Originally Posted by
Pausanias
However, if the choice currently is between Cape Town, Mauritius and the Seychelles, I'd throw in a fourth option, even with kids in tow, and that is Madagascar. I've not been there myself but there is a Relais & Chateaux property, Anjajavy, that looks almost too good to be true. You even get lemurs as entertainment.
Now see what you've gone and done!

That casual remark has set my mind in the direction of Madagascar and I will probably be in Anjajavy within the next few weeks.
As an aside: for a
very third world country it is proving mighty expensive.