Luxury holidays in the Maldives
Step off the seaplane onto your resort island and into the warm lagoon. Tell us how you want to spend your days, and we match the resort and every transfer to you.
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Maldives
1 day
Malé → Noonu Atoll
You stay on a private island in the Noonu Atoll, where water villas and island residences sit around a calm six-kilometre lagoon. Days move between the reef, the spa and the beach, with dinners drawn from the island's own farm. Evenings bring outdoor films under the stars and a sunset cruise to look for dolphins.
In the Maldives the day is set by the water. You wake above a lagoon clear enough to see rays pass under the deck, swim before breakfast and spend the afternoon on a reef where turtles and reef sharks cruise past. Each resort usually has an island to itself, so your stay feels private whether you choose a beach villa or one built over the water.
The atolls reward travellers who get in the water. Snorkel with manta rays in season, take a dhoni out at dusk to look for dolphins or let a resort marine biologist show you the house reef. Evenings bring dinners on the sand by lantern light, and the islands are one of the easiest choices for a honeymoon or anniversary.
Atolls near Malé are a short boat ride away, and the further ones reward a seaplane flight.
A quieter northern atoll, about 45 minutes by seaplane from Malé, with reefs, sandbanks and wide lagoons.
The small capital where every trip arrives, with a fish market, mosques and a short boat ride to the airport.
The drier northeast monsoon brings calm seas and clear skies, and the wetter months bring manta rays and quieter resorts.
Dry, sunny and calm, with clear water for snorkelling.
The driest month, with the best visibility on the reefs.
Hot, dry and calm, ideal for diving and sandbank picnics.
Warm and mostly dry as the season turns.
The wet monsoon begins, with showers and stronger winds.
Rain and wind come in bursts, with sunny spells between.
Changeable weather, good for manta rays on some reefs.
Showers and sunshine, with quieter islands.
Still the wet season, short storms and warm seas.
Rain eases and calmer days return.
Settling weather and clear water as the dry season nears.
Dry season begins, festive dates book out early.
Malé has direct flights from the Gulf, Asia and parts of Europe, and most other routes connect once.
Colombo is about an hour and a half from Malé, so Sri Lanka's tea country and temples make a natural first stop.
Ancient rock fortresses, tea country and wild southern beaches.
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