Northern Madagascar

For those wanting to combine some great outdoors adventure with a relaxing beach escape in a relatively short time frame, northern Madagascar has it all. The Diego Suarez area is a well-kept secret with national parks so wild that four new lemur species were discovered as recently as 2006. Nosy Be is an island off the north west coast of Madagascar, known as the ’Perfumed Isle’ due to its abundance of ylang ylang blossoms, vanilla plants and pepper growing. It’s an island surrounded by a miriad of smaller islands with beautiful palm-fringed beaches, perfect for an island escape.