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The Independent, UK:We stayed at Benguerra Lodge, on Benguerra Island, a collection of 11 thatched chalets built on stilts in a milkwood forest beside a perfect white beach. The style was hippy chic, the mood relaxed, the food terrific. An upturned dhow on the beach turned out to be the main bar, and dinner the first night - spicy calamari, crab salad and barbequed fish - was at tables lit by torches stuck in the sand. One honeymooning couple opted to have their romantic candle-lit dinner further down the beach.
The lodge boasted of a wide range of activities, such as visiting local schools, markets or crocodiles, but every time we tried half-heartedly to arrange something, either the Jeep was broken or there was no boat available. This meant that there was nothing else for it but to spend the mornings diving with perhaps a brief stop somewhere like Pansy Island, home to the rare patterned shells used to decorate the hotel, and afternoons roasting on the deserted beach. As dusk fell there was time for a stroll along the beach while local women hitched up their skirts to dig for razor clams, followed by a beer at the bar watching the dhows go by. Then it was dinner and early to bed. Pure bliss.