Seychelles

A name synonymous with some of the world's most beautiful islands, each one a gemstone set in the perfect azure of the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles is home to no less than two UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is also a sanctuary for a myriad of natural treasures that have given the archipelago its reputation as the ‘Galapagos of the Indian Ocean’.

Located between 6 and 10 degrees south of the equator amid 1,300,000 square kilometers of sparkling ocean, these 115 secluded islands have a total population of merely 81,000. There are 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands. The Mahe Group is a granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs.  The islands lie outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare.

The islands of the Seychelles have to be counted among the best-kept secrets on earth and, without doubt, rank among the safest and purest destinations anywhere. It was just over 200 years ago that settlers first set foot on these verdant isles to find them teeming with a kaleidoscope of life forms — vast colonies of land and sea birds, giant tortoises and flying foxes (giant fruit bats) — that had existed, unmolested and in splendid isolation, for millions of years.

North Island in the Seychelles is an island escape exquisitely designed to capture nature, with an objective to provide the very best in privacy, location, accommodation, service, facilities and experience. It is a sanctuary and Noah's Ark project, where natural habitats have been rehabilitated and endangered Seychelles fauna and flora reintroduced, and given a place to regenerate.

Eleven guest villas and a health spa have been exquisitely designed to celebrate nature and offer an authentic home-from-home experience.

North Island is managed by Wilderness Safaris who have instilled the same strong commitment to conservation and responsible tourism, resulting in a very special natural offering.