This Week's Dream: A Private Island Off Madagascar

With its unique wildlife and extraordinary history, the vast Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world’s most “fascinating” countries.

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Extreme poverty, severe ecological problems and “primitive” infrastructure have long hobbled tourist development, says Peter Browne in Condé Nast Traveller – but this year, a new private island resort off its north coast looks set to catapult it into the region’s luxury superleague. Founded by South African financier Thierry Dalais – the man behind North Island in the Seychelles, one of the world’s “most exclusive” tropical sanctuaries – Miavana is “light and fun”, but also “audacious in its grandeur&rdq