Six Senses Laamu | Maldives Surf Resort

SIX SENSES LAAMU, MALDIVES

Location: Central Atolls, Laamu Atoll
Eco-friendly luxury resort in remote area

From 780 USD – standard bungalow/night

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Six Senses Laamu Resort is hidden in the Central Atolls surrounded by pristine empty waves, white sand, transparent clear water. 35 minute domestic flight away from Velana Malé Airport plus a mellow 20-minute speedboat ride, indeed it is secluded, it is the only resort in Laamu Atoll.

The project of Six Senses Laamu Resort is a leading case example in the combination of luxury travel, sustainability, conservation and giving back to the community, including through integration.

Top it up with Ying Yangs at your door step across the channel, a worldclass surfbreak, one of the most consistent sports in the area. This break has a long inside section, in its good days you will experience some incredibly hollow barrels.

Recommended for:

Individual surfers

Couples

Honey-moon

Groups

Retreats

Families

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Accommodation

Ocean Beach Villa

Maximum Occupancy 4

Beachfront with views out to the Indian Ocean from your panoramic upper deck and direct beach access just steps away.

Lagoon Water Villa

Maximum Occupancy 4

Set above the shallow lagoon, this villa offers upper deck and lower decks that features a glass sunken bathtub.

Ocean Water Villa

Maximum Occupancy 4

You’ll have sunset or sunrise ocean views from the upper deck or the lower deck which also features a sunken glass bathtub.

Water Villa with Pool

Maximum Occupancy 4

Set towards the end of the jetties, with a panoramic vista, these villas offer upper and lower decks plus a glass sunken bathtub.

Sunset Water Villa with Pool

Maximum Occupancy 4

A prime position towards the middle of Jetty A to face the sunset, these villas offer upper and lower decks plus a glass sunken bathtub.

Ocean Beach Villa with Pool

Maximum Occupancy 4

Set right on the beachfront with direct access to the water just a few meters away, a panoramic private upper deck and a personal pool.

Family Villa with Pool

Maximum Occupancy 4

Beachfront family living with a panoramic upper deck, personal pool and a treetop deck offering wonderful vistas of the sea.

Two Bedroom Lagoon Beach Villa

Maximum Occupancy 6

The ultimate island lifestyle is set on the beachfront, with magical ocean vistas, your own pool and complete privacy.

Two Bedroom Ocean Beach Villa

Maximum Occupancy 6

Set at the beachfront with direct beach access, there’s an upper deck for jungle and water panoramas and a personal swimming pool.

Facilities

24-hour Guest Experience Maker service
Multilingual hosts
Main Restaurants
Six Senses Spa with fitness centre
Ice cream store
Pools

Library
Six Senses Gallery
Babysitting service with a charge
Watersports and diving centre
Complimentary WiFi
The Den, complimentary kids’ club

Jungle Cinema, open-air cinema
24 Hours In Villa Dining
Medical clinic with doctor on call 24hrs
Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Pressing Service
Yoga shala
Surf school & surf guiding

Amenities

Private access to beach*
King/twin sized bed
Bose entertainment system
All villas offer full sea view
Hair dryer
37-inch flat-panel TV with satellite channels

Non-allergenic pillows
In-Villa safe
Lighted make-up/shaving mirror
Multi-line telephone with voicemail
Tea/coffee making facilities
Minibar and fresh beverage facilities

IDD telephone and WiFi
Outdoor bathroom and rain shower
Sun Loungers & Daybeds
Private pool*
Sunken ocean view all-glass bathtub*
Aquarium dining deck with all-glass table*

Surfing

The Laamu and Huvadhoo Atolls are separated by the One and a Half Degree Channel. The swells generated by the weather phenomenon Roaring Forties created in the far south of the Indian Ocean, hit the islands of these Atolls with full power as there are hardly no land obstacles, creating the best waves in the country. The Six Senses Laamu house reef frequently offers a couple of quick, fun lefts. Across the channel and within view of the resort, Yin Yangs offers one of the most powerful and world class right-hand barrels in Maldives.

Experiences

Explore uninhabited islands, go island hopping, meet the locals and relax on secluded sandbanks. Snorkel in the coral-rich house reef rubbing fins with colourful fish. Dive the deep blue as early birds or night owls. Surf the Yin Yang. Or just hang. Other experiences include cinema under the stars, stargazing, traditional Maldivian fishing, marine conservation, etc.

six senses laamu activities family resort

The Den: Child´s Club

Six Senses Laamu is a family friendly resort. The Den is a kid‘s club with a wide range of activities and games. They have a choice of outdoor and indoor games. If they are good swimmers, and with the permission of the parents, they can go snorkelling to see the wide variety of sea creatures in our backyard reef. Babysitting services are available upon request.

Dining Gourmet Experience

Six Senses Laamu’s bars and restaurants are mostly set over water. Leaf is the signature restaurant perched above the organic garden where chefs invent dishes with the fresh local product. Zen features a modern twist on a traditional Japanese menu. Longitude is the international overwater restaurant. Chill Bar over the water offers signature cocktails whilst the resident DJ gets you dancing. Sip Sip is the sunken bar with all-day poolside dining. Plus an al fresco ice cream sorbet parlour and chilled chocolate studio for your sweets cravings.

Wellness & Spa

Nine uniquely designed treatment nests are dotted right on the beach or among lush landscaping. Discover your dosha (body type) with Ayurveda, enjoy nourishing local Maldives spa treatments and restorative facials and nurture your soul with meditation and yoga in an open-air rooftop studio. Enhance your post-treatment relaxation with a gut-loving and delicious smoothie at the Juice Bar.

Positive Impact

Six Senses Laamu is a member of The Long Run, travel destinations and accommodations that own, manage or significantly influence areas of biodiversity. Committed to a continuous journey of improvement towards excellence in the sustainability and the 4Cs: conservation, community, culture and commerce.

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

Laamu’s sustainability strategy ‘Local Sensitivity, Global Sensibility’ includes initiatives around energy saving, seagrass conservation, waste reduction, reef protection and wildlife conservation. The high density of seagrass in this part of the Maldives, can support up to 80,000 fish and is a vital form of food for sea turtles — to date this resort has recorded 107 green and 93 hawksbill turtles. Laamu’s six marine biologists continually update its visitor’s understanding of this rich biodiversity and work towards the long-term goal of turning the 19,200-acre atoll into a Marine Protected Area.

4,384

local community members with access to safe drinking water from 63 donated water purification systems

500+

resident sea turtles and 131 resident manta rays identified and protected by our marine team

9,687,519+

square feet (900,000 square meters) of seagrass meadows (225 football fields) protected through the #ProtectMaldivesSeagrass campaign

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voluntary marine protected areas declared across the atoll in partnership with Laamu Atoll Council

Underwater

Made up of resort marine biologists and three partners, the Manta Trust, Blue Marine Foundation and the Olive Ridley Project, The Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI) brings together the greatest minds in marine conservation to find innovative solutions for Laamu’s most pressing issues.

MANTA RAY CONSERVATION

The Manta Trust is a registered charity with the mission to conserve mobulid rays and their habitats through research, education and collaboration. Since 2014, the Manta Trust has been working with Six Senses Laamu to study the local manta ray population and educate guests and the local community about the importance and vulnerability of manta rays.

Just a 15-minute boat ride from Six Senses Laamu and 20-meters below the surface is Hithadhoo Corner, a series of large coral blocks teeming with cleaner wrasse eager to clean Laamu’s resident manta rays. Innovative research techniques allow the team to learn more about mating behaviour and pregnancy.

The Manta Trust is a registered charity with the mission to conserve mobulid rays and their habitats through research, education and collaboration. Since 2014, the Manta Trust has been working with Six Senses Laamu to study the local manta ray population and educate guests and the local community about the importance and vulnerability of manta rays.Just a 15-minute boat ride from Six Senses Laamu and 20-meters below the surface is Hithadhoo Corner, a series of large coral blocks teeming with cleaner wrasse eager to clean Laamu’s resident manta rays. Innovative research techniques allow the team to learn more about mating behaviour and pregnancy.

Sea turtles

Olive Ridley Project (ORP) exists to protect Maldivian sea turtles from threats. Since 2018, they are making this dream a reality through their work as part of the Maldives Underwater Initiative. ORP continues to safeguard Laamu’s turtles through a wide range of research projects including studying the local turtle populations, monitoring turtle nests and collecting data on ghost nets found in and around the atoll.

Dolphins

The resident marine biologists accompany sunset and dolphin cruises to share information about the two species commonly seen and to record valuable information about these sightings. In 2014, a Six Senses marine biologist developed the nation’s first Dolphin Code of Conduct, which condemns dolphin harassment. The teams also lead guided snorkel trips on the house reef as well as boat snorkel trips around the atoll, enlightening guests about the species they encounter.

Fisheries and marine protected areas

Six Senses Laamu work with the reef fishermen of Laamu Atoll to ensure all fish served on the resort’s menus are caught using sustainable fishing practices. Laamaseelu Masveriya means ‘exemplary fishermen’ in Dhivehi and is a code of conduct developed by Blue Marine Foundation for the fishermen and the resort. This ensures that the entire process, from fishing to purchasing, is done sustainably.

In 2018, the Laamu Atoll Council declared their intention to protect five marine areas, many of which were advised by Six Senses Laamu and Blue Marine Foundation. Tangible results include habitat restoration, recovery of fish-stocks, a sustainable local fishery and a thriving marine tourism industry.

Seagrass

A survey suggests that over 50 percent of resorts in the Maldives actively remove their seagrass meadows. This highlighted the evident lack of awareness that seagrass meadows play a significant role as carbon sinks, food sources, nursery habitats, sediment stabilizers and nutrient filters, protecting and maintaining surrounding coral reefs. To address this knowledge gap, the Maldives Underwater Initiative, together with partners Blue Marine Foundation (Blue), launched a social media campaign to become the voice for the world’s only underwater flowering plant.

Coral

In 2016 a catastrophic event occurred in tropical oceans worldwide, and over 75% of the corals in the Maldives were victims of a mass bleaching event. With the hope of aiding recovery, the Six Senses Laamu team undertook a coral restoration project, which aimed to boost the coral population on their current reef, rather than create new reefs, as many restorations do. The two-step project involved the collection of coral fragments from selected species, installing them into a mid-water nursery to grow larger, followed by ‘planting’ them back onto the reef. The team successfully planted 221 corals back onto the house reef after they had grown, on average, 37 times larger than their original size.

On land

We are in Laamu to leave a legacy; we are committed to leaving this beautiful and unique part of the Maldives better than how we found it. We achieve this through having a positive impact on the local community and giving back in the form of education, development, and service.

Plastic free Laamu Atoll

Waste management is one of the biggest challenges in the Maldives, so Six Senses Laamu aims to create as little as possible. Minimal waste is either recycled onsite or disposed of responsibly. Segregation bins can be found around the island for paper, plastic, metal, and glass. Some of the ways they reduce their waste include printing responsibly, encouraging suppliers to reduce packaging when delivering supplies and ordering in bulk whenever possible, banning single-use plastics and recycling all organic waste for mulching and converting to organic garden soil.

They are one of only three hotels in the world that makes its own artisan chocolate. The homemade chocolate is used in the pastry kitchen, ice cream parlor, and chocolate studio to make thirteen different flavored bars for the mini bar and boutique.

Eku Eky community education

Eku-Eky, or ‘together’ in the local language of Dhievehi, is an initiative to strengthen relationships with Laamu Atoll communities, work towards sustainable development and achieve environmental conservation.

Through Eku Eky quarterly meetings, representatives from the atoll council and 11 island councils, women’s development committees, 13 schools, 5 police stations, and active local NGOs, come together to represent the voices of Laamu’s 13,000 residents. In recent years, a shift has been seen, with the ownership of this program moving away from the resort and into the hands of the community. The result is an open platform from which ideas can be shared and life can be improved for all residents of Laamu Atoll.

Citizen scientists

Empowering the local community to be involved in conservation efforts is critical in order for it to be a success. In 2019, BLUE launched a citizen science program called Laamaseelu Farudhun to do just that. It translates to ‘exemplary citizens’ in Dhivehi and aims to train local community groups to understand and take ownership of their island’s natural resources, including coral reefs, seagrass and mangroves.

The first session on seagrass monitoring brought together government, NGOs, and higher education from most islands in Laamu. Following the instructions, participants felt so confident to carry out their own surveys that the first independent survey took place on Fonadhoo island shortly thereafter.

Water for all

Fifty percent of water sales in all restaurant outlets goes into a project fund providing clean, reliable drinking water to local communities in need. This fund contributed to a reverse osmosis water plant to the regional hospital, thirty household water filters to a local island and larger water filters to all 23 schools and preschools in the atoll. In 2019, water filters were donated to all five of Laamu Atoll’s police stations and one Maldives National University – Gan Campus, providing plastic-free drinking water to 380 more people. This brings the total number of filters donated to date to 63, providing clean, plastic-free drinking water to approximately 4,384 people, and avoiding an estimated 1.6 million single-use plastic water bottles annually.

Offers and Discounts

Half Board Complimentary Upgrade

From Only Breakfast to Half Board

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