Denis Island Lodge

Layout

Denis Private Island offers just 25 individual private chalets, separated by natural vegetation, set a few steps from the beach.
The lodge serves healthy, local cuisine, with some produce coming directly from the island's own vegetable gardens.

The lodge's main building is designed as an open-air space, with an angular roof and exposed rafters. This multi-level space houses the restaurant, bar and lounge, and opens onto a superb wooden terrace overlooking the ocean and a circular pool. The bright, modern décor combines plump white sofas, rattan terrace furniture with patterned cushions, and elements of stone, wood and shell, creating an atmosphere that is both warm and luxurious.

Rooms

The 25 luxury beachfront cottages, ranging in size from 90 m² to 350 m², are all decorated in a colonial style with modern touches. The spacious rooms evoke the Seychellois colonial style of the past. The bathrooms, open to the outdoors, and the small gardens adjoining every room bring the calm of nature indoors.
The cottages are all equipped with a sitting area, tea and coffee facilities, air conditioning, a safe, a private bathroom and an outdoor shower. 
You'll particularly appreciate the expansive outdoor relaxation areas, equipped with daybeds, salas, open-air showers and, in the Beach Villas only, private pools. All cottages sit directly on the beach and have private loungers on their own patch of sand. While the accommodations are mainly designed for two people, family cottages are also available.
There is no Wi-Fi in your room, nor satellite television. You disconnect from the digital world for a paradisiacal retreat.

SPA

Using only local products, the wellness centre is as unique as the island itself. In fact, there is no spa as such: treatments are given in your chalet, in the open air.
Or, for an experience amid the sounds of the forest, book a treatment under the casuarina trees, lulled by the rustle of the waves and the call of white terns.

Activities offered

This is a place where you can swim along legendary beaches renowned worldwide for their pristine beauty, explore a sea turtle sanctuary with mask and snorkel, and fish the drop-off of the continental shelf… all in the same day.

Head out at dawn with the rangers to spot tracks left by turtles that have come ashore to lay their eggs, or walk through the forest in search of Madagascar magpie-robins and paradise flycatchers, learning more about the breeding and tagging programme for these threatened birds.

For a quieter experience that lets you meet the island's residents, a simple walk or bike ride reveals plenty more: century-old tortoises, the farmyard, animal enclosures, the chapel, the staff quarter (a community of its own), and much else besides.

Fins, masks and snorkels, kayaks and paddles are provided for exploring the island's surroundings and lagoon at your own pace.
The PADI-certified dive centre offers several dive sites, as well as certification courses for beginners.