Admiral Charters Madagascar
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For those seeking an unusual vacation experience, Madagascar should be the destination of choise.  Whether you are an avid fisherman chasing the tail-walking Billfish or thrill-seeking scuba-diver or simply looking for a relaxing getaway, Admiral Charters Madagascar and its crew will ensure your stay onboard is a memorable one.

The Zanzibar Archipelago consists of several small islands lying off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean. Known as the Spice Isle, Zanzibar is a collective name for the group of islands of which Unguja and Pemba are the largest. Stone Town makes for an interesting cultural visit with its maze of narrow winding streets, coral stone houses, buildings fronted by long concrete benches known as barazas with huge intricately carved doors, vivid markets and colourful bazaars. Accommodation ranges from hotels to private house to beach camps. Zanzibar is truly idyllic and offers everything from its deep rooted culture to its beautiful powdery white beaches with fringing coral reefs and sparkling turquoise waters. The sea is shallow, but venture further and you’ll find spectacular coral reefs for superb snorkeling and diving centered around Mnemba Atoll to the north-west, and the Menai Bay Conservation Area, to the island’s south-west. The Maldive islands with its sparkling sun-kissed pure white beaches surrounded by crystalline lagoons in varying shades of blue studded with multi-coloured corals, swaying palm trees and warm azure seas abundant with exotic marine life are just a few of the reasons that a trip to the Maldives should be on everyone’s holiday destination list. Known for its deep blue seas, turquoise reefs, beautiful white sandy beaches, crystal clear lagoons and palm trees, the Maldives is a true Indian Ocean paradise. The near-perfect all the year round weather provide plenty of activities for holidaymakers from soaking up the sun aboard a luxury catamaran, diving the magnificent coral reefs, enjoying some incredible watersport activities including surfing, kiteboarding and skiing, visiting Male’ artificial beach, browsing its two markets to touring the magnificent Hukuru Miskiiy (Old Friday Mosque), one of the oldest mosques in the Maldives. The origins of the Maldivian people are shrouded in mystery. The Seychelles is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the legendary Vallée de Mai on Praslin where the Coco-de-mer nut grows high on ancient palms and Aldabra, the world’s largest raised coral atoll. The Inner Islands cluster mainly around the principal islands of Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, forming the cultural and economic hub of Seychelles and is the centre of its tourism industry. Together they are home to the majority of Seychelles’ accommodation facilities as well almost the entire population of the archipelago. Mahé, is the largest island of the Inner Islands and is home to the international airport and the nation’s capital of Victoria. With a backdrop of towering 1000m granite peaks, Mahé is an extraordinary treasure trove of flora that has evolved over centuries of splendid isolation. Rare endemic plants adorn Mahé’s mist forests in mountain strongholds, such as the Jellyfish Tree, the carnivorous Seychelles Pitcher Plant and the Seychelles Vanilla Orchid. La Digue is the fourth largest island in Seychelles and is named after one of the vessels in explorer Marion Dufresne’s fleet, sent by the French to explore Seychelles’ granitic islands in La Digue’s forests also contain a wealth of flora in the form of delicate orchids, tumbling vines of vanilla, as well as trees such as Indian almond and takamaka. Gardens blaze with hibiscus and nepenthes against a backdrop of swaying coconut palms. Félicité, a picturesque and steep granitic island, was a coconut plantation until the 1970s and was home to the Sultan of Perak, one of Seychelles’ most colourful exiles, who spent five years on the island before moving to Mahé. The island became protected as a reserve in 1967 and its seabirds include the world’s only hilltop colony of sooty terns, the only breeding sites among the granitic islands for the red-tailed tropic bird and roseate tern and the world’s largest colony of lesser noddies. It also boasts one of the densest population of lizards on earth and the natural home to one of Seychelles’ rarest endemic plants, Wright’s gardenia. Aside from Praslin, Curieuse is the only other island where the Coco-der-mer grows naturally, and also boasts an endemic vine and eight different species of mangrove. The island is also an important nesting site for hawksbill turtles.