Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 28

A
nature-lover’s dream
vacation! Different
from the usual
Caribbean resort-style
escape. Something tranquil,
rustic and solitary. If that’s what
you’re looking for, then the tiny
Caribbean island of Barbuda is
where you need to be.
The trusted family-owned
business of Frangipani
Glamping, run by sisters Afiya
and Asha, offers a truly one-ofa-kind
experience. A mere 90
minutes away from the island of
Antigua by ferry, and 15 minutes
by air, a bucolic world awaits
on Barbuda’s eastern shores.
Ideal for nature-lovers, solitudeseekers
and those in search of
idyllic adventures, Frangipani
Glamping offers a quiet, rustic
cabana-experience, unique and
memorable.
With no city lights to offensively
overwhelm the friendly twinkles
glittering in the depths of
the night-sky, evenings at
this location will be surreal,
seemingly you’ll be the only one
in the vast universe! Days will be
quiet, undisturbed by humans
– only the fleeting glimpses of
local critters scurrying about on
their daily routines, will disturb
the natural environs.
Frangipani offers a twelvefoot
by twelve-foot cabana - a
basic wooden structure, with
a queen size bed, a hanging
space for clothes and a vanity
area. At the back of the cabana
is a semi-outdoor kitchen with
a two-burner stove, equipped
with dishes and a sink for
preparing meals accompanied
by the soothing sounds of this
tropical oasis. If an outdoor
kitchen isn’t enough to make
you feel at one with nature,
Frangipani Glamping also offers
wonderfully rustic outdoor
showers. Solar power indoors
and an outlet for charging the
mobile phone provided to
guests by management, brings
a hint of the modern world into
this picture, sharply intrusive
but necessary.
About sixty percent of
Frangipani’s guests arrive
from Europe and the United
Kingdom, with the other forty
percent coming from all over
the globe. The age range of
guests varies from twenty to
forty years and visitors typically
stay for at least three to four
nights and many make return
trips.
Found on the eastern, Atlantic
side of the island, the cabana is a
five-minute walk from Two Foot
Bay which is a public beach, but
many a day will go by without
seeing another human. Barbuda
is safe, all of the locals know
each other and guests are
respected and welcomed. On
this tiny, 62-square-mile island,
culture is authentic, residents
are friendly, and because
commercial tourism has not
made its potentially disruptive
appearance, this island is the
ideal place for tranquility.
There are a number of activities
for guests which includes