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The Privé Collection 2026 · A Private Experience

Kisawa Sanctuary

A sanctuary of self-contained residences spread across three hundred hectares of dune, forest and beach on Benguerra Island, each with its own pool, kitchen, staff and vehicle.

An island residence, not a room
Benguerra · Bazaruto, Mozambique 21° 54.77′ S  /  35° 26.74′ E
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Kisawa Sanctuary
The Island

Not rooms but residences, scattered so wide the island feels private.

Kisawa runs across three hundred hectares of Benguerra Island in the Bazaruto archipelago, and it rewrote the brief: each bungalow is a self-contained residence with its own pool, kitchen garden, staff and Land Rover, set so far apart you rarely see another.

It was built with new methods, including 3D-printed sand structures, and paired with the world’s first permanent ocean research station. The scale is the luxury: an island that feels like yours.

Overview Benguerra · Bazaruto
Setting
Three hundred hectares of dune, forest and beach on Benguerra Island
Accommodation
Self-contained bungalows, each with pool, staff and a vehicle
Exclusive use
Bungalows taken together, or the sanctuary exclusively
Getting there
Via Vilankulo, then a helicopter or boat to the island
The stay
Stay 4 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: dhows, the reef and the research station, arranged end to end
A residence on the dunes · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
WhatsApp Email Satopia reservations
The Island

Each bungalow is a small estate; the island between them is yours to have to yourselves.

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01 Accommodation

Residences with a pool, a kitchen and a car each.

Bungalows are thatch and natural materials over the dunes, one and two bedrooms, each with a pool, a private chef and butler, a kitchen garden and a Land Rover to roam the island. Distance between them is the point.

Held together they suit a family who want proximity with privacy; the sanctuary can also be taken whole.

Bungalows
On confirmation
Sleeps
1 & 2 bedrooms
Each has
Pool · chef · a vehicle
Use
Bungalows, or the sanctuary
A residence apart · 4:5
02 Culinary

Your own chef, and the island’s own catch.

Each residence comes with its own chef, so dining is yours to shape: Mozambican-Portuguese seafood, matapa and peri-peri, produce from the gardens, on your deck or wherever you want it on the island.

Beach barbecues, sandbank lunches and a central restaurant fill the rest; your designer sets the dhow picnics.

In the bungalow
Your own chef
The style
Mozambican-Portuguese seafood
Your own kitchen · 4:5
03 Experiences

Dhows, dunes and the Bazaruto reef.

The Bazaruto archipelago is a marine national park: sail traditional dhows, dive and snorkel reefs full of life, and look for dugongs, among the last in the Indian Ocean. On land, hike the dunes and explore the empty beaches.

The Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies, partner of the sanctuary, opens marine science to curious guests.

On the water
Dhows · reef · dugongs
On the island
Dunes · beaches · the research station
Dhows & dunes · 4:5
04 Wellness

A natural spa, and the ocean as therapy.

Wellness draws on Mozambican and holistic traditions, treatments in the open air, sound and breath work, and the sanctuary’s deep quiet.

With a chef, a pool and a car of your own, the whole stay bends toward restoration; the sea and the dunes do the rest.

The spa
Open-air treatments
The setting
Dunes, ocean & quiet
Air & ocean · 4:5
05 Service

A residence team, and one designer over the whole stay.

Each bungalow has its own staff, chef, butler, guide, so service is personal and constant without ever crowding. The wider team is largely Mozambican and proud of the island.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the residences, times the helicopters and stays one call away throughout.

At your residence
Chef, butler & guide
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
Quiet hospitality · 4:5
06 Setting

Bazaruto: an Indian Ocean few reach.

The archipelago is a string of sand islands off southern Mozambique, protected, dugong-rich, reached by helicopter across turquoise flats.

Kisawa is positioned on the southern peninsula of Benguerra Island, and staying funds the science that protects the sea around it.

Around you
Dune, forest & reef
Reached by
Helicopter or boat
The Bazaruto flats · 4:5
Moments

The sanctuary, in motion.

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Image slot An electric Mini Moke alone on the beach.
Image slot A dhow leaning into the wind.
Image slot A private pool above the dunes.
Image slot The flats turning gold from the air.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.

When to go
Best · April – October · the dry season, warm and clear; hotter and wetter Nov to March
31°
Jan
31°
Feb
30°
Mar
29°
Apr
27°
May
25°
Jun
25°
Jul
26°
Aug
28°
Sep
29°
Oct
30°
Nov
31°
Dec
Rainfall Driest August · wettest January
Dry season · ideal Green season · warm & wet Rainfall trend
For two

An island residence.

A dune bungalow with a chef, a pool and a car, and an island large enough to lose the world on.

For families

Space, and then more.

Two-bedroom residences, dune drives and reef days, with your own staff running it all.

For a gathering

The sanctuary, held whole.

Residences taken as one for a milestone, each party with privacy and a shared island.

For the ocean

Reef & research.

Dugongs, diving and a working marine station you can be part of.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.

The Satopia Advantage™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Kisawa, so we can hold your residences together on your dates, or take the sanctuary exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.

What we secure

The right residences, spread across the island, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the dhows and the dunes, the reef and the helicopters, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Dive & dhow crews
Marine scientists
Private chefs & butlers
Spa therapists
Childminders
Photographers
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Why longer stays feel short

Six nights still feel short to guests who find that the rhythm of the island takes a day or two to settle into properly. Villas sit on at least an acre with total privacy, making it easy to unwind in your own space. Days naturally fill with diving, whale watching in season and yoga slots, with meals and activities spread across different beaches and settings.

Let the tides and reef set your day

The snorkelling and reef here draw more genuine enthusiasm than almost anything else on the island, alongside walks out across the sand at low tide when it retreats a kilometre and leaves shells and sand dollars behind. Build a morning around this rather than the spa or dining, and treat the personalised, ever-changing meal locations as a bonus around it.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

Mozambique pairs with the bush and the cape. A few we would join to the sanctuary, each arranged as one seamless experience.

Image slotA safari · 9:16
The bush

A South African safari

Bush before beach: big-cat country in the Sabi Sand, then the reef to unwind.

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Image slotCape Town · 9:16
The gateway

Cape Town & the winelands

A few city and vineyard days on the way in or out: Table Mountain, the cape and the estates.

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Image slotVictoria Falls · 9:16
The river

Victoria Falls

The great falls and the Zambezi, an easy add on the southern-Africa map.

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Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · April to October

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • Butler service
  • Private Mini Moke buggy
  • Private pool & day area
  • Welcome drink
  • WIFI
Arranged separately
  • Helicopter transfer fee unless staying 7+ nights
  • Spa treatments

Kisawa Sanctuary is priced by the residence, by night and by season. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.

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