Overview Anantara Maldives

Anantara offers a string of three glorious Maldives Resorts, welcoming you to discover a tropical paradise island. Wake up to soothing views of the endless deep blue Indian Ocean. Take a morning plunge in the gentle waters of a turquoise lagoon directly from your over water villa. Kayak to Guli Fushi Island at the edge of the lagoon for snorkelling.

In the South Malé Atoll, the Anantara Maldives Resorts offer some of the most spacious luxury villas in the Maldives, some with private plunge pools and just a 35-minute speedboat ride from Velana International Airport.

The tropical lagoon setting creates a Maldivian paradise of breathtaking natural wonders, where the warmest heartfelt welcome leads to journeys that can be deeply relaxing or truly invigorating. From the moment you arrive, peer into the crystal waters below the jetty at puffer fish, sting rays and baby reef sharks. Take part in an array of water sports including diving, snorkelling, surfing and island hopping.

The evocative location is matched by a tranquil island design approach that feels like home away from home while providing you with excellent facilities. Play tennis, hit the gym and swim in the infinity edge pool, or simply unwind at Anantara Spa with a range of renowned signature treatments. Discover your own paradise at in the Maldives.

Accommodation

Envelop yourself in the sky’s azure hues and gentle breezes that roll in off the sea to the privacy of one of the best options for accommodation at a luxury resort in Maldives.

At Anantara Dhigu choose between villas perfectly positioned to catch the sunrise or sunset, or those that have their own private plunge pool. Among Maldives luxury accommodation, Anantara Dhigu is outstanding with its choice of stylishly designed villas and suites. Each comes with direct access to the powdery white beach and only steps away from the tranquil lagoon. Choose from sunrise or sunset beach villas and relax in bed and admire the view through floor to ceiling windows, or from your sun terrace that is decked out with loungers and dining furniture. Open your wardrobe to find yoga mats, a mini bar, tea and coffee making facilities and a luggage rack. Or indulge in Sunset Pool Villas - 180 square metres of prime luxury accommodation on Dhigu beach in the Maldives. Lounge on your own stretch of powder white sand, cool down in the villa’s private rear garden plunge pool or take a stroll around the lush tropical island. 150 square metres of laid-back comfort awaits guests at the Anantara Pool Villas. Each of these beachfront Maldives villas features a plunge pool positioned just steps away from a white sandy beach or surround your family with direct access to pure white sand, uninterrupted views of the lagoon wrapped in the privacy of a lush garden with the contemporary and spacious, the luxury Two Bedroom Family Villas. With inviting areas for relaxation as a couple, as well as a family, the Two Bedroom Family Villas offer the perfect accommodation for families with young children. Alternativley retreat to a luxurious hideaway on a boardwalk over the lagoon with the Over Water Suites. In-room glass viewing panels in the bathroom floor offer glimpses of marine life unfolding and steps leading to direct ocean access for snorkelling with the lagoon’s marine life.

Dining

From seafood and meat grills, fine Italian cuisine, varying themed buffet dinners, to lighter meals poolside for lunch, the food at Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort is as an inspiring a Maldives experience as the beautiful surroundings. Mealtimes are relaxed and informal, with a creative emphasis on Dining by Design concepts in a location of the guest’s choice. As dining is an important element of family time, Anantara Dhigu invites junior guests, 6 years and under, to dine for free when accompanied by their family.

Fushi Café

Overlooking the lagoon, Fushi Café restaurant serves a full breakfast buffet complete with live cooking stations offering a wide variety of international favourites to start the day. In the evening, the restaurant transforms to offer a variety of international cuisines with a changing theme each evening from Chinese, Italian, Indian Ocean flavours to Japanese.

Sea. Fire. Salt. 

Featuring an alfresco wooden deck over the turquoise lagoon, Sea. Fire. Salt. offers a crossroad of cuisines and cooking styles. Freshly caught Maldivian favourites such as reef fish, lobster and prawns, and prime aged imported cuts from Australia can be ordered flame grilled, tandoori style, wok sautéed or cooked to perfection in a wood-fired oven. The experience is accentuated by a salt selection from around the world, which the resident Salt Guru will help you to select.

Terrazzo

Bringing Italy to the tropics in an intimate upstairs venue that opens out on to a terrace with soothing views across the lagoon, signature dishes include homemade risotto and pasta. An impressive menu is accompanied by wines from the northern and southern regions of Italy, while the Wine Loft is where Anantara’s own Wine Guru has sourced some of the finest grape varietals and international wine selections from around the world.

Aqua

Enjoy light meals from lunchtime until 6pm, afternoon beverages by the pool and live music in the evening. Leading on to sunset beach, Aqua Bar is a romantic spot, perfect for watching the sunset with an iced cocktail. Located poolside, they serve to the sun loungers and our popular ocean hammock.

Dining by Design

A banquet on the beach. A candlelit dinner of Maldivian food on your own stretch of sand or desert island. A barbeque attended by a personal chef on your terrace. Restaurants at Anantara Dhigu Maldives extend beyond the dining room. Let the team plan romantic fine dining for two in countless, secluded getaways either at Anantara Dhigu or the sister resort Anantara Veli.

Baan Huraa

Arguably the finest Thai restaurant in the Maldives, this teak house restaurant is poised over water on the edge of an inner lagoon and outer reef. Accessible through Anantara Veli Maldives Resort, guests enjoy authentic Thai cuisine, including coconut curries from Thailand's southern provinces, as well as hot and spicy dishes from the north, bound together by an authenticity of flavour.

73 Degrees

An enticingly light and airy coastal style pavilion serving a sumptuous breakfast buffet every morning with a selection of fresh tropical fruits and juices, cereals, homemade breads, grilled meats, vegetables and omelettes made to order. Breakfast here is only offered to adult guests, and in the evenings, the restaurant transforms into a semi-buffet oceanfront dining venue open to all Dhigu, Veli and Naladhu guests.

Origami

These modern and casual Japanese restaurant serves unique dining journeys with a choice of a light gourmet menu with hand crafted sushi and sashimi and slow charcoal grilled robatayaki skewers. Livening up the experience, chefs dazzle guests with sizzling Teppanyaki cooking skills and meals every week from Tuesday to Sunday.

Dhoni

Activities At Anantara

Anantara offers more than just the perfect place to relax. Discover wondrous marine life or explore every nook and corner of the rich Maldivian land. Take up windsurfing on the placid lagoon or stroll through the markets of bustling Malé. These are just a few examples of things to see and do while at our island getaway.

From tropical picnics along unspoilt shores to the unadulterated luxury of a sunset cruise, Anantara presents you a multitude of leisure activities to indulge in. Each day, a range of organised and do it yourself area excursions let you see beyond the boundaries of your five-star Maldives resort. Whether you want to go island hopping, take a sailing cruise, try your hand at deep-sea fishing or explore Malé culture at the fisherman’s market, Anantara hosts Maldives leisure activities to suit all tastes.

Diving

The Maldives is known as one of the finest dive sites on the planet, and Anantara has a multitude of dive options to suit all abilities. While Anantara certainly looks splendid from above the water, in the Maldives, you’ll find some of the most beautiful sights are below the surface. See a panorama of spectacular marine views on a full-day diving safari guided by the experts from Anantara’s own PADI 5-star Dive Centre. If you’re a first-timer, get your PADI certification course that will guide you toward taking your first breaths underwater. Or simply snorkel leisurely on the edge of the lagoon, perusing the fabled Maldivian coral gardens on the daily guided snorkelling trips. For those looking to progress as well as experienced watermen and women, orientation dives and deep-water dives are offered every day. The Anantara Dive Centre offers two boat dives a day to over 20 nearby reefs teeming with undersea life. In addition, the Centre runs full and half-day “safari dives” to reefs and sites further offshore as well a freediving excursion.  

Fishing

Try your skills at hand line fishing and experience the glittering waters from a local’s point of view aboard a traditional sailing dhoni. This natural technique uses no equipment beyond a single fishing line held by hand and dropped to the floor of the ocean reef. A bite is almost guaranteed. Take your catch back to land and the chefs at Fuddan grill will prepare it to your liking the very next day. Surfing lessons and excursions for a range of abilities are also on offer at Anantara.