A small, barefoot four-star island in North Malé Atoll, 20 minutes from the airport by speedboat, with 87 beach and water bungalows and a house reef all the way round.
Thulhagiri is a small island in North Malé Atoll, about 13 km and 20 minutes by speedboat from the airport, with boats running at any time of day. It opened in 1983 and was renovated in 2022, and it keeps a barefoot, traditional style with bamboo furniture and thousands of budgies in the trees. A house reef runs right round the island, and the Sub Aqua dive school offers unlimited house-reef diving.
There are 87 bungalows of three kinds. The 50 Standard Deluxe Beach Bungalows (53 m²) open onto the beach through a full glass door to a private wooden deck, with a bathtub, a separate shower and an open-air shower. The 17 Water Bungalows (56 m²) stand over the lagoon with a deck that leads down to the lagoon and the house reef, and the 20 Superior Water Bungalows (78 m²) add an outdoor shower and a glass-bottomed coffee table. All sleep up to three.
The Main Restaurant serves buffets for every meal under an Austrian chef. The Sand Bar is the main bar, with coffee, draught beer and cocktails from 7.30am to midnight and weekly live music, discos and crab races, and the Beach Bar catches the sunset. Half board is included, with full board, Half Board Plus and all inclusive above it. There's an infinity pool, a gym, the Duny Thai Spa and the Magic Surf & Sail water sports centre.
The resort publishes no room rates, so the price is a travel agency's figure and only a rough guide. It's an older, simple resort rather than a luxurious one, with no pool villas, but it's very close to the airport and the reef is right there.
One of 50 bungalows on the beach, with a full glass door onto a private wooden deck, bamboo furniture, and a bathroom with twin basins, a bathtub, a separate shower and an open-air shower. Up to three guests.
King bed
One of 17 bungalows over the lagoon, with a full glass door onto a private wooden deck with direct access to the lagoon and the house reef, and a bathroom with twin basins, a bathtub and a separate shower. Up to three guests.
King bed
One of 20 larger overwater bungalows facing the open ocean and the sunrise, with a wooden deck with sunbeds and direct access to the lagoon and house reef, a glass-bottomed coffee table, a bathtub and indoor and outdoor showers. Up to three guests.
King bed
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Buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner under an Austrian chef, with themed nights; private beach dinners on request
The main bar: coffee, draught beer, wine and cocktails from 7.30am to midnight, with live music, discos and crab races each week
Cocktails and mocktails, 10am to 6.30pm
Traditional Thai, Royal Thai aromatic, hot stone and Swedish massage, reflexology, body wraps and couples’ packages
PADI courses, unlimited house-reef diving, free Nitrox for certified divers, night and fluorescent dives, and manta trips in season
Windsurfing, catamaran sailing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, paddleboards and canoes, plus jet skis outside the lagoon
A gym and an infinity pool open from 6am to 6pm
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A 20-minute shared speedboat ride from Malé airport, at any time of day.
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