Six Senses Laamu

Our honeymoon stay at Six Senses Laamu was truly perfect from start to finish. The resort’s natural beauty, privacy, and thoughtful details made the experience unforgettable. A special thank you to our GEM, Shuinee, whose warmth, attentiveness, and exceptional service elevated every moment. Her guidance and care made our trip seamless and deeply memorable. We could not have asked for a better honeymoon.

We had 10 days at Six Senses Laamu, and it truly was a paradise on earth. A beuatiful setting with amazing sea life, wonderful accomodation that was natural and spacious, and just fantastic service from all of the staff. The restaurants were all lovely, but we particularly liked the Longditude restaurant because of all the options it offered. The breakfasts were spectacular with a wide range of choices, and we very much enjoyed hanging out at the Chill Bar of an afternoon for sundowners. The weather was great, high 20s with a light breeze making it perfect. And the best thing there was no (or virtually none) mosquitos on the island. The breeze kept them away. A particular thanks to Abdulla our GEM who really looked after us and made sure we got to do everything we wanted, and to Warren for preparing my wife's breakfast juice shots ... but all the staff were super attentive and always helpful. We did a lot of snorkelling, and each time we went out we saw sea turtles, manta rays, sharks and countless fish. The local marine specialists do a great job guiding the snorkelling trips and the evening talks were really insightful. Also of interest was the eco tour showing us everything they are doing to look after the environment and manage sustainability on the island, in what is a very precious and special part of the world. We really had an amazing time and send thanks to all of the staff ... we would thoroughly recommend the Maldives and this resort, and can't wait to come back. Thanks.

One of our best family trips to date. This was our third resort in the Maldives, and it delivered the best service and overall experience by far. A special thank you to Vienne, our personal guest manager, for making the stay truly memorable and always recommending the right activities at the right time. We especially loved the sunrise fishing and the sunset dolphin cruise, and were impressed by the resort’s commitment to sustainability and eco-friendly practices. Our son had the time of his life cycling around the island and he’s been missing the ice cream ever since we got home!

A superb experience and very special island run with military precision. Nothing too much trouble and attention to detail the very best. Perfect in everyway.

Six Senses Laamu has everything you'd expect from a five-star resort in the Maldives - beautiful villas, an incredible array of food, beach sunsets that take your breath away. But what makes it distinctive is its remote location, dedication to marine research and education, sustainability initiatives, and kid-friendly features. These are why I chose Laamu two years in a row for our family holiday, and why I'll be coming back again. Remote location: Laamu is a one-hour seaplane ride from Malé, and it is the only resort in its atoll. This means total seclusion when snorkeling, diving, or surfing. The seaplane ride is a bit annoying - there's a lot of noise from the propellers and it's somewhat cramped - but the upside is it affords beautiful views, and it's only one hour. Trust me, it's well worth it to truly get away from it all. Marine research and education: Laamu has a research center called SHELL with marine biologists on staff who give engaging talks almost every night about corals, sharks, manta rays, and more. They have a "junior marine biology" program for kids. They protect their seagrass meadows, which is good for the environment and also attracts incredible marine life. In just one snorkel around the seagrass meadows, I saw 3 turtles, 2 rays, and a big black-tip reef shark. This is in addition to the house reef, where my kids and I spotted dozens of species of tropical fish, more rays, and turtles amongst the corals. Sustainability: There's not a single bit of plastic to be found on this island, all water comes in glass bottles. The fish served here is line-caught and purchased directly from local fishermen, and they also have their own gardens and chicken farm. Many resorts talk about being eco-friendly, but at Six Senses Laamu you can feel that it's truly a core value. Kid-friendly: There are so many adorable, thoughtful little touches for kids. Every morning my kids excitedly started breakfast with pancakes shaped like turtles or dolphins. Everyone gets their own bicycle, personalized with your initials, which means kids can pedal around the island independently. My kids sped off to the kids club every day as soon as they finished breakfast. The kids club is open 9am-6pm and children 3+ can be dropped off to the care of the amazing aunties there (babies and toddlers can also be left with a babysitter there, but at extra cost). Laamu also does a kids movie almost daily at 7:30pm at the outdoor cinema, where kids can eat dinner (supervised), so that parents can have an adults dinner in blissful peace. But as much as my kids loved the kids club, their favorite part of the resort was of course the ice cream stand, where there's free and unlimited ice cream in dozens of flavors! To keep older kids, teens, and adults entertained there's a wide variety of watersports - snorkeling, diving, surfing with Tropicsurf, kayaking, sailing, jetskiing, plenty of other motorized watersports, yoga and pilates classes. Our butler (they call them GEMs, which I think stands for Guest Experience Manager) was always incredibly helpful in arranging all our activities and catering to every other fancy we ever had. No place on earth is perfect, and there are some small downsides to Six Senses Laamu. The biggest one is the arrangement of the overwater villas. They are on both sides of 3 piers, more or less parallel to each other, which means that most of the villas look at other villas. Only the villas on one side of Jetty A and Jetty C don't look at other villas. I don't know why they designed it like this - most other Maldives resorts arrange their overwater villas in a semicircle or separately so that each villa can have an uninterrupted view of the ocean. We stayed in a beach family villa, which I would highly recommend for a family with 2 or even 3 kids. The beaches are fairly narrow, especially at high tide, which I consider a positive. It was a short walk from our villa down what felt like a private beach directly into the ocean! The other minor issue is that they charge a few bucks for filtered water when you eat at the restaurants, even though they give it to you for free in the rooms. This is just annoying. Laamu, you could raise the cost of my stay by $10 - $20 per night to cover the cost of water and I would never notice, but please just give me free water in the restaurants. That said, these are minor quibbles and in all respects that matter, Laamu is amazing. Can't wait to get back there again.