You could be mistaken for thinking you already know the story — one featured on a thousand holiday adverts for a half-dozen destinations. A tale of tropical Indian Ocean isles resplendent in their geographic isolation, where snow-white beaches slip gently towards warm shallows of turquoise waters hiding offshore reefs. Of obligatory coconut palms arching over the sands, echoing with mysterious bird calls and providing shade for nesting sea turtles from a sun that radiates from a near cloudless sky.
But you don't. At least not the whole story. Located in the northern Mozambique Channel, the tiny tri-island nation of Comoros is emerging as an adventurous alternative to the better known Seychelles, as little as 400km northeast.
It's unlikely you'll find the beaches of Grande Comore (also called Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali) or Anjouan (Nzwani) occupying ‘best of’ spots, like those of Mahé or Aldabra. Those such than .
