Le Domaine de L'Orangeraie
A former coconut plantation on La Digue with hillside villas, a spa on the granite above Anse Sévère and the island's beaches a bike ride away.
Places to stay we know well
76 hotels, camps, villas and ships, each described by the specialist who recommends it, including who it does not suit.
76 places to stay.
North Island
Eleven handbuilt villas on a granite island that has been rewilded, with helicopter access from Mahé and the whole island available to book.
Raffles Seychelles
An all-pool-villa resort on the hillside above Anse Takamaka on Praslin, with butlers, a large spa and a free kids club.
&Beyond Phinda Vlei Lodge
Six suites between sand forest and a wetland in Zululand, with rhino tracking, the Indian Ocean coast and turtle nesting within reach.
Ellerman House
A 1906 Edwardian house above Bantry Bay, full of South African art, with a wine gallery, sea-view pool and two villas cut into the granite.
La Residence
A 30-acre estate of vines and orchards below the Franschhoek mountains, with bold interiors, its own wine and suites with private pools for families.
Royal Malewane
Four lodges of different moods in unfenced Thornybush, from a classic thatched lodge to a tented camp, with guiding at the centre of everything.
Singita Boulders Lodge
Stone, glass and river light on the Sand River, with some of the most reliable leopard viewing in southern Africa on the doorstep.
Tswalu Motse
Nine suites in 118,000 hectares of red dunes and grassland, with a private vehicle, guide and tracker for every booking.
Hondius
Oceanwide's 170-guest Polar Class 6 ship, an informal and well-run way to look for polar bears on the Svalbard sea ice.
Chem Chem Lodge
Seven tented suites and a family unit among palms in the Burunge corridor, run on unhurried days with your own guide and vehicle.
Jabali Ridge
Eight suites among granite boulders above a baobab forest in Ruaha, with a private guide and vehicle for every booking.