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Azura Retreat is a luxury boutique eco-retreat, built and operated in partnership with the local community. The retreat has just 15 villas, each with its own infinity pool and designed for the ultimate in pampering and privacy. The villas combine modern elegance with traditional Mozambican design. All are air-conditioned villa and have their own beachside sala and are spacious, covering an area of 650m².
The public areas are open to the beach and sea with views across calm blue waters to the Indian Ocean. Furnished with cool contemporary cottons and the textures of Africa, they are open to the natural breezes. Azura has a restaurant, bar, lounge and library. The cuisine is based on fresh local Mozambican produce, much of it home-caught or home-grown. Some of the wines from the extensive wine cellar include fine wines flown direct from the owner's chateau in France's Loire Valley.
Azura is situated within a National Park, on the north-west of Benguerra Island, Mozambique. There are many water-based activities available to guests including snorkelling, diving and fishing. Guests can also go out with the Dugong protection team and search for this shy endangered mammal, help protect and release the turtles from their nests on these shores, sail on a dhow, cruise to deserted beaches and swim with dolphins.