What People Mean When They Say Madagascar is Beyond Words

Day one at Anjajavy le Lodge and Madagascar already has us questioning everything we ever thought we knew before. Such is the magic of island life. Anything I have ever said about Madagascar before this was just words. Before I boarded a plane and flew […]

10 Questions with Cédric Morel of Château de Feuilles

The Seychelles… All you hear is time stand still… And feel such peace and absolute The stillness still that doesn’t end But slowly drifts into sleep The stars are the greatest thing you’ve ever seen And they’re there for you… R.E.M. might not have been […]

The Art of Honeymooning at Anjajavy l’Hôtel

The art of honeymooning is like much else in life. It has become only better, sweeter, with age. In the beginning, far back in the 1800s, honeymoons weren’t post-wedding trips aimed to get away from it all. “They were social journeys, demonstrations of a couple’s new […]

The 10 Commandments of Lemur Life (Or, How To Be A Lemur)

There are many things lemurs can teach us about life. Like how to keep the mystery alive (new species of lemur continue to be discovered even to this day); how to dance like no one’s watching (case in point: the coquerel’s sifaka that make the garden at […]

Madagascar For Kids

In our Relais & Châteaux online magazine, Instants, we featured a piece, entitled, Water Babies: Indian Ocean Islands For Kids, an introduction to the beautiful island getaways between Africa and Asia that welcome young ones of various ages. You can read the full article here. But we […]