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	Friday, 10 Sep, 2010
	Top 10 Best Private Island Resorts

Private island resorts are, in a sense, a badge of honor that confirms your wealth and affluence. These are the kinds of places that epitomize luxury to its very core, even to the point that the whims and caprice of thirty guests are taken care of by a staff of a hundred. To be true, you’ll have to pay a king’s ransom in order to go to a choice private island resort (for example, weekly rates for Richard Branson’s heavenly Caribbean resort begin at twenty-four thousand dollars per couple), but that’s the entire point of having a private island resort experience in the first place. It’s self-indulgence in the highest order and the enjoyment of services that no ordinary man could ever have—and it’s worth every last penny.

1. Fregate Island, Seychelles: Fregate Island in Seychelles is a private island that’s renowned for its modernized facilities, its world-class snorkeling, and its Anse Victorin beach that’s been voted by The Times as the world’s best beach. Let that sink in for a minute or two; the almond-tree-covered Fregate Island could very well have the one beach that beats all the other beaches on this planet in terms of the softest sand, the clearest waters, and the most enjoyable ambiance.

2. Nikoi Island:

Best Private Island Resorts

This virginal island filled with an unspoiled coast, pristine surroundings, and Eden-like beauty can give even the Anse Victorin beach a run for its money in terms of all-natural gorgeousness. It has gravity-defying white granite boulders, a rainforest with colossal trees and a multitude of bird species, biodiversity-laden coral reefs, and white sandy beaches straight out a postcard.

3. Cousine Island: Here’s another granite private island that’s located in Seychelles just west of Praslin Island. It offers four French Colonial villas at its beach, and it even doubles as a nature preserve since 1992. Because of its diminutive size, it’s one of the most exclusive and private islands out there, allowing only a maximum of ten guests at a time. By landing a reservation at Cousine’s private island resort, you’re assured of seclusion beyond par.

4. Laucala Island: The fanciful cosmos of the Fijian Pacific archipelago is blessed to have the Laucala Island as part of its territory. Laucala truly is a destination where dreams are made of, as evidenced by its ever-smiling locals, swaying palm trees, scenic panoramas, lush tropical vegetation, mild climate, turquoise water, peaceful beaches, and many other natural resources that makes it such a sought-after tourist spot for the richest of the rich.

5. Guana Island: This Caribbean paradise is part of the BVI (British Virgin Islands), contains a small resort and nature preserve, and is one of the last remaining privately owned islands in its part of the globe. This secluded little piece of land delivers over seven beaches with icing-like sands and eight hundred fifty acres of valleys, hills, mountains, and tropical forest.

6. Kamalame Cay: This ninety-six-acre private island getaway offers everything from the cadenced ocean surf to perfect seclusion due to its exclusive accessibility through seaplane or private ferry. It also provides some of the best diving and fishing spots you’ll ever find, a freshwater pool that surrounds the island in a loving embrace, and a few of the most beautiful beaches in the globe to date. It’s an island that personifies a perfect blend of romance, privacy, adventure, and elegance.

7. Musha Cay (David Copperfield Island): The famous (and infamous) Musha Cay is a hundred fifty acre private island found in the Southern Bahamas, particularly the Exuma Chain. Like the Cousine Island, only a select few guests can stay at this tropical hotspot at any given time (about twenty-four guests, to be exact). It’s infamous because this was supposedly the island where David Copperfield raped and assaulted a twenty-one-year-old woman (although the very same rape charges against Copperfield were ultimately dropped).

8. Le Taha’a Private Island: The flower-shaped, South Pacific private island known as Le Taha’a is considered to be one of the premiere hideaways in the world today. It’s an island that’s well-known for its tranquility, sparkling waters, glistening beaches, simple beauty, soft mountain shapes, and perfect seclusion. It’s also renowned for its vanilla crops, watermelon produce, and copra production.

9. Cayo Espanto: Cayo Espanto’s tourism industry lives and dies by the quality of its resort’s services. Exclusivity and privacy is always a given for private islands, so this island’s claim to fame rests with its combination of natural resources and modern-day luxury as well as its world-class, high-grade resort that will satisfy even the most discriminating and jaded of tourists. It offers unforgettable days and enchanting evenings full of the best hotel amenities and the most heavenly beach activities on earth.

10. Matangi Island: Fiji’s horseshoe-shaped Matangi Island proves that simplicity can win against overt lavishness as well. If you want a nature retreat in the truest sense of the term, then Matangi Island is your best bet. It has all the usual trimmings of white-sanded beaches, aquamarine lagoons, breathtaking panoramas, and a provincial ambiance that will truly make you one with Mother Nature.

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