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$50,000-a-Night Resort Signals Africa’s Future in Luxury Travel

Capital from billionaire business moguls and Middle Eastern royals is pouring into Africa, filling a funding gap left by banks, as a new wave of ultra-luxury developments reshapes the continent’s hospitality landscape.
Virgin Limited Edition's safari camp, Mahali Mzuri, located within the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya.
Virgin Limited Edition's safari camp, Mahali Mzuri, located within the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya. (Virgin Limited Edition)
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A private island off the coast of Tanzania, where guests pay around $50,000 a night for an exclusive-use villa, catamaran and helicopter transfers within a protected marine reserve, is the latest frontier in Africa’s booming luxury hospitality market.

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