With just 11 bungalows dotting the southern tip of Mozambique's Benguerra Island, Kisawa is the ultimate eco-luxurious haven of biophilic design.

Kisawa Sanctuary is what one might expect generative AI might conjure when prompted with, “Create an exclusive eco-luxury resort with biophilic architecture situated on a remote verdant palm-fringed island rimmed by a swirling confluence of pristine white sand and azure water.” But imaginary, Kisawa is not. 
Kisawa’s landscape offers a diverse mixture of forest, beach, and sand dunes, only gently intruded by carefully constructed vernacular architecture made using local materials, each building positioned to give guests the feeling they have an entire island to themselves. With an emphasis on privacy, tranquility, and biodiversity, Kisawa is a tantalizingly remote IRL getaway. Located about 12km from the Mozambique mainland, the resort is only accessible by boat or helicopter, the sort of idyllic far-off island destination where sensorial awakenings emerge and the days seem to stretch and merge all at once. Unsurprising, considering Kisawa hosts a mere 11 bespoke one-, two-, and three-bedroom Residences for guests, each is assigned their very own one acre plot stationed to protect privacy across the resort’s total footprint of 300-hectares. This allows the privileged few to explore the island with the leisure of comfortable castaways (and privileged you are if you can afford the starting price of ...