With four wanderlust-inspiring resorts across the Maldives and Thailand, each promising immersive wellbeing programmes, gastronomic delights and a line-up of unique destination experiences, Soneva has summer sorted. Round it off with the chance to cruise the sapphire blue waters of the Indian Ocean on the 23-metre Soneva in Aqua yacht and a summer calendar packed with visits from world-renowned experts from the Soneva Stars programme, and dreamy eyed travellers are spoiled for choice.
Starting in the Maldives, Soneva Fushi is the brand’s original barefoot hideaway where the castaway concept ‘No News, No Shoes’ was born in 1995. Today, it is beloved by kids and adults alike thanks to its all-embracing family focus; from dinners under the stars at Cinema Paradiso and in-villa cooking classes to sandbank parties for teens.
Not to be outdone, Soneva Jani offers an array of immersive activities for children and teens at The Den, one of the largest playhouses in the Indian Ocean, and transformative wellness journeys at Soneva Soul, where you’ll find everything from personalised detox programmes to integrative medicine treatments that promote rest, rejuvenation and recovery.
Soneva Secret 2024 is the newest member of the family, with 14 ultra-private villas, personalised wellness offerings guided by the principle of lifestyle evolution, and a brigade of 14 chefs, each from a different country, to create ultra-bespoke dining by design experiences.
Up to four adults and two children can sail into the deep blue aboard the two-bedroom yacht Soneva in Aqua on customisable journeys, from luxurious daytrips to remote sandbanks, to multi-night liveaboard adventures themed around surfing, island-hopping or shark and manta ray spotting; all with on-board chefs and wellness specialists to take care of evey need.
A constellation of world-class chefs including Finland’s Eric Räty, Denmark’s Mark Lundgaard, Swiss-born Dietmar Sawyere, India’s Karan Gokani and Britain’s Jane Alty will be visiting the Maldives as part of the Soneva Stars calendar, alongside space engineer and astrophysicist Dr. James Gilbert, football freestyler Igor Oleynik and tennis superstar Bob Bryan.
On the Thai island of Koh Kood, Soneva Kiri is home to unique dining experiences, from treetop dining and cliffside dinners to beachfront barbeques and Thai cuisine surrounded by mangroves. Appetite satiated, there are jungle treks, Muay Thai lessons and shipwreck diving; family fun at The Den and Eco Den; and grounding wellness therapies at the Soneva Kiri Spa.
