JW Marriott Kaafu Atoll is on Hathaafinolhu in South Malé Atoll, about 15 to 30 minutes from Malé by speedboat. All 80 villas have a private pool: 48 over the water and 32 on the beach. It's built for families as much as couples, with the Family by JW kids' club, a teen zone, a JW Garden that supplies the kitchens, a PADI dive centre and water sports, big-game fishing and whale shark trips.
Overwater Pool Villas and Beach Pool Villas (both 155 m²) take two adults and two children or three adults, and the beach ones face the sunrise or, in the Sunset Beach Pool Villas, the sunset. The One-Bedroom Overwater Pool Villa (230 m²) adds a living room, the Family Beach Pool Villa (209 m²) has a bunk-bed nook, and there are two-bedroom villas on the beach and over the water (327 m²). The Three-Bedroom Ocean Residence (729 m²) has its own gym, sauna, spa room for two and a water slide into the lagoon.
Veyo is the all-day restaurant at the centre of the island, inside or by the pool. Riva reinterprets Indian, Sri Lankan and Maldivian dishes at dinner, Athiri grills aged prime cuts and seafood over charcoal in a South American style, and Pure is a seasonal chef's table built on the JW Garden's produce. Wahoo is the beach and pool bar, Nikkei pours sake cocktails with Japanese-Peruvian tapas at sunset, and Tito's is a deli and patisserie. The overwater Spa by JW has six treatment rooms, a steam room, sauna and whirlpool, and the gym is open around the clock.