Barefoot paradise

Welcome to Gili Lankanfushi, where luxury, privacy, and exclusivity truly take on new meaning. Here in the Maldives anything – and nothing – is possible

With endless blue seas stretching to the horizon in every direction, punctuated by swathes and splashes of sparkling white sand, it’s easy to see why the Maldives is so named – it’s believed to derive from the Sanskrit word for “garland of islands.” Of some 1,190 islands, strung out across 500 miles of Indian Ocean, fewer than 200 are inhabited. And if the Maldives is a garland, then Gili Lankanfushi is its most precious flower.