Revitalize with a full wellness retreat at these resorts in the Maldives

People have increasingly realized the importance of self-care and taking time for themselves. In the past year, there has been a surge in the demand for wellness retreats that offer a holistic approach to health and well-being. Fortunately, several wellness destinations have responded to this need by revamping their offerings to help restore the body, clear the mind, and recharge the soul. These retreats offer a range of activities and services that cater to different needs and preferences, ensuring that you have a truly rejuvenating and healthy experience.

Anantara Dhigu and Anantara Veli resorts, located in the serene Maldives, are renewing their focus on wellness. The resorts are now offering a range of wellness-focused programs including nutritional therapy, wellness cuisine workshops, and health and nutrition seminars.

In addition, a skilled nutritionist has joined the team to offer personalized guidance to guests.

With access to world-class spa, wellness, and medi-spa facilities, visitors can now indulge in a truly immersive wellness experience that rivals some of the best destination spas in the world.

Nutrition and lifestyle consultations

Anantara Veli, Anantara Dhigu, and sister resort Naladhu Private Island have recently welcomed resident Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist Kelly Manning, who is offering guests an exclusive opportunity to prioritize their nutritional needs.

With a focus on addressing stress, sleep issues, and unhealthy eating habits that may have accumulated over the past year, Kelly’s guidance can also assist with immunity, digestion, weight management, hormones, skin health, and blood sugar balance.

This unique offering enables guests to take a proactive approach towards their overall wellbeing and achieve their health goals in a serene and tranquil environment.

Kelly, who is from the UK, trained at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London. She offers 90-minute nutrition and lifestyle consultations that include anthropometric testing using a Tanita scale monitor and tape measure to assess the guests’ body composition, particularly looking at body fat, cellular hydration, muscle mass, and metabolic age.

She will also check the guest’s eyes, fingernails and tongue for signs of any other health issues. Kelly will then apprise which systems of their body require nourishment and support to achieve overall balance.

Guests will receive a tailored diet, lifestyle and supplement plan with a handful of practical, achievable recommendations to get them started during their stay and a more detailed plan to continue at home.

The resorts have introduced new wellness breakfast and beverage menus, which have been developed by Kelly and the resorts’ chefs, with healthy dishes for lunch, dinner and snacks coming soon.

Wellness culinary workshops and seminars

Guests at the three resorts can also join Kelly’s health and nutrition seminars.

• Simple Tips for Eating Healthily is designed to end mealtime chaos and quick fix options and develop a planned balanced diet
• Nutrition; Sleep Health and Creating Evening Rituals looks at the correlation between nutrition, sleep and overall well-being
• Peak Performance Nutrition identifies nutrition strategies through diet, vitamins, minerals and herbs to increase immunity and energy levels and reduce stress

The seminars include cooking demonstrations and tastings. Guests may attend the events as a group or book privately for a personalized session.

About Anantara Dhigu and Naladhu Private Island

Family-focused Anantara Dhigu, adults-only Anantara Veli and the exclusive 20-villa Naladhu Private Island are each on separate islands just minutes apart by boat across a stunning natural lagoon in the South Malé Atoll.

Just a 30-minute speedboat journey from Malé Airport, guests can share the facilities of the resorts, which, between them, offer one of the broadest spa and wellness offerings in the Maldives.

Wellness retreats in the Maldives

Anantara Spa at Anantara Dhigu offers a newly refreshed menu with four new signature journeys, including the Sundari Sunset spa ritual, which is a deep relaxation massage on a floating platform, followed by champagne whilst watching the sun go down.

Once darkness has fallen, the Moonlight Reflections spa healing ritual encompasses meditation and a healing massage on a private beach under the night sky.

The recently opened Cocoon Medical Spa located at the Balance Wellness by Anantara facility at Anantara Veli offers the highest level of aesthetic and wellness treatments performed by medical professionals.

Whether guests require a vitamin IV infusion after a long flight for an energy boost or wish to turn back time with a Cleopatra 24 Carat Gold & Collagen Facial, using diamond microdermabrasion and LED Light therapy, the highly trained staff have the expertise and knowledge to formalize a program specifically tailored to each guest.  

Other treatments include diamond microdermabrasion to exfoliate and increase blood flow to the skin, velashape fat blast to reduce body fat, and oxygen therapy to boost energy levels.

The resorts’ overall offering comprises an impressive range of body experiences, facial treatments, Ayurvedic therapies and wellness programs, in addition to complimentary daily yoga sessions with the yoga guru, movement therapy and fitness sessions can be booked with the resident personal trainer.

All images: credit to Anantara Hotels and Resorts