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Dense jungle, safari, savanna plains and heat is what comes to our mind when we think of Africa. Little do we know that under the scorching sun of Africa is hidden a small piece of paradise, an island country in the Republic of Seychelles. It is located in the smallest country of Africa, archipelagos, off the western coast of Africa, designed by Silvio Rech and his wife Lesley Carstens, award winning architects of South Africa. Great news is that now you can book cheap flights to Seychelles and go on what will be one of the best trips of your life.

The North Island Seychelles hotel is a place that is luxurious and extravagant plus it has made a reputation for itself to offerservices to the best of the best people. A place where you can relax and call it your private sanctuary, as Silvio says “We call the look of the resort Robinson Crusoe”, and indeed the brilliant designs make the atmosphere surreal and provide a feeling of harmony and pace. The hotel’s neutral color tones blend perfectly with the granite rocks of the island. The place has a unique surreal ambience that one must experience himself to fully understand.

Waking up in the morning and finding yourself in the most peaceful of places, once thought to be the location of Eden, surrounded by the breath taking blue of the oceans,lush green foliage, the vibrant and exotic color of the flowers, and the flawless sunset truly warms your heart. It was rated by the “Forbes Magazine” as “the top ten travel destinations” in 2007, and the prestigious “Conde’ Nast Traveller” rated the North Island of Seychelles to be “no 1 in the world, the best of the best.

The magazine says “an assembly of airy thatched tree houses, and suspended walkways slung on a hillside between woods and ocean, this is the kind of home Robinson Crusoe might have built if he’d had a whole squad of Man Fridays. North Island is a beautiful place for beautiful people. The guests are glamorous, and the staff likewise.

No one will oblige you to take an interest in the island’s ecology, but you can hardly ignore it. At lunchtime you’ll eat under the shade of a venerable takamaka tree on the edge of the beach, and the forest surrounds your villa on every landward side. The tortoises, once down to a population of only five, are breeding.

The breakfast your butler serves you on your terrace tastes all the better after an hour or two spent scrambling over the island’s rocky escarpments, looking down on the pure-white fairy terns dipping and turning above the newly restored forest Full board. North Island was featured in 2009 The Gold List as well, the main idea of this perfect blend of environment and man is to unite man with nature, and the luxurious yet not ostentatious rooms of the hotel, the clear air to fill your lungs when you just step back and take amoment to take all of it in.

The private sanctuaries are quite reminiscent of a child’s tree house, except with the professional pampering of personalized spa, the exquisite food and wine that simply seduces your pallet, and the care free bare foot atmosphere that relaxes your mood entirely. The North Island offers only eleven 5000 square foot villas, with either two rooms or one master bedroom, a study, an air conditioned living room, a kitchen, dining room and an en suite bathroom. Massage areas, private indoor pools, satellite television and net access are also offered.