 | 12 | 100% |
| Staff and service | 8.9 | 44 | 95% |
| Breakfast | 8.0 | 3 | 100% |
| Price | – | 4 | 50% |
The scores come from 51 Google reviews with text, left from 27 January 2025 to 7 September 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in the northern 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 northern Maldives:
Price: for two on the night of 2 November 2026, from $753 (seen on Google Hotels on 12 October 2026).
A night for 2 adults reads $753 until 23 December 2026, then $1,364 to $1,472 from 11 January to 30 April 2027 and $1,012 to $1,140 from 1 May to 31 August; the festive weeks run from $1,413 to $3,868. I would take 2 to 8 November 2026: 7 nights at $753, in the season the resort says brings the finest visibility of the year, calm seas and the most mantas.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 13 October to 23 December 2026 | 753 every night |
| 24 Dec. 2026 to 10 Jan. 2027 | 1,413–3,868 |
| 11 January to 30 April 2027 | 1,364–1,472 |
| 1 May to 31 August 2027 | 1,012–1,140 |
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 31 August 2027. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $685 a night; the resort’s own listing, $800.
Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa suits families who want a large northern island with multi-bedroom villas and a long lagoon. Amilla Maldives suits those who prefer pool villas and large residences built around families and groups.
| Hotel | A night, from | Seaplane from Malé |
|---|---|---|
| Sirru Fen Fushi | $753 | 55 minutes |
| Hideaway Maldives | $621 | about 75 minutes |
| Amilla Maldives Resort | $1,050 | 35 minutes |
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. Seaplane times are those each hotel’s guide page gives.
The Coralarium in the lagoon, the spa and the reef off the beach.
A 6-metre steel cube, half submerged, by Jason deCaires Taylor. From the infinity pool a 100-metre underwater path leads towards it, then a swim of about 50 metres; the resort's marine biologists take small groups out several times a day, and at night it is lit up over the lagoon.
A spa of 2,000 m² indoors and out: 8 treatment rooms, an Ayurveda suite, a yoga studio, a beauty salon and the 50-metre adults-only pool with its jacuzzi. It opens from 9am to 9pm; the Five Elements Aroma massage is $209 for 60 minutes, plus 10% service and GST, 17% since 1 July 2025 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026).
You swim out from the shore in daylight, following the watersports team's flags; masks and fins are free. A guided snorkel is $80 for 45 minutes, the marine biologist's turtle research tour $150 and the shark snorkel $180 a head.
The seaplane is extra: $695 a head return, $450 for children and free under 2, according to Booking.com on 3 October 2026. 2 of the website’s offers include it, the Signature Escape for 2 adults and the Island Family Escape for 2 children. The flight from Malé takes 55 minutes, and its times are not published.
The website publishes no meal-plan prices: its FAQ refers you to reservations. The offers of 6 October 2026 come with dine-around half board or full board, and a resort article describes an all-inclusive package with drinks and non-motorised watersports.
The villas face either sunrise or sunset. The sunset side has the calmer lagoon: on the sunrise side, guests wrote in 2019 and 2022, the sea is choppier.
Kata and Azure open on alternate nights: Kata on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Azure on the other days, according to the dining page. Each evening you have Raha Market and one of the 2 à la carte kitchens.
You get about by bicycle. The island is about 1.5 km long, and anyone who would rather not pedal takes the resort’s buggy.
By seaplane from Malé, 55 minutes north
| Seaplane | 55 minutes from Velana airport with Trans Maldivian Airways, according to Booking.com and Tripadvisor; you wait in the airline's business lounge first |
|---|---|
| Price | $695 per adult and $450 per child return; free under 2, according to Booking.com on 3 October 2026 |
| Other ways | Domestic flight or speedboat, according to Booking.com; the nearest airports are Funadhoo, about 32 km, and Hanimaadhoo, about 51 km in a straight line |
| Distance | About 240 km north of Malé in a straight line, worked out from Google's coordinates |
| On arrival | A resort representative meets guests after customs and takes them to the seaplane desk |
From the Booking.com and Tripadvisor listings of 3 October 2026 and the resort’s page on the northern Maldives, read on 6 October 2026. The website publishes no flight times.
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Raha Market serves breakfast from 7am to 11am; the Raha Bar & Café opens at 11am for coffee and tea.
The house reef is reached straight from the beach: enter the sea in daylight whenever you wish, following the posted safety flags and the watersports team’s guidance.
Raha Market serves lunch from 12.30pm to 2.30pm; Spice Box, on Onu Onu beach, serves Asian street food daily from 12 noon to 5pm.
The sunset dolphin cruise lasts 120 minutes.
Raha Market seats dinner from 7pm to 10pm, with weekly themed buffet nights alongside the à la carte menu.
Onu Onu, the Balinese-style beach bar, keeps its bar open until midnight.
The platforms' scores, read on 3 October 2026, and what guests write about the reef, the villas and the service.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.7/5 from 404 ratings. The figures by topic come from the 51 Google reviews with text written since 1 January 2025, after the change of management, up to 7 September 2026; the 251 earlier ones, from 2018, tell of the Fairmont years. They are accounts of stays we have not verified.
6 stays described on Google between December 2025 and August 2026.
GoogleIn August 2026 a father travelling with his wife and their 3-year-old daughter snorkelled less than 20 metres from the villa, swam with sharks, and advises choosing a resort you reach by seaplane.
GoogleIn August 2026 a guest had the largest villa and a main pool «stretching almost directly into the ocean», yet in 8 days nobody learnt his name and the butler was all but invisible; he still gave 5 stars.
GoogleIn May 2026 a couple split their week between a Sunset Beach Villa, with its outdoor bath and showers, and a Sunset Water Villa with a large pool and a small private patch of sand on the lower level.
GoogleIn February 2026 a family with sons of 5, 7 and 10 found the villas right even for 5 and the buffet among the best they had known; private tennis or Muay Thai lessons, though, were very expensive.
GoogleIn February 2026 a guest praised the scenery, the food and the housekeeping, but was repeatedly given broken bikes and had to ask the butler 2 or 3 times before anything happened: 3 stars.
GoogleIn December 2025 a German couple watched a turtle lay her eggs beside their Sunrise Beach Villa and saw dolphins almost every morning; the writer never did finish the book brought from home.
What people ask before booking Sirru Fen Fushi, with the sources read between 3 and 6 October 2026.
A resort of 120 pool villas on a natural island in Shaviyani Atoll, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and privately managed, as its about page puts it; the site terms name GBH Maldives as owner. Google Hotels lists it as 5-star, and it holds Green Globe Gold certification.
Before the change of management it was Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Fushi: the site's photo file names, a Fairmont email address left on a dining panel and a February 2025 guest who had booked «when it was still the Fairmont» all recall it. The oldest Google review collected dates from 14 January 2018; the website does not give the date the management changed.
14 types on the villas page, all with a private pool. On the beach: Sunrise and Sunset Beach Villas of 360 m², Sunrise and Sunset Deluxe of 495 m², the Two Bedroom Sunset of 750 m², the Three Bedroom Sunset of 1,155 m² and the 7-bedroom Sirru Residence of 2,500 m². Among the trees: the Safari Tented Beach and Jungle Villas, tents of 525 m². Over the water: the Sunrise Water Villa of 164 m², the Sunset Grand of 235 m², the Two Bedroom Sunrise and Sunset of 428 m² and the Three Bedroom Sunset of 525 m².
The website's areas include outdoor space. The resort does not publish how many villas there are of each type, and its summary page for AI assistants still describes a 4-bedroom Sirru Residence with 2 pools, while the villas and weddings pages speak of 7 bedrooms and 3 pools.
On Gaakoshibee island in Shaviyani Atoll, about 240 km north of Malé in a straight line. The resort's page on the northern Maldives describes a 1.5 km island in a 600-hectare lagoon, in one of the country's least developed atolls; JW Marriott Maldives shares the same atoll.
Guests write of dense greenery, «like a jungle», and a quiet island. The coordinates on the official site fall some 19 km from those of the Google listing; the map here uses Google's.
By seaplane from Velana: 55 minutes, $695 per adult and $450 per child return, free under 2, according to the Booking.com listing of 3 October 2026, which also mentions a domestic flight or speedboat. Before the flight you wait in Trans Maldivian Airways' business lounge, as the northern Maldives page describes.
The Signature Escape includes the shared seaplane for 2 adults, for at least 5 nights; the Island Family Escape flies 2 children free. Flight times are unpublished; in August 2026 a guest praised the resort’s car between the airport and the seaplane terminal.
No: it is an island reached only by seaplane or boat, with no roads or parking. Tripadvisor lists «Parking» among its amenities, but on the island you get about by bicycle, the main way round according to guests in 2026, or by the resort's buggy.
From the beach, which according to the house reef page leads into the water without crossing seagrass or shallow reef flats, in daylight and following the watersports team's flags. From the water villas you step down into the lagoon, as the villas page says.
The sunset side has the calmer lagoon: in the Fairmont years, in 2019 and 2022, some guests found the sea choppy on the sunrise side. A February 2026 guest names the water in front of the water villas as the best snorkelling spot.
Yes, 9 km long according to the house reef page, one of the longest in the Maldives, with manta cleaning stations, nurse sharks in the sandy channels and hawksbill turtles. The activities page counts more than 40 resident turtles and over 20 dive sites around the lagoon.
Masks and fins are free. According to the watersports price list, a guided snorkel is $80 for 45 minutes, the Premium House Reef Tour $195, the turtle research tour $150 and night snorkelling $125, plus 10% service and taxes.
The 200-metre infinity pool runs from one side of the island to the other, with a family section, a children's pool and an adults-only area, as the family page describes. The spa has a 50-metre adults-only pool with what it calls the largest jacuzzi in the Maldives, and every villa has its own pool.
The water villas have a private pool and direct access to the lagoon; for small children there are the lifeguarded children’s pool and the family section of the main pool.
According to the dining page the pool listed with Onu Onu is open from 7am to 7pm, and the children’s page says lifeguards watch the children's pool. For the spa's adults-only pool the website speaks of temperatures from tropical warm to refreshing cool; it does not say whether the main pool is heated.
According to the dining page: Raha Market, buffet and à la carte, breakfast 7am to 11am, lunch 12.30pm to 2.30pm, dinner 7pm to 10pm, with themed nights; Kata, Japanese over the water, for dinner on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Azure, seafood and grill, for dinner on the other days; Spice Box, Asian street food, from noon to 5pm.
The bars are Onu Onu, on the beach, from noon to midnight, and the Raha Bar & Café from 11am to 7pm; in-villa dining runs round the clock. The website counts 3 or 4 restaurants depending on the page; guests in 2025 and 2026 praise Raha Market's buffet and Kata.
The FAQ says there are various meal plans and all-inclusive packages, but publishes no prices. The offers of 6 October 2026 come with dine-around half board (Winter Sun, Island Romance) or full board (Stay Longer & Save).
The all-inclusive, according to a resort article, covers meals at Raha Market, Azure and Kata «often with curated set menus or dining credits», wine, beer and select spirits at every bar, and non-motorised watersports; the all-inclusive drinks menu lists wines by the glass, cocktails and spirits.
Arufen Spa covers 2,000 m² according to the spa page: 8 treatment rooms, one of them an Ayurveda suite, an indoor yoga studio and an outdoor meditation space, a nail salon, the 50-metre adults-only pool with its jacuzzi, a 24-hour gym and a tennis court.
Neither the website nor Google Hotels mentions a sauna or steam room. The site's summary page for AI assistants still speaks of a «Willow Stream Spa» with 6 rooms, the Fairmont-era name.
Treatments are charged, plus 10% service and GST, according to the spa price list, GST at 17% since 1 July 2025 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026); the adults-only pool and gym are among the island's facilities. Some offers add a treatment, such as Stay Longer & Save from the tenth night, and Book Direct gives 10% off.
No page publishes a day pass for anyone not staying: the house reef page states there are no day-trippers, and the island is reached by seaplane.
From 9am to 9pm, according to the spa page; the gym is open round the clock. Treatments are booked through the villa host or the resort's reservations.
According to the spa price list: the Five Elements Aroma is $209 for 60 minutes and $279 for 90, Thai massage $199 and $269, reflexology $169, the Mother To Be massage $199, the 180-minute signature rituals $489 and the Couple's Connection $639. Add 10% service and GST, 17% since 1 July 2025 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026).
The spa also offers Ayurveda, ocean sound therapy, aerial yoga and IV drips, and a Mini-Me menu for children. The published price list is a file uploaded to the site in 2024.
Yes. The kids' club takes ages 4 to 12, with games, a spiral slide, a loft net with swings and a section of the main pool, according to the family page; there are cots, babysitting, children's menus and small bicycles. There is no minimum age to stay, and Booking.com charges children from 12 as adults.
With the Island Family Escape children under 12 stay and eat free and 2 fly free by seaplane, for at least 5 nights until 30 April 2027. The Kids Go Free page says under 14 instead, until 20 December 2026. The website does not publish the babysitting rate.
The Coralarium, the Sub Oceanic dive centre, an SSI Diamond Center according to its price list, the Sustainability Lab that recycles plastic, the art studio, the jungle cinema, a tennis court with LUX Tennis, the gym and a small clinic, according to the FAQ and the activities page.
Wi-Fi is free throughout, and Booking.com rates it 10 out of 10. The Azimut yacht, for up to 6 guests, can be chartered for cruises and snorkelling.
Read on 6 October 2026 on the offers page: Winter Sun, with half board, $200 of credit and children under 12 free, for at least 5 nights; Island Romance, with half board for 2 and a floating breakfast; Stay Longer & Save, one free night in 7 with full board; Ultimate Glamping for the safari tents; and the Island Family Escape.
The Signature Escape pairs half board with the seaplane for 2 adults, minimum 5 nights, prepaid and non-refundable. Book Direct guarantees early check-in and late check-out.
Yes, in a symbolic ceremony: the weddings page explains that legal marriage in the Maldives is reserved for Maldivian nationals, so foreign couples marry at home first. Ceremonies take place on the beach, at Madi Point or with the Coralarium behind, and the Sirru Residence sleeps up to 14 adults.
Today's page offers a tailored quote; the wedding brochure uploaded in 2024 listed packages for the couple from $3,573 for a vow renewal to $8,932 for the Castaway, service and tax included, villa and meals excluded, with a stay of at least 2 days.
Yes. The festive programme 2026–2027, from 23 December to 7 January, has the Midnight Constellation gala dinner on Raha Market beach on 31 December from 8pm to midnight, then the countdown and an after party until 2am; on 1 January a brunch at Raha Market from 9am to 2.30pm. The programme prints no prices.
Chef Tristan Brandt cooks at Azure on 29 December and 2 January, according to the events page. On Google Hotels the night of 31 December cost $3,871 for 2.
No: no page of the resort mentions a course or a golf package. For sport there is tennis with LUX Tennis coaches, badminton, beach volleyball, football and the gym, as the spa page lists.
It is open all year: on Google Hotels, read on 6 October 2026, all 117 nights from 7 October 2026 to 31 January 2027 had prices, and the website mentions no closure.
The house reef page divides the year like this: October to 20 December for the best visibility and most mantas; 23 December to 10 January for the festive season; 11 January to 30 April for calm seas; May to September for some cloud and fewer guests. There is no parasailing from May to October.
On Google Hotels, read on 6 October 2026, a night for 2 adults cost $973 on 7 October 2026, $886 on 11 October and 15 November, $964 on 20 December, $3,871 on 31 December, $4,207 on 1 January 2027 and $1,364 on 11 January, taxes and fees included.
The calendar names neither the villa nor the meal plan. For 7 October the official website asked $972.52, of which $235.52 was tax; Booking.com sold the Sunrise Beach Villa at $1,142 and Priceline at $1,257. The peak falls in the festive season, which the resort sets from 23 December to 10 January. The seaplane, $695 a head, comes on top.
On 3 October 2026 Google showed 4.7/5 from 404 ratings, Tripadvisor 4.8/5 from 1,778, with a Travellers’ Choice 2026, and Booking.com 9.1/10 from 105, with 8.3 for value. Of the 51 Google reviews with text written since 2025, after the change of management, 95% of those discussing the staff are positive, as are all 12 on the villas and all 18 on the location; only 4 discuss price and 3 breakfast.
The reef, the turtles, the dolphins, the size of the villas, the buffet and the butlers, often thanked by name, keep coming back. The 251 earlier reviews, from 2018 to 2024, tell of the Fairmont.
Google Hotels prices for the Maldives include taxes and fees: for 7 October the official site's booking link showed a total of $972.52, of which $235.52 was tax. The seaplane is extra, $695 per adult.
Spa, excursions and watersports are charged with 10% service and government taxes, as the spa price list shows, GST at 17% since 1 July 2025 (MIRA, read on 15 October 2026); the wedding packages in the brochure already include them.
Check-in is from 2pm and check-out by noon, according to Booking.com and Google Hotels; the official site's structured data says 3pm instead. Booking through Book Direct guarantees early check-in and late check-out; the villas page offers them subject to availability.
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This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.
