Secluded Luxury Resort

Receive 35% off your stay at Ayada Maldives in a Beach Villa with Pool, including full-board meal plans, with domestic flight + speedboat transfers and resort taxes for two adults sharing the villa.

Ayada Maldives occupies Magudhdhuvaa Island in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, in the south of the country, a region with many stunning reefs to explore. You can reach it by a 55-minute domestic flight from Velana International Airport to Kaadedhdhoo followed by a 50-minute speedboat. A Turkish accent runs through the resort AySpa; the spa covers 3,500 m² and has a private Turkish hammam, while the Ottoman Lounge serves Turkish coffee, speciality teas and shisha from low Ottoman stools. The resort is great for a snorkelling holiday as it has an incredible house reef. A coral reef rings the whole island, and snorkellers can enter it from the beach at most points. Gaafu Dhaalu picks up swell from every direction, and the resort runs its own surf boats to named breaks 10 to 25 minutes away. It suits snorkellers, surfers and families who will trade a long journey for an empty corner of the Maldives. Three jogging tracks loop the island, the longest measuring 1.6 kilometres.

Highlights of Ayada Maldives

🪸 A house reef that encircles the island – the resort is a snorkellers dream, you can access the house reef from the beach almost anywhere

🏄 Surf boats to six named breaks near the resort – one of the breaks, Love Charms, is only 10 minutes from the island

🛁 The AySpa – step inside the resort's 3,500 m² spa, with many other treatments and therapies to choose from

🥅 Floodlit football, tennis and volleyball – there is plent to do on the island plus a games hall with PS4 and billiards

🐬 Spinner dolphin trips – Join the boat trip to go searching for dolphins in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.

☕ Relax at The Ottoman Lounge – Turkish coffee, specialty teas and shisha on low stools

💑 Couples and Honeymoon Highlights at Ayada Maldives

Best for: 💍 honeymooners · 🥂 anniversary couples

🧖 Turkish hammam at AySpa – alongside a Vichy room, cold plunge and warm vitality pool

🏝️ Sandbank picnic or dinner – a tiny island under ten minutes away by speedboat

🍾 Private champagne cruise – champagne and canapés, with a chance of dolphins

🍷 Ile de Joie at sunset – wine and cheese over the lagoon from 18:00

💒 The White Room – an open-air garden pavilion built for vow renewals

🌅 Sunset Ocean Suites – 172 m² over the water, with a glass floor panel

🍢 Mizu Teppanyaki – Take a seats at the grill under an open Maldivian sky