Comoros - Under a Silvery Moon on the Indian Ocean

Not on everyone’s list of places to make a surfing project, Comoros is an obscure group of volcanic tropical islands well off the beaten track in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar.

Just getting to Comoros is an exercise in itself. These islands are certainly not part of the “get off the plane and take a taxi to a luxury hotel” routine - far from it. Comoros is not easy at all, hence the near-total lack of tourism to these islands.

One of the reasons for the general lack of visitors is a history of political violence, dating from independence from France in 1978. At this time, a national referendum was held and three of the four islands voted to become an independent nation, the Union of the Comoros, with one of the main islands; Mayotte, voting to remain part of France.