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Royal Island Resort and Spa

Horubadhoo, Baa Atoll

120 km from Malé152 roomsnearest resort 5.96 km

What stands out

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

A runway 9 km away

Dharavandhoo (DRV) is close enough that a domestic flight and a short boat may be workable. Domestic aircraft fly after dark when seaplanes cannot, so this is the difference between an evening arrival costing you a night in Malé or nothing at all. Ask the resort which routing they will book.

The numbers

Island
Horubadhoo
Atoll
Baa Atoll
From Malé, direct
120 km
Registered rooms
152 · median here is 110
Nearest other resort
Dusit Thani Maldives5.96 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: 5.1617, 73.0526

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 Dharavandhoo (DRV), 9 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.

Evening entertainmentMinimarketNightclub or DJSpecial diets on requestTennis court

What we have not verified here

No rates, no room categories, no meal plan terms, no transfer price, and no reef condition. We have not read this resort’s own published terms yet, so nothing above is a review — it is what public records and arithmetic on them can support. How we source things.

Operator of record: Villa Shipping and Trading Com · part of Not Available