Noonu Atoll
Pristine, remote, the new luxury frontier.
Best season: Nov–Apr. Seaplane 45 minutes from MLE.
Noonu · Nov–Apr · 5 resorts
What Noonu is for, and what it isn't.
Noonu is northern, remote, and almost entirely populated by ultra-luxury islands. The atoll has been quietly developed over the last decade as the new frontier - what North Malé was twenty years ago.
Lagoons are wide, water is glass-still, and the resort count is low. House reefs are protected and unusually intact. The atoll feels private in a way the rest of the country no longer can.
The trade-off is the seaplane, and a higher entry-point for resorts here.
Cheval Blanc Randheli
LVMH discretion, served barefoot.
Soneva Jani
A village in the lagoon.
Soneva Secret
Fourteen villas at the edge of the atoll.
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
Butler service meets Noonu Atoll reef.
Velaa Private Island
Noonu Atoll's most complete ultra-luxury island.