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Siyam World

A 468-villa, 24-hour all-inclusive resort in Noonu Atoll built on scale — sixteen villa categories, eighteen named restaurants and bars, and a floating waterpark and horse ranch beyond the usual dive centre and spa.

Siyam World's island seen directly from above, villas ringing the shoreline
A Two Storey Pool Beach Residence at Siyam World, part of The Residences collection
Overwater villas with pools and slides reaching into the lagoon at Siyam World
The Wahoo Grill's beachfront dining room at Siyam World
Getting there
Seaplane or domestic flight + speedboat, 40 min seaplane / 30 min flight + 15 min boat
Atoll
Noonu Atoll
Island
Siyam World
Villas
16 categories

Siyam World occupies a 54-acre island in Noonu Atoll with the widest villa range in the Maldives — 468 villas across sixteen categories, all with private pools, from beachfront suites to overwater pavilions with slides. The WOW All-Inclusive plan routes breakfast through Baraabaru or Tempo, dinner through a nightly rotation of six specialty restaurants or the buffet, and drinks through seven bars with 24/7 service at KulhiVaru, and a 23-villa Residences sub-collection adds in-villa Arigato dining and daily privileges for guests who book into it.

The villas

Pool Beach Villa's exterior and private pool at Siyam World

Pool Beach Villa

At 80 sqm, this is the entry point into Siyam World's beach collection — a private pool and a Super King bed, without the extra space of the categories built above it.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Beachfront

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A Sunset Pool Beach Villa at Siyam World

Sunset Pool Beach Villa

The largest single-bedroom count in the beach collection — 72 villas at 91 sqm, positioned toward the island's sunset-facing side.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Beachfront

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Beach Suite with Pool's private pool and beachfront setting at Siyam World

Beach Suite with Pool

A step up in size from the Pool Beach Villa — 102 sqm and a private pool, with 54 villas in the category.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Beachfront

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Two Bedroom Pool Beach Villa's pool, viewed from the deck at Siyam World

Two Bedroom Pool Beach Villa

The first of the multi-bedroom beach categories — 200 sqm across two bedrooms, with 13 villas built for a family or two couples travelling together.

2 bedrooms · Private pool · Beachfront

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Three Bedroom Pool Beach Villa's pool and deck at Siyam World

Three Bedroom Pool Beach Villa

Only two of these exist on the island — 346 sqm across three bedrooms, among the rarer beach categories to secure.

3 bedrooms · Private pool · Beachfront

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Two Storey Pool Beach Residence, the two-level villa category at Siyam World

Two Storey Pool Beach Residence

A two-level residence at 213 sqm; select units here are drawn into The Residences, the 23-villa sub-collection with in-villa Arigato dining and daily VIP amenities.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Beachfront

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Grand Beach Residence with Pool's grounds at Siyam World

Grand Beach Residence with Pool

One of only two on the island — 391 sqm with a kitchenette, separate dining and living areas and an outdoor shower, and among the categories drawn into The Residences.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Beachfront

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Two Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool at Siyam World, part of The Residences collection

Two Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool

Just three villas at 649 sqm with a kitchenette and separate living areas — part of The Residences, which adds a Moke car for the length of the stay to this category.

2 bedrooms · Private pool · Beachfront

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Four Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool, Siyam World's largest villa category

Four Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool

The largest villa on the island at 712 sqm across four bedrooms, with a kitchenette and Residences status, including a Moke car for the stay.

4 bedrooms · Private pool · Beachfront

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Water Villa with Pool and Slide, overwater at Siyam World

Water Villa with Pool + Slide

The most numerous category on the island — 157 overwater villas at 81 sqm, each with a pool and a slide straight into the lagoon.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Overwater

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Lagoon Villa with Pool and Slide's pool, seen from above at Siyam World

Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide

A step up in size from the Water Villa — 97 sqm, still with the pool-to-lagoon slide, and 74 villas across the overwater rows.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Overwater

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Ocean Villa with Pool and Slide's private pool over the lagoon at Siyam World

Ocean Villa with Pool + Slide

35 villas at 95 sqm — one of three single-bedroom overwater categories on the island, alongside the Water Villa and Lagoon Villa.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Overwater

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Water Pavilion with Pool and Slide's pool deck at Siyam World

Water Pavilion with Pool + Slide

Only two on the island — 179 sqm, nearly double the standard Water Villa, with the same pool and slide.

1 bedroom · Private pool · Overwater

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Two Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool and Slide, exterior view at Siyam World

Two Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide

Two bedrooms and 170 sqm over the lagoon, with 17 villas in the category — built for families who want the overwater setting without booking two villas.

2 bedrooms · Private pool · Overwater

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Three Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool and Slide's exterior over the lagoon at Siyam World

Three Bedroom Lagoon Villa with Pool + Slide

Five villas at 307 sqm across three bedrooms — among the largest overwater categories at Siyam World.

3 bedrooms · Private pool · Overwater

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Grand Water Pavilion with Pool and Slide, seen from the water at Siyam World

Grand Water Pavilion with Pool + Slide

The single largest overwater villa on the island — 348 sqm across two bedrooms, with a kitchenette and Residences status, including a Moke car for the stay.

2 bedrooms · Private pool · Overwater

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All villas at Siyam World

Wine & Dine

The buffet spread at Tempo, Siyam World's all-day dining restaurant

Tempo

Cuisine
Global buffet
Setting
All-day dining, buffet-style with themed evenings
Hours
06:30–10:00 · 12:30–15:00 · 18:30–22:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

The all-day anchor of Siyam World's dining programme — a buffet with themed evenings, running from breakfast through dinner.

The Wahoo Grill's beachfront exterior at Siyam World

The Wahoo Grill

Cuisine
Surf & turf
Setting
Beachfront
Hours
18:00–22:00
Reserve
At the resort, or via IMJ

A beachfront grill built around surf and turf, open for dinner only.

Experiences & activities

Beach Club Social Scene

Afternoon · for two, all ages

A dedicated day-into-sunset beach club — its own pool, food and drink and social identity, separate from the main pool or restaurants.

Boduberu Cultural Show

Evening · all ages, for two

Live Boduberu drumming and dance, paired with the evening or arrival cultural programming resorts run alongside it — culture talks, on-site museums, welcome ceremonies.

Kids' Club Programme

Morning · all ages

The resort's own kids' club — supervised, age-segmented crafts, sports, water play and themed activities, running under dozens of different in-house names.

Big-Game Fishing

Afternoon · for two, all ages

Offshore trolling, jigging and popping for marlin, tuna, sailfish and dorado — a different boat and crew from the sunset hand-reel trip.

The factsheet

Every fact we hold on Siyam World (villas, dining, transfers) in one document.

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Recommended For

Families

Kidz World runs a full day from 09:00 to 22:00, and between Siyam Water World, the horse ranch and electric go-karting, older children have their own itinerary before anyone plans an adult activity.

Groups who want range

Between the SSI dive centre, padel and tennis courts, a full-size football field and eighteen named restaurants and bars, the appeal here is genuine variety — guests who want a different activity and a different table every day rarely run out of options.

Seclusion seekers

At 468 villas and the Maldives' largest floating waterpark anchored off the island, Siyam World is built for scale and energy rather than quiet — guests who measure a stay in near-total seclusion are better matched to Cheval Blanc Randheli, also in Noonu Atoll.

Malé · seaplane, 40 minutes · Siyam World Island

Seaplane
40-minute flight from Velana International Airport (MLE).
Domestic + speedboat
A 30-minute domestic flight to Maafaru International Airport, followed by a 15-minute speedboat transfer.
Lounges
Sun Siyam operates its own airport lounge with refreshments and shower facilities, plus an exclusive Sun Siyam lounge at the seaplane terminal.
Nearest airport
Velana International Airport (MLE), or Maafaru International Airport for the domestic-flight route.

Siyam World · Noonu Atoll · 10 photographs

A Water Villa's private pool and slide reaching out over the lagoon at Siyam World
A Water Villa's pool and slide, straight into the lagoon
The Grand Water Pavilion, Siyam World's largest overwater villa category
The Grand Water Pavilion — the largest overwater villa on the island
A treatment underway at Veyo Spa, Siyam World's spa
A treatment underway at Veyo Spa
Veyo Spa's garden setting, back from the beachfront villas at Siyam World
Veyo Spa's garden, set back from the beach
Siyam Water World, the floating waterpark anchored off Siyam World's island
Siyam Water World, the country's largest floating waterpark
A horse and rider at Siyam World's horse ranch
The resort's horse ranch — the only one of its kind in the Maldives
Electric go-karts on the track at Siyam World
Electric go-karts on the island's track
Barrique, Siyam World's private wine-cellar dining room, set for a tasting menu
Barrique, the resort's wine-cellar dining room
Andalucía's beachfront dining tables at Siyam World
Andalucía's beachfront tables, set for dinner
A Two Bedroom Lagoon Villa's pool and deck at Siyam World, seen from above
A Two Bedroom Lagoon Villa's pool and deck, seen from above

Before you book

How do we get to Siyam World?

Two routes: a 40-minute seaplane direct from Malé's Velana International Airport, or a 30-minute domestic flight to Maafaru International Airport followed by a 15-minute speedboat transfer. Sun Siyam operates its own airport lounge with refreshments and shower facilities, including an exclusive lounge at the seaplane terminal.

What does the WOW All-Inclusive plan actually cover?

It routes meals through specific venues rather than every restaurant on the island: breakfast at Baraabaru or Tempo, lunch at Tempo, Together, Shipwrecked or Jungali, afternoon tea at Together, and a 'Dine Around The World' dinner choosing between six specialty restaurants or the buffet. Premium beverages and snacks run 24/7 at KulhiVaru, and Jungali, Together, Mint Beach Bar, KulhiVaru, Shipwrecked, Good Vibrations and The Orchid are all included bars.

Is Siyam World good for families, or is it adults-focused?

Both, deliberately. Kidz World runs daily from 09:00 to 22:00 for ages 3 to 11.99, with arts and crafts, games, movie rooms and a soft-play space for under-3s, and babysitting can be arranged with 24 hours' notice. Mint Beach Bar, by contrast, is adults-only — the resort keeps the two circuits separate rather than mixing them.

What's the house reef like?

Siyam World's factsheet doesn't describe a house reef directly, and no UNESCO biosphere status is claimed for the island. The resort's on-property marine infrastructure centres on an SSI-certified Dive Centre and the Kuhivaru wreck site, so snorkelling and diving here run through organised sessions rather than a walk-in reef at the villa steps.

What comes with a Residences villa that a standard villa doesn't?

The Residences is a 23-villa sub-collection drawn from the Two Storey Pool Beach Residence, Grand Beach Residence, Two and Four Bedroom Beach Residences, and Grand Water Pavilion categories. It adds all-day in-villa breakfast, lunch and dinner at Arigato, an enhanced beverage package, complimentary late check-out subject to availability, a one-time floating breakfast, and — for the Grand Water Pavilion and the two- and four-bedroom Beach Residences — a Moke car for the length of the stay.

How many villa categories are there, and do they all have private pools?

Sixteen categories across 468 villas, from the 80 sqm Pool Beach Villa up to the 712 sqm Four Bedroom Beach Residence with Pool. Every one of them, beach or overwater, comes with a private pool.

The Wahoo Grill's beachfront dining room at Siyam World

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