Anantara Maia, long known simply as Maia, curls around Anse Louis on the quieter south-west coast of Mahe, and its whole character is privacy. It is an all-villa resort with a personal host for each villa and a secluded bay that rarely feels shared, which makes it a natural home for an intimate wedding or an elopement. We filmed what we can only call a fairytale day here, and the film is on this page.
Watch the real wedding film we shot here
The setting
Maia is small, hidden and green, a hillside of private villas dropping to a soft crescent of beach at Anse Louis, framed by granite and forest. For a wedding it offers something the big resorts cannot, the feeling that the place is yours. The bay is calm and sheltered, the light in the late afternoon is gentle, and the sense of seclusion is total, which is exactly what couples who choose Maia are usually looking for.
Marrying here
A wedding at Maia is a legal Seychelles ceremony performed by the registrar on the beach or in the villa grounds, with the paperwork arranged so it is valid at home. Because Maia is so private and villa-based, it suits just the two of you or a very small group beautifully, and if you elope we provide the legal witnesses. The resort can arrange the setup, and we come as photographers and filmmakers, or we plan the whole intimate day with SeyBooking.
How we work with the resort
A place this private rewards a filmmaker who stays out of the way, and that is precisely how we work, letting a quiet day stay quiet while we capture it. We know how Anse Louis holds the golden hour, and we plan around it. Watch the real Maia wedding on this page, then tell us whether it is just the two of you or a small circle, and we will shape a day as private as the resort itself.