HUVADHU ATOLL0.5000° N, 73.3000° EWhere to Stay
OverviewHuvadhu has two ways to stay: resorts on their own private islands, and guesthouses on the local islands where people live. Every place below is on the Huvadhu Atoll map, with the dive sites, surf breaks and airports around it.
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Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa
Hadahaa, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)The atoll's most intimate luxury resort, on a natural island with a 360° house reef, voted among the Maldives' best house reefs three years running by Travel + Leisure. Fifty-one villas on the beach or over the water, plus the three-bedroom Kiaali Residence, which opens straight onto the best of the reef. A resident marine biologist runs the Ocean Lab and its education programme, and the island's Marine Experience Centre, Blue Journeys, takes guests diving, snorkelling and freediving.
Ayada Maldives
Maguhdhuvaa, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)A 112-villa resort on Maguhdhuvaa, in the south of the atoll, with eight places to eat and a spa.
Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort
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Kooddoo, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)An adults-only resort of 68 villas on Kooddoo - the same island as the atoll's northern airport, which makes it the shortest arrival in Huvadhu.
NH Collection Maldives Havodda Resort
Havodda, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Kaadedhdhoo Airport (KDM)A resort on Havodda, on the atoll's south-western rim.
Nilaa Coral Island
Kodegalaa, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)A private coral island in the south of the atoll with seven villas of two, three and five bedrooms, a protected reef and lagoon a step from the beach, and the option of taking the whole island.
Pullman Maldives Maamutaa
Maamutaa, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A five-star all-inclusive resort on Maamutaa, at the northern end of the atoll.
ROBINSON Maldives
Funamadua, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kaadedhdhoo Airport (KDM)An adults-only, all-inclusive club on Funamadua, with its house reef between 20 and 200 metres offshore.
The Residence Maldives at Dhigurah
Dhigurah, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)The second of the two linked resorts, next door to Falhumaafushi and connected to it by a bridge.
The Residence Maldives at Falhumaafushi
Falhumaafushi, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)One of two resorts on neighbouring islands, joined by a bridge, so guests of either can use both.
GuesthousesGuesthouses
Baivaru Guest House
Dhaandhoo, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A guesthouse on Dhaandhoo, the island the Dhandhoo channel and caves dives are named after.
Central Guest House
Villingili, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A guesthouse on Villingili, the administrative island of the atoll's northern half.
Ekefaru Inn
Villingili, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A guesthouse on Villingili, the atoll's northern administrative island.
Equator Sandy Beach
Gemanafushi, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)A guesthouse on Gemanafushi, the island the Gemanafushi canyon and outer-reef dives are named after.
Fathi Inn
Villingili, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A guesthouse on Villingili, the atoll's northern administrative island.
Huvadhoo Lodge & Dive
Maamendhoo, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A family-run guesthouse and dive operation on Maamendhoo, and the most generous publisher of dive-site information in the atoll.
Kondey Villas
Kondey, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)An eco-focused guesthouse on Kondey, the island the Kondey coral garden dives are named after.
Pearl Beach Guest House
Nilandhoo, Gaafu Alifu
Nearest airport: Kooddoo Airport (GKK)A guesthouse on Nilandhoo, on the eastern rim, the island the Nilandhoo dives are named after.
Suncoral Maldives
Kondey, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Maavarulu Airport (VAM)A second guesthouse on Kondey, on the same stretch of reef.
Umet Stay
Thinadhoo, Gaafu Dhaalu
Nearest airport: Kaadedhdhoo Airport (KDM)A guesthouse on Thinadhoo, the largest local island in the atoll's southern half.