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Diamonds Athuruga Maldives is a 5-star all-inclusive resort located in South Ari Atoll, approximately 85 km from Velana International Airport (MLE).

TRANSFER & LOCATION: The island is accessible via a Seaplane (20–25 minutes). The resort features 70 villas, including Beach Bungalows and Water Villas, situated on a small private island with a renowned house reef.

DINING & FACILITIES: Guests have access to 5 restaurants and 2 bars, including the signature Thari Over Water Restaurant and the Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant, Thila. Facilities include the IDive Diving Centre, Serena Spa, and a resident marine biology laboratory.

PERFECT FOR: This resort caters to couples and snorkeling enthusiasts, offering extensive all-inclusive dining options and immediate access to South Ari Atoll's marine life.

Starting From

$800-$2500

Rooms

69

Bars

2

Restaurants

5

Transport Options

Seaplane•25 min

What we love...

Excellent Snorkelling and Scuba Diving

Excellent Snorkelling and Scuba Diving

The resort is close to channels often frequented by whalesharks, especially in the summer months. There are also plenty of great snorkelling and scuba diving sites nearby.

Thila Japanese Restaurant

Thila Japanese Restaurant

This live cooking restaurant is worth a visit while you are on the island. You can enjoy the chef's theatrical flair as they cook your meal on the Teppanyaki Grill hotplate.

Serena Spa

Serena Spa

The spa provides guests with a combination of traditional healing practices, therapies, and techniques. You can book a traditional Thai massage. The spa also offers couples treatments, spa baths, and beauty treatments too.

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Dining and Bars

Maakeyn Buffet Restaurant
Situated on a powdery white beach, the Maakeyn Restaurant offers a view of the blue lagoon. This restaurant serves a breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet with an amazing array of authentic Italian and Asian cuisine. Every night, the dinner buffet features a different theme, which provides their guests with the best meals from around the globe in one restaurant. There are also all-inclusive beverages, fresh fruit, and homemade ice cream available. Giacomo Gaspari, the restaurant's executive chef, has been providing guests with an exciting gourmet experience in various restaurants since 2011. His cuisine reflects his appreciation of Ayurvedic principles that honour the doshas.
Opening Hours
Breakfast: 08:00 hrs - 10:30 hrs Lunch: 13:00 hrs - 14:30 hrs Dinner: 20:00 hrs - 21:30 hrs

Maakeyn Buffet Restaurant

Thari Over Water Restaurant
Thari Overwater Restaurant combines the finest elements of European and Asian cooking techniques to create a unique gastronomic experience. Thari Overwater Restaurant is an elevated, innovative, and delightfully relaxing a-la-carte restaurant that serves fusion cuisine, combining contemporary European, local, and Asian ingredients into a kaleidoscope of flavors. Sip a sophisticated cocktail while watching the sun go down before a romantic supper. Guests can enjoy a sophisticated cocktail while watching the amazing colours of the sunset before a romantic dinner. During Christmas and Easter, the resort hosts world-famous chefs from all over Europe as part of the prestigious Jeunes Restaurateurs organization. These chefs will exclusively create meals for the guests.
Opening Hours
Daily - Breakfast 8:00 hrs - 10:30 hrs Daily - Lunch 13:00 hrs - 14:30 hrs Daily - Dinner 20:00 hrs - 21:30 hrs

Thari Over Water Restaurant

Farivalhu Maldivian Dining Experience
The restaurant is a private, distinct, and vibrant Maldivian hut that serves traditional, authentic Maldivian cuisine beneath a palm tree in the tropical garden. The restaurant's Maldivian chefs will prepare and serve the exquisite dishes. Farivalhu Restaurant recommends that guests wear the traditional Maldivian sarong while visiting, so that everyone can feel at home in the island's historic setting. Guests can make reservations for a memorable dining experience.
Opening Hours
Daily - Dinner 20:00 hrs - 21:30 hrs

Farivalhu Maldivian Dining Experience

Thila Japanese Restaurant
A vibrant, interesting, and entertaining live-cooking restaurant that serves delectable Japanese cuisine. In a beautiful palm-leaf thatched hut, an expert chef prepares seafood and meat on the Teppanyaki grill. This Teppanyaki restaurant offers guests an exciting and flavorful dining experience. At an additional cost, the chefs will create a private lunch or dinner for you.
Opening Hours
Lunch: 13:00 hrs - 14:30 hrs Dinner: 20:00 hrs - 21:30 hrs

Thila Japanese Restaurant

Kakuni Seafood Dining Experience
A one-of-a-kind seafood dining experience where each guest can have their own meal created just how they like it: romantic, exclusive, and beautifully prepared. At this restaurant, special set menus, lobster meals, and Indian Ocean dinners are available at various locations to make the dinners exceptional and memorable for the guests. It could be on the beach, on the water villa's terrace, or in front of the beach bungalow.
Opening Hours
At request: Reservation required

Kakuni Seafood Dining Experience

Boli Beach Bar
The Boli Beach Bar serves light meals and snacks throughout the day, making it a fantastic spot to rest after exploring the amazing marine life underwater, or for those who prefer to remain on the beach and sunbathe on the white coral sand. Here, guests can enjoy the exotic aromas of the Maldives in expertly crafted cocktails.
Opening Hours
Daily: 10:00 hrs - 18:00 hrs

Boli Beach Bar

Thari Over Water Bar
The bar is a relaxing overwater venue that offers a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, such as international cocktails, selected spirits, beer, wine, fruit juices, and soft drinks. Champagne and fine spirits are also available for an additional fee.
Opening Hours
Daily 18:00 hrs - 23:00 hrs

Thari Over Water Bar

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