Reef, Villa, Sandbank

The journey.

Day 1 · The atoll · Land, then leave the land

A short flight from India, then a boat or a seaplane. You are on the island by lunch, and the moment the seaplane banks over the atolls is the trip's first photograph.

Day 2 · The atoll · Nothing, deliberately

The first full day has nothing in it. That is not laziness, it is the point, and the water is a colour that looks edited and is not.

Day 3 · The atoll · Under the surface

Snorkelling the house reef, which is usually the best snorkelling of the week and costs nothing, or the first dive if you are certified.

Day 4 · The atoll · The sandbank

A boat to a strip of sand that exists only at low tide, with a hamper and an umbrella and no other people, collected three hours later.

Day 5 · The atoll · Dolphins, at dusk

An hour out on a dhoni as the light goes. Spinner dolphins show up most evenings, which is as close to a guarantee as wildlife gets.

Day 6 · The atoll · Still nothing

Another completely free day. Six nights is what makes the point at which you stop checking the time actually arrive.

Day 7 · Malé · Home

A boat or seaplane back, with the atolls visible from the aircraft window for an hour afterwards.

What a journey like this includes

• Soneva Fushi, Six Senses Laamu, Conrad Rangali and Baros among the choices

• Resort transfers by speedboat or seaplane, arranged around your flight times

• A Malé overnight covered if your inbound lands too late for a daylight seaplane

• Green tax and the ten percent service charge, included rather than added at check out

• Visa on arrival, free for thirty days for Indian passport holders

• Breakfast every morning

Build this journey your way

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