North Island in the Seychelles

North Island in the Seychelles is a place of barefoot luxury for those seeking an unspoilt, spectacular tropical retreat. It is one of the ‘inner’ islands of the Seychelles that are often referred to as the most beautiful on Earth.

There are only 11 handcrafted guest villas on the entire island, each constructed to create a sensorial experience in surroundings of understated elegance. All the structures at the Lodge have been individually handcrafted to give it a unique atmosphere and distinct flavour of the Seychelles. Each villa has a second bedroom, creating the perfect space for children. All the villas are built directly on the eastern beach, a few steps away from the powder-soft sand.

A lounge, dining room and library, scenically located health spa and gym, world-class dive centre, and a rim-flow swimming pool are all built into a granitic outcrop. A sunset bar and restaurant are tucked away on the western beach of the island. Activities include mountain biking, gym, guided walks, snorkelling, fishing, boating, sea kayaking, and scuba diving.

This Romantic Seychelles Paradise has created a signature style that combines natural beauty with sheer luxury. It is no wonder that the 2006 Condé Nast Traveller Readers Awards voted it the ‘No 1 in the World – Best of the Best’

This is one of the most beautiful places in the Indian Ocean for that really special romantic honeymoon or for those wishing to to share a really special secluded place with their loved ones. If you really want to feel that you are the only people in this world then this is the ultimate place to be.

Each Villa has two bedrooms, a main bedroom and a second bedroom. Whilst the Villa is primarily occupied by one or two guests, they may have a requirement to use the second bedroom for children nineteen years and younger and this is available at an additional cost. Alternatively, the second bedroom can be converted into a study for guests staying in the master bedroom.

Each Villa has been individually handcrafted by Seychellois and African craftsmen on the Island. The principle materials used were wood, local stone, glass and thatched roofs. All this combines to form a warm and inviting space that offers guests that rare opportunity to relax completely. Each Villa is completely self-contained and is raised over a metre off the ground to catch the cooling island breezes.

A luxuriously proportioned master bedroom with change-room and writing area leads onto a large en-suite bathroom with marble bath and two showers, one indoor and one outdoor. The bedrooms are air-conditioned and all rooms have overhead “punkah punkah” fans. The fully retracting sliding doors allow for uninterrupted views onto the lawns and the turquoise seas in front of each Villa. There is satellite television, a DVD/CD system and Internet access. The kitchen leads off the lounge/dining area. A private plunge pool and sala are the finishing touches in this private sanctuary.

In siting the Villas, we placed Villas 1 to 10 discretely in the tree-line, facing onto Anse d’est Beach. Villa 11 is completely unique in it’s siting. Villa 11’s layout has been designed to accommodate the incline along the extreme northern side of the Anse d’est Beach and is secretly tucked away in the Takamaka forest. The beach views from this Villa is truly spectacular from every angle and it is this, together with the unique manipulation of the design, which separates this remarkable Villa from the rest. Villa 11 is referred to as Villa North Island.

Each Villa offers you:
• Elements of design and style in the Villas that epitomise the concept of barefoot luxury.
• Each Villa has two bedrooms, a main bedroom and a second bedroom/study.
• The bedrooms and dressing rooms are air-conditioned and are equipped with extra large beds, as well as lounge areas with TV and DVD/CD.
• Spacious main bathroom with marble bath, inside and outside showers and twin vanities. A separate toilet and bidet leads off the main bathroom.
• Lounge and dining area with adjoining kitchenette.
• Use of a second en-suite room as a guest room or office/study complete with Internet connection (also in the main bedroom), as determined by guests’ personal requirements.
• 200 square metres of outside decking, a private 17,000 litre pool and covered “sala”.

ACCOMMODATION – 23 December 2011 to 22 December 2012 RATES EUROS

Presidential Villas – 1 to 10

€ 2 285 per person per Night in main bedroom of Presidential Villas 1 to 10

Villa North Island (Villa 11)

€ 3 610 per person per Night in Villa North Island

Villas 1 to 11

Single supplement for main bedroom is 100% of the per person sharing rate

€ 1030 per person per Night age 13 to 19 years sharing second bedroom in villas 1 to 10

€ 324 per Child Per Night age 3 to 12 years sharing second bedroom in villas 1 to 10

Children under the age of 3 years in villas 1 to 10 Free of charge

INCLUDED IN THE NIGHTLY RATES:

• Local Government tax. In the event of a change in local tax or the introduction of additional taxes, these rates will be adjusted accordingly;
• Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and cocktails (with the exception of high end premium wines and champagnes on the reserve list);
• All Scuba Diving courses, scuba diving activities and snorkeling in and around the North Island & Silhouette dive sites;
• All activities including sea kayaking, mountain bikes, sunset cruises, guided walks and fully equipped gymnasium on and around North Island;
• Shore based fishing on North Island and half day fishing trips;
• The use of ONE “North Island Buggy” per villa for the duration of your stay;
• In-villa wireless Internet connection and business centre Internet connection in the library.

EXCLUDED FROM THE NIGHTLY RATES:

• Helicopter transfers between Mahé and North Island.
• Drinks on the reserve list;
• Tobacco
• Full day deep sea fishing trips;
• Telephone calls;
• All spa treatments;

NORTH ISLAND’S AMAZING OFFER
For every 6 full-paying nights (per guest) on North Island, we offer an additional night free of charge.

This is a 15% saving and is valid for new bookings only – for travel before 15 December 2011, and between 10 January and 31 March 2012.

Some 30km from the main island of Mahé, Ile du Nord, or North Island, enjoys private isolation within the Inner Island group of the Seychelles. Luminous white beaches cosset a tropical interior of coconut palms and takamaka trees cradled between three granite outcrops, 110m to 180m in height, whose polished grey ramparts rise from the white sands and filigree reefs of the azure ocean.

North Island is a sanctuary where natural habitats, long neglected, have been rehabilitated so that endangered Seychelles fauna and flora could be reintroduced and given a place to grow and thrive. On this floating paradise, 11 guest villas have been built from local materials reaped from the rehabilitation process, where luxury and simplicity mingle to form a signature architectural style we call ‘barefoot luxury’.

North Island is a place that unashamedly aims at providing the very best in privacy, location, accommodation, services, facilities and experience, yet has restored its environment to a place of verdant plenty – a Noah’s Ark afloat in warm tropical waters in colours of blue and aquamarine. The true essence of North Island is a rare encounter that is in harmony with the environment – one that touches and inspires the lives of all who walk her beaches, dive her waters and contemplate her beauty.