Kudadoo Maldives Private Island has fifteen residences and nothing else to sleep in. Each sits over the water with its own pool, and the reef runs right round the island, so you swim off your steps onto coral that came through the bleaching in better shape than most of Lhaviyani Atoll.
The other unusual thing is the plan. Almost everything is in the price, including the spa, diving, jet skis and excursions, which most all-inclusive resorts charge for. It is a very private, very quiet holiday.
What you pay
Pick your dates and a residence and the price is the whole stay: the residence, the Anything Anytime Anywhere plan, the return shared seaplane for everyone in it, and every tax, green tax included. The One Bedroom is for two adults, the Two Bedroom for four. Three nights is the shortest stay.
The earliest dates on this page carry the lowest price, with the green season close behind them.
The peak of the dry season is the dearest window, about a third above the cheapest dates for the same three nights.
Four adults should look at the Two Bedroom. On every date and length it comes to at least fourteen per cent less than two One Bedrooms, and you share a living space and a pool. There are only two, so ask early.
What's included, and what isn't
In the price: your residence, food wherever and whenever you want it, in the residence too, plus Hurawalhi's Kashibo and Canneli, a menu of over 100 wines and nine champagnes, unlimited spa treatments, diving, jet skis, flyboarding, Seabob, personalised excursions, a photography package, the return shared seaplane, and every Maldivian tax including green tax.
Not in the price: your international flights, travel insurance, the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant, wine from the Owners' collection, caviar, diving courses, big game fishing, private boat and yacht charters, weddings, Indian TCS, and anything not named above.
Who this isn't for
Anyone who wants sand at the door. There are no beach villas, and the island is small. If you want several restaurants and a long beach walk, choose a bigger island.
Families with young children and no help. There is no childcare, so you bring your own nanny, and from the second birthday a child pays the adult rate. Under-15s cannot go across to Hurawalhi or the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant. Tell us the ages of anyone travelling and we will have it confirmed before you book.
Anyone landing at Velana after 15:00. The seaplane takes 40 minutes and flies in daylight only, so a later arrival means a night in Malé first. A domestic flight and a short boat runs later and is a little cheaper. Ask us, as it is not priced on this page.
Before you book
The New Year period is not priced on this page. Five nights is the minimum then, the gala dinners are compulsory at US$600 per person on Christmas Eve and US$900 on New Year's Eve, and nobody checks out on 31 December. We can still book it.
Send us your dates, who is travelling and your flight into Velana, and we will check the connection and price both routes. Message our Maldives specialists on WhatsApp or send us an enquiry. We reply within 24 hours.