Anantara Kihavah stands on Kihavah Huravalhi in Baa Atoll, part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, 35 minutes from Malé by seaplane in daylight, or about an hour by domestic flight and speedboat for later arrivals. Hanifaru Bay, known for its manta gatherings, is about 20 minutes away by speedboat.
All 80 villas and residences have a private pool. Beach Pool Villas (258 m²) have a garden sala and an open-air bathroom with a soaking tub for two, and Over Water Pool Villas (267 m²) have a swinging daybed, a sunken glass-bottom bathtub and a ladder down to the house reef; both come in sunset-facing versions, and all sleep up to three. One-bedroom family villas take two adults and three children, and for bigger groups there are two-bedroom family villas and two- to four-bedroom residences of 1,330 to 2,000 m².
SEA is an underwater restaurant with what the resort calls the world's first underwater wine cellar, and SKY is an overwater observatory bar with telescopes for stargazing. FIRE does teppanyaki and Nikkei cooking, SPICE serves Asian dishes over the lagoon, MANZARU is Mediterranean by day and Italian by night, and PLATES is the breakfast restaurant. The overwater Anantara Spa has plunge pools and saunas, and there's a dive centre, padel and tennis courts, water sports and a kids' club for ages four to twelve.
Gut zu wissenThis profile comes from travel agencies, because the resort's own website couldn't be checked. The price is only maldives.com's 'starting from' range, so treat it as a rough guide, and seaplanes fly in daylight only, so late arrivals come by domestic flight.