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About Reethi Faru

Part of the prestigious Preferred Hotels and Resorts family, Reethi Faru Resort specialises in personalised guest service amid five-star luxury. Visitors enjoy breathtaking views, once in a lifetime excursions and experiences, five-star guest attention, and a trendy yet opulent island ambience. This tropical getaway offers harmony with nature, surrounded by stunning white sands and turquoise seas, secluded palm groves, and a stunning coral reef just a few fin kicks from shore, ideal for snorkelling, swimming, and beginner scuba diving. And, with its one island - one resort concept, you’re guaranteed plenty of room to rest and relax with no crowded dining halls or packed pools.

If you need a hand planning your stay, Reethi Faru's expert staff is happy to help. On-site wind and watersports, scuba diving and snorkelling, and above-water island exploration are at your fingertips. It’s also easy to add transfers and off-island activities to your stay - no request is too great or small for this resort’s team! Best of all, this secluded paradise is perfectly situated, offering the utmost peace and privacy in one of the Maldives’ most stunning atolls, world-renowned for its beautiful beaches. Step right outside your door to enjoy the island's pristine nature and relaxed pace, with the freedom to do everything or nothing - a holiday exactly as you like it.

Explore the resort

Each of this tranquil resort's rooms is luxuriously decorated with designer inspired modern furnishings and local art. From your private terrace, you'll enjoy stunning island or ocean views and access to a sparkling private white-sand beach, not to mention the resort’s sprawling house reef. You’ll also find nearly a dozen delicious options for dining and drinking within strolling distance. Treat yourself to a sundowner cocktail with your toes in the sand, opt for a night of fine dining and imported wine with someone you love, or go green with something healthy from the Veggie and Vegan bistro - this island offers something to suit every palate!

Reethi Faru Resort specialises in luxurious island holidays with as much or little adventure as you’d like. The island’s watersports centre offers adrenaline-inducing options like flyboarding and jet skiing, as well as relaxing pursuits including paddleboarding and sailing. Badminton, beach volleyball, tennis, and a full-service gym can be found adjacent to the resort’s glorious pool complex, with plenty of room to relax in the sun or shade. If you’re hoping to sink even deeper into a state of calm, head to the Coconut Spa - their steam room, sauna, and Jacuzzi pair perfectly with sublime services including massage, bodywork, facials, and more.

Diving at Reethi Faru Resort

Reethi Faru Resort's partner dive centre, Sea Explorer, offers guided dives at over 40 sites, PADI and SSI courses, and speciality experiences, including DVP underwater scooter tours and snorkelling trips - with options to suit guests of all stripes. Their patient and professional crew has decades of experience in the Raa Atoll, helping visitors explore the very best diving areas, including the region’s stunning thilas and kandus, famous for pelagic encounters. Sea Explorer also offers guided tours to Hanifaru Bay, where reef mantas school, sometimes by the hundred, delighting snorkellers with their acrobatic underwater performances.

Many of the sites around the Reethi Faru Resort are excellent for learning, with easy entrance and calm currents. But, challenging and dynamic diving is easy to find, as well! If you're up for a bit of a challenge, head to the atoll’s southern sites, famous for fast-moving water and plenty of big fish action. No matter what kind of trip you're planning, you'll feel perfectly looked after thanks to this resort’s expert international team of guides, top-notch equipment and boats, and superb facilities for scuba students.

Conservation

Reethi Faru has built several artificial reefs around the resort, in an effort to salvage the shallow water gardens that have been damaged by past bleaching events and typhoons. Known as the “Reethi Garden”, this ongoing effort uses transplanted pieces of broken or damaged coral installed on PVC frames to grow new colonies. These are later transplanted to the resort’s house reef.

Reethi Faru Resort also works in collaboration with Manta Trust, contributing to the Raa Atoll’s Manta ID Project. Each manta has unique spots and markings on its underside, which can be used to identify an individual. Visitor photos are shared with researchers, who then provide information on previously identified individuals, including sex, migratory patterns, and noted behaviour. And, in some cases, new manta rays are even identified!

The resort also contributes to a local turtle identification effort in collaboration with Olive Ridley Project. Turtles are identified by their shell plate patterns, which are unique to each individual. Visitor photographs can be submitted to help build a local database, allowing the Olive Ridley Project team to track known resident turtles and identify new individuals.