Set at the far north of an Indian Ocean archipelago, North Island is a remote tropical paradise that offers the ultimate luxury escape and consummate privacy. We act as a haven for discerning travelers looking for bespoke, personalized experiences that evoke total relaxation and restoration. We believe no two guests should ever be treated the same, and our devoted associates work tirelessly to ensure everyone has the holiday of their dreams. North Island features just 11 villas spacious villas offering each guest an unparalleled sense of exclusivity and luxury. All villas have been individually handcrafted and are surrounded by the sheer natural beauty of white sands, granite peaks, and turquoise waters. During your stay, a North Island villa will be your home-away-from-home whilst completely immersed in an unrivaled island experience. on this property, your footprints will be the only evidence on the Island’s vast, untouched beaches.

North Island epitomizes the freedom that complete privacy allows, extraordinary experiences, perfectly personalized to your preferences, and service that is generously big-hearted. The Island’s abundance naturally extends to the luxury of choice that a peerless all-inclusive offering provides. Experience a true barefoot-luxury escape on North Island.

Beachfront Villas on North Island

North Island features ten elegant yet relaxed Beachfront villas, set along East Beach and with direct access to the beach and ocean. Each villa is completely screened from view by careful sitting in harmony with the natural vegetation, ensuring total privacy as well as ocean views.  The open-plan flow of the villas invites exploration; the mixture of textures encourages touch and the organic shapes of the artisan-made furniture and fittings entice the eye. You’ve come home to your very own 450 sqm (almost 5 000 square feet) beach villa – the perfect, harmonious blend of rustic, sinuous forms and sophisticated design elements.  Each Beachfront villa offers total privacy, generous space, and your own exclusive tranche of the luminous white sands and turquoise waters of East Beach.

Villa North Island

Also known as Villa 11, Villa North Island is perched on the granite boulders at the far end of East Beach and is the quintessence of privacy and seclusion. The sheer volume, scale, and luxury of this villa are unimaginably decadent as it spreads out across multi-tiered levels, cascading down through a coconut grove, with direct beach access to the ocean below.  At 750sqm (just over 8 000 square feet), Villa North Island offers ample room for your mind to float free and for all your island fantasies to become a stylish, spacious reality. From the surprise of the concealed entrance across a leadwood bridge to the wooden waterfall of decks descending to the beach, Villa North Island offers the perfect setting for your honeymoon.  With an oversized marble bathtub – ideal for sharing – and perfect sunrise views, this is the ultimate North Island experience and the last word in honeymoon luxury and romance.

DINING

North Island offers an unmatched level of personalization and generosity to each guest, particularly with the culinary experience. All menus are designed in collaboration with Michelin starred Chef Akira Back tailored for each venue according to the latest Island harvest with special consideration being given to your favorites along with any dietary requirements. The many dining venues on the Island lend themselves to a range of food experiences depending on your mood. Laid Back by Akira Back offers gracious candlelit, private dining with the gentle sounds of the ocean setting the scene for a romantic evening. Sunset Beach serves up fresh hot pizza, salads, and tapas-style barbecue snacks, all perfect for sharing as you watch the sunset, lingering over a cocktail and relaxing music. The Private Dining experience is all about comfort food and choice. Enjoy the diverse options within your generously stocked pantry or the home-style menu, with a local Creole curry or classic dish of your choice, delivered to your door while you relax in the privacy of your own villa. Our chef will always discuss the menu with you and will effortlessly create your special requests to give you a completely personalized dining experience, should you prefer. Our culinary team will strive to spoil, surprise and delight you!

Laid Back – Laid Back offers gracious candlelit dining with the gentle sounds of the ocean setting the scene for a romantic evening. This is the ideal venue for a sophisticated date night and showcases the “smooth” aspect of the Island. Situated where the ocean meets the Island, the food offering in Laid Back draws on the freshest ingredients from both land and sea to give you a sumptuous dining experience.  The chefs give free rein to their imaginations as they are inspired by the seasons and flavors of Seychelles and the world beyond. A favorite dish is squid ink linguini with lobster, freshly caught red snapper, langoustines, and local octopus – perfect with a cold glass of fruity Chardonnay.

Sunset Beach – Sunset Beach by Chef Akira Back serves up fresh hot pizza, salads, and tapas-style barbecue snacks, all perfect for sharing as you watch the sunset, lingering over a cocktail and relaxing music.  Kick-off your shoes and let the sand run between your toes – you’ve discovered the “rough” side of North Island, the perfect counterpoint to the Piazza Bar & Lounge experience, and an evening you will want to enjoy at leisure. This is no place for haste, so let the mixologist create a B.O.B. Mojito for you as you unwind. A North Island twist on the classic cocktail with Island grew passion fruit, mint, and small bitter local oranges planted on the Island centuries ago by pirates seeking a place to bury their plundered treasures.

Private Dining  – The in-villa dining experience is all about comfort food and options. Enjoy the wide variety of snacks in your generously-stocked pantry or choose from the home-style menu, with a local Creole curry or classic dish of your choice, delivered to your door while you relax in the privacy of your own villa. We’ve taken the theme of comfort food and added a typically irreverent North Island twist – think childhood classics reworked to refresh your palette; dishes you know and love made just that little bit more fun.

Destination Dining  – North Island’s 201 hectares of natural beauty offers a wealth of secluded spots perfect for romantic moments for two, or special memories shared as a family. From the privacy of your expansive villa where you can dine overlooking panoramic ocean views to the romance of Honeymoon Beach, a paradise reserved just for you and your private beach picnic – the choice of picturesque destinations is endless. Enjoy champagne and canapés over a bonfire while watching the sunset from the rugged beauty of The Cross at the base of Spa Hill, a light lunch on the edge of the main swimming pool, candlelit dinner under the stars on the Helipad, a family-style barbeque in your villa with your private chef, a Créole dinner in the historic Library, or a private wine tasting with our sommelier in the cellar…  Your bespoke dining experience can be enjoyed anywhere on the Island. Our chefs will be delighted to discuss your precise requirements with you and your dedicated Guest Experience Host and Villa Attendant will bring them to life. Let us spoil, surprise and delight you!

SPA & WELLNESS

Exotic and rare, La Vie by Goldhands the Spa on North Island is a holistic journey of visual and textural contrasts, arousing the senses, rejuvenating the mind, body, and soul. On arrival at North Island, you will be invited to visit the Spa for complimentary welcome treatment at your leisure. Enjoy a private consultation with our dedicated therapists, who can create a bespoke spa experience tailored to your needs and preferences. Every treatment begins with our “barefoot ritual” designed to soothe away the stresses of travel, and allow you to slip seamlessly into the island way of barefoot luxury. A full menu of treatments is available, either at the Spa, with its stunning views down over granite boulders to the glittering ocean below, or in the privacy of your own villa for ultimate convenience and relaxation. La Vie by Goldhands uses a range of results-based aromatherapy, natural skincare, and wellness solutions founded on authentic Ayurveda principles. To celebrate the sense of well-being that infuses North Island, why not join us in saluting the sun at our morning yoga sessions? The perfect way to begin your day in calmness and serenity. For the more energetic, the gym (located just below the Spa) provides state-of-the-art Technogym equipment.

FAMILY HOLIDAYS

North Island is a wonderful place to explore and enjoy as a family. Let North Island become the ultimate playground for your children, with a wide range of activities on land or in the water designed to keep young minds and bodies active.  Each family’s North Island experience is tailor-made and our Beach Buddy program is based on the preferences of each child. The program is personalized to satisfy the most inquisitive and thrill the most-adventure-seeking. North Island also has a children’s play area with an arts and crafts area, jungle gym, swings, trampoline, and toys galore. Parents are invited to join in, but all activities are supervised to provide peace of mind. A full childminding service is also available to allow you time to enjoy the romance of the Island together. With your kids enrolled in North Island’s Beach Buddy program, you can take time out to reconnect with each other in complete peace and quiet – unless of course, you cannot resist a game of beach volleyball, a pizza-making lesson, or a pirate treasure hunt!

ROMANTIC GETAWAYS

North Island is the last word in romance. From its complete privacy and exclusivity to the natural beauty on every side, North Island makes for the ideal romantic hideaway. True luxury is uninterrupted time together and North Island provides so many choices as to how to spend it memorably. The North Island team delights in creating special moments for couples and ensuring that your experience is exactly what you want from your time on the Island. On North Island, you’ll have the feeling of having your own private island, just for two. The combination of personalized and discreet service and the endless sense of space and time creates an exclusive, relaxed ambiance of pure indulgence. North Island is the ultimate wedding and honeymoon destination as well as a special place to return to for anniversaries, but it’s also perfect for simply passing precious days together – just because. Few places on earth are as romantic as North Island.

HONEYMOONS

Time spent on North Island is priceless, giving you the feeling of having your own private island. Your privacy is total – discreet service so unobtrusive that your time together will be completely uninterrupted.  The indulgent luxury of your villa and the exuberant natural beauty of the island instill a deep sense of peace and harmony, allowing you to focus on what is really important in your life together.  Whether you are on honeymoon, babymoon, or simply passing precious days together, North Island provides the ideal backdrop to your unforgettable shared moments.  Privacy and exclusivity are watchwords on North Island, creating the perfect setting for your honeymoon and other key life moments you want to spend only with each other.

WEDDINGS

North Island is the ultimate beach wedding destination and the perfect place in which to pledge (or renew) your vows to each other.  Luxury, privacy, and exclusivity combined with outstanding natural beauty ensure a joyous day you will never forget. Pristine powder-white beaches form an idyllic setting for an elegantly simple, barefoot wedding ceremony as you celebrate in the company of your closest friends and family – or just the two of you.  The celebrations can then continue after the ceremony based on your unique wishes for your special day, whether a cocktail evening at West Beach Sunset Bar with a few close friends, a romantic dinner for two in the Piazza or the Library – or for the ultimate after-party, you can make a sole-use booking of the entire Island.  In keeping with our flexible philosophy, we do not offer a “Wedding Package” but prefer to handle and arrange each couple’s request individually and personally, thus tailor-making specific requirements. Let us take care of all your wedding planning requirements, and prepare to fall in love with North Island.

EXCLUSIVE USE

North Island already offers unimpeachable privacy and exclusivity, but you can lift this to a whole new level by booking the entire Island for you and your friends and family. The ultimate way to experience the world’s leading tropical island hideaway, with North Island as your own exclusive playground, tailor-made to your every wish.  The Island is the perfect destination for a wedding, renewing your vows, or celebrating a special occasion such as a milestone birthday or anniversary. Such significant events in your life call for a memorable celebratory trip, one that will become part of your family’s history for decades to come.  Private use of North Island gives you full use of all ten Beachfront Villas, plus Villa North Island, and guarantees that the entire staff and resources of the Island will be exclusively dedicated to making your Island moments happen just the way you want them to. This is your chance to own your stay on North Island.