There’s a PADI dive centre and snorkelling – including guided tours with a marine biologist – to allow you to get up close and personal with the local marine life, along with other water sports such as catamaran sailing, windsurfing and waterskiing, with tuition where required. There are also thrilling excursions including sailing safaris, fishing trips, private sunset cruises and dolphin-watching trips.

Perhaps best of all, the island is a nesting site for endangered green sea turtles and has its own turtle rescue centre, where you can join the marine biologist and resident vet releasing hatchlings into the ocean in season.

Dining

Among Coco’s other sustainable initiatives are a kitchen garden that provides herbs, fruits and vegetables for the restaurants and bars and for the private dining, which included candlelit dinners for two, sunrise breakfasts on the beach, Maldivian afternoon teas and in-villa barbecues.

At mealtimes and between, chose from the hidden-away Cornus Restaurant for island flavours and barbecued fish and meats with Thai influences, Cowrie Restaurant with its thatched roof and live cooking stations, the stylish, toes-in-the-sand Conch Bar for creative cocktails, beers, wines and light bites and snacks into the small hours, and the Beach Bar with its all-day island-inspired cocktails and mocktails with sunset views. You can also sign up for Maldivian cookery classes and take some new culinary skills home with you as a lasting legacy of your time in paradise.

Wellness

When it comes to pampering, you can choose between the sleek spa with its five treatment rooms and the in-room therapies performed in your own villa. Whichever you choose, tempting options to rejuvenate body and mind include spice baths and Ayurvedic treatments. There’s also the chance to book a private sunrise yoga session on the beach for those who want to get up and greet the day in this sensational part of the world.