I don't want to jinx the stay for [MENTION=756450]MacMyDay[/MENTION], but I have to agree. The private island setting is lovely...but seems devoid of anything particularly Madagascarese.

A quote from that article: "Everyone I know who has been to Madagascar wants to go back. It's one of those Wild, perplexing places that burrows deep into the psych."

Unfortunately, we've been to Madagascar once. And once was more than enough for us. Oops.

Here is the activities list:

https://timeandtideafrica.com/conten...Madagascar.pdf

They apparently are planning to translocate lemurs to the island, but there is no native lemur population (or any lemur population) on the island yet. They have to transfer you via helicopter 10 minutes or by boat 25 minutes to the coast or to see lemurs--and I'll bet it takes longer than those estimates.

Makes me thrilled we stayed at Anjajavy L'Hotel where we saw lemurs constantly throughout the property and in the literally adjacent lemur preserve forests.

They do have whale watching, turtle hatching, and scuba diving, but the distance and difficulty to get there seems prohibitive for the potential pay off. You can see whales from Cape Town/Hermanus...not to mention California and Mexico. There are many places to see turtles. And I believe and would expect the diving to be superior around Nosy Be off the leeward coast.

For those who live with easy access to Madagascar looking for a luxury seaside escape and no more, I can see some appeal. Otherwise, this seems like a private island escape that could be anywhere--like so many resorts in the Maldives, but even harder to reach!

I am very curious to see what [MENTION=756450]MacMyDay[/MENTION] thinks.