Kanuhura Maldives has been crowned ‘Best Luxury Resorts in the Maldives’ at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2021.  

Its hotel brand, Sun Resorts revealed the achievement and extended gratitude to its team members for their effort in making the island welcoming and heavenly for those visiting. The hotel also showed great appreciation for the guests who voted that led to the win in this category. 

Luxury Lifestyle Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating and promoting the best luxury goods and services all over the world. 

With its goal of connecting people with the best of luxury, Luxury Lifestyle Awards has evaluated more than 10,000 goods and services in 400 categories from 60 countries and analyzed the results to present a top list of the best of the best in the world. 

Kanuhura, located in Lhaviyani atoll to the North-East of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean is a 5 star 80-room hotel owned by the prestigious hotel chain Sun Resorts with headquarters in Mauritius. Entirely renovated in 2016, Kanuhura sets the tone for a new Maldivian Resort experience, living up the Gypset Lifestyle. With a scenic flight by seaplane Kanuhura can be reached within around 40 minutes from the International Airport at the Maldives capital, Male’.  

With two beautiful private islands, Kanuhura is a unique and exclusive hideaway with a wide range of facilities, bars, restaurants, wellness centre with a spa, activities and sports. With 10 luxurious room types, Kanuhura caters to every traveler's need and offers every accommodation type from stylish beach villas with pool to water villas on stilts to even 3-bedroom Villas with absolute privacy. Kanuhura is a place of natural enchantment which has been created by Indian Ocean civilizations. The resort celebrates the Gypset Lifestyle and invites to unwind in a relaxed and uncompromising atmosphere. At Kanuhura, guests may experience laid-back island life with a contemporary and stylish feel. has been recently awarded World’s Best Luxury Private Island Resort by World Luxury Hotels Award.