Fourteen villas on the private island of Nosy Ankao, off Madagascar's far northeast, reached by helicopter over a turquoise channel, where blue safaris fill the days and the Indian Ocean does the rest.
Miavana sits on Nosy Ankao, the largest of a five-island archipelago off Madagascar's far northeast: fourteen villas along a white beach, a conservation island around them, and the helicopter flight in as the opening scene.
Days go to the blue safari, diving, snorkelling, kite-surfing and deep-sea fishing, with lemur forests on the mainland a flight away and humpback whales passing in season. It is as far from the crowd as the Indian Ocean gets.
Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.
The villas curve along the sand in glass, timber and stone, one to three bedrooms each, with private pools, sea-facing salons and the channel turquoise beyond every window.
Held together they take a family or a party; the whole island can be yours alone.
The kitchen cooks what the channel gives, line-caught fish, lobster and the island gardens, served in the piazza, in your villa or barefoot on the beach.
Dinner moves with the day; your designer arranges the private tables.
Days go to the water: diving and snorkelling the reefs, kite-surfing the channel, deep-sea fishing beyond it, and turtles nesting on the island's own beaches.
The helicopter opens Madagascar itself, lemur forests and baobabs on the mainland, and humpback whales pass from July to September.
Treatments run in the spa above the sand and in the villas; yoga takes the deck at first light.
The deeper work is done by the island itself, the warm water, the distance, the quiet.
Each villa runs with its own dedicated team, guides for the water, hosts for the days, drawn largely from the surrounding coast.
Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the villas, times the helicopter and stays one call away throughout.
Nosy Ankao is the largest of five islands in a turquoise channel off Madagascar's northeast tip, run as a conservation project, turtles on the beaches, seabirds on the neighbouring islets, reefs offshore.
The nearest crowd is a helicopter flight away. The remoteness is the luxury.
Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the helicopter, the guides, the villas held for you alone.
A villa on the sand, the reef at the door and nobody beyond it.
Snorkelling, turtles, kites and sandbanks, guided and safe.
Fourteen villas and a private archipelago for a milestone.
Madagascar's forests by helicopter, humpbacks in the channel.
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™
We hold the relationship with Miavana, so we can hold your villas together on your dates, or take the island exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.
The right villas, on the right stretch of beach, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.
Every day composed by one travel designer: the blue safari and the lemur forests, the helicopter and the flights, present when wanted, unseen when not.
A few words from guests who have stayed on the island, lightly shortened from their own reviews.
The helicopter in over that water is a scene you never forget. Our villa had its own team, the reef was minutes away, and we saw more turtles than people. Extraordinary.
Diving in the morning, lemurs on the mainland by helicopter in the afternoon, whales from the deck in the evening. Barefoot luxury on a genuinely private island.
The Indian Ocean rewards a wider loop. A few we would pair the island with, each arranged as one seamless experience.
Lemurs, baobabs and rainforest lodges, a flight from the island.
Add to your enquiryGranite islands and inner-island sailing, north across the water.
Add to your enquiryBush before beach: the classic East African pairing.
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Miavana is priced by the villa, by night and by season, with the helicopter transfer and excursions additional. 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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