The island of Fernando de Noronha is the natural habitat of a particularly dazzling species of South American fauna. They usually roam in pairs, the female recognisable by her silicone-enhanced curves and the male by his surfboard and impossibly well-toned physique. If you are rich, sporty and Brazilian, this is where you come for your holidays.
You have to be well-off, in local terms, because the only way to come is by air. The island - the largest in an archipelago of the same name - is 350km (220 miles) off the northeast coast of Brazil. It attracts an outdoorsy crowd, since there is little to do apart from snorkle, surf and walk. Former Formula One driver Pedro Diniz flew in on his private jet when I was there. I arrived more modestly in a propellor plane on the short hop from Natal, the nearest city on the coast.
When the plane circles before landing you circumnavigate the island. You see the main island’s rugged volcanic contours which enclose some of the most untouched and beautiful beaches in Brazil, and the scattered, tiny black islands around it. It doesn’t look like a lush desert island - more as if someone has transplanted a part of the Hebrides to the equatorial south Atlantic.
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