Dining and drinking to suit all diets, tastes, and lifestyles, makes this serene retreat one of our top picks for a wellness holiday in the tropical island paradise of the Maldives.
Wellness through food
Food is key part of the wellness offering at JA Manafaru Maldives. So much so that it was recently bestowed the Maldives Best Culinary Resort 2023 award by Travel Trade Maldives. Now it’s introduced a new dining alternative that includes extra-healthy entrées and mains courses, plus desserts for those who would rather forgo sweet treats.
The island has six restaurants, and each of them now offers dedicated vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, gluten-free, and low-carb menus, all based on carefully sourced ingredients, including homegrown fruit and vegetables, and plant-based meats, cheeses, and seafoods where possible.
UK-based celebrity chef Luke French of Joro Restaurant has overseen the initiative and also trained the staff to ferment their own soy sauce, miso, and kombucha – the latter being part of the island’s new Wellness Beverage program, along with natural tonic water and homemade bitters.
As a guest, you too are invited to learn to make local dishes under the helm of the resort’s executive chef Moosa Nazeeh from Naifaru island, whose regular Maldivian cooking classes have been proving very popular with guests.
Rejuvenate in nature
Also central to wellness at JA Manafaru Maldives is the gorgeous Calm Spa Sanctuary with its Ayurvedic and aromatherapy treatments, its yoga and meditation pavilion, and its Alchemy Bar, where you can learn to make herbal remedies and sign up for short wellness programmes.
This spa sits in the heart of a tropical forest where you can hear nothing but the sounds of nature, including wildlife in the tropical canopy – pure bliss.
Influenced by Eastern and Western traditions, the therapists also employ the local tradition of Dhivehi Beys – the ancient Maldivian art of blending island herbs and plants to create medicinal natural products that are used here in signature treatments. The spa has also partnered with Eminence, which bases its products on organic ingredients handpicked in botanical gardens in Hungary, fused with natural hot spring water to add minerals.
And 2024 also sees the addition of a new curated wellness programme to JA Manafaru Maldives – one that will be tailored to individual needs and preferences around three main themes: Detox, Movement, and Mindfulness. The feeling of complete escapism is further intensified by the resort’s very remote location in the northernmost atoll of the Maldives.
To book your wellness getaway at JA Manafaru Maldives, call your Travel Counsellor today.
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