Manta Baa Atoll Plan your stay
A teak jetty across the turquoise lagoon leading to a thatched-roof overwater villa; through the open door you can see the living room, the infinity pool and the ocean

Overwater resort · Maldives

Nothing ahead
but the horizon.

Twenty-nine villas on the lagoon, each with its own pool facing the open ocean. No one in front of you, no one next door.

The villas Plan your stay

Manta · Maldives

Your stay begins on the jetty.

Plan your stay

A day at Manta

Here, time is kept
by the sun.

There's no timetable here: just the light, the tide and your appetite. Here's how a day on the island usually unfolds.

  1. Sunrise · included

    The reef wakes up

    Our marine biologist knocks at your villa with the snorkel masks. Climb down the ladder from your deck: turtles, rays and the coral garden are just ten strokes away.

    At sunrise the villa ladder leads down into the lagoon, with a mask and fins on the step; underwater, a turtle swims over the coral

  2. Breakfast · whenever you like

    The floating breakfast

    Freshly cut fruit, warm bread, eggs any way you like. It arrives in your pool and floats beside you while you eat breakfast in the water.

    A rattan tray floating in the infinity pool with cut fruit, croissants, eggs, coffee and juices

  3. Lunch · barefoot

    Catch of the day on the sand

    Fishermen from the neighboring island bring in their catch at eleven. We grill it under the palms and serve it with coconut curry and lime rice.

    A low table on the sand under the palms, with grilled fish on a banana leaf, curry and lime rice

  4. Overwater spa · on request

    A massage above the fish

    Six overwater treatment rooms with glass floors. Island coconut oil and, beneath you, the lagoon drifting by.

    The overwater spa room: a massage table above the glass floor, with coral and fish below

  5. Sunset · included

    Heading west by dhoni

    The wooden boat slips out of the lagoon as the sun goes down. Dolphins often swim alongside.

    The wooden dhoni at sunset, with two dolphins leaping beside the boat

  6. Dinner · on request

    A table on the sandbank

    A strip of sand in the middle of the lagoon, lanterns, and a chef just for the two of you. You sail back under the stars.

    A candlelit table for two on the sandbank, with lanterns set in the sand under a starry sky

  7. Night

    The sea lights up

    On some nights, bioluminescent plankton traces the shoreline in blue. From your deck, just stir the water with your hand.

    At night, bioluminescent plankton lights up the shore in blue, with the illuminated villa in the background

The atoll · twenty-nine villas

Choose your morning.

A white-sand island in the Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve. The villas stand over the water, well apart from one another, and all face the open ocean.

The row of villas along the jetty in the morning, with a ladder leading down into the clear lagoon

Lagoon Villa

  • 110 m²size
  • 2guests
  • Eastfacing

The one you just walked through: jetty, open living room and pool over the ocean. The sun rises in front of the bed.

When to visit

Every month has its own sea.

November to April brings the dry season and glassy seas; May to October, short showers, more vivid sunsets and manta rays in Hanifaru Bay.

  • hours of sun
  • sea
  • air

Dry seasonShort-shower season

Step 1 of 3

Plan your stay

The villa

Which villa?

How many nights?

What would you like to do? choose as many as you like