Jawakara Islands Maldives is two islands rather than one. Mabin and Dheru sit in Lhaviyani Atoll, joined by a 650 metre bridge over the house reef, 35 minutes by seaplane from Velana. Between them they hold 290 villas, a golf course and a kids club that runs to seventeen.
It is built for families and groups who want things to do. Mabin is the busy island, 1,400 metres long, with four restaurants, the kids club, the golf course and the clinic. Dheru is 450 metres and quieter: two restaurants and an overwater spa. The bridge gives you both whichever one you book.
What you pay
Pick your dates and a villa above and the price is the whole stay for two: the villa, breakfast every morning, the return seaplane and every Maldivian tax. Nothing is added at the resort.
Dates move this price more than the villa does. The dearest dates on this page run 30 to 40 per cent above the cheapest, while moving from a beach villa to one over the water adds 10 to 18 per cent, so picking the cheaper week usually pays for the better villa.
Seven nights comes to less than twice the price of three, because the seaplane is a fixed part of every stay. Three nights is the shortest Jawakara Islands Maldives sells, and it is charged even on a shorter visit.
What's included, and what isn't
In the price: the villa for two, breakfast every morning, the return seaplane for two adults, and every Maldivian tax.
Not in the price: your international flights, travel insurance, Indian TCS (what TCS adds), anything you order on the island, and anything not named above. Half board, full board and the Premium All Inclusive sit above breakfast and are priced on request, as are four, six and longer stays, and the three bedroom villas that sleep five.
Who this isn't for
Anyone after a small, quiet island. This is 290 villas, two islands, six restaurants and six bars. Dheru is the calmer end of it, but neither island is a hideaway.
Anyone landing in the evening. The seaplane flies in daylight only and the last one leaves the resort around 16:00, so a late arrival at Velana means a night in Malé first. A domestic flight and a boat can be arranged instead, on request, and that routing runs after dark.
Anyone set on Christmas or New Year. The festive fortnight is not priced on this page, because both gala dinners are compulsory.
Before you book
Children are welcome in every villa, including the ones over the water. Jawa Kids takes four to seventeen, and Mabin has the golf course, padel, tennis, pickleball and futsal for older ones. Standard occupancy is two, and most of the categories priced here take a third guest.
The reef is the best thing here. Reef sharks, rays and turtles turn up straight off the water villas, and the eastern side of Mabin is the side to ask for. Prodivers runs a free snorkelling boat out to the main reef five minutes offshore: fins are mandatory, the minimum age is six, and it is for confident swimmers. Check in is 14:00, check out 12:00.
Send us your dates and we will price two or three villas with everything inside the number, tell you what the meal plans add, and say which flights land in time for the seaplane. Message our Maldives specialists on WhatsApp or send us an enquiry. We reply within 24 hours.