• Petra Island, New York. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Petra Island, New York. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Petra Island is on sale for Dh55 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Petra Island is on sale for Dh55 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Maná Island, Brazil. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Maná Island, Brazil. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Maná Island is on sale for Dh9 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Maná Island is on sale for Dh9 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Wheelers Island, Connecticut. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Wheelers Island, Connecticut. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Wheelers Island is on sale for Dh11 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Wheelers Island is on sale for Dh11 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Motu Teta, French Polynesia. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Motu Teta, French Polynesia. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Motu Teta is on sale for Dh12 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Motu Teta is on sale for Dh12 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Lataro Island, Vanatu. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Lataro Island, Vanatu. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Lataro Island is on sale for Dh36 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
    Lataro Island is on sale for Dh36 million. Courtesy Vladi Private Islands
  • Foot's Cay, Bahamas. Sotheby's International Realty
    Foot's Cay, Bahamas. Sotheby's International Realty
  • Foot's Cay is on sale for Dh70 million. Sotheby's International Realty
    Foot's Cay is on sale for Dh70 million. Sotheby's International Realty
  • Sampson Cay, Bahamas. Sotheby's International Realty
    Sampson Cay, Bahamas. Sotheby's International Realty
  • Sampson Cay is on sale for Dh57 million. Sotheby's International Realty
    Sampson Cay is on sale for Dh57 million. Sotheby's International Realty
  • Navy's Acre Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    Navy's Acre Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
  • Navy's Acre Island is on sale for Dh5 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    Navy's Acre Island is on sale for Dh5 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
  • La Sistina, Argentina. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    La Sistina, Argentina. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
  • La Sistina is on sale for about Dh10 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    La Sistina is on sale for about Dh10 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
  • Bootleg Island, Georgia, United States. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    Bootleg Island, Georgia, United States. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
  • Bootleg Island is on sale for Dh3 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc
    Bootleg Island is on sale for Dh3 million. Courtesy Private Islands Inc

Luxury

10 private islands to invest in - in pictures

The properties range in price from Dh3 million to Dh70 million

Panna Munyal
Panna Munyal

November 06, 2018

  • English
  • Arabic

Islands epitomise luxury real estate. They are hard to find and even harder to develop, but as Farhad Vladi, founder of Vladi Private Islands, puts it: "If you own an island, you control what you see. If you buy a property on land, you have absolutely no control over that one neighbour with loud dogs, the other with wildcats and the third who blares his stereo. On land, your living experience depends on others; not so on an island."

Check out our gallery of 10 islands currently on the market, and read the advice that island owners Vladi and Chris Krolow of Island Hunters give here.

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