Sewage is treated, and fresh water is gained by desalination of sea water. Water is recycled for toilets and irrigation. Guests are asked to obey a few simple rules. And there are still a few unpenetrable patches of tropical vegetation. It is just the way it should be on any other Maldivian island.
Herons nest on the island.
Huge fruit bats spend the day hanging in palm trees and in the afternoon they fly to other islands. Lizards and crabs are fun to watch. The house reef is totally covered with living corals, almost no secondary growth like soft corals, very few starfish. So it looks quite healthy. As Vilamendhoo is located at the edge of Ari Atoll , it is exposed to inbound currents which can be quite strong.