ananea Madivaru sits around its own lagoon in North Ari Atoll, about 20 minutes from the airport by seaplane. It spreads over two islands joined by an overwater walkway, and it opened in summer 2025 under ananea, the hotel brand of the German travel group DERTOUR, with 111 newly built villas. The house reef starts 10 to 20 metres off the beach, and the resort says it's one of the best in the area.
Every villa has a private pool. On the North Island are Beach Pool Villas (200 m²), Deluxe Beach Pool Villas (240 m²) and Deluxe Water Pool Villas (255 m²); the East Island has the Water Pool Villas (180 m²) and two-storey two-bedroom beach villas. Residences with two or three bedrooms, on the beach and over the water, run up to 760 m².
The Gallery serves buffet breakfasts and dinners, the Asian Food Street has four small restaurants (Maldivian, Thai, Korean and Indian), The Flame grills by the sea, Ikigai does teppanyaki, Flores Peruvian-Japanese Nikkei, and Luna, over the water between the islands, Mediterranean dinners. There are three bars, a 65-metre infinity pool, an overwater spa with eight treatment rooms, a gym, a yoga pavilion, a German-speaking PADI dive school and a kids' club for ages 4 to 11.