Elle, Tom Marchant, founder of bespoke travel company Black Tomato.co.uk
7 Oct 2008
Fundu Lagoon, Zanzibar archipelago
You can only get to this remote Pemba Island hideaway by boat, which creates a fabulous sense of isolation. Co-owned by fashion designer Ellis Flyte, the style is the last word in barefoot chic, with rugged wooden walkways and thatched tented lodges. Each lodge is almost hidden in tropical foliage, and has a private pool and an open side facing the ocean, so at night you fall asleep listening to the waves.
Blacktomato.co.uk can arrange doubles from around £2399 for seven nights, full board.
Haggerstone Island, Australia
Do you like the idea of spea-fishing for your own dinner, then eating it on a sand cay surrounded by turquoise water? How about waking up in a polished-timber tree house set high in the jungle canopy, accessed only by rope bridge and with ocean views? For total Castaway-style isolation you can't beat staying on a private island. This on is 600km off the coast of Cairns, and comes complete with lush jungle, white-sand beaches and blue lagoons. Accessible only by chartered aircraft and boat, it sleeps up to eight in luxe hand-built huts. I dived on coral reefs, relaxed on my own private beach and trekked the wild jungle. Meals are prepared by the very people who discovered the isle.
Blacktomato.co.uk can arrange doubles from £2,500 for seven nights, full board, including transfers and activities.
