A thatched-roof island in Baa Atoll's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with 98 villas, a lively house reef and a turtle rescue centre.
Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu is in Baa Atoll, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, 30 minutes from Malé by seaplane. The island is green and the villas have traditional thatched roofs. A vibrant house reef makes for good snorkelling, and the resort runs a Marine Biology Centre and a Turtle Rescue Centre.
There are 98 villas. Beach Villas, Sunset Beach Villas and Deluxe Villas are 87 m², with four-poster beds under net canopies and garden bathrooms, and the Deluxe Villas add a private splash pool; Deluxe Pool Villas (104 m²) have a pool curving along a private beach and a hammock between the palms. Over the water, the Lagoon Villas and Sunset Lagoon Villas (87 m²) each have a plunge pool. Most villas sleep two as standard and up to four.
Cowrie is the largest restaurant, with buffets and live cooking in an open-air pavilion, and Cornus serves Asian food and seafood by the beach. The Beach Bar faces the sunset, and Conch Bar does coffee, cocktails and snacks by the island's deepest beach. Coco Spa has five rooms for Indonesian, Thai and Ayurvedic treatments with Thalgo products, including a spice bath ritual.
This 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 Resortlife lists half board as the lowest meal plan.
A beach villa with a king-size bed under a net canopy, seating areas, a writing desk and a private garden bathroom. Two guests as standard, up to four.
King bed
A beach villa on the sunset side, with a king-size bed under a net canopy and armchairs on a terrace under the thatched roof. Two guests as standard, up to four.
King bed
A villa with a four-poster bed, terracotta floors, a garden bathroom with a sunken bath, and a terrace with a freshwater splash pool screened by greenery. Two guests as standard, up to four.
Four-poster king bed
A beach villa with a freshwater pool curving along its own stretch of beach, a hammock between the palms and sunbeds. Two guests.
King bed
One of twelve overwater villas in their own wing, with a four-poster bed and a plunge pool. Two guests as standard, up to four.
Four-poster king bed
An overwater villa on the sunset side, with a four-poster bed and a plunge pool on the deck. Two guests as standard, up to four.
Four-poster king bed
The same resort and the same villa, booked through people who live here.
Request a free quoteThe largest restaurant: buffets and live cooking stations with local and international food
Asian food and seafood, à la carte
Sundowners, cocktails and light bites
Coffee, cocktails and light snacks
Indonesian, Thai and Ayurvedic treatments with Thalgo products, including a spice bath ritual, in five treatment rooms; 9am to 7.30pm
Marine conservation and turtle rescue
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A 30-minute seaplane flight from Malé.
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