Vakkaru, Baa Atoll
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: 5.1339, 72.9100
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.
Nearest runway other than Velana is Dharavandhoo (DRV), 25 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.
From the booking-platform record, not the resort. A short list of the things that change a decision — confirm anything you are relying on.
Transfer
30-minute seaplane.
The resort's own FAQ and transfers page give the seaplane as shared, up to 15 passengers, daylight-only, requiring inbound arrival between 06:00 and 15:30 for a same-day connection. No cost is published, but the resort's own "Book Direct Benefits" list "up to 25% discount on return seaplane transfers" — evidence the transfer is a paid, not included, service. An alternative routing (20-minute domestic flight to Dharavandhoo Airport plus a 30-minute speedboat, 50 minutes total) is also published. Baggage: 20kg checked + 5kg hand luggage, excess approx. USD 6/kg.
Source, checked 2026-09-28.
Room categories
Category names are published on the resort's own site; no size in square metres is published for any category on any page reachable by curl (the accommodation page appears to render sizes via client-side JavaScript this environment cannot execute), so sizeSqm is omitted rather than guessed for all five. The resort also lists a separate line of larger multi-bedroom "Residences," not included here as they are a distinct product from the standard villa categories.
Source, checked 2026-09-28.
Children
Children accepted. The resort's own booking widget offers "Adults (Ages 12 or above)" and "Children (Ages 2-11.99)" as distinct guest categories, and a Book Direct benefit offers "complimentary stays for children below the age of 12 for 5 nights and above" — clearly not an adults-only property. No minimum age for infants under 2 is stated.
Source, checked 2026-09-28.
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: Efzy Holdings Pvt Ltd · part of Not Available