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Vamizi Island Lodge - Quirimbas Islands - Quirimbas - Mozambique

        

Crusoe invented castaway chic, but Vamizi Island Lodge defines it, with thirteen impossibly romantic timber villas strung loosely along one of the world's most beautiful beaches.  Imagine wafting through muslin and filtered sunlight, flopping straight from your room into a private ocean and enjoying elegant lunches with your toes in the sand...

Exclusivity is one of Vamizi Island's greatest assets and, as the only lodge on the island, it has the space to spread wide, so each villa amply commands its own part of the beach, all with to-die-for views of the ocean. Both airy and generous - with over one hundred and seventy square metres of timbered floor to pad about on - there is plenty of space for spreading beds, sofas, a marble shower and vanity area and outside, a sun deck.

Vamizi Island is not about the ordinary five star stuff, so don't expect TVs or air conditioning - it's more about barefoot relaxation and rooms as open as they can be, to catch the natural breezes.

During the day, there’s the relative formality of the thatched open dining room in the main lodge, where, decking a distinctively island table,  surf-fresh seafood and other tropical dishes are served, set off by the sea breaking on the shore just feet away.

Or you can choose to retreat to Muntu Nkulu, the new castaway restaurant open during the winter season on the south side of the island, for a buffet and total relaxation.  You can also take the total desert island approach - alone with a shipwrecked picnic on some deserted beach.

Evenings are a more glamorous affair, with a castaway twist, fuelled by grills on the beach, or more elaborate dishes under lantern light in the dining room. With cocktails and fine wines at the bar - and acres of cushions and sofas for sitting very soft at any point - you might just feel that heaven can wait.

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