Shaviyani sits in the northern half of the country and, like several of its northern neighbours, has a tourism profile shaped far more by local-island life than by private resorts — a large number of inhabited islands against a comparatively small resort count.
What's there
Kudafushi Resort & Spa is the atoll's best-known international property (see our Kudafushi profile), one of relatively few full-service resorts this far north.
What to expect
A visit here looks more like the local-island model covered in our guesthouses guide than a classic resort holiday, with ferry-based travel between islands rather than resort speedboat transfers.