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Formerly known as Soneva Gili by Six Senses, Gili Lankanfushi is a luxury resort set on its own private intimate coral island in a sparkling lagoon. Lankanfushi is in the North Malé Atoll is just a 20-minute speedboat ride from the International Airport at Malé, but coming from Four Seasons Kuda Huraa, we take just 10… Continue reading Goodbye Kuda Huraa Hello to Gili Lankanfushi

An essential element of cruising on board Four SeasonsExplorer is the opportunity of visiting local islands that are not always accessible to those who stay in static resorts. During our stay on board we went ashore to three different local islands each devoid of hotels and home to locals who rely on fishing and tourism… Continue reading Island Visits

Reefscapers Coral Propagation Project at Four Seasons Resorts Maldives has informed us that your own piece of reef we told you about in our story We Build Our Own Reef Cage has now been transplanted.You can monitor the progress of our reef on their website www.marinesavers.com, by clicking on ‘Reefscapers’ tab, then choose Coral Frame… Continue reading Our Coral Reef Cage Has been Transplanted

Unbeknown to the passengers sailing in the Maldives on board Four Seasons Explorer, the crew began work on the island the moment the last of the guests left on their way to refresh for dinner.Back in their cabins they found a sarong and an invitation from Mathew the cruise director to join him back on… Continue reading Dinner on the Beach Under the Stars

No matter how careful we all are when visiting islands inside coral atolls, the fact is damage to that infrastructure will take place. It behoves us all to do something to help restore that damage and we have been happy to play our part. Marine Savers, one of the world’s most successful reef propagation projects… Continue reading Building our own Reef Cage

Spa treatment rooms at the Ayurvedic spa at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru are thatched cabins on stilts that are built out into the lagoon.  It is here in rooms with glass floors that you lie, face down, and watch the exotic fish life dart in and out of coral enclaves while Thai and Balinese girls… Continue reading Pressing the Body’s Reset Button

The Ayurvedic spa and clinic at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru is an oasis of tranquillity and healing.  Performing medicine using the ancient Indian philosophies it is staffed with its own medical staff and practitioners it is headed up by Dr Shyesh Subramanya who carefully explains the traditional system of medicine called Ayurveda where Ayu means… Continue reading Ayurveda the Medicine of Life and Knowledge

Outside Asia, no matter where you start from, the Maldives Islands are a long haul destination and when we say long we mean it.Our two hour drive to Heathrow was followed by a seven hour flight from London and saw us fly through the night to land in Muscat the capital of Oman at what… Continue reading Long Haul Destinations, A Self Explanatory Term?

Gili Lankanfushi, Maldives, a resort we will be visiting in July for a destination feature that will appear in a future edition of Invictus magazine  has been named as 2013 Indian Ocean’s Leading Luxury Resort. It also won two more awards gaining the Indian Ocean’s Leading Spa Resort and Maldives’ Leading Luxury Resort at the… Continue reading The Maldives Will Be Our Next Super Yacht Destination Feature