
Beach Villa
On the beach · No private pool ·
Accor · Gaafu Alifu Atoll


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Prices are for two adults sharing and cover the villa, your meal plan, the return flight and boat, and every Maldivian tax, green tax included. Nothing else is payable at the resort for those.

On the beach · No private pool ·

On the beach · Private pool ·

On the beach · No private pool ·

On the beach · Private pool ·

Two bedrooms · On the beach · Private pool · Priced for four adults ·

Over the water · No private pool ·

Over the water · Private pool ·

Over the water · Private pool · Sunset side ·

Over the water · Private pool ·

Two bedrooms · Over the water · Private pool · Priced for four adults ·

Priced for four adults ·
Send the dates and we come back with two or three villas, the flight and boat, and the taxes inside the number, within 24 hours.
Rates move with season, villa and meal plan. Send us the dates and who is travelling, and we come back with two or three villas, the flight and boat, and the taxes inside the number, within 24 hours.
Our rating
4/5 Strong
The coral here is in better condition than almost anywhere we see. Guests who have snorkelled a dozen islands rate it their best. The catch is getting to it. The reef sits well off the sunset side, and it is a twenty-minute walk-and-swim on a calm day; the sunrise side faces open ocean and holds mostly fish nurseries. Do not jump from a water villa deck, the water is shallow and the current runs. Strong swimmers will love this island. Hesitant ones should take the boat.
Land at Velana after 23:40 and the last domestic flight of the day will have gone, which means a night in Malé before you reach the island.
A domestic flight, then a short boat, and it runs later than a seaplane. Miss the last connection and a night in Malé is charged to you, unless the airline drops the flight.
We were last here
October 2022
Pullman Maldives Maamutaa really nails that sweet spot between fancy and chill. The whole place is lush and green, and you can just hop on a bike to explore the island whenever you feel like it. Honestly, the infinity pool is massive — just sitting there with views over the lagoon is pretty hard to beat. The overwater villas are gorgeous, and if you're into that sort of thing, the...
Pullman Maldives Maamutaa is reached by a 55-minute domestic flight from Velana to Kooddoo and then 15 minutes by speedboat, not by seaplane. For flights from India that matters: a Velana landing as late as 23:40 still reaches the island the same night.
It is a big, lively all inclusive island in Gaafu Alifu Atoll, far south of Malé, with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings. The house reef is in better condition than almost anywhere we see, for anyone who can swim out to it.
Pick your dates, a villa and the number of nights, and the price is the whole stay for two: the villa, all inclusive meals and drinks, the domestic flight and speedboat both ways, and every tax, green tax included.
Stay longer than three nights. The flight and the boat are the same on three nights as on seven, so each night after the third adds less than the first three. In a Beach Villa, five nights come to about half again more than three, not nearly double.
The Ocean Villa is the first step over the water, less than a tenth above the Beach Villa on five nights.
Book 60 days ahead and Pullman takes twenty per cent off, or twenty-five per cent at 90 days. It turns on the day you book, so the prices on this page are before it. We apply it.
In the price: your villa for two, every meal at Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, spirits, cocktails, house wine and beer, a minibar restocked daily, an hour a day of non-motorised water sports, the domestic flight and speedboat both ways, and every Maldivian tax including green tax.
Not in the price: your international flights, travel insurance, the domestic airline's fuel surcharge of US$39 per person each way, collected at check-in, excursions including the guided house reef snorkel, the spa, diving, motorised water sports, anything ordered before check-in or after check-out, Indian TCS, and anything not named above.
Short trips. The domestic flight adds real hours at both ends, and three nights loses most of two days to travelling. Five is the length this island is built for, and it catches both weekly reef snorkels.
Hesitant swimmers who came for the reef. The coral sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk and swim on a calm day. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water is shallow and the current runs. The guided snorkel goes on Monday and Thursday afternoons only, and it is charged.
Anyone after a quiet island. The music runs most evenings.
Miss the domestic connection and the night in Malé is yours to pay for. The resort does not arrange the hotel. The one exception is when the domestic airline drops the flight, and it then houses you. Send us your flight and we will check it.
The festive fortnight is not priced on this page. Two gala dinners are compulsory, US$320 and US$600 per adult, five nights is the shortest stay, and nobody checks out on 31 December. We can still book it.
Check-in is 14:00 and check-out 12:00. Lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes each.
Rain has its own timetable. On wet days a separate programme of cooking classes, spa sessions and indoor games runs alongside the usual one.
Send us your flights and who is travelling, and we will check the connection and price the villas with the early booking discount applied. Message our Maldives specialists on WhatsApp or send us an enquiry. We reply within 24 hours.
Pullman Maldives Maamutaa is in Gaafu Alifu Atoll, far south of Malé. You reach it by a 55-minute domestic flight from Velana International Airport to Kooddoo, then 15 minutes by speedboat. It is a big, lively all inclusive island with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings, and its house reef is in better condition than almost anywhere we see.
A 55-minute domestic flight from Velana International Airport to Kooddoo, then 15 minutes by speedboat. There is no seaplane. A Velana landing as late as 23:40 still reaches the island the same night, and the flight and boat both ways are in every price on this page. Miss the connection and the night in Malé is yours to pay for, unless the domestic airline cancels, in which case it houses you. Send us your flight and we will check it.
Every meal at Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, spirits, cocktails, house wine and beer, a minibar restocked daily, and an hour a day of non-motorised water sports such as kayaking and paddleboarding. Tennis, padel, beach volleyball, aqua aerobics, Zumba and the 24-hour gym are free too. Lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes each. Excursions, the spa, diving and motorised water sports are charged.
No. Every meal at all four restaurants, Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, is on the plan. There are two limits. Lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes each, and anything past that is charged at menu price. Anything ordered before check-in or after check-out is charged too, which catches people on the last morning.
Eleven villa types are priced on this page, on the beach and over the water. The Beach Villa, Family Beach Villa and Ocean Villa have no private pool. Every villa with Pool in its name has one, up to the Sunset Ocean Pool Villa and the Ocean Pool Suite. The two-bedroom villas and the Aqua Villa are priced for four adults, the rest for two. Over the water, do not jump in from the deck: the water is shallow and the current runs.
Yes. A free children's programme runs roughly hourly from 09:00 to 17:00 every day: craft, games, treasure hunts, kids' yoga and an island tour, with cooking and water sports sessions by reservation. Kayaking, paddleboarding and snorkelling start at age five. Babysitting is charged. The island is busy, with music most evenings, which suits most families. Tell us the children's ages and we will price them in.
Check-in is at 14:00 and check-out is at 12:00. Early check-in and late check-out may be available on request, subject to availability.
One thing is certain. The domestic airline adds a fuel surcharge of US$39 per person each way, collected at check-in. Everything else is your choice: excursions including the guided house reef snorkel, the spa, diving and motorised water sports. Excursions at Pullman Maldives Maamutaa are priced before service charge and tax, so what reaches your bill comes to roughly 30 per cent more than the listed price.
Yes, and it is charged, not part of the all inclusive plan. Open-water diving needs a valid diving licence, and diving insurance is compulsory. If you do not have cover, short-term insurance is sold at the dive centre. Tell us you plan to dive when you enquire, and bring your licence.
Pick your dates, a villa and the number of nights on this page and ask us to price it, or message us on WhatsApp. Send your flight times with it and we will check the domestic connection and apply the early booking discount if your dates qualify. We reply within 24 hours.
Swimming out on your own is free. The coral sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk and swim on a calm day, so it suits strong swimmers. The guided house reef snorkel is charged and runs twice a week, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. If the reef is why you are coming, five nights catches both. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water is shallow and the current runs.
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Amazing stay in the ocean pool villa
Went for our honeymoon. Splurged on the ocean pool villas (had a private pool and direct access into the reef). Incredible choice.
Renewal of vows and long awaited honeymoon. Aqua Villa
Our stay at Pullman Maldives Maamutaa Resort was nothing short of magical and truly the experience of a lifetime.
We will price two or three villas with the flight and boat, and the taxes inside the number, and quote dates outside the ones above on request. We reply within 24 hours.
Two things set the shape of your day here: the domestic flight schedule at both ends, and the fact that almost everything on the island is already paid for. This is the opposite of a small island where every decision adds to the bill. The exception is the water, and it is a real one.
Worth knowing
We would talk you out of 3 nights here. The domestic flight adds real hours in each direction, so on three nights you lose most of two days to travelling. Five is the length this island is built for, and it also lets you catch both house reef snorkel days.
A domestic flight from Velana to Kooddoo, then a short boat. This island is far more forgiving of an evening arrival than any seaplane resort: the latest Velana landing that still connects is 23:40. That is late enough that almost any flight from India works. Know the other half of it too. If you miss the connection the resort does not put you up in Male, and the night is at your own expense. The one exception is when the domestic airline drops the flight, in which case the airline houses you. So the margin is generous but it is not unlimited, and we check your specific flight against the Kooddoo schedule before quoting.
Do these three things when you land.
Mornings
The coral here is in better condition than almost anywhere we see, and guests who have snorkelled a dozen islands rate it their best. The catch is access. The reef sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk-and-swim on a calm day. The sunrise side faces open ocean and holds mostly fish nurseries. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water there is shallow and the current runs.
Afternoons
Your plan already includes an hour a day of non-motorised water sports, kayaking and paddleboarding from age five, plus tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton and beach volleyball. Aqua aerobics at eleven and Zumba at half four run daily and the gym is open around the clock. The boat trips are the charged part: turtle and adventure snorkelling at nine, a dolphin cruise, sunset fishing and a sunset cruise most evenings, all quoted before service and tax. Motorised water sports, the spa, babysitting and open-water diving also sit outside the plan. Diving needs a valid licence and mandatory insurance, with short-term cover sold at the dive centre. Unusually, Pullman publishes a full wet-weather programme that runs alongside the normal one, roughly six listings a day of cooking classes, spa sessions and indoor games. If you are travelling in the green season that is worth knowing.
Evenings
No decisions to make. Every meal is covered across Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, premium spirits and house wine and beer and cocktails are on the plan, and the minibar is restocked daily. Two limits to know before you arrive. The all-inclusive lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes per person between eleven and two, and anything past that is charged at menu price. And anything ordered before check-in or after check-out is a la carte whatever your plan says, which catches people on the last morning. This is a big island with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings. It has energy, which is why many guests choose it and why some should not.
The domestic flight needs the same buffer in reverse. Reconfirm the connection the evening before and expect to leave the island earlier than your flight time suggests.
Hesitant swimmers who came for the reef and do not want to pay for a boat twice a week. Anyone on a short trip. Anyone who wants a quiet island.
What you will still pay
Almost nothing on food and drink, which is the whole point of this island. Your folio is the boat trips, the spa, diving and motorised water sports. That inverts the usual arithmetic: on a half-board island the drinks line is the surprise, and here it is the excursions line, because the plan makes everything else invisible and the boats are not on it. Excursion prices are quoted before ten per cent service and seventeen per cent tax, so add roughly thirty per cent to anything you are quoted.
A domestic flight from Velana to Kooddoo, then a short boat. This island is far more forgiving of an evening arrival than any seaplane resort: the latest Velana landing that still connects is 23:40. That is late enough that almost any flight from India works. Know the other half of it too. If you miss the connection the resort does not put you up in Male, and the night is at your own expense. The one exception is when the domestic airline drops the flight, in which case the airline houses you. So the margin is generous but it is not unlimited, and we check your specific flight against the Kooddoo schedule before quoting.
Do these three things when you land.
Mornings
The coral here is in better condition than almost anywhere we see, and guests who have snorkelled a dozen islands rate it their best. The catch is access. The reef sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk-and-swim on a calm day. The sunrise side faces open ocean and holds mostly fish nurseries. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water there is shallow and the current runs.
Afternoons
Your plan already includes an hour a day of non-motorised water sports, kayaking and paddleboarding from age five, plus tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton and beach volleyball. Aqua aerobics at eleven and Zumba at half four run daily and the gym is open around the clock. The boat trips are the charged part: turtle and adventure snorkelling at nine, a dolphin cruise, sunset fishing and a sunset cruise most evenings, all quoted before service and tax. Motorised water sports, the spa, babysitting and open-water diving also sit outside the plan. Diving needs a valid licence and mandatory insurance, with short-term cover sold at the dive centre. Unusually, Pullman publishes a full wet-weather programme that runs alongside the normal one, roughly six listings a day of cooking classes, spa sessions and indoor games. If you are travelling in the green season that is worth knowing.
Evenings
No decisions to make. Every meal is covered across Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, premium spirits and house wine and beer and cocktails are on the plan, and the minibar is restocked daily. Two limits to know before you arrive. The all-inclusive lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes per person between eleven and two, and anything past that is charged at menu price. And anything ordered before check-in or after check-out is a la carte whatever your plan says, which catches people on the last morning. This is a big island with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings. It has energy, which is why many guests choose it and why some should not.
The domestic flight needs the same buffer in reverse. Reconfirm the connection the evening before and expect to leave the island earlier than your flight time suggests.
Hesitant swimmers who came for the reef and do not want to pay for a boat twice a week. Anyone on a short trip. Anyone who wants a quiet island.
What you will still pay
Almost nothing on food and drink, which is the whole point of this island. Your folio is the boat trips, the spa, diving and motorised water sports. That inverts the usual arithmetic: on a half-board island the drinks line is the surprise, and here it is the excursions line, because the plan makes everything else invisible and the boats are not on it. Excursion prices are quoted before ten per cent service and seventeen per cent tax, so add roughly thirty per cent to anything you are quoted.
A domestic flight from Velana to Kooddoo, then a short boat. This island is far more forgiving of an evening arrival than any seaplane resort: the latest Velana landing that still connects is 23:40. That is late enough that almost any flight from India works. Know the other half of it too. If you miss the connection the resort does not put you up in Male, and the night is at your own expense. The one exception is when the domestic airline drops the flight, in which case the airline houses you. So the margin is generous but it is not unlimited, and we check your specific flight against the Kooddoo schedule before quoting.
Do these three things when you land.
Mornings
The coral here is in better condition than almost anywhere we see, and guests who have snorkelled a dozen islands rate it their best. The catch is access. The reef sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk-and-swim on a calm day. The sunrise side faces open ocean and holds mostly fish nurseries. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water there is shallow and the current runs.
Afternoons
Your plan already includes an hour a day of non-motorised water sports, kayaking and paddleboarding from age five, plus tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton and beach volleyball. Aqua aerobics at eleven and Zumba at half four run daily and the gym is open around the clock. The boat trips are the charged part: turtle and adventure snorkelling at nine, a dolphin cruise, sunset fishing and a sunset cruise most evenings, all quoted before service and tax. Motorised water sports, the spa, babysitting and open-water diving also sit outside the plan. Diving needs a valid licence and mandatory insurance, with short-term cover sold at the dive centre. Unusually, Pullman publishes a full wet-weather programme that runs alongside the normal one, roughly six listings a day of cooking classes, spa sessions and indoor games. If you are travelling in the green season that is worth knowing.
Evenings
No decisions to make. Every meal is covered across Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, premium spirits and house wine and beer and cocktails are on the plan, and the minibar is restocked daily. Two limits to know before you arrive. The all-inclusive lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes per person between eleven and two, and anything past that is charged at menu price. And anything ordered before check-in or after check-out is a la carte whatever your plan says, which catches people on the last morning. This is a big island with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings. It has energy, which is why many guests choose it and why some should not.
The domestic flight needs the same buffer in reverse. Reconfirm the connection the evening before and expect to leave the island earlier than your flight time suggests.
Hesitant swimmers who came for the reef and do not want to pay for a boat twice a week. Anyone on a short trip. Anyone who wants a quiet island.
What you will still pay
Almost nothing on food and drink, which is the whole point of this island. Your folio is the boat trips, the spa, diving and motorised water sports. That inverts the usual arithmetic: on a half-board island the drinks line is the surprise, and here it is the excursions line, because the plan makes everything else invisible and the boats are not on it. Excursion prices are quoted before ten per cent service and seventeen per cent tax, so add roughly thirty per cent to anything you are quoted.
A domestic flight from Velana to Kooddoo, then a short boat. This island is far more forgiving of an evening arrival than any seaplane resort: the latest Velana landing that still connects is 23:40. That is late enough that almost any flight from India works. Know the other half of it too. If you miss the connection the resort does not put you up in Male, and the night is at your own expense. The one exception is when the domestic airline drops the flight, in which case the airline houses you. So the margin is generous but it is not unlimited, and we check your specific flight against the Kooddoo schedule before quoting.
Do these three things when you land.
Mornings
The coral here is in better condition than almost anywhere we see, and guests who have snorkelled a dozen islands rate it their best. The catch is access. The reef sits well off the sunset side, a twenty-minute walk-and-swim on a calm day. The sunrise side faces open ocean and holds mostly fish nurseries. Do not jump in from a water villa deck: the water there is shallow and the current runs.
Afternoons
Your plan already includes an hour a day of non-motorised water sports, kayaking and paddleboarding from age five, plus tennis, padel, pickleball, badminton and beach volleyball. Aqua aerobics at eleven and Zumba at half four run daily and the gym is open around the clock. The boat trips are the charged part: turtle and adventure snorkelling at nine, a dolphin cruise, sunset fishing and a sunset cruise most evenings, all quoted before service and tax. Motorised water sports, the spa, babysitting and open-water diving also sit outside the plan. Diving needs a valid licence and mandatory insurance, with short-term cover sold at the dive centre. Unusually, Pullman publishes a full wet-weather programme that runs alongside the normal one, roughly six listings a day of cooking classes, spa sessions and indoor games. If you are travelling in the green season that is worth knowing.
Evenings
No decisions to make. Every meal is covered across Melange, Sol Rising, Phat Chameleon and Souq Oven, premium spirits and house wine and beer and cocktails are on the plan, and the minibar is restocked daily. Two limits to know before you arrive. The all-inclusive lunch at the poolside bar is capped at three dishes per person between eleven and two, and anything past that is charged at menu price. And anything ordered before check-in or after check-out is a la carte whatever your plan says, which catches people on the last morning. This is a big island with a resident DJ and a live band most evenings. It has energy, which is why many guests choose it and why some should not.
The domestic flight needs the same buffer in reverse. Reconfirm the connection the evening before and expect to leave the island earlier than your flight time suggests.
Hesitant swimmers who came for the reef and do not want to pay for a boat twice a week. Anyone on a short trip. Anyone who wants a quiet island.
What you will still pay
Almost nothing on food and drink, which is the whole point of this island. Your folio is the boat trips, the spa, diving and motorised water sports. That inverts the usual arithmetic: on a half-board island the drinks line is the surprise, and here it is the excursions line, because the plan makes everything else invisible and the boats are not on it. Excursion prices are quoted before ten per cent service and seventeen per cent tax, so add roughly thirty per cent to anything you are quoted.
Tell us your flight times and we will check this against your actual dates.