Siyam World sits in Noonu Atoll, forty minutes by seaplane from Male, and Sun Siyam call it the largest resort in the Maldives. It is built for people who want plenty to do: the country's biggest floating water park, a horse ranch, go-karting, a full-size football field, and an all-inclusive plan that genuinely runs twenty-four hours.
The villas
Every category has its own pool. The overwater ones have a slide straight into the lagoon.
- Water Villa with Pool + Slide, 81 sq m. The entry overwater room. Two adults and one child.
- Sunset Pool Beach Villa, 91 sq m. Beachfront facing west. Two adults and two children.
- Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide, 97 sq m. Overwater, with a separate living area. Two adults and two children.
- Beach Suite with Pool, 102 sq m. Two adults and three children, which no other one-bedroom category here takes.
- Ocean Villa with Pool + Slide, 95 sq m. Overwater. Two or three adults, no children's bed.
- Two Storey Pool Beach Residence, 213 sq m. Two floors on the sand. Two adults and one child.
- Grand Beach Residence with Pool, 391 sq m. One bedroom, enormous. Two adults and two children.
- Two Bedroom Pool Beach Villa, 200 sq m. Four adults and two children.
- Two Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide, 170 sq m. Overwater, with the slide. Four adults and two children.
- Two Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool, 649 sq m. Four adults and two children.
- Three Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide, 307 sq m. Six adults and three children.
- Grand Water Pavilion with Pool + Slide, 348 sq m. The top overwater residence. Four adults and two children.
The four residence categories add all-day in-villa breakfast, lunch and dinner at Arigato, an upgraded drinks list and a longer check-out.
What this actually costs
The price shown is the whole villa for the nights shown, on the twenty-four hour premium all-inclusive plan, with return seaplane transfers for two people per bedroom and every Maldivian tax already inside. Indian TCS is added separately on the total invoice value.
It covers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and a dine-around dinner across six speciality restaurants or the buffet, seven bars, a sports bar that never closes, a minibar restocked daily, snorkelling gear, the water park and a fifty dollar spa credit per adult per stay.
Outside it: Arigato, the Japanese restaurant, runs at half menu price, while diving, big game fishing, kitesurfing and go-karting are charged in full. Two children under twelve stay and eat free sharing with you. Extra adults and older children are charged per night and need their own seaplane seat, and we quote those.
Getting there, and who it is not for
Seaplanes fly in daylight only. Land at Velana before 15:30 and you reach the island the same afternoon. Later than that and the route is a domestic flight to Maafaru and a short speedboat, which runs after dark too. Send us your flight times and we will pick the route rather than lose a night in Male.
This is not a quiet island. Over twenty places to eat and drink, live music and pool parties. Couples wanting silence should look elsewhere.
The house reef is patchy. The good stretch runs off the jetty near Takrai, where guests see reef sharks, rays and turtles, but the coral is unremarkable and a beach villa is the wrong place to snorkel from.
The water villas are not recommended for young children, so bring toddlers to a beach category. The dropdown stops on 20 December, so Christmas and New Year are not priced here. Ask and we will quote them.