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Anantara Dhigu is one of the best Maldives resort for Romantic and Family holidays.
The Resort is located in South Male Atoll, at a 35 mns ride by speedboat from Male Airport. Located on a medium sized sandy Island, Anantara Dhigu enjoys an exceptional location in one of the largest lagoon in Maldives.
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South Male Atoll
Elegant and luxurious but yet friendly, tranquil and active, Anantara Dhigu is the perfect choice for the ones seeking for discretion, gentle hospitality, family holidays and water sports activities.
# Excellent Value # Balance Couples/Families # Endless Blue Lagoon # The Spa # Water sports # Child Friendly
The Island at a Glance
Category 5***** Luxury | Number of Villas 110 | Location South Male Atoll | Island Size Width - 120m / Length - 480m | Transfer 35 mns by Speedboat or 10 mns by Seaplane | Airport distance 21km ( 13 miles ) | Diving Very Good | Snorkeling None at proximity. Necessary to swim 15/20 mns to reach the closest spot | Lagoon Excellent | Kids Club
Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa Maldives is located in South Male Atoll, at a 35 mns ride by speedboat from Male Airport or 10mns by seaplane.
Elegant and luxurious but yet friendly, tranquil and yet active, Anantara Dhigu is the perfect choice for the ones seeking for discretion, gentle hospitality and water sports activities.
Set on the small Island of Dhigufinolhu, the Resort enjoys an exceptional location in one of the largest lagoon in Maldives.
Anantara Dhigu features 110 Villas offering complete intimacy and cosiness.
Located beach side or over-water with full catch on the Sunset or the Sunrise, all villas are elegantly designed in a Maldivian Style with a wide array of amenities.
All Villas offer comfort, elegance and a warm atmosphere with unique outdoor bathrooms, some with double terrazzo tubs, and some with private plunge pools. Dhigu Villas ambiance is warm and very cosy.
Anantara Dhigu has an excellent choice of Classical Chic and Ethnic Gourmet restaurants, all located in extraordinary places around the island or isolated in the middle of the lagoon.
As a guest of the island you have the nice option to take a free boat ride and enjoy the restaurants and cafes located on her sister island resort Veli.
From Grill to Maldivian restaurants, from Japanese to the best Thai of Maldives, Dhigu is a dream location for food lovers.
Families with children will have the choice between different type of accommodation and children will spend great times at the Kids club (from 2 to 12 years old).
On the day time, an excellent range of activities and leisure is proposed with many Water sports and excursions, tailor made escapades and treatments at the Overwater Spa .
The amazing natural surrounding of the island and the range of activities make it one of the greatest spot for Water sports in the Maldives.
It's a Kitesurf and Funboard absolute Paradise
Anantara Dhigu Water sports centre is one of a kind with top pros and great material Plus one of the only Surf School in Maldives and surfing spots at short range.
The resort location and its surfing center both offer the rare opportunity to ride on some of the best waves of South Male Atoll meanwhile enjoying some luxury holidays.
Besides surf excursions, Anantara Dhigu Maldives offers surfing lessons for adults and kids.
Note : Surfing excursions are limited to eight people per surf trip so booking in advance is recommended and also cheaper.
Anantara Dhigu doesn't have any Snorkeling spots at proximity.
The resorthas a huge lagoon and thus no close-by house reef ( this is usually the case for Islands having very wide lagoon as such).
Advanced swimmers and snorkelers will have to swim 15-20 minutes to reach the closest spot. But if you prefer not to swim, an excursion is organised to bring you to a further spot, located outside the reef at a close range. Please check at the below map for a better look and understanding of the area.
The variety of Diving spots is also well worth mentioning with the easy access to many great sites from both North and South Male Atolls.
The Diving center AQUAFANATICS offers beginner’s discovery courses to more advanced Nitrox, deep water and rescue dives and a complete range of programs to suit everyone.
Children from ages 3-12 are welcome to the ‘Dhoni’ Kids Club. The "Dhoni" Kids Club is located in the center of Dhigu island in a very cute and real Dhoni (the famous local Maldivian fishing boat) surrounded by a beautiful and wide sandy playground.
The Resort is family friendly and puts emphasis on health and safety, while offering children the chance to explore the island, engage in arts and crafts activities, play indoor and outdoor sport, and meet other guests their own age.
The Outdoor area has sandy flooring with tree shades, outdoor play units (Swings and wooden games ). Some of the activities include Treasure Hunt, Painting/Drawing, a TV and films for rainy days, art creation, fish and sting rays feeding and many other fun activities for our kids to enjoy their time too.
Bubble Makers Dive Courses for 8 and 9 years old and Junior Scuba Diving are available at the Diving Center and Baby sitting services are available for additional charge.
Latitude 3.97309
Longitude 73.50209
