Beautiful beach cottages

Mozambique is famed for its wild, unspoilt beaches, says Tatler Travel Guide, but if you want real peace and privacy you have to leave the mainland. The island of Medjumbe is only 1km long and 500m wide - a "tiny lash of sand that curls into the sea like a monkey's tail". The resort is intimate, private and "deeply unpretentious", with 13 air-conditioned beach cottages built as close to the water as you could get without floating away. The beach is brilliant white, and the coral reefs surrounding the island are untouched and unsurpassed. The huge bar and restaurant serves up whatever was caught that day, and "at night, the sky is so thick with stars it crackles". Africa Travel (0845 450 1541) has double rooms from £585 per night, full board. ·