Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru: Insider's Tips And Best Way To Book With Travel Advisor Benefits (2026)

The Perks

Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits at Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

The program benefits are the same at every hotel. What changes is what they are worth. This is how each one works at this property.

Breakfast for two at Café Landaa or Blu

Breakfast is not part of the standard room rate at Landaa Giraavaru, so this is the benefit worth most here. It covers two guests per bedroom, either at the buffet in Café Landaa or from the à la carte menu at Blu Beach Club, or through in-villa dining. The resort sells the same breakfast as its own Bed and Breakfast offer, which costs more than the room-only rate. Children under 5 eat free from the children's menus.

$100 hotel credit, $200 in suites

One credit per stay, usable at the restaurants, bars or AyurMa. The credit is USD 100, or USD 200 in suites, and we confirm which level your villa carries when we book. For scale, the Manta On Call snorkel trip costs about $190 per person before service charge and tax, so the credit covers about half of one guest's outing.

Upgrade priority

A one-category upgrade when available at check-in. Over the water, the usual step is from a Water Villa with Pool, Partial Sea View to a Sunrise Water Villa, or from Sunrise to the west-facing Sunset Water Villa. On the beach side, the step is from a Premier Oceanfront Bungalow to a Beach Villa with Pool, which is nearly twice the indoor space.

Early check-in and late checkout

Priority for both. Check-in is at 2:00 pm and checkout is at noon, and the resort can only confirm day-use villas the day before departure. Seaplanes fly in daylight only, so your seaplane time sets the day. We ask the resort in advance and tell you what it confirms, and the resort stores bags and opens a changing room if the villa is not ready.

VIP recognition

A welcome amenity and a VIP note on the reservation. We send the resort your Sunrise or Sunset preference, any celebration and your international flight times, so the seaplane booking matches your arrival.

Combines with Four Seasons offers

Preferred Partner benefits apply on top of the resort's own offers. Paradise Twice, which pairs at least three nights here with three at Kuda Huraa, includes the seaplane between the two resorts. Other offers bundle manta safaris, dolphin cruises or AyurMa treatments. We check which offer pays best for your dates when we quote.

Advisor Picks

Best rooms to book at Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru has 103 villas, bungalows and suites in 18 categories, and most have a private pool. Sri Lankan architect Murad Ismail designed them with steep thatched roofs and coral walls, and the water villas have a loft reached by a spiral staircase. Indoor space ranges from 77 sq m (829 sq ft) to 800 sq m (8,611 sq ft), plus decks, gardens and beach outside.

Best value over the water

Water Villa with Pool, Partial Sea View

The Partial Sea View water villa is 90 sq m (969 sq ft) inside, plus 183 sq m (1,970 sq ft) of deck with a pool, overwater nets and steps into the lagoon. It is the same size as the Sunrise and Sunset villas, with a partial sea view instead of an open one, and it is the cheapest way to sleep over the lagoon.

Couples

Sunrise and Sunset Water Villas with Pool

Both are 90 sq m (969 sq ft) with 183 sq m (1,970 sq ft) outside, a king or two twin beds, a pool and a sea-gazing loft. Sunrise villas face east, and a new sea wall on that side keeps the current away for swimming year-round. Sunset villas face west and cost more. The living area opens straight into the bedroom with no door, so these feel like large junior suites.

Beach access on a smaller budget

Premier Oceanfront Bungalow with Pool

The Premier Oceanfront Bungalow is 77 sq m (829 sq ft) plus 91 sq m (980 sq ft) of garden and pool, with direct access to the sea. It is the smallest category at the resort and the cheapest way to have sand under your feet rather than a deck.

Space and privacy

Beach Villa with Pool

The Beach Villa with Pool is 137 sq m (1,474 sq ft) inside and 260 sq m (2,799 sq ft) outside, on the beach. It suits guests who want room to spread out and shade during the day, and it takes a cot or rollaway for a young child.

Families of four

Family villas and bungalows

The Sunrise and Sunset Family Water Villas are 112 sq m (1,206 sq ft) with two sofa beds and sleep up to four adults. On land, the Family Oceanfront Bungalow is 99 sq m (1,066 sq ft) and the Family Beach Villa 164 sq m (1,765 sq ft). Families who want separate bedrooms should look at the two-bedroom options.

Two couples or larger families

Two-Bedroom Water Suites and Royal Beach Villa

The Sunrise and Sunset Two-Bedroom Water Suites are 182 sq m (1,959 sq ft) with 200 sq m (2,153 sq ft) of deck and sleep six adults. The Two-Bedroom Royal Beach Villa is 310 sq m (3,337 sq ft) on 890 sq m (9,580 sq ft) of garden and beach. Three-bedroom water suites and a Three-Bedroom Land and Ocean Suite are also available.

Multigenerational groups

Four-Bedroom Landaa Estate

The Landaa Estate reopened in 2025 after a redesign. It has 800 sq m (8,611 sq ft) inside and 2,000 sq m (21,528 sq ft) outside, four pavilions, 80 metres of private beach, a 20-metre lap pool, a rooftop terrace, a children's room and butler service. It sleeps nine adults, or eight adults and six children.

Four Seasons charges no room supplement for children under 12 sharing with their parents, space permitting. Standard villas take three adults, or two adults and two children, and the family categories take four or five. Sunrise or Sunset is a fixed category, but the exact villa within it is a request, so tell us if you want one close to the restaurants or one at the far end of the jetty.

Before You Go

Advisor tips for Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Add 28.7 percent and the green tax to every price

Room rates at Landaa Giraavaru exclude a 10 percent service charge and the Maldives' 17 percent tourism GST, which together add 28.7 percent. The government green tax of $12 per person per night comes on top, with infants under two exempt. The same 28.7 percent applies to the seaplane, the spa and every meal, so we quote you the full total.

Resort time is an hour ahead of Malé

Landaa Giraavaru keeps its own clock, one hour ahead of Malé. Seaplanes fly in daylight only, and the last one usually leaves the airport around 3:00 pm Malé time, 4:00 pm on the island. If your international flight lands later, the usual answer is a night at Four Seasons Kuda Huraa, 25 minutes by speedboat from the airport, then the seaplane next morning.

Book the seaplane with the villa

The seaplane is booked through the resort and paid separately. In 2026 the resort's own 10-seat Flying Boxfish costs about $530 per adult each way, or about $680 with service charge and GST, and about $620 before charges from 21 December to 10 January. A Trans Maldivian Airways seat is about $460, which can mean stops at other resorts, and the eight-seat Flying Triggerfish is about $790. Each guest has 20 kg of checked bags and 5 kg in the cabin, and extra weight costs about $5 a kilo.

Plan around the manta Hot Dates

The resort publishes Hot Dates, the windows when mantas are most likely to gather at Hanifaru Bay, based on more than 20 years of records. The 2026 windows ran from mid-May to late November, roughly one in each fortnight. Villas and seaplane seats go first around these dates, so book early if mantas are the reason for the trip, and sign up for Manta On Call on arrival.

Landaa and Kuda Huraa are a pair

Four Seasons has two resorts in the Maldives, and people mix them up. Landaa Giraavaru is the larger one, in Baa Atoll by seaplane, with the manta programme, AyurMa and the Marine Discovery Centre. Kuda Huraa is 25 minutes from the airport by speedboat in North Malé Atoll and is known for surfing. The Paradise Twice offer splits a stay between them, with at least three nights at each and the seaplane between them included.

Use the seaplane lounge in Malé

Four Seasons runs The Island Café, its own lounge in the seaplane terminal at Velana International Airport, free for Landaa Giraavaru guests. It has a balcony, food, a children's play area and a telescope for watching seaplanes, which makes a wait between flights easy.

Book the Tuesday and Thursday dinners

Blu Beach Club holds a four-course lobster dinner on Tuesdays, and Al Barakat serves a mezze night on Thursdays. Café Landaa's ocean-harvest dinner is on Sundays. These are the nights that fill up, so tell us your dates and we will reserve them before you arrive.

Where the Credit Goes

Dining at Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru has four restaurants and four bars, plus in-villa dining around the clock. The kitchens cover Italian, Eastern Mediterranean, Asian and Indian cooking and grilled seafood, which matters on an island where you eat every meal for a week or more.

Italian, all day on Blu Beach

Blu Beach Club

Blu Beach Club sits on Blu Beach, a kilometre of white sand with a sand spit, next to the infinity-edge Blu pool. Lunch is Neapolitan pizza and gelato by the pool, and the dinner menu is by Michelin-distinguished chef Nino Di Costanzo. Blu also serves an à la carte breakfast, which counts towards the Preferred Partner breakfast, and a four-course lobster dinner every Tuesday.

Breakfast buffet and Asian cooking

Café Landaa

Café Landaa fills three thatched pavilions, with a tandoor and curry kitchen and a teppanyaki counter set in a water garden. This is where the breakfast buffet is served. In the evening the menu turns to Asian and Maldivian dishes, with an ocean-harvest dinner on Sundays.

Eastern Mediterranean, overwater

Al Barakat

Al Barakat is the overwater restaurant for Levantine cooking, with a menu created with Aline Kamakian of the Armenian restaurant Mayrig in Beirut. It opens for dinner, with a mezze night on Thursdays. The Shisha Bar on the level below is open to the sea and serves cocktails, Turkish coffee and shisha before dinner.

Steak and seafood on the sand

Fuego Grill

Fuego Grill is a small dinner restaurant on the beach, serving the daily catch, prime-cut meats, salads and a few Asian dishes. It has 40 seats, all outdoors, so book ahead.

Drinks

Seabar, Blu Bar and the Poolside Bar

Seabar is the overwater bar for cocktails and small plates, with lemon sharks and reef fish below. Blu Bar is the beach bar for a drink before dinner at Blu, and the Poolside Bar serves salads, sandwiches and drinks through the day by the main pool.

Around the clock

In-villa dining

In-villa dining runs 24 hours from an extensive menu. Breakfast in the villa counts towards the Preferred Partner breakfast.

On Property

Spa, marine centre and pools at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

Landaa Giraavaru sits inside the Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and the resort is built around the reef. Snorkelling gear, kayaks, catamaran sailing and windsurfing are complimentary, as are daily yoga classes and an AyurMa consultation.

AyurMa

AyurMa is the resort's wellness centre, built on Ayurveda, yoga therapy, wellness and what it calls planetary wellbeing, with a team of Ayurvedic doctors, naturopaths and yoga therapists trained at S-VYASA in India. Every guest gets a complimentary consultation. Paid options run from massages to PraMā, a 120-minute health screening, and residential programmes of 7, 14 or 21 nights including Panchakarma. AyurMa is open daily from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm.

Marine Discovery Centre

The Marine Discovery Centre is run by resident marine biologists. Guests can visit the turtle rehabilitation centre, join the Reefscapers coral programme and see marine life in the hologram room. Landaa Giraavaru is the main base for the Maldives Manta Conservation Programme with the Manta Trust, which recorded 4,265 reef manta sightings in the 2025 season.

Manta On Call

Manta On Call runs during the manta season from May to December. Guests sign up, the resort calls them wherever they are when mantas are spotted, and a speedboat takes them to snorkel with a Manta Trust guide. It costs about $190 per person before service charge and tax.

Pools

Landaa Giraavaru has four shared pools: the main infinity pool, a seawater pool, the Blu pool at the beach club and a shallow children's pool in the kids' club.

Diving and water sports

The dive centre is a PADI Five-Star centre with courses up to instructor level, on reefs and thilas across Baa Atoll. The water sports centre on Blu Beach adds wakeboarding behind a MasterCraft boat and jetpacks, and the recreation team runs dolphin cruises, turtle safaris and fishing trips. There is also a padel court.

Awards

The MICHELIN Guide gives Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru one MICHELIN Key. In October 2026 the resort and Kuda Huraa received the HICAP Sustainable Hotel Award for their conservation and research work.

Timing

When to visit Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

The Maldives is warm all year, and Landaa Giraavaru's seasons are set as much by the mantas as by the weather. The choice is between the drier months and the manta season.

December to April: The drier months, with calmer seas and clearer skies. These are the most expensive weeks at the resort, and from 21 December to 10 January the seaplane fares rise too. Christmas and New Year book up early.
May to November: The southwest monsoon brings more cloud, humidity and bursts of rain. It is also manta season: currents push plankton into Hanifaru Bay and the mantas follow, with whale sharks seen on some trips. Rates are lower, and June is usually one of the cheapest months.
The manta Hot Dates: Within manta season, the resort's Hot Dates mark the five-day windows when sightings are most likely, based on more than 20 years of records. Travellers who come for the mantas should plan a stay of a week or more across one of these windows.

Travel

Getting to Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru is on its own island in Baa Atoll, north-west of Malé. You fly into Velana International Airport in Malé and take a seaplane from there. Guests book their own international flights, and the resort books the seaplane.

Velana International Airport (MLE): Four Seasons staff meet you in arrivals and take you to the seaplane terminal. Visitors receive a free 30-day tourist visa on arrival with a valid passport and a return ticket. The Island Café lounge in the seaplane terminal is free for resort guests.
By seaplane: The flight takes 35 to 40 minutes over the atolls. In 2026 the resort's Flying Boxfish costs about $530 per adult each way and about $265 for children under 12, before the 28.7 percent service charge and GST, and children under two fly free on a lap. Trans Maldivian Airways seaplanes cost less and may stop at other resorts, and the Flying Triggerfish is the premium choice. Seaplanes fly in daylight only.
Late arrivals and departures: Guests who land in the evening can stay a night at Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa, 25 minutes from the airport by speedboat, and fly to Landaa the next morning. For late departures, Kuda Huraa offers a dinner and transfer package before the flight home.
From Kuda Huraa: Seaplanes run between Kuda Huraa and Landaa Giraavaru with at least 72 hours' notice. On the Paradise Twice offer, with at least three nights at each resort, the transfer is included.

Beyond the Hotel

Things to do near Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Days at Landaa Giraavaru are spent on the water. The best outings are to the reefs and protected sites of Baa Atoll.

Hanifaru Bay

Hanifaru Bay is a short speedboat ride from the resort and one of the best-known manta feeding sites in the world. In season, mantas gather there to feed on plankton, sometimes with whale sharks.

Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO designated Baa Atoll a Biosphere Reserve in 2011 for its coral reefs and marine life. The resort's dive centre and recreation team run trips to its reefs and thilas, with turtles common at dawn and dolphins at dusk.

Voavah Private Island

Four Seasons Private Island Maldives at Voavah is nearby in Baa Atoll, a whole island with its own staff, dive centre, spa and yacht. It is booked as one property, for groups who want an island to themselves.

Good to Know

Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru FAQs

What is the best way to book Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru?

The best way to book Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru is through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisor. The advisor books the official Four Seasons rate, with no booking fees, and the reservation adds daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit and upgrade priority.

What are the Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits at Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru in 2026?

Daily breakfast for two per bedroom at Café Landaa, Blu Beach Club or through in-villa dining, a $100 hotel credit per stay ($200 in suites), a one-category upgrade when available at check-in, priority for early check-in and late checkout, and a welcome amenity with VIP recognition. The benefits combine with the resort's own offers, such as Paradise Twice.

Is Four Seasons Preferred Partner an official Four Seasons program?

Yes. Four Seasons Preferred Partner is Four Seasons' own program for invited travel advisors. The benefits are confirmed by the resort on the reservation, not added by a third party, and the rate is the official rate Four Seasons publishes.

Travel advisor vs Amex FHR vs booking direct: which is best for Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru?

A Four Seasons Preferred Partner advisor and Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR) both add breakfast for two, a $100 credit and upgrade priority at Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru. FHR also guarantees 4:00 pm checkout, but needs an Amex Platinum or Centurion card and a booking through Amex Travel, and a late checkout only helps if a seaplane still flies that afternoon. Preferred Partner needs no card, doubles the credit to $200 in suites and adds VIP recognition. Booking direct at fourseasons.com costs the same and adds none of these, because Four Seasons has no points programme. One booking can carry only one of the two benefit packages.

How much is the seaplane to Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru?

In 2026 the Four Seasons Flying Boxfish seaplane costs about $530 per adult each way, or about $620 from 21 December to 10 January, and children under 12 pay half. A 28.7 percent service charge and GST is added, so a round trip is about $1,360 per adult. Trans Maldivian Airways seats cost about $460 each way and the Flying Triggerfish about $790. The flight from Malé takes 35 to 40 minutes.

What taxes does Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru add to the room rate?

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru adds a 10 percent service charge and the Maldives' 17 percent tourism GST, 28.7 percent combined, to the room rate. The Maldives green tax of $12 per person per night is added on top, with infants under two exempt. The same 28.7 percent applies to the seaplane, food and spa.

Is breakfast included at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru?

No, not in the standard room rate. Breakfast at Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru is sold as part of the resort's Bed and Breakfast offer, or comes free with a Four Seasons Preferred Partner booking, which includes the buffet at Café Landaa or à la carte at Blu Beach Club for two guests per bedroom. Children under 5 eat free.

Should I book a Sunrise or a Sunset Water Villa at Landaa Giraavaru?

Both water villas at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru are 90 sq m (969 sq ft) with a pool, a loft and overwater nets. Sunrise villas face east and have a sea wall that keeps the current away for swimming all year. Sunset villas face west for evening light and cost more. Choose Sunrise for swimming from the deck and early mornings, and Sunset for evenings on the deck.

What is the difference between Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru and Kuda Huraa?

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru is in Baa Atoll, 35 to 40 minutes from Malé by seaplane, with 103 villas, the manta programme at Hanifaru Bay, the AyurMa wellness centre and the Marine Discovery Centre. Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa is in North Malé Atoll, 25 minutes from the airport by speedboat, and is known for surfing. Landaa suits longer stays built around marine life and wellness, and Kuda Huraa suits shorter trips and late flights.

When is manta season at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru?

Manta season at Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru runs from May to November, and Manta On Call runs from May to December. The resort publishes Hot Dates, the windows when mantas are most likely to gather at Hanifaru Bay. In 2026 these included 12 to 16 July, 10 to 14 August and 9 to 13 September.

Is Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru good for families?

Yes. Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru has the Kuda Velaa Kids' Club with its own shallow pool, babysitting, family villas for four or five, and two-bedroom water suites. Children under 12 stay free in their parents' villa, children under 5 eat free, and teenagers aged 13 to 18 can join the Trainee Biologist Program at the Marine Discovery Centre.

Does it cost more to book Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru through Four Seasons Preferred Partner?

No. The Four Seasons Preferred Partner rate matches the rate the hotel publishes itself, and we charge no booking fees. The benefits are added at no extra cost.

Can Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits be added to a Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru booking I have already made?

Usually, yes, if you booked directly with the hotel. Send us your confirmation and the benefits can be added with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.