Rent an Undersea Lair in The Maldives

This Undersea Maldives Lair is Available via Conrad Maldives – Rangali Island.

For those who dream of living beneath the waves — but prefer five-star luxury to a villain’s utilitarian bunker — The Muraka delivers a lair experience unlike any other on Earth. Part of the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort, this one-of-a-kind villa is the world’s first undersea residence, a structure as much science fiction as hospitality.

A Villa Above and Below the Sea

From the pontoon walkway that leads to The Muraka, it appears to be a contemporary overwater villa: clean-lined, with an infinity pool gazing out across the Indian Ocean. But a spiral staircase — or elevator, for suitably dramatic arrivals — leads to the real prize.

Sixteen feet below the surface, the villa’s master suite places you inside a 180-degree acrylic dome, surrounded by turquoise water and shoals of darting fish. It’s a private aquarium and bedroom in one, where the reef itself becomes your nightly entertainment. Floor-to-ceiling windows extend to the bathroom and walk-in closet, while a tunnel viewing theater completes the illusion of inhabiting the ocean itself.

Life in the Lair

Above water, guests enjoy expansive living and dining areas, two further bedrooms, an ocean-facing bathtub, and a broad sun deck perfect for sunrise yoga or evening cocktails. A private butler is on hand 24/7, ensuring every detail is managed, while bespoke dining experiences can be staged on the terrace or even beneath the sea itself.

The Muraka Odyssey package offers curated adventures: from guided dives and Maldivian cultural encounters to gastronomic journeys crafted around your tastes. Every aspect of your stay is woven into the theme of oceanic immersion.

A Cinematic Setting

While not as overtly menacing as Karl Stromberg’s Atlantis in The Spy Who Loved Me, The Muraka offers something rarer: a Bond-worthy lair that you can actually inhabit. Its futuristic cool belongs to the realm of cinema — part sci-fi utopia, part private sanctuary — but here it is real, and available. With its detached setting away from the main resort, privacy is paramount, making it all too easy to imagine yourself as protagonist or villain in your own undersea narrative.

The Wider Resort

Beyond the villa, Conrad Maldives spans two islands in the South Ari Atoll. Accessible only by seaplane or yacht, the resort offers white-sand beaches, world-class diving, and the kind of natural seclusion that has made the Maldives synonymous with luxury escape. The Muraka is its crown jewel, the statement piece in an archipelago already famed for the extraordinary.

A New Frontier of Lairs

From secret underground dwellings to modernist clifftop retreats, lairs have always redefined the relationship between architecture and landscape. With The Muraka, the frontier shifts beneath the waves. For those seeking the rarest of experiences — a night spent watching the ocean dream around you — this undersea lair awaits.