Reveries Diving Village, Laamu and Thaa Atolls
Explore Maldivian island life and Laamu’s spectacular diving at this award-winning resort
per room, full board
Overview
- Boutique-style rooms, tempting restaurant and exceptional dive centre
- Explore’s Laamu’s exhilarating coral reefs and channels
- See a more off-the-beaten-track side of the Maldives
Reveries Diving Village offers its guests the best local island experience in remote Laamu Atoll. Known for its authentic Maldivian hospitality, stylish accommodation and a touch of luxury, this boutique-style guest-house with full resort facilities offers a truly different Maldives experience. With plenty of exciting activities above and below the sea, divers and their families can be sure they’ll be kept entertained throughout their stay at this sociable resort.
Rooms
- Item 1 of 2
Deluxe double
1 x Double bed or 2 x twin beds, sleeps 2
Air conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, TV...from $516 /night
Resort checklist
Meal plans:
- Full Board
Diving in Laamu and Thaa Atolls
SharksYear round
TurtlesYear round
Schooling reef fishYear round
Healthy coralsYear round
Manta RaysYear round
Scuba diving in Thaa and Laamu atolls is fantastic year-round. Resorts typically have their own dive centre, while some work closely with local dive centres nearby. With idyllic diving conditions for entry-level dive courses, these are ideal places to take your first underwater breaths.
Diving in Laamu Atoll
With only a few channels breaking the atoll’s outer reef, the tidal flows in and out of the central lagoon can be intense - attracting plenty of marine life and ensuring great visibility. Beginners and photographers can explore the stunning coral reefs within the lagoon, while more advanced divers should head to the adrenaline-pumping drift diving to be had in the northern channels. The strong currents attract jaw-dropping pelagic action, including sharks and eagle rays. Inner reefs house plenty of small macro critters and an abundance of colourful tropical fish, as well as larger favourites like sea turtles.
Fushi Kandu is the top channel dive, with whitetip reef sharks, barracuda, schools of jacks, tuna, eagle rays and napoleon wrasse. Maamendhoo Giri boasts enormous table coral formations, along with schools of colourful parrotfish, turtles and more. At Munnafushi Kandu, eagle rays glide on currents while tuna and sharks compete among unlucky schools of fish. At the southern tip of Laamu, there’s Manta Point - also known as Hithadhoo Corner - where divers can watch manta rays put on a show at cleaning stations. The mantas are here year-round, though numbers are highest during the two mating seasons from October to November and then again from April to May. To the atoll’s west, it’s sometimes possible to see whale sharks, though this isn’t something the dive centres guarantee!
Diving in Thaa Atoll
Diving in Thaa Atoll ticks all the boxes, with sites well-known for encountering sharks, mantas, eagle rays, and turtles. But the biggest attraction here is often the unknown. Due to its immense size and relative seclusion, Thaa Atoll’s diving is still in a stage of exciting exploration, with around 30 sites already charted and new spots being discovered all the time.
Located in the atoll’s northeast, Olhugiri Kandu is a pelagic-packed channel where schooling fish attract scores of whitetip reef sharks on the hunt, as well as jacks, tuna and eagle rays waiting for their fill. Other sites such as 7-Up deliver vibrant bursts of coral and multi-coloured marine life, while the constant flow of current at Gorgonian Garden has created a thriving forest of sea fans and attracts manta rays during the season.
