Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort

Anantara Dhigu offers diving and water sports with Aquafanatics, the only resort in the Maldives offering "Dive & Dine" packages and private underwater photo shoots. The resort features a 5-minute swim from shore to House Reef, a 15-minute boat ride to Manta Point, and night dives to discover bioluminescent plankton and hunting octopuses. Water sports include jet blades, transparent kayaks, and foiling e-surfboards for silent, eco-friendly wave riding.

Anantara Dhigu offers a unique experience for manta and whale shark snorkeling, with the resort being the only in the Maldives offering the "Manta ID Program" and whale shark ultrasound scans. The resort also offers signature experiences like manta ray snorkeling, manta ballet, and night manta encounters. Ethical guidelines include no touching and a distance of over 3m. Free drone footage captures aerial perspectives, and the resort also adopts a named manta and logs sightings via the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme app.

Dolphin and Turtle Snorkeling Excursions allow visitors to swim alongside the Maldives' most playful marine residents. The resort offers "Silent Electric Boats" for non-intrusive dolphin approaches and a Turtle Adoption Program for rehabbed hatchlings. Signature experiences include dolphin snorkeling, dancing with spinners, a sunset dolphin cruise, and turtle encounters. The resort also provides turtle tagging assistance and hatchling release activities. The best time is year-round, with dolphins at sunrise/sunset and turtles at all times.

Dhoni Kids Club offers a unique kids' club experience for children aged 4 to 12. The club features activities such as "Maldivian Marine Biologist for a Day," "Pirate Treasure Hunts," "Coral Planting," "Reef Ranger," "Dhoni Boat Building," "Maldivian Bodu Beru Drumming," and "Pizza Making." The club also offers creative and cultural activities like "Dhoni Boat Building," "Maldivian Bodu Beru Drumming," and "Coconut Pancake Art." The club has a 1:4 staff-to-child ratio, air-conditioned indoor space, and a shaded outdoor playground. It also focuses on sustainability, using recycled materials and eliminating single-use plastics in meals. Parents can schedule programs for hourly, half-day, or full-day sessions, and the club offers wristband GPS trackers for excursions and allergy-aware menus. Unique souvenirs include personalized "Reef Guardian" certificates and sea glass jewelry made by the club members.

Anantara Dhigu offers a range of tennis and beach sports, including a full-sized tennis court with ocean views, a beach sports zone for volleyball, badminton, and pétanque, and a games pavilion for board games. The resort offers private coaching with ITF-certified pros, social tournaments, and beach games like "Pétanque & Prosecco" and giant chess. The activities are flexible, with no reservations needed and equipment provided. Unique touches include LED court lighting and petanque courts with crushed coral "terrain."

Say “I do” surrounded by cerulean waters, powdery sands, and lush tropical gardens. Anantara Dhigu offers to host wedding ceremonies, including legal, symbolic, and renewal ceremonies. The resort's unique feature is the "Underwater Vow Renewal" ceremony, which involves underwater swimming or snorkeling. The ceremony settings include an overwater chapel with reef views, a beachfront pagoda with billowing silk canopies, and a private Dhoni boat for ring exchange. Reception options include a 50-person banquet under fairy lights or a floating cocktail hour in a lagoon lounge. Additional services include manta ray ring delivery and a traditional Bodu Beru fire dance send-off. 

Tropicsurf, the world's #1 luxury surf operator, offers personalized wave forecasting and private jet ski transfers to secret breaks. The resort offers beginner-friendly breaks like "Veli Rights" and "Chickens" and advanced breaks like "Ninjas" and “Sultans.” Signature experiences include "Dawn Patrol" with private sunrise sessions, "Surf & Turf" with morning surf and beachfront BBQ lunch, and "Full Moon Surfari" with night surfing with bioluminescent wave lighting. The resort prioritizes safety with a 1:13 instructor ratio, medical-grade reef booties, Apple Watch surf trackers, and instant video analysis via the Tropicsurf app.

Anantara Dhigu features 1,200+ labels in climate-controlled lofts, including rare Maldivian-aged vintages. The resort also offers weekly tastings led by a resident Master of Wine and a "Bottle Your Own Blend" experience. The resort also offers a "Lagoon Cellar" underwater wine storage and a Zero-KM Ingredients Initiative. Signature epicurean experiences include wine adventures like "Sunset Corkscrew" and “Blindfolded Challenge.” The resort also offers global flavors, a chef's catch market breakfast, and Spice Route Dinners. The resort also offers sustainability through coral-friendly cuisine, recycled menus printed on seed paper, and AR wine labels. The resort has received awards for its wine program and most innovative sustainable menu.

Fushi Café offers an international buffet with live cooking stations and themed dinners, serving 154 indoor and outdoor tables. The all-day buffet at Dhigu features Maldivian breakfast specialties, including eggs Benedict, freshly blended coconut water, and tropical juices. The buffet also features a Maldivian corner with masa huni and roshi. Premium offerings include French pastries and cold-pressed detox juices. The dinner themes include various dishes, including grilled reef fish, lobster curry, Asian street food, and Mediterranean seafood paella. The café is also sustainable, with 80% of ingredients sourced from the Maldives and Sri Lanka. 

Sea. Fire. Salt. is a restaurant that serves ocean-to-table seafood and dry-aged meats. With 80 seats and a sand-floored beachfront and overwater deck, it is the only restaurant in the Maldives with a Himalayan salt dry-aging room and the largest wine loft in the country. Signature offerings include the daily catch of Maldivian Lobster Thermidor, 45-day dry-aged Angus Ribeye, and Tuna 3 Ways. Vegetarian options include Salt-Baked Celery Root and Grilled Halloumi. The restaurant offers an interactive grill experience, moonlight dining, and daily wine guru sessions. 

Aqua offers a unique coastal Italian cuisine experience. Aqua features 90 poolside cabanas and overwater hammock dining, with lunch and dinner hours from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM and an aperitivo hour from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The key difference is the pool-to-table dining experience, which includes floating hammock service, a pasta lab, and signature dishes like Lobster Linguine, Truffle Risotto, and Crudo di Mare. Poolside favorites include Aperol Spritz Granita and Coconut Pana Cotta. Unique experiences include floating trays for hammock dining, daily pasta masterclasses, and moonlight aperitivo on Fridays.

Cumin offers a South Asian fusion cuisine with a chef's spice garden of over 20 organic herbs. The restaurant serves 70 guests in 70 beachfront cabanas and lantern-lit garden tables. Key dishes include the chef's signature dishes, such as Mas Huni Croquettes, Black Pork Curry, and Dahl Makhani. The restaurant also offers a spice spectrum with heat levels ranging from 1-5. House-made accompaniments include coconut sambal and jackfruit pickle. Visitors can participate in a daily spice spoons class, a 7-course tasting menu, and an enclosed spice-scented pavilion during monsoons.

Origami offers a unique blend of Japanese culinary art and Maldivian sunset drama. The restaurant serves edomae-style sushi and robatayaki grill, with 60 seats and a sunset-view teppanyaki table. This restaurant is unique in the Maldives, offering Tokyo-flown seafood and an authentic 1,200°C robatayaki grill. The sushi masters offer Maldivian Tuna Omakase, Hamachi Nigiri, and Robatayaki highlights like A5 Wagyu Skewers and Lobster Misoyaki. The Teppanyaki Theater features the chef's "Dragon Egg" and offers a 5-course menu with rare junmai daiginjo selections. A daily knife skills demonstration is also available.

Baan Huraa an authentic Thai restaurant in the Maldives, offering a sunset-kissed Thai stilt house with 60 seats and a private "floating" dining deck. The restaurant features a herb garden and a golden teakwood structure imported from Chiang Mai. Chef-cut signature dishes include must-order classics like Masaman Neua, Miang Kham, and Hor Mok Talay. The restaurant also offers heat customization with 1-5 Scoville levels. Accompaniments include jasmine rice steamed in coconut water and crispy pork cracklings. The restaurant also offers a Thai Culinary Academy daily at 4:00 PM, a floating dinner deck with a private 6-course tasting menu, and a Monsoon Feast. The head chef is trained at Blue Elephant Bangkok and uses 100% authentic ingredients. Chiang Mai artisans build the restaurant's architecture using traditional "rubber wood" joinery, and underfloor lighting creates a "floating on fireflies" effect at night. 

Spice Spoons offers an interactive cooking academy with executive chefs, focusing on dual cuisine mastery in Thai and Maldivian. The 2.5-hour course includes a dining experience and involves "catch-to-table" fishing trips. Signature classes include Maldivian mastery, Thai classics, and hyper-local tools like grinding spices on coral stone mortars and using coconut husk kindling for traditional cooking. Take-home items include a personalized recipe scroll on palm leaf paper and a certificate of completion with the chef's seal.

The Dhoni Bar offers a Mediterranean-style experience at the pool club with a day-to-night transformation. The bar features a Champagne "Sabrage" Sunset Ritual and a saltwater-to-table concept with local seaweed in cocktails. The bar offers a day-to-night experience with a coconut cold brew and detox smoothies, light bites like tuna tartare and burrata panzanella, and signature cocktails like Dhoni Old Fashioned and Maldives Mule. The tapas highlights include saffron arancini and hand-carved Ibérico ham.

The Yellow Fin Club an adult-only overwater cocktail sanctuary with stunning sunset views. The lounge is situated above the house reef, offering a unique "Catch-to-Glass" program with seaweed-infused spirits and salt harvested from the lagoon. The lounge also features signature experiences like the "Golden Hour Martini" and "Manta Ray" cocktails. Sunset rituals include "Champagne Sabering" daily at 6:15 PM, "Bioluminescent Cocktails" on Thursday nights, live DJ sets featuring underwater hydrophone beats, and silent disco Sundays with lagoon-facing wireless headphones.

Gulhifushi Island is a private island within the resort's lagoon, offering a unique barefoot picnic experience. Access is a 5-minute pontoon ride from the main resort, and kayak/SUP rentals are available for 15-minute paddles. The island is the only resort-owned picnic island in the Maldives, with a natural ocean pool and a "Robinson Crusoe" VIP package. Key features include a thatched tiki bar, a powder-white sandbank, and 360° snorkeling from the house reef. Casual dining options include Grilled Catch of the Day, Dhigu Burger, and Vegan "Catch." The island also offers signature drinks like Island Iced Tea and Coconut Espresso Martini. With a lifeguard on duty and a stingray-free area, safety is given top priority.

Designer Dining offers a unique concept for personalized dining experiences. The resort offers seven curated settings, including the Starlit Sandbank, Overwater "Faree" Tent, and Sunset Dhoni Boat. The resort is the only one in the Maldives offering "Chef's Canvas" tasting menus and underwater proposal packages. Signature experiences include lobster thermidor flambéed in cognac at private cabanas, champagne sabering on a secluded sandbar, a 20-person seafood boil under fairy lights, a progressive dinner across three islands, and celebrations like "Cake in the Waves" and "Treasure Hunt Dinner."

Anantara Dhigu offers 24/7 gourmet delivery and a menu span of seven cuisines, including the "Chef's Table Villa Edition" and the "Midnight Market" comfort food menu. Signature experiences include global flavors at your doorstep, such as Thai Poolside Feast, Italian Under the Stars, and Sushi Omakase. Custom menus combine dishes from multiple restaurants, and dietary mastery is available. Themed dinners include "Breakfast at Sunset" and "Around the World in 8 Courses."

Anantara Spa a floating sanctuary of holistic rejuvenation, located in overwater pavilions with 270° Indian Ocean views. The spa offers "Green Caviar" facials with live microalgae harvested from the lagoon and Ayurvedic waterbed massages. Signature treatments include Anantara Signature Massage (90 mins), Thai Yoga Massage, and Bioluminescent Night Spa. Premium add-ons include Bioluminescent Night Spa and Couples' Coral Ritual. Facilities include a saltwater plunge pool, herbal steam room, and beauty bar with coral-safe manicures and coconut and moringa oil hair masks. The spa is a wellness benchmark, using seaweed-based spa products and solar-powered heated treatment tables. The spa has trained Thai Ayurvedic doctors and was awarded "Best Overwater Spa in Maldives" in 2023. 

Anantara Dhigu offers an air-conditioned fitness center with ocean views, located in an overwater pavilion with panoramic lagoon views. The gym features Peloton bikes and treadmill screens with real-time beachfront footage. Strength training includes the Technogym ARTIS line, free weights up to 50kg, and cardio with treadmills and WaterRower. Recovery is provided by Norma Tec compression boots and Theragun PRO stations. Signature experiences include "Sunrise Spin" with a Peloton class, "Train Like Ziyo" boxing circuit, and "Lift Over Water" personal training on the glass-floor section.

Anantara Dhigu offers oceanfront yoga and meditation at its Overwater Pavilion, featuring sunrise hatha at 6:30 AM and monthly lunar meditation with sound bath. Private sessions require 24-hour advance booking. Signature experiences include Vinyasa synchronized with the sun, tidal breathwork, and floating savasana guided meditation on suspended mesh platforms.

Anantara Dhigu offers elite training with world-class athlete Ziyo Tillaev, a former Uzbekistan National Boxing Team alum. The resort provides functional fitness, combat sports, and sport-specific conditioning programs, such as "Fight Club Sunrise" and "Barefoot Boxing." High-intensity options include "Island Warrior" and "Ocean Rounds" with coconut logs. Mind-body balance is prioritized with yoga-fusion stretching on overwater decks. The resort also provides personalized experiences, including body composition analysis and nutrition coaching.