Leisure

Astronomical Dinner Cruise

This incredible experience begins at late sunset, featuring a four-course meal with wine pairings. Our resident astronomer will guide you through the wonders that stare back at you across the night sky, sharing secrets of the cosmos. Our favourite part of hosting our guests is teasing their imaginations with unforgettable experiences. Imbued with romance, mystery, sensory indulgence or adventure, each custom experience takes you to new realms.

Gourmet Gastronomy and Oenology Experience

Make your way to our extensive wine cellar for a tutored tasting session with one of our sommeliers. Broaden your knowledge of grapes and wines and select your favourite to enjoy with dinner. Later, indulge in a meal crafted by our Executive Chef at either Dolphin Beach or Turtle Beach, our most secluded spots on the island.

Robinson Crusoe Castaway Picnic

Let us whisk you away to one of our lush, uninhabited islands for a true castaway experience. Hop aboard our boat and sail to the island with your picnic basket and snorkel gear where you will be left to enjoy your day in the sun.

Finolhu Private Sunrise Breakfast

There’s nothing more magical than waking up to a glorious sunrise. Let our boat sail you over to a private sandbank where a continental breakfast will await your arrival. Cherish the moment when the sun emerges at the horizon and bathes the shore with warmth and light.

Private Sandbank Overnight Experience

Spend a romantic night camping under the sapphire Maldivian skies on your own private sandbank in a luxurious Bedouin-style tent, which even comes with its own WC!. Make your way to a candlelit dinner, set up by personal attendants before they depart to allow you to experience the unspoiled island. Breakfast will be delivered at a pre-arranged time of your choice.

Sunset Dolphin Safari

Get ready for one of the most fascinating experiences of your holiday; watching dozens of playful dolphins in the light of the setting sun. While you cruise deeper into the waters, you will be served a selection of canapés and flute of Champagne.

Family Picnic with Guided Snorkelling

Pick your favourite unspoiled island and allow us to arrange for our resident marine biologist to escort you on a guided snorkelling experience through one of the best reefs in Baa Atoll. Following the marvellous expedition, make your way back to dry land for a gourmet picnic, complete with a personal chef and waiter on hand.

Private Cinema Experience

Kick your feet up and lie back on the cushioned lounger with your family as you catch your favourite classics at Cinema Paradiso, our al fresco movie theatre. The waves lapping the shore, the gentle rustle of the trees and the glimmering night sky will only add to the experience. An additional option of a barbecue dinner served during the movie is available at an extra charge.

The Observatory

Peer through the lenses of our state-of-the-art telescope and set your eyes upon the Plough of Saturn and its serene, translucent curves. Count the moons of Jupiter. Take advantage or our remote island locale, and see celestial bodies invisible from Europe and much of the world.

Sobah’s Dinner & Cruise

Named after Chef Sobah, the ‘Best Chef in the Maldives’ award winner, Sobah’s is a traditional Maldivian restaurant located on an uninhabited island only 15 minutes away by speedboat from Soneva Fushi. Chef Sobah has been with Soneva for many years, and after consistently winning local and international culinary awards, year after year, we gave him his own restaurant, which opens twice per week.

The cuisine is uniquely Maldivian using recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation, and the food is prepared using traditional cooking methods.  The ingredients are sourced from what Sobah buys fresh from the fishermen each morning or what he scavenges from the island of Mendhoo itself.  After dinner, learn about the starry night sky from our resident astronomer, while enjoying some of our finest digestives.

Freediving at Soneva Fushi

Freediving is the exhilarating practice of discovering the underwater world using only a single breath. You will learn our finning technique – how to propel thorough the ocean, increase your breath hold capacity, ability to both relax and focus, equalisation and of course safety, which is paramount.

Guided Snorkelling with our Marine Biologist

Accompany our resident marine biologist on a guided snorkelling trip to one of the spectacular reefs found in the Baa Atoll. They will guide you through the reefs and introduce you to the various species of marine life. You may also be lucky enough to encounter beautiful sea turtles and manta rays, which are common in this area of the Maldives.

House reef snorkelling and night snorkelling are also available. Peer through the night waters at moray eels, lionfish, octopus, lobsters, sleeping parrotfish and bioluminescent plankton.

Snorkel with Manta Rays

Join us as we search for the enigmatic, graceful, inquisitive and charismatic Manta Rays in the waters of the Baa Atoll. If the conditions are right, we will go to Hanifaru Bay, located only 20 minutes by speedboat from Soneva Fushi, which has one of the world’s largest population of Manta Rays. When time and tide align, fortunate snorkelers get to observe and capture a rolling, whirling feast where it may be possible to see hundreds of these large yet harmless creatures congregate to gorge themselves in the plankton-rich waters. There are also several other locations close to Soneva Fushi where Manta sightings are common, so the exact itinerary of the trip may vary to maximize the chance of seeing these magnificent creatures.  If Mantas cannot be seen on the trip, the Marine Biologists will lead an underwater discovery tour to showcase the stunning scenery of the marine life in the Baa Atoll.