Grand Park Kodhipparu

Every figure on this page carries a 50-minute spa treatment for each of you, a sunset cruise, and the shared speedboat both ways. That is unusual at this price.

The boat takes 20 minutes and runs at any hour, so a late landing at Velana still reaches the island the same night. The house reef at the end of it is one of the strongest within that range of Male.

Bookings close 15 October 2026, long before most people on this page will travel.

What you pay

Pick a villa and a meal plan above. The figure is the whole stay for two adults, three nights, or four on a split stay. Everyone in the villa has to be on the same plan.

Skip full board and take soft all inclusive. The step up is about ₹10,000 for two across the stay, and it adds unlimited house beer, house wine, soft drinks, tea and coffee at mealtimes. Four rounds of drinks would clear it.

All inclusive sits about ₹34,000 above that and changes the holiday: spirits, cocktails, drinks all day rather than only at meals, a restocked minibar, and an hour a day of non-motorised water sports. Drink lightly and soft all inclusive is the buy.

The split stay is the value play. Two nights over the lagoon followed by two in a Beach Pool Villa is about ₹31,900 more than three nights in the beach villa on its own.

What’s included, and what isn’t

In the price: the villa, your meal plan, the shared speedboat both ways for two, a 50-minute spa treatment each, one sunset cruise, one shisha experience, and every Maldivian tax.

Not in the price: your international flights, travel insurance, excursions and diving, Indian TCS, and anything not named above.

The resident marine biologist’s guided reef snorkel is free. The marine sports centre runs a paid guided snorkel as well, booked a day ahead. You can reach the reef from the island without either.

Firedoor, the steakhouse, is the one venue you have to book before turning up.

Who this isn’t for

Remote, this is not. Male sits on the horizon and the flight path is close. You get a boat at any hour in exchange.

Grand Park Kodhipparu does not recommend children under 12 in an overwater villa and asks parents to sign a waiver at check-in. With young children take the Beach Pool Villa, 78 square metres with a pool and the beach at the door. This is a family island with a kids’ club, not a hushed adults-only one.

Festive dates, 24 December to 10 January, are not sold on these prices. Four nights minimum, their own rates, and a compulsory supplement per person on 31 December. Ask and we will quote them.

Before you book

Cancellation is unusual here. Free up to 15 days before arrival, then the full stay from 14 days out, with payment due at that same 14 days. Generous early, unforgiving late.

The reef makes the villa choice matter. From a Reef Pool Water Villa the drop-off is a few steps from your ladder. From a lagoon villa it is a swim. Soft corals, reef sharks and morays most days.

Book excursions before you fly. Most run with a minimum of two guests, a few need four, and the good ones fill. Children under three go free and under twelves pay half.

Tell us your dates, who is travelling and whether the reef is the priority, and we will come back with a transfer-inclusive costing and an honest call on the meal plan. Most people over-buy it. Message our Maldives specialists on WhatsApp or send us an enquiry. We reply within 24 hours.