Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru
Banyan Tree's first island in the Maldives, open since 1995 in North Malé Atoll, with a marine lab on it.
Banyan Tree · North & South Malé Atolls · Maldives
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because Banyan Tree's Maldives story began on this small island in 1995, and it still keeps a marine lab beside its beachfront pool villas, twenty-five minutes by boat from the airport – and it holds four-star standing, listed at exactly the tier it holds.
- A small island in North Malé Atoll, twenty-five minutes by speedboat from Velana International; a Banyan Tree resort, its first in the Maldives, opened in 1995.
- Beachfront pool villas all round the island, and a marine lab on it.
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel.
The neighborhood
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa · North & South Malé Atolls — © Four SeasonsNorth & South Malé Atolls
The two atolls around the capital, the only ones in the collection reached by boat rather than by air. They lie around Velana International Airport too, and hold seven of the twenty-four hotels. North Malé has the Fari Islands at its northern tip and the house reefs and surf breaks of its eastern rim; South Malé, across the Vaadhoo channel, has its wide lagoons.
- The house reef, a swim from the beach.
- One&Only Reethi Rah and Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, its neighbors in the collection in the same atoll.
- Malé and Velana International, twenty-five minutes by speedboat.
“Banyan Tree's first island in the Maldives, open since 1995 in North Malé Atoll, with a marine lab on it.”
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One&Only Reethi Rah
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From $1,800 per night
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Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
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Waldorf Astoria spread across three islands in South Malé Atoll, thirty minutes by yacht from the airport.
From $1,800 per night
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Cheval Blanc Randheli
Five-star · Baa, Raa, Noonu & Lhaviyani Atolls
LVMH's island in Noonu Atoll, laid out by Jean-Michel Gathy across a lagoon, an island and a private islet.
From $2,500 per night
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