LUX* South Ari Atoll
Dhidhoofinolhu is a 2 kilometres long and 200 metres wide Island in Maldives. A real haven of tranquillity with lush tropical vegetation running alongside 4 kilometres of white sandy beaches. The island is surrounded by a magnificent sheltered lagoon featuring a rich animated marine life particularly with the fascinating ballet of manta rays and colourful tropical fish. At the heart of this beautiful setting LUX* ISLAND RESORTS has created the latest jewel in its collection LUX* MALDIVES previously DIVA MALDIVES a masterpiece combining the natural beauty of Maldives and a tropical outdoor style of life close to nature with refined luxury and elegance.
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Children policyWhen children aged under 12 share a room they are free of charge for Bed and Breakfast. For other meal plans children have discounts that apply automatically in the rate.Pets are allowed upon request
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Property's Green Action
Lighter, brighter holidays shouldn’t cost the Earth. And with the help of our guests, they don’t have to. At LUX*, we recognise that we have a duty of stewardship over the places we operate and the planet we inhabit, and we strive to achieve complete carbon neutrality in every LUX* resort and hotel. We ask every guest to give €1 a day to offset 100% of the carbon emitted during their stay. It’s a small price to pay, but it has an enormous impact.
Of the money raised, a third goes to carefully vetted offsetting projects in the regions where we operate. The rest is invested into pioneering measures and initiatives that lighten our footprint and improve our energy efficiency. So far, it’s enabled us to bottle our own water on site; to use chemical-free, eco-friendly cleaning agents in housekeeping; to improve our waste management and recycling of everything from water (which irrigates our gardens) to kitchen oil (which is turned into biofuel), and to begin introducing low-energy plasma and LED lighting in every resort.
Rather than wasting paper, we’ve created the tablet-based booking system LUX* Valet to communicate products and services to our guests and, thanks to a motion-sensitive energy-management system, we’ve cut down on wasted energy when rooms are vacant, too.
There’s still more to be done of course, and we will continue to introduce new green technologies and eco initiatives over the coming years. Thanks to our guests, our tread gets lighter every day.
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Green Globe

Green Globe’s International Standard for Sustainable Tourism is a certification scheme that requires hotels to report on their sustainability performance throughout their supply chains. It traces its roots back to the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, where 182 Heads of State endorsed the Agenda 21 principles of Sustainable Development. The standards are a collection of over 330 compliance indicators that are applied to 41 individual sustainability criteria - these can be divided into four themes:
• Sustainable Management
• Social/Economic
• Cultural Heritage
• Environmental
Clients can calculate their CO2e footprint, the financial cost of that CO2e, and track their performance of energy and water consumption and non-recyclable waste production. The certification is only awarded to members that have a compliance rating of at least 51%. The award can then only be maintained if members continually improve by 3% every year.
Smitha Gopal 2 years ago – Google
Mohammed Umar 2 years ago – Google
Third day at Lux and would normally not take time out whilst on the holiday to leave a review however I am highly impressed with the excellent, warm and friendly customer service. Upon arrival we had a issue with the villa we booked however the manager Nadiya straight away moved us to a more comfortable villa as she understood the importance of her guests to be comfortable. She also went the extra mile and accommodated us to a water villa for our last night to make it even more special that shows how important guest are to lux Maldives. All the staff at this resort are extremely friendly, helpful and accommodating. The food at all the restaurants so far is very good. And would highly recommend their resort.. The hotel head manager personally comes and visits all the guests and provides high personal card for any information or advice or concerns..
But nadiya in particular made our experience better.
Mohammed Umar
Alan Lee 2 years ago – Google
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SR GUIDE 2 years ago – Google
Among most beautiful and attractive places of the world for honeymoon the Maldives is number one. It is an island surrounded by great oceans, mountains and resorts. The Maldives honeymoon is famous because you can enjoy your early days in special privacy and comfort. The calm nature and attractive bays are the features of honeymoon there.
Fred C. 2 years ago – Google
Nishma Robb 2 years ago – Google
Zoe Zambakides 2 years ago – Google
Quentin Muyshondt 2 years ago – Google
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BOQUET STROWBRIDGE 2 years ago – Google
My husband and I stayed at LUX for our honeymoon. One of the most beautiful hotel we've ever been to. From the arrival to departure this hotel was spectacular, it exceeded our expectations. We stayed at the romantic pool water villa and was unbelieavable. The food was amazing as the hotel offer 7 variety of restaurants. We definitely would like to come back. We highly recommend this hotel.
kelvin yick 2 years ago – Google
David Sheridan 2 years ago – Google
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Bobby Mukkadan 2 years ago – Google
CHEMOZONE - Chemtronics 2 years ago – Google
Vikas Rao Jukanti 2 years ago – Google
Shatoo Luqman 3 years ago – Google
kim allen 3 years ago – Google
Niteen Prajapati 3 years ago – Google
Serey Kim 3 years ago – Google
The beautiful honeymoon suite, friendly staff members, extracurricular activities, and the delicious food on the island.
We fell in love with our honeymoon suite and did a mini honeymoon shoot.
Not easy trying to set my camera on a timer/ tripod
=P
We are definitely coming back here!
Chris Jeffreys 3 years ago – Google
Zaheerah Bham-Ismail 3 years ago – Google
Angel Díaz-Dávalos 3 years ago – Google
Ali Ismail 3 years ago – Google
Biao Yu 3 years ago – Google
Muna Rasheed 3 years ago – Google
Ashley Browning 3 years ago – Google
The experience we found the most disappointing was our forced departure at 3pm, 8 hours before our flight. At the exceptionally high price we payed for the transfer, we expected better than that. We have requested a late transfer to the airport, but even though there are flights till 6pm, our flight was scheduled for 3pm.
Overall service was way below average and unacceptable for a 5 star hotel.
- Our fan was broken during our entire stay of 2 weeks (it worked only on the slowest speed which was not even noticable) and every once in a while our air conditioner was making horrible noises in the middle of the night waking us up.
- The stuff was very inconsistent regarding reservations. In Senses we were firstly told that to get a table on the beach we just need to come early and that reservations were not taken for the tables on the beach, while some other day we were told that we had to make a reservation and that all the tables on the beach were already booked. Even though we were told that a restaurant was fully booked, there were still many empty tables and around 9pm most guests were leaving and no guests were coming leaving more and more available tables which for some reason were not available for new guests.
- We were billed $80 for the drinks we already had covered by our All Inclusive package.
- The stuff in the shop was extremely inconsistent. One day I was told that a piece of jewerly was made of a real flower on a silver chain, while another day another person told me that it was made of plastic and the chain was some cheap metal and not silver at all. I did not know what to think about all that and did not buy it as I initially intended to.
- The stuff in watersports center was also inconsistent. Once I made a call to make a reservation for a snorkeling trip at 9h30 (the time mentioned in our leaflet) and I was told that there was no such a trip. I insisted that it's the time mentioned in the leaflet, but the person on the phone insisted that there was no trip at 9h30. So I had to walk all way down to the watersports center to find out why the information in my leaflet was incorrect. What I found out was that the information was actually correct. It was the person on the phone who gave me wrong answer and refused a reservation for no apparent to me reason. I have booked the trip directly in the watersports center.
There are much better hotels in Maldives at the same or lower price than Lux. We were totally in love with Halaveli and Moofushi, but we'll stay away from Lux.



