JOALI BEING
Raa Atoll, Maldives
Price Guide
Features
- Couples
- Family friendly
- Going solo
- Retreat
- Wellness
Spa
- Hydrotherapy
- Pool
- Thermal facilities
To Do
- Cycling
- Gymnasium
- Meditation
- Personal training
- Pilates
- Pool -outdoor
- Scuba diving
- Snorkelling
- Watersports
- Yoga
Nestled on the secluded island of Bodufushi in Raa Atoll, amid crystalline lagoons, pristine beaches and lush coconut palms, JOALI BEING is a place of magic and adventure where wellbeing is a way of life. Arrive by seaplane into this unique location where guests are taken on a transformative journey to reconnect with the wisdom of the sea, the sand, the sun and the stars.
Even the accommodation at JOALI BEING is intended to sooth your soul, with 68 villas – or Well Living Spaces – combining an exceptional standard of luxury and design with integrated wellbeing facilities ranging from private pools and outdoor rain showers to meditative musical instruments.
Culinary arts at JOALI BEING focuses on an earth-to-table initiative, promising ingredient traceability and offering fresh, locally harvested foods that support small farms and are sustainably sourced.
To further heighten your sense of joy and lightness, JOALI BEING provides transformational wellbeing spaces orchestrated by a community of expert practitioners specialising in modalities as disparate as hydrotherapy, sleep health and sound healing. Focusing on the mind, the skin, the microbiome and the body’s energy sources, a menu of immersive wellbeing programmes is available to remedy almost any ailment and rediscover your natural state of health and happiness.
AREKA Wellbeing Centre
Aiming to connect guests with nature on a journey of self-discovery, the AREKA Wellbeing Centre at JOALI BEING offers 39 treatment rooms and spaces to transform the way guests feel. With specialised therapeutic and alternative healing treatments, thoughtfully designed KAASHI – The Hydrotherapy Hall, features include a hydrotherapy pool, a banya inspired by the Russian Banya, an Aufguss sauna, a Turkish Hammam, a Salt Inhalation Room, and two Watsu pools.
A sound therapy hall offers treatments that heal through the power of vibration, while a sound garden ‘The Discovery Sound Path’, designed in collaboration with sound visionary Aurelio C Hammer, leads guests to an outdoor oasis of wellbeing. In addition to private training rooms and a fitness studio where the focus is on core strength and fluid movement, the AKTAR herbology centre promises natural remedies to concerns around the mind, skin, microbiome and energy – the four pillars on which the JOALI BEING approach to wellbeing is based.
The resort also offers Wellbeing Programmes that are designed to rebalance, strengthen and revitalise. After expert movement analysis and an integrative health assessment, bespoke treatment can be tailored to improve strength and vitality, mental clarity, hormonal balance, women’s health, digestion, weight balance and sleep, as well as movement and alignment for good health and immunity.
Spa Facilities
- Outdoor pool
- Hydrotherapy hall
- Steam
- Sauna
- Treatment rooms
- CORE Fitness centre
- The Discovery Sound Path
- AKTAR centre
- Meditation centre
- Relaxation areas
- Wellbeing centre
- B’Kidult, Multi-generational Centre
To Stay
A retreat that has been built with the aim of enhancing the energy flow of the landscape, JOALI BEING offers 68 ‘Well Living Spaces’ that all come with their own private pool.
Constructed on columns that suspend the accommodation directly over the ocean, Ocean Pool Villas offer sleek and spacious interiors, while Sunset Ocean Pool Villas are private wellbeing retreats with floor-to-ceiling windows offering stunning views of the Maldives. Grand Ocean Pool Villas boast sundecks with endless sea views, and Sunset Grand Ocean Pool Villas have generous living areas and private terraces with charming sunset views.
Beach Pool and Grand Beach Pool Villas, with either one or two bedrooms, have tropical garden views and outdoor sunken bathtubs, offering the chance of barefoot luxury and a genuine toes-in-the-sand wellbeing experience.
Elsewhere, Wellbeing Residences are available in Beach and Beach Pool options, offering two or three bedrooms for up to seven people. For groups of up to ten, the four-bedroom Wellbeing Private Ocean Residence – built over the water – provides a plentiful and luxurious space in which to lounge.
To Eat
The culinary arts at JOALI BEING focuses on an earth-to-table initiative, promising ingredient traceability and offering fresh, locally harvested foods that support small farms and are sustainably sourced.
FLOW is an open-plan interactive dining space, featuring three signature kitchens: Su serves ocean-to-table pescatarian cuisine, Plantae offers nourishing vegetarian and vegan fare, and B’Well features the JOALI BEING signature menu with meat and poultry options.
MOJO is the island’s tropical beach sanctuary, located on a three-layered sundeck and offering an ideal spot for lunch and sundowners by the pool, whilst in the evening Japanese fare is designed by a menu from Michelin-star chef Yamamoto Hidemasi. It is also home to SAI tea lounge. Here, guests can explore an incredible range of brews, and join tea ceremonies and learning sessions hosted by the resident tea sommelier.
Take a seat by the waves for an unforgettable feast at Ocean Sala Dining. Savour perfectly grilled premium cuts of meat and seafood, including specialties like Wagyu beef, Japanese scallops, and lobster and tuna from Maldivian waters. Ideal for up to six sojourners, Teppanyaki, private dining experience invites loved ones to celebrate the Joy of Weightlessness – a feeling of freedom, lightness and wonder.
Astonishing views of the Gate of Zero set the stage for artistry at the grill, from the dextrous flip of a shrimp tail to the soaring arc of an egg in flight.
Bespoke dining arrangements can be enjoyed wherever guests desire, from a private sandbank to an inviting Turtle Treehouse.
For the Kids
Playtime at B’Kidult brings different generations together through purposeful, meaningful and enjoyable activities.
Guests can explore an array of thoughtfully crafted experiences to bolster health, impart new skills and nurture connections. The Four Pillars of JOALI BEING: Mind, Skin, Microbiome and Energy are brought to life through experiential learning and active engagement.
Offerings at B’Kidult include sensory playgrounds, mud kitchens, contemporary rooms, and a well-equipped professional kitchen for little chefs. Guests of all ages can also participate in a range of wellbeing workshops and learning sessions, from making natural self-care products with resident herbalists to exploring the power of sound healing guided by experienced sound practitioners.
Location
JOALI BEING resides on the secluded island of Bodufushi in Raa Atoll, an easy seaplane flight away from Malé International Airport. All guests are accommodated in the well-appointed JOALI private lounge prior to their travel.