Located on a private 7-hectare island, the Emerald Faarufushi Resort & Spa has finally opened up its doors and is ready to welcome you. Featuring beach and overwater villas, five restaurants, two bars, luxury spa, water sports and kids club there's experiences here for everyone. And whether you're travelling in a couple or as a family the Deluxe All-Inclusive package covers every aspect of your hideaway holiday so, there’s nothing more for you do to except sit back, relax, and soak up some sunshine. Or for the more adventurous, why not grab a snorkel and explore the local house reef – directly from your Superior Water Villa! Heaven.
Amenities
Kayaking
Snorkelling
Windsurfing
Kids Club
Families
Honeymoon
Bar
Restaurant
Spa
Swimming Pool
Beachfront location
Where is it
In the Raa Atoll, this 20-hectare island is surrounded by 1.5km of soft sand. Transfer time from Malé International Airport: 40 minutes by seaplane (remember to pack light for the seaplane transfer as luggage allowance is 20kg plus 5kg hand luggage, per person).
Hotel information
80 Beach and Overwater villas. All with air-conditioning, satellite TV, iPod docking station, WiFi, tea/coffee-making facilities and daily refreshed mini-bar. Beach Villas have an open-air bathroom and private furnished patio with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults or 2 adults and 1 child.
Deluxe All-Inclusive includes: breakfast (at Aqua), lunch (at Aqua and Beach Club Grill), and dinner (at Aqua, Beach Club Grill, Carnivorous, Mediterraneo and La Asiatique). Selected premium branded drinks, including spirits, international beers, international wines, cocktails and signature drinks, plus soft drinks including in-house mineral water.
Beach Villas with Pool have a front-row access to Faaruhushi’s white-sand beach, and a private covered patio with lounge furniture, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Ideal for families the Family Beach Villa with Pool have a separate twin bedroom, as well as 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 2 children.
Water Villas with Pool are located along Faarufushi’s jetty, and feature a patio over the sea plus a private infinity pool with direct access to the water, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Sunset Water Villas with Pool are located along Faarufushi’s jetty, and feature a private covered patio with lounge furniture, private infinity pool, and direct access to the water, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults
Superior Water Villas with Pool are located at the end of jetty, and have a private infinity pool, patio over the sea, lounge area, bedroom with walk-in closet, and 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Aqua Restaurant (all-day dining, International buffet restaurant). Beach Club Grill Restaurant (lunch). Carnivorous Restaurant (churrasco style barbecue, dinner). Le Asiatique (Asian mix, dinner). Mediterraneo Restaurant (Mediterranean and seafood menu, dinner). Sunset Pool and Bar. Eclipse Bar.
Spa* with yoga pavilion. Gym. Water sports centre with hobie cats, kayaks, kites and windsurfing. Motorised water sports*. Dive centre*. Tennis court. Kid’s club (3-12 years).
*Denotes local charge.
Please note: to ensure our customer's safety, we are unable to offer over water accommodation to children under the age of 12.
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Dream come true
May 21, 2025sally sMelbourne, Australia
Just spent 8 days at this beautiful resort. It was really beautiful, photos do not do it justice. Amazing room, we had a pool beach villa , so beautiful, white sand and the beach was usually to ourselves. Our butler Nicole was excellent, so helpful and nothing was a trouble, she sent our daily itinerary every morning, restaurants, activities etc.…
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Just spent 8 days at this beautiful resort. It was really beautiful, photos do not do it justice. Amazing room, we had a pool beach villa , so beautiful, white sand and the beach was usually to ourselves. Our butler Nicole was excellent, so helpful and nothing was a trouble, she sent our daily itinerary every morning, restaurants, activities etc. also Fernando the chef was excellent one day he asked what we would like for dinner… he went to the fishermen, we had the most beautiful fresh fish ! Zaa at Male airport assistant us leaving and returning, such a help and a lovely person , thank you to all staff ! We snorkelled every day , it is very beautiful, crystal clear , beautiful fish. The resort is a dream come true , I will be back ! Just go ! You will love it !
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Best Honeymoon
May 16, 2025Ellie P
Best honeymoon!!
Best manager Ali!!!!
Best place amazing experience in my life
Won’t forget this moment forever
신혼여행은 파라푸시로 오세요!! 몰디브 정말 최고,,, 만타 거북이 돌고래 모두 다 볼 수 있고 뽕따색 바다와 트로피칼 물고기가 한곳에 있는 천국같은 곳이에요! 그리고 스태프트들도 너무 착하고 친절하고 매우 프라이빗 한 곳이라 모두에게 추천합니다!!!!
Perfect, perfect. perfect
May 15, 2025Carrie Ann TSouthampton, United Kingdom
The most amazing resort we have ever stayed at. Do not hesitate to book. We treated ourselves and booked this resort as a 'once in a lifetime' holiday when we saw it was number 1 on trip advisor, but as soon as we arrived we knew we would be returning! Everything was just perfect, the staff, the villa (we had sunset villa) the food, the drinks,…
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The most amazing resort we have ever stayed at. Do not hesitate to book. We treated ourselves and booked this resort as a 'once in a lifetime' holiday when we saw it was number 1 on trip advisor, but as soon as we arrived we knew we would be returning! Everything was just perfect, the staff, the villa (we had sunset villa) the food, the drinks, everything was so clean! A special mention to Irman who looked after our villa for us, he worked so hard, he cleaned our villa twice a day, and even made the time to decorate our bed (amazingly!) and write us notes each day, he really was the best. Also special mention to Sairam who worked mainly at the pool bar, he knew our room number and drinks order after just a day, he went above and beyond for us, we couldnt have asked for more. All the staff were amazing! Our water villa was a dream, it was massive! All the food was up to a very high standard, even in the buffet, we couldn't fault anything. We have been lucky enough to stay in some amazing resorts all over the world, but this just tops them all by far! We cant wait to return in 2027!
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Lovely stay
May 14, 2025Katty C
A bank but a dream bank. Beautiful spacious rooms with attention to detail. Housekeeping several times a day. Beaches very nice and well maintained. Amazing sea with access to the reef. Top services and exceptional food with a large vegan option
It was a privilege !
May 13, 202570HettyGreater London, United Kingdom
It’s not often that you have an even better holiday the second time you visit somewhere! We certainly did at Emerald Faarafushi.
The island is stunningly beautiful with all the attributes of a small natural island. We enjoyed watching the birds and the fruit bats. However, the marine life is totally extraordinary. We were lucky enough to see…
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It’s not often that you have an even better holiday the second time you visit somewhere! We certainly did at Emerald Faarafushi.
The island is stunningly beautiful with all the attributes of a small natural island. We enjoyed watching the birds and the fruit bats. However, the marine life is totally extraordinary. We were lucky enough to see turtles, eagle rays, a 5 foot nursing shark and smaller reef tip sharks. The snorkelling from the reef edge was wonderful with such a large array of beautiful fish. From our sunrise water villa there was constant life, with parrot fish and powder blue surgeon fish visiting us while we relaxed in our pool.
Our villa was very comfortable with amazing views. Our housekeeper, Irman kept it immaculate and made sure we had everything we needed immediately. He also created some amazing bed decorations. He is a lovely, gentle person who genuinely seemed to care about making sure we were happy. He is an absolute credit to the resort.
We had wonderful meals in Meditteraneo and the Aqua Restaurant. Thank you to Yasir, Hassan, Nabeel and Appe for looking after us in Aqua. We loved chatting with you all! Aniket prepared us delicious cocktails at both Eclipse and the Sunset Pool Bar and was always ready for a conversation.
Special thanks to Chef Fernando, for creating the best Sri Lankan meal for us (twice) because we missed the curry themed night. Chef Moreno also made sure he prepared cannelloni,as he knew it was my husband’s favourite pasta dish.
We had the most perfectly cooked tenderloin beef at Medditerraneo. Thank you to Joseph, the sommelier for helping us to choose the perfect wine to accompany it.
We were really grateful to Faya , our villa host for re-arranging our schedule, to suit us and facilitating a lovely breakfast in our room before we departed early on the seaplane.
This place is very special and we hope to return as soon as possible!
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Dream come true