Six Senses Laamu

A fantastic experience. Great and caring staff who went the extra mile, lots of snorkelling right off the villa (we stayed in a sunset over water villa and had easy access to the house reef and sea grass meadow), and a beautiful setting. The experience surpassed my expectations and we are considering coming back... My only additional bit of feedback is if possible a little more notice on the sea plane transfer would’ve been helpful as this would’ve prevented us spending a while stuck in the six senses lounge at the domestic airport in male. We would’ve coordinated our flights from Europe for a later time or at least have been prepared and expected the wait before the sea plane. I appreciate it may not be the easiest to coordinate far in advance. Other than this, the rest of the experience was dreamy. Thank you team six senses!

This was a second time at Six Senses Laamu. We came back 13 years later as we wanted to bring our children this time. What an amazing experience. We were looked after by our amazing GEM, Faudi. He went above and beyond for any request! Even if it meant helping us find our sons stuffed lobster toy. Highly recommend for families. The kids have plenty to do all day long on the island, whether that's at the Den (kids club), snorkelling or an outdoor movie. My kids loved it so much. As a parent, I had plenty of time to relax at the spa and have a cocktail at the pool bar. Food is also amazing! You never go hungry. It has just got better since we went in 2013. Savings our pennies to go back soon!

Thank you for such a magical stay. Everything was perfect - I can't remember the last time we felt that relaxed. The food, the room, waking up to the turtles coming up to breathe every morning and watching the sunset listening to great music - incredible! Shiunee made everything so effortless - from fishing trips, organising meals and help when poorly - we felt so looked after.

Six Senses Laamu is an hour's seaplane trip south of Mali and runs an hour later in timezone. It is the only resort in the Atoll, but close to local islands, which gives it a special vibe of its own. On landing you are struck by the beauty of the colours of the sea, sand and abundant trees & vegetation. This is enhanced by the natural materials used in the construction of all the buildings, as you are welcomed and shown around the resort by your Guest Experience Maker (GEM - more on that later). Our accommodation was a Sunset Water Villa on Jetty A, a short cycle, on the comfy bikes with personalised wooden number plates, from all the amenities. The main room is huge, with vaulted ceiling and glass patio windows and door with an interrupted view of the ocean across the house reef. The villa is very private and not overlooked at all. There are sunloungers both on the terrace outside, as well as by the steps down into the water, and a sunken glass table for meals in the room, where you can see sharks, rays, flying fish, turtles and many types of reef fish swimming past as you eat, as unlike other resorts, sea grass has been preserved and the wildlife is abundant. The loo has a glass panel in the floor from where you can likewise spot fish as they swim by and the glass bath in the bathroom is also open to the ocean beneath. There are separate outdoor showers on platforms over the ocean, surrounded by wooden panels for privacy and stairs up to a double day bed on the roof. The metal basins in the changing area behind the bed are mounted in what looks like old leather suitcases which is a nice touch and there are plenty of mirrors and lights, hair dryer, shaver and plug sockets available. There are a further two day beds in this area and two large wardrobes and shelves. There is a sofa and desk in front of the patio windows, where personalised details of restaurant reservations, daily activities and other resort information are available. There are both universal plug and USB sockets at each bedside. There are 5 main restaurants as well as a couple of bars where food is served and an ice-cream kitchen with a staggering selection of dairy and vegan ice creams and sorbets are served for free for most of the day and night. Imaginative menus in the main three restaurants are changed daily and the varied types of food are presented beautifully and cooked expertly by a team of specialist chefs, who often visit your table and take care of any particular needs or preferences you might have. The wine and drinks list is extensive and the friendly sommelier Vinod is expert in finding wines to suit each palette. The service is great in all restaurants and bars and the bar staff make great cocktails. Whilst there are first-class water sports facilities available, we concentrated on snorkelling the amazing house reef, just meters from our villa, and diving with the in-house Deep Blue Divers team. In addition to the expert guides and helpful boat crew, we were often accompanied by members of the marine biology team, whose insight and expertise made the trips even more special. I could go on about the variety of sealife large and small we encountered as it was amazing, but will only state that our dive guide Rifath was exceptional in finding the smallest of shrimps and nudibranches, that we would otherwise have missed. Our equipment was prepared for us, loaded onto and unloaded from the boat for us daily and returned to the villa fully cleaned at the end of our stay. The guided tours and presentation by the marine biology staff resident in the resort were facinating, but the high point for us was seeing baby turtles hatch from their nests on the beach and make their way to the sea, guided by the moon. This happened twice during out stay. Each staff member makes and effort to be friendly and helpful and you get the sense that this is not forced but part of the culture of the place. The jewel in the crown are the Guest Experience Makers (GEMs) who look after a handful of clients each and ensure that everything goes smoothly every day and take care of literally everything for you. Our GEM Riq was really fun, as well as being friendly, sensitively attentive and helpful and make our holiday the best it could be. We are fortunate enough to have been able to visit the Maldives many times over the years and I must say that Six Sense Laamu is our favourite.

It was such a special holiday on an amazing island with great house reef, diving and restaurants. Riq was our GEM and made our holiday even more special . He was organised , very knowledgeable and so much fun too. He also remembered details like our wedding anniversary. All the restaurant staff went out of their way to make sure I had freshly prepared food due to a health condition I have and the food was exceptional. Im so grateful to them Vinod the sommelier was very knowledgeable and helpful as well as being really friendly and fun. We loved riding bikes around the island and diving each day..the dive centre is exceptional and took us out to some wonderful dive sites We hope we can return one day to this special place and thank all the staff for making it such an amazing holiday for us.