North Ari Atoll · 04°12.9′N 72°51.9′E
Ukulhas
The tidy island with the long bikini beach.
Long admired for keeping itself clean, with an island-run waste programme that became a model for others, and a long stretch of designated beach for visitors. A favourite first local island.
Seaplane or boatOne of several good ways to arrive
Your route
About 45 minutes, airport to harbour.
- Take off
- Velana International (MLE)Noovilu Seaplane Terminal
- Likely landing
- Gangehi Island Resortresort lagoon, North Ari Atoll
- Flight
- ~25 min85.9 km · 46 NM, estimated
- Boat
- ~20 min12.1 km from the platform
- Bearing
- 272° W39.8 NM from Malé as the crow flies
- Other ways
- Speedboat from Malé, around 1.5 hours.
The operator decides which lagoon each rotation uses, so yours may differ; it is confirmed with your slot the day before. Times are our estimates from real positions: flight at a Twin Otter's cruise plus taxi, boat at about 40 km/h.
Other lagoons within reach
- Gangehi Island Resort12.1 km away · ~25 min flight
- NIVA Kuramathi Maldives13.1 km away · ~20 min flight
- ananea Madivaru Maldives13.4 km away · ~20 min flight
- NAKAI Maayafushi Resort Maldives15.9 km away · ~20 min flight
- Sandies Bathala Resort18.4 km away · ~20 min flight
Gate 03 · Plan your flight
Build your boarding pass.
Choose an island and tell us when you land. We work out the likely lagoon, the flight and the boat, check it against the daylight cut-off, and send it to a real person who books it for you.
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