The island has white beaches, calm lagoons and jungle, with sandbanks for picnics and a reef of unusual thilas around it. Water villas stand over the lagoon on private decks, and beach villas sit among the palms. Guests arrive on the resort's own seaplanes, the eight-seat Flying Triggerfish or the ten-seat Flying Boxfish, or on a Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane.
Accommodation runs from bungalows to two-bedroom villas, and most of the categories listed have a pool. The Sunrise and Sunset Water Villas with Pool measure 90 square metres with 183 square metres of outdoor space, and the Family Water Villas 112 square metres. The Premier Oceanfront Bungalow with Pool is 77 square metres and the Beach Villa with Pool 137 square metres, with 260 square metres of outdoors. The Two-Bedroom Oceanfront Villa measures 312 square metres, and the Sunset Two-Bedroom Water Suite 182 square metres. There are seven specialty suites as well.
Al Barakat, the overwater restaurant, serves the cuisine of the Levant in cooperation with Chef Aline Kamakian of Beirut's Mayrig. Café Landaa has three thatched pavilions for Asian and regional dishes from a tandoor and a teppanyaki counter in a water garden. Fuego Grill serves steak and seafood with toes in the sand, Seabar is an overwater tapas bar above lemon sharks and reef fish, and Blu is the Italian restaurant, with Blu Bar next door.
AyurMa is the spa, built on Ayurveda, yoga therapy, wellness and planetary wellbeing, with a team of Ayurvedic doctors, naturopaths and yoga therapists. The resort has four pools, a padel court, a water sports centre with free snorkels, kayaks, catamarans and windsurfing gear, and diving among turtles and manta rays. Marine biologists lead the Marine Discovery Centre, and the Kuda Velaa Kids' Club looks after children. Guests can also book Voavah, a private island of two hectares with seven bedrooms and a staff of 28.
It suits families, with water villas that sleep up to five, and couples who dive or want a spa programme built on Ayurveda.
