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Fuvahmulah, Maldives
Thoondu, Fuvahmulah · Photo by Asaymirus, CC BY 4.0 · 16 MP

Fuvahmulah

ޏ · Gn · Tiger sharks, year-round

Fuvahmulah is one island that is also an entire atoll — no lagoon, no surrounding reef ring, just a single landmass sitting alone in deep water. That geography is why the diving is what it is: the drop-off starts almost at the shore.

Tiger sharks are here year-round and reliably so, which almost nowhere else can claim. There are also two freshwater lakes, Bandaara Kilhi and Dhadimagi Kilhi, and Thoondu, a beach of smooth white pebbles rather than sand.

At a glance

CapitalFuvahmulah
Population9,177
AirportFuvahmulah FVM
Public ferryLimited
Resorts0
Hotels0
Guesthouses23

Getting there

Fuvahmulah has its own airport — a domestic flight of about ninety minutes from Malé, and no boat at the other end, which is unusual here.

Properties below are the Ministry of Tourism’s registered facilities for this atoll — name, island, rooms and beds exactly as recorded on the register. Transfer times, house-reef status and rates are checked by us property by property and appear as each listing is completed.

Guesthouses 23 in Fuvahmulah

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Ocean Pearl FVMFuvahmulah26Rooms52Beds
Maa ThundiFuvahmulah18Rooms36Beds
Ataraxis Grand and SpaFuvahmulah15Rooms30Beds
Apex FuvahmulahFuvahmulah14Rooms28Beds
AIG GrandFuvahmulah12Rooms24Beds
Zero Degree ResidenceFuvahmulah12Rooms24Beds
Equator RetreatFuvahmulah8Rooms16Beds
Fuvahmulah CentralFuvahmulah8Rooms16Beds
Silver CountyFuvahmulah8Rooms16Beds
Tiger Shark RetreatFuvahmulah8Rooms16Beds
Isle InnFuvahmulah7Rooms14Beds
Suffix RetreatFuvahmulah7Rooms14Beds
Sameydhaan Inn FuvahmulahFuvahmulah6Rooms12Beds
The SandscapeFuvahmulah6Rooms12Beds
Wanderlust FuvahmulahFuvahmulah6Rooms12Beds
Calyx Boutique and SpaFuvahmulah5Rooms10Beds
Aariyaa ViewFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Endhaa Divers HomeFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Hikers VillaFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Isle Royal InnFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Ocean Shark InnFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Shark LoungeFuvahmulah4Rooms8Beds
Hedheykuri ResidenceFuvahmulah3Rooms6Beds

Islands worth knowing


ThoonduA pebble beach rather than a sand one — unique in the Maldives.
Bandaara KilhiOne of two freshwater lakes on the island.
Dhadimagi KilhiThe second lake, with wetland birdlife.

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