Cocoon is on Ookolhu Finolhu in Lhaviyani Atoll, about 30 minutes from the airport by seaplane. It bills itself as the first design hotel in the Maldives: all 150 villas, three restaurants and two bars were designed by the award-winning Italian designer LAGO, with its 'floating' beds and tables of old wildwood.
Fifty Beach Villas (50 m²), a third of the total, have a terrace onto the sand and an outdoor shower. Beach Suites (70 m²) add a headboard of 200-year-old wildwood, some with a pool, and Family Beach Villas (100 m²) connect for larger groups. Over the water are Lagoon Villas (65 m²), Lagoon Suites with a pool and Lagoon Suites with a slide into the lagoon, and the 300 m² Cocoon Suite on the beach has two bedrooms and a plunge pool.
Rates are all-inclusive. The Octopus serves buffets with weekly themed nights, Manta is an overwater à la carte restaurant, and the Japanese Garden does teppanyaki in a jungle setting. Loabi Loabi is the pool bar, with DJs, live music and karaoke nights, and Kurum-Bar has the sunset view and a daily barbecue lunch. There's The Cube Spa, a gym, a dive school, water sports, a futsal ground and a kids' club.