Accomodation
All Rooms Feature King Size Bed In Each Room • Air Conditioning • Infinity Plunge Pool • Sun Loungers With Private Decks • Direct Access To Lagoon, Ocean Or Beach • Overstocked Mini Bar • Soaking Bathtub & Shower With Disco Ball • Flat Screen Tv • Custom Bath Amenities • Free Wi Fi • In Room Bluetooth Speaker
Rooms
TWO KING BEDS
STANDARD
DELUXE WITH VIEWS
TWO BEDROOMS
DELUXE
DELUXE WITH VIEWS
STANDARD
SEA VIEW
OVERWATER
STANDARD
OVERWATER
TWO BEDROOMS
TWO BEDROOMS WITH PRIVATE POOL
POOL VIEW TWO BEDROOMS
DELUXE
DELUXE WITH PRIVATE POOL
LAKE VIEW
WITH PRIVATE POOL
WITH PRIVATE POOL
WITH PRIVATE POOL
STANDARD
SEA VIEW
POOL VIEW
OVERWATER
Dining
Kula is the all-day dining restaurant with a breezy and bright dining room. It serves up a mix of cuisines buffet style, with a large open kitchen and food stations to make your selections. Enjoy your meal with open views of the pool and ocean among lush plants that fill the space.
Guduguda features authentic and celebratory Maldivian food. The name "Guduguda" describes the activity of relaxing and conversing while enjoying a meal. The menus are driven by locally caught, seafood-driven dishes like flavorful coconut milk curries, regional fruits and vegetables, spiced rice and homemade bread. Dining in the restaurant is done in traditional style, low to the floor on cushions, with seating available indoors and out on a patio overlooking the water.
For a casual beach dinner, swing by the BBQ Shak, where fresh seafood and meats are grilled to perfection over coconut shell charcoal, with a variety of house-made sauces paired with each dish.
Joos Café is the perfect place for a quick snack, bite or refresh. The all-day spot offers small items like smoothies, coffee and pastries, as well as full breakfast dishes and light lunches like salads, wraps and sandwiches. Everything be served table side in the café or out by the pool. The lounge area, also a great spot to work, is lined with a library of vintage books, magazines and more.
Todis is the spot for a relaxing and playful afternoon. Located off the pool deck, Todis serves up bar snacks like fresh oysters, fried chicken sandwiches, and dry aged beef burgers, plus plenty of fresh cocktails, cold beer and wine. Take a break from the sun to play in our custom-made tubular ping pong table, or sit down with a drink and classic board game or book, all available for your use.
Beru Bar is our adults-only (18+), over-water-club perched just feet above ocean with a see-through dance floor. Enjoy the breeze with cocktails and fresh tropical juices, and the best sunset-viewing seat in the house. Carry on into the evening, with the largest disco ball in the Maldives and dance the night away.
Recreation
Spend your days exploring the natural beauty of the island, with activities like snorkeling in the protected house reef, boating, deep diving and more.
Great for families or first-timers, snorkeling is an ideal way to enjoy the warm Maldivian waters and spectacular marine life.
A boat for every occasion. The charters will take you in search of dolphins, on a sunset cocktail cruise, surfing or even to your own private island.
Recover, play, chill or explore. The Standard Spa (adults only, 18+) continues the Standard’s tradition of communal bathing, and do-it-yourself services accessible to all. Our indoor hydrotherapy playground boasts a communal hammam, cypress aroma steam room and contrast plunge shower to complete the circuit. Our spa deck is the perfect place for a sunrise yoga session or moonlit soiree under the stars. If you really need to chill you’ll find the coolest most comfortable views in our indoor sun lounge providing wide open gazing of the water around. Open a book and your mind from our in-house selection.
Great for families or first-timers, snorkeling is an ideal way to enjoy the warm Maldivian waters and spectacular marine life. Our snorkeling trips include turtle excursions, giant manta ray snorkeling.
Turtle Expedition
There are few more exciting and yet leisurely experiences than floating along side a green sea turtle as it gently dines on sea grasses. Take it slow, and go with the flow on an afternoon turtle expedition. Turtles are easy to locate, love shallow water with lots of marine life, and they don’t mind sharing the water with snorkelers. Five of the world’s seven different sea turtle species call the Maldives home. Discover the beautiful Maldivian aquaculture hidden just beneath the surface from a turtle’s perspective.
Snorkel Safari
After a short, 20-minute boat ride, choose a buddy, suit up in snorkeling gear, and jump into the pellucid aquamarine waters of Maldives, swimming with an array of exotic fish and coral. Look carefully and you may well spot some turtles, eels, clams, and even lobster.
House Reef Snorkel
There’s no easier way to enjoy the ocean than The Standard House Reef. Meet in the lobby, walk to the jetty, and jump into one of the most spectacular underwater worlds imaginable, including 98 types of coral that are home to over 220 species of marine life!
Starlight Snorkel
Imagine floating quietly in the sea beneath a sky filled with more stars than you’ve ever seen. The Maldives is one of the most remote locations on earth, making it ideal for stargazing. Roll over and shine your waterproof flashlight on the reef and experience an entirely different community of marine life that are active only at night. Depending on the season, shut off the light and swim amidst the glitter of bioluminescent plankton!
Hanifaru Manta Snorkel
Swimming with giant mantas is the experience of a lifetime. These giant creatures may seem imposing but they’re extremely gentle and not at all shy. Watch them glide through the water as various fish swim alongside and under them in harmonious symbiosis. If you’re lucky, you may even spot a whale shark, the world's largest fish!
No experience brings you closer to Maldivian culture than fishing, a vital economic and social island activity. With one of the world’s most diverse aquatic ecosystems, you can enjoy fishing like a local!
Fish Like a Local
Learn to fish like a local on this nautical adventure, casting hoop lines off an atoll while enjoying a selection of cold beverages. No experience brings you closer to Maldivian culture than fishing, a vital economic and social island activity. Anchor your boat at the edge of an atoll and learn to line-fish like a local with hoop reels. With one of the world’s most diverse aquatic ecosystems, you’ll be pulling in mackerel, snappers, emperors, jacks, and other nocturnal reef fish and, if you so choose, have the chef grill them up for you back at the resort. Fishing with the kids? They’ll love snacking on fish bait-shaped gummies, sweets and drinking from fresh coconuts.
Big Game Fishing
Enjoy leisurely downtime punctuated by short bursts of action as you troll for and battle big game fish in this deep waters fishing adventure. Leave the shelter of the inner atoll for deeper waters on this big game fishing expedition. Experienced local staff provide safety and training sessions, allowing guests to practice their rod casting skills in open seas. Enjoy a selection of refreshments as the boat cruises the depths, trolling for tuna, swordfish, and barracuda. Strap in once a big fish is hooked and fight for your prize in an epic Melvillian Maldivian melee.
A boat for every occasion. Our charters will take you in search of dolphins, on a sunset cocktail cruise, surfing or even to your own private island.
Lucky Dolphin Cruise
Join a boozy boat cruise in search of dolphins, scanning the horizon for Spinners, who love to leap from the sea!
Sunset Cruise
Sunset cruise with a cocktail in hand, a sea breeze through your hair, and a curated playlist to match the mood.
Local Island Hopping
Take a boat to Kudarikilu and Kendhoo islands to learn about traditional local lifestyle and history. Mingle with locals to learn about everyday island life, visit contemporary and historical buildings featuring coral architecture, and enjoy a tour of the Ibrahim Fulhu Museum guided by the museum’s founder and respected historian Ibraham Fulhu himself or with local Docent (depending on availability). Swing by a few beaches and The Old Banyan Tree along the way as your personal Polaroid photographer documents your adventure!
Castaway Island Visit
Take a boat to an isolated and uninhabited slice of powdery white sand, surrounded by turquoise water and left alone to do as you please *wink*. Once at Kuda Vilingilli you’ll find a nicely arranged pergola with blankets, cushions, and a picnic basket with your choice of snacks and a bottle of wine or a bucket of beer. Press play on your island playlist and the rest is up to you: build a sand castle, toss the frisbee, frolic on the beach, or just laze the day away in crystal clear waters...When you’re ready to return, just call the resort on the cell phone provided on departure.
Recover, play, chill or explore.
Water Sports
Waterskiing
Wakeboarding
Monoskiing
Tubing
Kayaking
Speedboat-driven water sports are fun for the whole family, especially tubing, while leisurely pursuits such as sunset kayaking in a standard kayak or glass-bottomed boat is always a pleasant outing. Looking for more excitement? Jump on a jet ski and explore the open water around the resort (just watch out for turtles!).
Board Sports
Stand Up Paddle Boarding
Windsurfing
Kitesurfing
Sheltered by reefs, the waters surrounding The Standard are a boardrider’s dream. Enjoy the calm interior atoll location with a leisurely stand up paddle board cruise around the resort or if that’s too tame, get high with a kite surfing class.
Fun Dives & Courses
Every trip to the Maldives must include some time underwater, mingling with some of the world’s most diverse marine life. From introductory and children’s PADI courses to specialty instruction, including digital underwater photography and fish identification classes, there’s an aquatic experience for everyone. Suit up and slip into the peaceful and pellucid waters of the Maldives, including our pristine house reef, which is home to 98 types of coral that are home to over 220 species of marine life.
Take a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Hanifaru Bay to witness Manta Rays in their natural habitat in peak season.
Hanifaru Bay, a Marine Protected Area and UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve area, is famous for its concentration of reef manta rays. These gentle creatures swim around with ease and grace, and now you can join them! With our Manta snorkeling experience, you’ll head out to the bay on a scenic high speed boat ride before diving in yourself to behold this aquatic marvel all for yourself.
The kids are alright. Watersports and excursions can suit the whole family, but our Lil' Shark Kids Club and Inflatable Water park (seasonal) are sure to keep the kids entertained.
Lil’ Shark Kids Club
Parents relax and kids rejoice, the Lil’ Shark Kids Club provides professional childcare services complete with their own paddling pool; for children 4 years and above during operating hours. Children below 4 years can access kids club with adult supervision, or you can drop them off with our babysitting services (surcharge and minimum age 7 months old) so you can go do those adult things.
Inflatable Water Park
Playtime for adults and kids alike as you slip n’ slide around on our 82 square meters of inflatable water park fun. (High season only).
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