INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND
The exhale after the wild
The Indian Ocean islands offer a completely different relationship with the natural world – a softer landing after safari, or a destination entirely their own.
Sitting at the edge of the African continent
These islands are close enough to pair with a safari, and different enough to feel like an entirely separate journey. Here, days are shaped by warm water, coral reefs, sailing, diving, long lunches, and the slower rhythms of island life.
From Zanzibar and Mauritius to the Seychelles and Madagascar, each island has its own texture: reef-fringed beaches, rare wildlife, and culture shaped by centuries of movement across the sea.
Seychelles
It's remote, restorative and rich with island life. The world feels very far away, and that is precisely the appeal. The Seychelles offers a softer wilderness, with granite islands, clear water, rare birdlife and forested interiors.
The Indian Ocean at its most beautiful.
What makes it special
Giant tortoises · Vallée de Mai · Granite boulders · Private islands
Experiences
Island hopping · Sailing · Diving · Snorkelling · Fly fishing
Madagascar
Ninety percent of the wildlife here exists nowhere else on earth. A place of Baobab forests, limestone landscapes, and remote coastline. It asks for a more curious kind of traveller, drawn to the unexpected.
Nowhere else on Earth.
What makes it special
Baobab forests · Lemurs · Avenue of the Baobabs · Tsingy · Chameleons · Nosy Be · Endemic wildlife
Experiences
Lemur tracking · Forest Hiking · Whale watching
Mauritius
A volcanic island ringed by lagoon and reef, Mauritius is not a new destination. It has been welcoming travellers for long enough to have gotten very good at it. The beaches are exceptional and the interior surprisingly lush.
Where relaxation meets genuine adventure.
What makes it special
Botanical gardens · Private beaches · Chamarel
Experiences
Luxury wellness · Golf · Kitesurfing · Catamaran cruises · Rum distilleries · Hiking · Helicopter waterfalls · Dolphin watching
Zanzibar
The natural end to a Kenya or Tanzania safari. Zanzibar has been at the centre of Indian Ocean trade for centuries, and still carries the texture of it — in Stone Town's winding alleys, its spice farms, its mosques and colonial facades. The coastline is beautiful, but it's the layering of culture and place that makes Zanzibar distinct.
Where Africa meets Arabia.
What makes it special
Stone Town's UNESCO heritage · Spice plantations · Pristine beaches · Turquoise waters · Historic Swahili coast
Experiences
Cultural tours · Sailing and dhow cruises · Spice tours · Snorkelling and diving · Sunset dhow sails
Mozambique
Wild coastline, untouched coral and the quiet thrill of somewhere the rest of the world hasn’t quite found yet. Beaches, deep-sea fishing, and marine wildlife in waters that reward the curious, all of it wrapped in a barefoot luxury that feels genuinely earned by the journey to reach it.
Africa’s last wild coast.
What makes it special
Bazaruto · Quirimbas · Whale sharks · Dugongs
Experiences
Dhow sailing · Diving · Snorkelling · Private island lodges · Deep-sea fishing
EXPERIENCES
INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
Cultural & Stone Town tours
Zanzibar
Explore the winding streets and trading past of Stone Town, where African, Arab, Indian and European influences meet in the architecture, food, markets and daily life of the old city.
Diving and snorkelling
Mozambique · Zanzibar · Seychelles · Madagascar
In the Indian Ocean, a world of coral gardens, reef systems and marine life opens up. These experiences are defined by colour, movement and discovery.
Private yacht charters
Mozambique · Zanzibar · Seychelles · Madagascar
The Mozambique coastline stretches for nearly three thousand kilometres — most of it unreachable by road. A private yacht opens up remote islands, deserted beaches and coral reefs.
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