Aerial view of Thoddoo: palm forest, white-sand beach and turquoise lagoon

Thoddoo Island · Maldives

A small guesthouse, three minutes from a very big lagoon.

Air-conditioned double rooms from $50 a night on Thoddoo — a local farming island with one of the finest beaches in the Maldives.

The island

Thoddoo is a farming island that happens to have a postcard beach.

Most of the island grows papaya and watermelon; the rest is palm forest, a quiet village, and a long white-sand tourist beach where bikinis are welcome. No resorts, no crowds — just island life.

3 min

Walk to the beach

The guesthouse sits on the village edge, a short shaded walk from the tourist beach and house reef.

1h 15m

From Malé airport

Speedboat twice daily, seaplane on Thursdays & Saturdays, or the slow local ferry.

$50

Double room per night

Local-island prices for the same lagoon the resorts charge ten times more to look at.

Palm-lined sandy path through Thoddoo's fruit farms — The farm path across the island — papaya on both sides

Aerial view of Thoddoo beach meeting the turquoise lagoon — The beach at the end of it

White double room with king-size bed, rolled towels and garden view

Semi-open bathroom with rain shower under a skylight

View from the bed to the private garden terrace

The room

Simple, white, cold when you want it to be.

Every room is an air-conditioned double with a king-size bed and its own bathroom under the sky. Breakfast in the garden courtyard is included.

$50per night · two guests · breakfast & 17% T-GST included

Green Tax (USD 6 per person per night) is collected at check-in — a Maldives government tax, not included in room rates.

King-size bed & air conditioning
Private bathroom with open-sky shower
Garden terrace outside your door
Fast Wi-Fi throughout

Check dates

Snorkeler swimming beside a hawksbill turtle in clear shallow water

White sandbank surrounded by turquoise water, with a beach umbrella

In the water

Turtles, sharks, sandbanks — the commute is five minutes by boat.

We run small-group excursions daily: turtle and nurse-shark snorkeling, sandbank picnics, manta trips in season, and night fishing with the crew. Gear included, guides local.

$30+per person · simple trips from $30 · full-day excursion $150

Ask about trips

Full-day trip

USD 150 pp

6–7 h · mantas, nurse sharks, reef, shipwreck, sandbank, local-island visit · lunch, fruits & water · GoPro videos included

Half-day trip

USD 65 pp

4–5 h · manta & nurse-shark snorkeling, reef, sandbank · sandwich, fruits & water · GoPro videos included

Island hopping

USD 60 pp

1½ h · tour of Rasdhoo & nurse-shark feeding · minimum 2 people

Simple excursions

USD 30–65

Reef or turtle snorkeling, sunset fishing, sunset dolphin cruise, sandbank trip, island hopping 60+

Tour availability depends on weather and season · minimum numbers apply

Avi Guesthouse entrance: white walls, cactus garden and timber bench under a blue sky

Getting here

Land in Malé by lunch, swim before sunset.

Three ways across the water — however you arrive, we book the seats, confirm the times, and meet you at the Thoddoo jetty. It's a five-minute walk from there to this door.

$35speedboat, per person one way · seaplane $90 · ferry ~$10