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Northern Raa Atoll · Maldives

Solandra Raa Atoll

A house reef you can reach from the bedroom

Thirty-six overwater and beach villas on a single island, ringed by a reef shelf that drops to blue forty metres out.

The island is nine hundred metres long and, at its widest, two hundred across. You can walk it in twenty minutes, and most guests do so at least twice a day.

The house reef is the reason to come. It starts at the shore, runs shallow for eighty metres, then falls away. Mantas pass through from May to November.

There is no plastic on the island. Water is desalinated and bottled in glass on site, and the roof of the plant is entirely photovoltaic.

Villas
36
Opened
2019
Rates from
$860 a night
Getting here
45 minutes by seaplane from Velana International Airport.
Solandra Raa Atoll landscape

Accommodation

4 categories, 36 keys

Overwater Villa at Solandra Raa Atoll

Overwater Villa

From$980 / night

Glass floor panel, ladder to the lagoon, and a hammock strung beneath the deck.

Size
105 m²
Sleeps
2
Bed
King
View
Lagoon
  • Glass floor panel
  • Deck hammock
  • Direct lagoon access
  • Outdoor shower
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Beach Villa at Solandra Raa Atoll

Beach Villa

From$860 / night

Behind the treeline, with a walled garden and a gate onto the sand.

Size
120 m²
Sleeps
3
Bed
King + daybed
View
Beachfront
  • Walled garden
  • Private pool
  • Beach gate
  • Bicycle pair
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Reef Suite at Solandra Raa Atoll

Reef Suite

From$1420 / night

At the point, where the shelf is closest and the current brings everything past you.

Size
165 m²
Sleeps
4
Bed
King + twin
View
House reef
  • Two bedrooms
  • Infinity pool
  • Snorkel platform
  • Butler service
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Island Residence at Solandra Raa Atoll

Island Residence

From$3400 / night

The western tip, its own jetty, and the best sunset on the atoll.

Size
340 m²
Sleeps
8
Bed
3 kings + twin
View
Open ocean
  • Four bedrooms
  • Private jetty
  • Chef and butler
  • Dhoni on call
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Dining

Where you will eat

Fanditha at Solandra Raa Atoll

Maldivian

Fanditha

Reef fish, coconut, and chilli, cooked the way the islands actually cook it. Mas huni at breakfast.

07:00 – 22:00

Blue Hour at Solandra Raa Atoll

Raw bar

Blue Hour

On the western deck for the forty minutes either side of sunset. Oysters, crudo, and very cold things.

17:00 – 20:00

The Sandbank at Solandra Raa Atoll

Private dining

The Sandbank

A table, two chairs, and a sandbank that exists only at low tide. One seating per night.

By arrangement

Experiences

What there is to do, and what there is not

Manta Point at Slack Tide
Water3 hours

Manta Point at Slack Tide

A cleaning station twenty minutes out. Between May and November the odds are very good.

Night Snorkel on the Shelf
Water90 minutes

Night Snorkel on the Shelf

Torches down, and the reef turns over its entire cast for the second shift.

Salt Room and Sea Bath
Wellbeing2 hours

Salt Room and Sea Bath

Halotherapy, thalasso pool, and a long time lying still in the shade.