A five-star island in North Malé Atoll, 25 minutes from Malé by speedboat, with 96 pool villas, a resident surf school and a naturopathy spa on its own island.
Four Seasons Kuda Huraa is a private island in North Malé Atoll, about 25 minutes from Malé by speedboat. It opened in 1998 and reopened in 2006, and its design takes after a Maldivian village, with thatched roofs, timber floors and lattice panels. Its 96 villas, 60 on the beach and 36 over the water, come with their own pools. There's no house reef off the beach, so snorkelling is by boat, on shark and turtle safaris; the island is better known for surfing, with Tropicsurf teaching guests from age six and taking them to six breaks nearby, and it hosts the Four Seasons Surfing Champions Trophy each year.
Sizes here are indoor space; most villas have as much again outside or more. On the island, the Garden Pavilions with Pool (46 m²) are the simplest, the Deluxe Beach Pavilions (55 m²) sit steps from the sand with an infinity-edge plunge pool, and the Beach Villas with Pool (63 m²) and Family Beach Villas (75 m²), on the sunrise or sunset side, are set in big gardens with pools of about 285 m². Over the water, the Water Villas with Pool (70 m²) and Family Water Villas (91 m²) suit couples and young families, and the two- and three-bedroom Water Suites (165 and 240 m²) take bigger groups. The Three-Bedroom Kuda Estate, a reimagined royal villa with 467 m² inside, its own beach and a 139 m² infinity pool, is the flagship.
Café Huraa is the all-day restaurant and main breakfast spot, looking over the infinity pool, with Maldivian curried lobster as a signature. Baraabaru serves Indian food in a Kerala-inspired building over the lagoon, Reef Club is Italian on the beach, and Kandu Grill cooks seafood and meat by the shore, with a Maldivian barbecue night on Fridays. The Poolside Bar has a swim-up bar, and the Sunset Lounge serves cocktails at dusk. The spa, ŪRJĀ Naturopathy Island, sits on its own islet two minutes away by boat, with seven treatment pavilions that have portals in the floor to watch the sea below; there's also a PADI dive centre, a Marine Discovery Centre and the Kuda Koamas Kids' Club.
This profile comes from the resort's official press fact sheet and travel agencies, because the resort's own website couldn't be checked. There's no house reef off the beach, so snorkelling means boat trips, and the price is only maldives.com's 'starting from' range, so treat it as a rough guide.
A pavilion among the island's greenery, 46 m² inside with a 65 m² private garden and a plunge pool. Three adults, or two adults and a child.
King or twin beds
A tropical pavilion just steps from the beach, 55 m² inside, with an infinity-edge plunge pool, a private garden and a study with a sofa bed. Up to three guests.
King or twin beds
A beachfront villa on the sunrise or sunset side, 63 m² inside, set in a large garden with a pool (about 285 m² outside), with a daybed and direct beach access. Up to three guests.
King or twin beds
A larger family villa on the beach, on the sunrise or sunset side, 75 m² inside with a king bed and a sofa bed, set in about 285 m² of garden with a pool. Up to four guests.
King bed and a sofa bed
A two-bedroom garden pavilion with a private pool and terrace, a king bed and two twin beds, for families. Up to four guests.
King bed and two twin beds
An overwater villa on the sunrise or sunset side, 70 m² inside, with a daybed, a plunge pool and a deck with steps into the lagoon (Resortlife puts the deck at 66 m², Purely Maldives at 113 m²). Three adults and a child, or two adults and two children.
King or twin beds
A family overwater villa facing the sunrise, 91 m² inside, with a 55 m² deck and private pool, a king bed and a daybed. Three adults and a child, or two adults and two children.
King bed and a daybed
A two-bedroom overwater suite, 165 m² inside, with king and twin bedrooms, two daybeds and a private pool; the deck is 242 m² on the sunrise side and about 261 m² on the sunset side. Four adults, plus up to two children.
King bed and twin beds
A three-bedroom overwater suite, 240 m² inside, with a 278 m² deck and a private pool, two king bedrooms and a twin, and a rollaway available in each bedroom. Six adults, up to eight guests.
Two king beds and twin beds
The flagship: a reimagined royal villa on its own beach, with three standalone bedroom pavilions joined by indoor-outdoor living spaces, about 467 m² inside and 562 m² outside, around a 139 m² curving infinity pool. Six guests as standard, up to nine.
The same resort and the same villa, booked through people who live here.
Request a free quoteAll-day dining and the main breakfast venue: pan-Asian and international, with Maldivian curried lobster as a signature
Indian, with locally caught seafood and a tandoori bar; the signature is slow-cooked lamb raan
Italian: seafood, pastas, stone-fired pizzas and whole fish baked in a salt crust
Seafood and meat from the grill, with a Maldivian barbecue night on Fridays
Salads, sandwiches and drinks through the day, with a swim-up bar
Cocktails, fine spirits and canapés at sunset
Seven thatched treatment pavilions opening onto the ocean, with portals in the floor to watch the sea life below; a free 45-minute naturopathy consultation, and a Night Spa Ritual held for one guest or couple each night
Surf lessons and clinics for ages six and up, in the lagoon and on six breaks nearby, plus seaplane surf safaris
A PADI 5-Star IDC dive centre
Dolphin cruises, shark and turtle snorkel safaris, sandbank picnics and the Marine Discovery Centre
Supervised crafts, beach games, snorkelling, yoga and cooking classes, with a children's pool beside the main pool
A 150 m² gym overlooking the infinity pool, a jogging trail and daily group yoga facing the ocean
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About 25 minutes from Malé by speedboat.
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