Housed within an architectural Marvel inspired by a butterfly cocoon -- Beneath the striking ivory-white Tavaru ...

Five years ago, the 43-year-old Smejc had a vision of owning his own private island. A regular in the Maldives since the early 2000s, he shared his dream for what eventually became Velaa ...

So, where exactly is Velaa Private Island? It’s situated on Noonu Atoll and it is one of the less developed and less visited atolls in the Maldives, which means it retains much of its natural ...

Velaa Private Island in the Maldives brings new meaning to the word luxury (Picture: http://www.velaaisland.com) The Maldives are not exactly short of a few ultra ...

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Somewhere between the Maldives’ northern-splayed Lhaviyani and Noonu atolls, we slipped through some kind of portal; from heaven, into something better. Pulling up to Velaa Private Island aboard ...

Enveloped by jungle within the $200 million, 47-villa island resort, the newly unveiled Velaa Wellbeing Village has a dedicated yoga and pilates pavilion, a center for multi-day ayurveda ...

Courtesy of Velaa Private Island For the health-obsessed ... There’s also the Velaa Spa, which is home to the Maldives’ only snow room. It doles out treatments like caviar facials and the ...

"Falling off could result in severe injury or death." On my arrival at Velaa Private Island resort in the Maldives this sign, plastered on each of the low-slung golf buggies that languorously ...

The coral guardian program at Velaa is one of many urgent reef-restoration projects taking place at resorts across this nation of 1,192 tiny islands. In the Maldives, coral is everything.

As I biked back to my sunset-facing overwater villa, I thought about how discomfort and hard truths aren’t the typical draws of a Maldives getaway—but if the challenging path to wellness means doing ...