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If you hanker after a tropical escape and a chance to play Robinson Crusoe with your family (or Blue Lagoon with your beloved, for that matter), then The Blue Door is for you. If you travel here from Durban your journey won’t even be too taxing – it’s 4 hours to the border and another 40 minutes to the house. And once you arrive and immerse yourself in the rhythm of life on the beach, you certainly won’t want to leave!
The Blue Door takes its name from the magnificent carved Indian door at the entrance to the property. It sets a tone for an exotic vacation space that embraces its position overlooking the sea in this remote corner of Mozambique. The estate where the villa is situated overlooks a magnificent, seemingly neverending beach and a marine reserve that is teeming with sea life. Explore the waters by kayak or venture to the reef for spectacular snorkelling that reveal fish in a kaleidoscope of colours and if you’re there in turtle season (between October and February), prepare for night time sorties to witness the turtles laying or once hatched, scrambling to the water’s edge.
The Blue Door embraces simplicity and effortless style. We love the layers of textures, from pebbled shower walls to woven bed throws and that the whole home is built from local timber – it really does enhance how at one with the environment it feels. You’ll see plenty of handhewn details throughout the villa (Mozambican craftsmen are renowned for their skills) and the open plan living space and bedrooms are dressed in a palette of muted tones punctuated with deep indigo-patterned mud cloth. These oh-so-easy surrounds call for languid days, long discussions on what’s for dinner, catching up on books you’ve been meaning to read and precious together time in what can only be described as a truly untouched corner of paradise.
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What you need to know…
the blue dooran, around 8 hours from Johannesburg and the property can be reached in around 40 minutes from the Kosi Bay border post
Reviewed by Vicki Sleet
Sleeps 4 adults and 5 children
R3 900 - R4 900