Six Senses Laamu is located on the privately owned Olhuveli Island in the Laamu Atoll, towards the south of the Maldives archipelago. With a strong focus on attention to detail, Six Senses Laamu is designed to offer individual style along with a strong sense of community. The result is an eco-friendly yet luxurious guest experience blending natural and diverse design personalities with the island’s lush vegetation. Six Senses Laamu is the only resort on the virtually uncharted Laamu atoll, deep in the Indian Ocean. The island is of outstanding natural beauty, powder white sand, lush tropical vegetation and crystal clear waters.

With a strong focus on attention to detail, Six Senses Laamu is designed to offer individual style along with a strong sense of community. Its villas are eco-friendly (made from local and sustainable materials) yet luxurious in every way, blending natural and diverse design personalities with the island’s lush vegetation. With 97 Beach Villas, Two Bedroom Beach Villas with pool and Water Villas over the crystal clear lagoon, this resort is the ultimate paradise.

The Water Villas feature outdoor rain showers, water gardens, private sundecks and outdoor seating areas. A glass floor and glass outdoor tables enable you to observe the underwater world while relaxing or dining. Duplex Water Villa Suites offer indoor-outdoor bathrooms and water slides to the lagoon from the upper level. These suites are detached from the main island and are linked by an independent jetty. Carefully designed to complement the outstanding natural beauty of the island, they offer utter privacy, comfort and luxury.

The bars and restaurants offer the best organic, fresh food, locally grown and caught, cocktails inspired by original tropical recipes, over 500 wines kept in a climatically controlled towering glass wine cellar and fun; music, visiting DJ’s, visiting mixologists, visiting chefs. Service is second to none, with Six Senses butlers overseeing every need from arrival to departure. The resort also offers a spa in a bamboo nest, guest library and a jungle open-air cinema.

Water Villas.

Interior of a beach villa.

The sinks in the beach villas look like old suitcases.

Bar over the water offers some fish spotting while relaxing.

Invogorating tearoom decorated with frest yellows and oranges.

Towering glass wine cellar.

Spa treatment rooms are like little beehives.

Photos: Six Senses/Cat Winton, Jorg Sundermann and Paintlight