Thoddoo · North Ari Atoll · Maldives
A quiet island stay at Ale Sara
A small guesthouse around a leafy garden courtyard on Thoddoo, the Maldives' farming island. Simple, friendly and close to the sea.
Why Ale Sara
Island life, without the crowds
Stay with a local team, wake up to a quiet courtyard and spend your days on the water, among the farms or on the beach.
Garden courtyard rooms
Single, double and triple rooms around a leafy courtyard with stepping-stone paths and lantern light in the evening.
The farming island
Thoddoo is known across the Maldives for its farms and fresh fruit. Walk or cycle past fields and palms.
Sea trips
Manta and sandbank trips, dolphin watching and night fishing, arranged by the guesthouse.
Easy to reach
A scheduled speedboat from Velana Airport takes about 75 minutes. We help you pick flights to match.
The guest house
Rooms around a garden courtyard
Ale Sara Guest House is a small, family-run guesthouse on Thoddoo, a local island in North Ari Atoll. The rooms sit around a leafy garden courtyard with stepping-stone paths and a wooden pergola, a calm place to come back to after a day on the water or among the farms.
Choose a single, double or triple room with breakfast, half board or full board. The team arranges sea trips and island activities, and bicycles are available to explore Thoddoo at your own pace. It suits couples, friends and small groups who want a relaxed stay on a real Maldivian island.
- Single, double and triple rooms
- Breakfast, half board or full board
- Bicycles to explore the island
- Boat trips and activities arranged by the team
The island
Thoddoo, the farming island
Thoddoo is a different kind of Maldivian island. Most of it is farmland, and it supplies much of the country's watermelon, papaya and other fruit, so a walk or bicycle ride here passes fields and palms instead of busy streets.
Guest tourism has grown quietly since 2015, with family-run guesthouses, a handful of restaurants and boats for excursions. It stays calm and friendly, and many guests say that is exactly why they come.
Read the island guideExcursions
Out on the water and around the island
Manta and sandbank trips, dolphin watching, night fishing, farm tours and more, arranged by the guesthouse.
Manta, sandbank and shark trip
Dolphin watching trip
Night fishing
Rasdhoo island hopping
Packages
Stay, transfers and trips in one booking
Half-board packages on Thoddoo with speedboat transfers and excursions, or pair Thoddoo with a Sun Siyam resort.
Thoddoo Island Escape
A farm island, a sandbank and dolphins: four easy nights in North Ari
Thoddoo + Sun Siyam Olhuveli, 7 Nights
Thoddoo island life and six experiences, then 3 nights at Sun Siyam Olhuveli with full board.
Thoddoo + Sun Siyam Olhuveli, 10 Nights
Thoddoo island life and six experiences, then 4 nights at Sun Siyam Olhuveli with full board.
