North Island is a luxury private island resort, in the heart of Seychelles. The resort has created an exceptional destination, where unashamed luxury, bespoke service and a generous all-inclusive offering combine to give you exceptional privacy and exclusivity in your tropical home away from home.
At the same time as perfecting the barefoot luxury approach to private island holidaying – often copied but never bettered – the resort has also embarked on an ambitious programme to restore North Island to its original natural glory.
A haven for endangered endemic species as well as for people seeking an ocean paradise where a holistic approach to your wellness ensures an authentic and romantic experience from the moment you arrive.
Cradled in a bowl formed by three granite peaks, the luminous white beaches, lush forest, and waving palms of North Island offer a peerless and exquisite private island setting venue for the perfect honeymoon or family holiday.
North Island features just eleven private guest villas, offering each guest an unparalleled sense of exclusivity and luxury.
The villas have all been created from local materials harvested during the island rehabilitation process. Your villa will become your own private beach home.
The colours evoke the marine environment and the fusion of rough and smooth textures and simple and sophisticated forms combine to create an entirely authentic, contextual, and sumptuous sanctuary.
Your experience on this private island is completely customised to the holiday you are seeking. The rules on North Island are the ones you make yourselves: your schedule is only as full as you wish it to be, and the dress code reflects your own personal style.
During 2014, the latest softs and décor refurbishment introduced a refreshed colour palette, designer bathroom fittings, and re-emphasised sense of place – all ensuring that North Island continues to set the global standard for luxury private island hideaways.
Also known as Villa 11, Villa North Island is perched on the granite boulders at the far end of East Beach and is the quintessence of privacy and seclusion.
The sheer volume, scale and luxury of this villa are unimaginably decadent as it spreads out across multi-tiered levels, cascading down through a coconut grove to a private beach entry into the ocean below.
At 750sqm (just over 8 000 square feet), Villa North Island offers ample room for your mind to float free and for all your island fantasies to become a stylish, spacious reality.
From the surprise of the concealed entrance across a leadwood bridge, to the wooden waterfall of decks descending to the beach, Villa North Island offers the perfect setting for your honeymoon.
With an over-sized marble bathtub – ideal for sharing – and perfect sunrise views, this is the ultimate North Island experience and the last word in honeymoon luxury and romance.
Unlike the Presidential villas, Villa North Island is only available to be booked by couples.
North Island features ten elegant yet relaxed Presidential villas, set along East Beach and with direct access to the beach and ocean. Each villa is completely screened from view by careful siting in harmony with the natural vegetation, ensuring total privacy as well as ocean views.
The open-plan flow of the villas invites exploration; the mixture of textures encourages touch and the organic shapes of the artisan-made furniture and fittings entice the eye.
You’ve come home to your very own 450 sqm (almost 5 000 square feet) beach villa – the perfect, harmonious blend of rustic, sinuous forms and sophisticated designer elements.
Each Presidential villa offers total privacy, generous space, and your own exclusive tranche of the luminous white sands and turquoise waters of East Beach.
North Island offers an unmatched level of personalization and generosity to each guest, particularly with the culinary experience.
Daily menus are designed according to the latest Island harvest with special consideration being given to your favourites along with any dietary requirements you may have. The many dining venues on the Island lend themselves to a range of food experiences depending on your mood.
The Piazza offers gracious candlelit, private dining with the gentle sounds of the ocean setting the scene for a romantic evening.
The in-villa dining experience is all about comfort food and choice.
West Beach Bar serves up fresh hot pizza, salads and tapas-style barbecue snacks, all perfect for sharing as you watch the sunset, lingering over a cocktail and relaxed music.
Enjoy the diverse options within your generously-stocked pantry or the home-style menu, with a local Creole curry or classic dish of your choice, delivered to your door while you relax in the privacy of your own villa.
The chef will always discuss the menu with you and will effortlessly create your special requests to give you a completely personalised dining experience, should you prefer.
The culinary team will strive to spoil, surprise and delight you!
Your food experience can be arranged and enjoyed anywhere on the island and the chefs will be delighted to discuss your precise requirements with you, and bring them to life.
It’s exactly like having your own private chef to effortlessly create your special requests, giving you a completely personalised dining experience, should you prefer.
The natural beauty of North Island includes is a great variety of secluded spots just perfect for a romantic moments for two, from sundowners by the Cross to a picnic on Honeymoon Beach or a dinner under waving coconut palm fronds.
The in-villa dining experience is all about comfort food and options.
Enjoy the wide variety of snacks in your generously-stocked pantry or choose from the home-style menu, with a local Creole curry or classic dish of your choice, delivered to your door while you relax in the privacy of your own villa.
The service has taken the theme of comfort food and added a typically irreverent North Island twist – think childhood classics reworked to refresh your palette; dishes you know and love made just that little bit more fun.
Someday all room service will be this well done.
The Piazza offers gracious candlelit dining with the gentle sounds of the ocean setting the scene for a romantic evening. This is the ideal venue for a sophisticated date night, and showcases the “smooth” aspect of the Island.
Situated where the ocean meets the Island, the food offering in the Piazza draws on the freshest ingredients from both land and sea to give you a sumptuous dining experience.
The chefs give free rein to their imaginations as they are inspired by the seasons and flavours of Seychelles and the world beyond.
A favourite dish is squid ink linguini with lobster, freshly caught red snapper, langoustines and local octopus – perfect with a cold glass of fruity Chardonnay.
It’s not unknown for turtles to emerge from the ocean and nest on East Beach during lunch or dinner at the Piazza, adding a unique dimension to your meal.
The Piazza seamlessly extends on to the beach to give you a range of al fresco dining options, in the shade of a towering takamaka tree by day or underneath a milky canopy of equatorial stars by night.
Kick off your shoes and let the sand run between your toes – you’ve discovered the “rough” side of North Island, the perfect counterpoint to the Piazza experience, and an evening you will want to enjoy at leisure.
This is no place for haste, so let the mixologist create a B.O.B. Mojito for you as you unwind.
A North Island twist on the classic cocktail with Island grown passion fruit, mint, and small bitter local oranges planted on the Island centuries ago by pirates seeking a place to bury their plundered treasures.
Exotic and rare, the Spa on North Island is a holistic journey of visual and textural contrasts, arousing the senses, rejuvenating the mind, body and soul.
The dedicated team of professional masseuses use natural herbal ingredients from the island in the treatments, connecting you in the most primal way to the Eden you have discovered.
On arrival at North Island, you will experience the famous “barefoot ritual” designed to soothe away the stresses of travel, and allow you to slip seamlessly into Island mode.
A full menu of treatments is available, either at the Spa, with its stunning views down over granite boulders to the glittering ocean below or in the privacy of your own villa for ultimate convenience and relaxation.
The Spa on North Island uses Thalgo marine spa cosmetics, created from the sea for the ultimate sensory spa experience.
For the more energetic, the gym (located just below the Spa) provides state-of-the-art Technogym equipment.
Enjoy and relax during your own full body Thai massage and you will get a full satisfaction!
Morning yoga session is the perfect way to begin your day in calmness and serenity!
Let North Island become the ultimate playground for your children, with a wide range of activities on land and in the water designed to keep young minds and bodies active, to satisfy the most inquisitive and thrill the most adventure-seeking.
The Island’s gentle gradients and shady forest paths are ideally experienced by bicycle, giving you the chance to spot colourful birds as they go about their daily routines, unfazed by the sound of whirring wheels.
You could be forgiven for never wanting to leave North Island – but there is also a whole archipelago out there to explore. Optional extra full-day excursions on board one of the full-equipped guest boats let you explore more of what Seychelles has to offer – the culture, cuisine, and scenery of an island nation.
The waters off North Island offer excellent chances of a good catch, followed by a delicious meal – and nothing tastes better than your own fresh-caught sushi or chargrilled tuna steak!
Accompany one of the guides for the stroll up Spa Hill to the best views of North Island, learning along the way about the Noah’s Ark Island rehabilitation programme, the indigenous wildlife of Seychelles, and maybe meeting a tortoise or two.
Time spent on North Island is priceless, giving you the feeling of having your own private island. Your privacy is total – discreet service so unobtrusive that your time together will be completely uninterrupted.
The North Island boutique is the perfect place to shop for stylish accessories for your Island lifestyle, or unique gifts and keepsakes for friends and family. Each piece in the boutique tells a story of travel and adventure, of a life spent exploring the world and collecting precious memories.
For a more challenging marine workout, check out a paddle board from the dive centre and adopt a more balanced approach to life, in the warm waters off East Beach.
The dive centre features indoor and outdoor changing areas and showers, displays about the natural history of the waters off the island, and a typically warm North Island welcome from dive master Daniel and his team.
The perfect way to explore the calm turquoise waters around North Island as a couple. Enjoy a gentle work-out paddling in the light swell – with phenomenal views down through the crystal-clear waters to the reefs below.
Snorkeling in the Indian Ocean just off North Island allows you to glide along the line where the sky meets the sea, giving you a dolphin’s eye view down through the warm-crystal clear waters to the inshore reefs.
North Island is the ultimate beach wedding destination and the perfect place in which to pledge (or renew) your vows to each other.
North Island is a wonderful place to explore and enjoy as a family.
Let North Island become the ultimate playground for your children, with a wide range of activities on land or in the water designed to keep young minds and bodies active.
Each family’s North Island experience is tailor-made and the Beach Buddy programme is based on the preferences of each child. The programme is personalised to satisfy the most inquisitive and thrill the most-adventure-seeking.
Parents are invited to join in, but all activities are supervised to provide peace-of-mind.
A full childminding service is also available to allow you time to enjoy the romance of the Island together.
With your kids enrolled in North Island’s Beach Buddy programme, you can take time out to reconnect with each other in complete peace and quiet – unless of course you cannot resist a game of beach volleyball, a pizza-making lesson or a pirate treasure hunt!
NORTH ISLAND
PO Box 1176 VictoriaMahé Seychelles