One villa in Baa, one cook, one reef. The week we send first-time guests on, and the week half of them want to repeat.
You arrive in Malé in the morning, where we meet you for a coffee and the seaplane. Thirty-five minutes north, then a fifteen-minute dhoni from Dharavandhoo to the villa. Lunch on the deck, and the afternoon to do nothing.
— The Hanifaru House · check-inTwo days to settle. Snorkelling from the dock at high tide, swimming in the lagoon at low. Adam cooks reef fish two evenings running and won’t tell you which. The reef wall begins ninety metres from the deck and drops at two hundred.
— House lagoon · reef shelfA full-day dhoni excursion to Hanifaru, in season the manta arrive on the change of tide. Two snorkel windows, a lunch on the boat, back to the villa for sunset and a cold gin on the deck.
— Hanifaru Bay · UNESCO biosphereA morning at Kamadhoo, the inhabited island opposite. The Tuesday market. Coffee with Hassan’s sister. Back to the villa by mid-afternoon — the lagoon is best in the second half of the day.
— Kamadhoo · 2 kmTwo unstructured days, as much or as little as you want. A diving morning if you’d like — we work with a small operator on the next island. A long swim. A book the cook found in the kitchen drawer.
— The villa · the dhoni · the dockBreakfast on the deck, a late check-out if the next guest allows, then the dhoni back to Dharavandhoo and the seaplane to Malé. We meet you again at the airport with the boarding pass, the luggage tags, and a small parting gift.
— Malé internationalGreen Tax, service charge, and T-GST apply on top. International flights to Malé are not included.
If the shape is right but you’d like a different villa, a different week, or a slightly longer stay — that’s what “Customize” is for. Our planning desk will come back to you with a working draft within a day.