The Maldives’ first dedicated wellbeing island, on Bodufushi in Raa Atoll, with 68 villas, a four-pillar wellness programme, and a two-MICHELIN-Key rating.
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Set on the private island of Bodufushi in the Raa Atoll, JOALI BEING is the Maldives’ first resort built entirely around wellbeing, and the sister property to the art-focused JOALI Maldives nearby. The whole island is designed to a single concept the resort calls the Joy of Weightlessness, with its programme structured around four pillars: Mind, Skin, Microbiome, and Energy.
Accommodation covers 68 beach and overwater villas and residences, all built on biophilic design principles with private pools, butler service, and a personalized Wellbeing Bar in each. Multi-bedroom residences are set up for multigenerational stays, and the B’Kidult zone brings children into the wellness offering rather than separating them out.
The resort holds a two-MICHELIN-Key rating from the 2025 MICHELIN Guide and a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating across four consecutive years. Dining follows an Earth-to-Table philosophy across four restaurants and a slate of culinary experiences.
Dining follows an Earth-to-Table philosophy, led by two female chefs. FLOW is the heart of it, with three signature kitchens covering pescatarian, vegan and vegetarian, and meat and poultry. YUTORI handles innovative Japanese over the water, MOJO covers Mediterranean across a three-tier sundeck, and Rakuzen is the private teppanyaki framed by the Gate of Zero.
The SAI Tea Lounge, a wine cellar, and destination dining at a treehouse or sandbank round it out.
Wellness is the entire point of the island, anchored by AREKA, the central hub for diagnostics, therapeutic treatments, and fitness. KAASHI is the hydrotherapy hall, with a banya, sauna, salt inhalation room, and Watsu pool, while AKTAR is a herbology centre with a resident herbologist.
Sound healing carries through SEDA and the outdoor Discovery Sound Path, and each of the 37 treatment rooms is tuned to its own signature sound. Five-to-ten-night Wellbeing Programmes rebalance the four pillars.
JOALI BEING is on the private island of Bodufushi in the Raa Atoll, in the northern Maldives, around a 40-minute seaplane flight from Velana International Airport at Malé.
The Raa Atoll is one of the country’s quieter regions, with healthy reefs and clear waters. Marine conservation is built into the resort through the Raa Atoll Sea Turtle Care Centre, with snorkelling, diving, and ocean discovery programmes operating directly off the island.
The Grand Ocean Pool Villa pairs a large sundeck with a private 33 sqm infinity pool set against open ocean. The biophilic design carries through, with a personalized Wellbeing Bar and butler service as standard.
The entry point into the overwater stock for guests building a stay around the wellness programme.
The Three Bedroom Beach Residence covers 345 sqm of indoor and outdoor space, with panoramic views and one of the more generous wellbeing setups in the Maldives.
The right choice for families or groups building a multigenerational wellness stay, with the B’Kidult programme folding children into the offering.
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