Spread across a whole private island, LUX* South Ari Atoll offers a peaceful island paradise fused with world-class underwater action
Set in a picturesque corner of the Maldives, LUX* South Ari Atoll offers an enchanting island paradise holiday.
It’s the only resort on the beautiful island of Dhidhoofinolhu, providing an off-the-grid experience where you can truly immerse yourself within your beautiful surroundings.
After arriving at the international airport in Male, you’ll be welcomed in the LUX* private airport lounge to await your seaplane transfer. You’ll be whisked to the resort in just 30 minutes, taking in your first glimpse of the spellbinding Maldives archipelago from the air.
LUX* South Ari Atoll recently reopened in 2016 after undergoing a complete refurbishment, taking the resort to a world-class level.
You can stay in stunning overwater villas and pool water villas, stylishly designed with natural materials, featuring private infinity pools and direct ocean access.
Couples and honeymooners will adore the romantic stilted villas, with a suspended daybed over the luminous water and a private pool, perfect for a midnight dip beneath the stars.
Families are welcomed with multi-bedroom overwater villas and beach villas, a kids' club, and babysitting services.
The resort also offers plenty of action, with a 5-Star PADI dive centre and one of the largest offerings of water-sports in the Maldives.
Get an adrenaline fix with flyboarding, hoverboarding and jet-surfboarding, or go snorkelling and sink beneath the ocean to discover colourful marine life, including the resident whale sharks.
LUX* South Ari Atoll is part of LUX* Resorts & Hotels, a brand that is dedicated to sustainability and corporate social responsibility and investing in projects that support sustainable tourism. LUX* works to reduce its impact on climate change by offsetting 100% of the carbon emitted by each of its resorts and hotels through 7 Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) carbon offsetting projects. They calculate their carbon emissions through the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) guidelines and are audited by Ernst & Young.
Their Tread Lightly by LUX* initiative includes renewable energy and water-saving projects, in-house bottling, and a towel and linen reuse programme, while LUX* South Ari Atoll contributes to the conservation of native whale sharks through in-house scientific study. On a social front, LUX* is a member of The Code, an industry-driven, responsible tourism initiative with the goal of preventing the sexual exploitation of children. They also run various school programmes for underprivileged children in local communities and contribute to a number of organisations that fight poverty and illiteracy in LUX* destinations.
