Day One
Aboard by dusk
Met at Velana, aboard within the hour, dinner at anchor off Hulhumalé while the city lights fade astern.
Experiences
Fifteen intentions, one private yacht
Nobody charters a yacht for the yacht. They charter it for a proposal, a reunion, a dive they have read about for years, or simply for the relief of being unreachable. Tell us which it is and the route, the menus and the pace follow from there.
Ways to charter
Choose the intention
4 to 7 nights
Romantic Escape
Two people, one crew and a horizon with nothing on it. Breakfast drifts in on the water, dinner is laid on a sandbank the tide will erase by morning.
- ·Sandbank dinner under lantern light
- ·Snorkeling
- ·Floating breakfast at anchor
- ·Private sunset anchorageat
Perfect for — Honeymooners and anniversaries
5 to 10 nights
Family Charter
Four suites, a crew who learn every name by lunchtime, and a swim platform that becomes the centre of the day. Children set the pace; the yacht follows.
- ·Shallow reef snorkelling for beginners
- ·Water toys supervised by crew
- ·Flexible mealtimes and menus
Perfect for — Multi-generational travel with children
7 nights or longer
Luxury Holiday
An unhurried week where the only decision is which lagoon to wake in. Long lunches, cool interiors, warm water and a chef who already knows how you take your coffee.
- ·Chef-led menus each evening
- ·Spa treatments on the sundeck
- ·Route shaped daily around light and weather
Perfect for — Travellers who want time, not itineraries
3 to 5 nights
Birthday Celebration
A day the crew builds quietly around you — flowers cut at dawn, a cake carried out as the sky turns the colour of the champagne.
- ·Sandbank dinner with styling
- ·Custom cake and menu
- ·Fire-lit evening on the beach
Perfect for — Milestone birthdays and small groups
2 to 4 nights
Corporate Retreat
Distance from the office and a signal strong enough to ignore it. Sessions on the shaded aft deck, decisions made faster where nobody can knock on the door.
- ·Starlink connectivity throughout
- ·Private meeting space on deck
- ·Team activities on reef and sandbank
Perfect for — Boards, founders and leadership offsites
4 to 7 nights
Fishing Adventure
Leave before the light, ride the channel edge and come back heavier. Whatever the reef gives up, the chef turns it into lunch on the aft deck.
- ·Dawn jigging on channel edges
- ·Big-game trolling on the outer reef
- ·Your catch prepared onboard
Perfect for — Anglers of every level
3 to 7 nights
Snorkeling
Step off the platform into water so clear the reef looks closer than it is. Turtles graze, the coral shelves away, and lunch waits twenty metres behind you.
- ·Turtle and reef-shark shallows
- ·Night snorkelling under deck lights
- ·Guided by crew who dive these sites weekly
Perfect for — First-timers and confident swimmers alike
6 to 10 nights
Scuba Diving
Channels running with current, thilas stacked with soft coral, wrecks going quietly green. Tanks are filled onboard, so the ocean sets the schedule rather than a dive centre.
- ·Nitrox-ready compressor onboard
- ·Three to four dives daily
- ·Manta and whale shark seasons tracked live
Perfect for — Certified divers and courses onboard
7 to 12 nights
Island Hopping
Wake in one atoll, take coffee in another. Fishing villages, coral-stone mosques, empty surf and reefs that see almost no one, strung together across open water.
- ·Local island walks with a Maldivian guide
- ·Markets, mosques and craft workshops
- ·Multi-atoll routing
Perfect for — Curious travellers and repeat visitors
Half day within any charter
Sandbank Escape
A crescent of sand that exists for a few hours a day. Shade, ice, a table, and no other footprints — then the tide takes the whole thing back.
- ·Private sandbank set before you arrive
- ·Barefoot lunch or candlelit dinner
- ·Drone photography included
Perfect for — Couples, families and photographers
3 hours
Sunset Cruise
Three hours of gold. The hull moves slowly, spinner dolphins arrive on cue, and the atoll turns to silhouette while glasses are refilled on the foredeck.
- ·Dolphin encounters at dusk
- ·Canapés and champagne service
- ·Return under deck lanterns
Perfect for — Short stays and proposals
5 to 7 nights
Wellness
Sunrise on the foredeck with nothing but water in every direction. Treatments in the sala, quiet food, deep sleep and days measured by breath rather than clock.
- ·Sunrise yoga on the foredeck
- ·Massage sala and sundeck jacuzzi
- ·Nutrition-led menus
Perfect for — Solo restoration and small retreats
5 to 8 nights
Photography Charter
Routes written around light. Blue hour over an empty lagoon, mantas at midday, drone lines across a sandbank nobody has walked on since the last tide.
- ·Golden and blue hour anchorages
- ·Drone-friendly routing and permissions
- ·Underwater subjects tracked by season
Perfect for — Professionals, editorial teams and brands
3 to 5 nights
Wedding
Barefoot on a sandbank with eight people who matter. Vows over the sound of water, dinner on deck, and a first night already at anchor.
- ·Sandbank ceremony styling
- ·Celebrant and photographer arranged
- ·Reception dinner onboard
Perfect for — Intimate weddings and vow renewals
1 night or a day cruise
Proposal Cruise
One moment, rehearsed by the crew and invisible to everyone else. The yacht slows, the deck empties, and the answer arrives somewhere between the reef and the last of the light.
- ·Discreet crew choreography
- ·Photographer positioned in advance
- ·Celebration dinner afterwards
Perfect for — Proposals and surprises
A Week Aboard
What seven nights tends to look like
A sample only. The captain rewrites it each morning against wind, tide and the mood of the group.
Day Two
Turtle ground
North Malé channels at first light, a long snorkel over turtle ground, then a slow crossing north.
Day Three
South Male Atoll
Shark Swimming briefing after breakfast, an afternoon ashore among lacquer workshops, lobster on the coals.
Day Four
A sandbank to yourselves
A bare sandbank in Raa — shade, ice and a table set before the tender lands. Nothing else scheduled.
Day Five
Dawn on the channel edge
Dawn jigging on a channel edge; your catch on the lunch table. Spa treatments while the yacht repositions.
Day Six
Island, reef, dolphins
A local island morning, an outer-reef dive, then sunset on the foredeck with dolphins in the bow wave.
Day Seven
One last swim
A last swim before breakfast, a leisurely cruise home, and a transfer timed to your flight rather than a timetable.
Questions
Planning your experience
Can a charter combine several experiences?+
Almost every charter does. A family week routinely folds in snorkelling, a sandbank lunch, one fishing morning and a sunset cruise. We use these themes to understand your priorities, then write a single route that moves between them according to weather, tide and how the group is feeling on the day.
How long should a first Maldives yacht charter be?+
Seven nights is the most satisfying first charter. It allows two or three atolls at an unhurried pace, with time for a rest day when the group needs one. Shorter charters of three to five nights work beautifully within a single atoll, and stays of ten nights or more open the northern and southern reaches that most visitors never see.
Are children genuinely welcome on board?+
They are, and the crew is experienced with them. Life jackets are carried in children's sizes, the swim platform is supervised whenever it is in use, mealtimes flex around naps, and the chef cooks separately for younger palates without being asked twice. Many of our families return with the same children a size larger.
Do I need a diving certification to join the dive days?+
Not to enjoy the water. Snorkellers see turtles, reef sharks and manta rays from the surface throughout the year. If you would like to dive, our onboard guide can run a discover-scuba session in a sheltered lagoon, and certification courses can be arranged in advance so you finish the charter qualified.