Getting to Vamizi
@ Vamizi Island

A slender coral island just off Mozambique's remote northern coast, Vamizi Island is part of the Quirimbas Archipelago, sometimes called the new Maldives.

Immersed as it is in the Indian Ocean, Vamizi is easier to reach than you might think, considering how castaway it is - and with miles of deserted coastline and a tropical ocean to cross, it’s all part of the adventure.

You can connect from South Africa, Mozambique or Tanzania easily within a day, with direct international flights from Europe on British Airways, KLM, Swiss and Kenya Airways and we’ve smoothed the way by scheduling private Vamizi flights, which take you straight from Pemba (Mozambique) or Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) to our Vamizi Island airstrip.

From there, depending on the sea conditions, we’ll take you in a speed boat just fifteen minutes to the lodge, or put you in our “Islandrover” – an open 4x4 landrover that tracks over the rough coral spine of the island and takes a bumpy, but steady forty five minutes to the lodge.

We’re not about to pretend it’s as simple as a weekend in Paris, but as Sophy Roberts recently wrote in the Financial Times, “something this good shouldn’t be easy”.