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Brennia Kottefaru

Kottefaru, Raa Atoll

156 km from Malé145 roomsnearest resort 6.93 km

What stands out

Our reading of the figures below, not a review. We have not stayed here.

156 km out

Far enough south or north that the transfer is a significant part of both the cost and the day. Whatever the nightly rate looks like, price the journey before comparing it with somewhere in Malé Atoll.

The numbers

Island
Kottefaru
Atoll
Raa Atoll
From Malé, direct
156 km
Registered rooms
145 · median here is 110
Nearest other resort
Kudafushi Resort & Spa — 6.93 km · 0 resorts within 5km

Satellite imagery cannot be colour-graded or shot from a flattering angle, which makes it a better guide to an island than anything a resort will publish — the real beach, the real reef, and exactly how close that neighbour is: 5.5098, 73.0424

Island, atoll, rooms and operator from the Ministry of Tourism register (2026-08-17). Rooms are licensed capacity, not marketed villas. Coordinate from the LiteAPI hotel catalogue, checked against the register's atoll. Distances are straight-line, computed here; the journey is longer.

Arriving

Nearest runway other than Velana is Ifuru (IFU), 22 km away. Trans Maldivian Airways does not list a seaplane transfer here. They are the largest operator but not the only one, so that means we cannot show you a route, not that none exists.

Runway positions from OurAirports.

On the island

From the booking-platform record, not the resort. A short list of the things that change a decision — confirm anything you are relying on.

BabysittingEvening entertainmentFacilities for disabled guestsKids' clubMinimarketNightclub or DJTennis courtWheelchair accessible

From the resort’s own site

Room categories

  • Bougain Villa57.4m²10 units— Garden villa, described by the resort as "snug rooms."
  • Beach Villa111m²45 units
  • Beach Pool Villa121.3m²30 units
  • Deluxe Beach Pool Villa163m²14 units
  • Water VillaOverwater81.4m²20 units— The resort's own homepage separately states 68 sqm for this category; its dedicated room page states 81.4 sqm. The dedicated page is used here as the more specific source, and the discrepancy is recorded rather than picked silently.
  • Ocean Pool VillaOverwater94.7m²20 units— Grouped by the resort under "Ocean Villas" alongside Water Villa, despite the name; recorded as overwater on that basis.
  • Deluxe Water VillaOverwater105.1m²7 units
  • Deluxe Water Pool VillaOverwater108.3m²33 units
  • Over Water Suite with PoolOverwater162.4m²— No unit count is published for this category.
  • Two Bedroom Bougain Villa154m²1 unit
  • Two Bedroom Beach Villa160.7m²— The resort's own copy describes this category as "two units of beach villas with interconnecting doors," which reads as two joined villas sold as one two-bedroom residence rather than two separately bookable units — no unambiguous unit count is recorded on that basis.
  • Two Bedroom Beach Pool Residence276.8m²2 units
  • Presidential SuiteOverwater472m²1 unit— Listed at the URL "over-water-pool-residence"; the resort's about-us page separately describes its top category as a "luxurious Overwater Residence."

All 13 of the resort's own villa categories carry a published size; unit counts are derived from the resort's own descriptive text where stated. The register lists 187 rooms in total (licensed capacity, not marketed villas). No meal-plan exclusions, transfer terms or child-policy page were found on the resort's own site: its Wine & Dine page confirms Bed & Breakfast, Half Board, Full Board and All-Inclusive plans exist but publishes no exclusion list or terms document, and the site has no FAQ or policies page reachable by curl.

Source, checked 2026-09-16.

What we have not verified here

Rates and reef condition are still unverified, and we have not read this resort's meal plan terms. What is shown above is either public-record arithmetic or the resort’s own published terms, never a review. How we source things.

Operator of record: Brennia Maldives Pvt Ltd · part of Not Available