Giant tortoises from the Seychelles, flamingos from Cuba and an owner from Blackheath, London who goes by the name of Richard Branson.
Necker Island, part of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, was bought by the Virgin mogul in 1978 and for years remained the entrepreneur's private escape, with all the familiar trappings of any Caribbean destination, such as powder-white sand, bathtub warm oceans and spectacular scenery.
But recently the mogul has invited guests to enjoy the island - if they can splash out some £3,500 per night on one of the private accommodation options, each with their own pool, and with champagne on tap.
"Necker Island is my home and favourite hideaway," writes Richard Branson on the island's website. "I invite you to explore this idyllic island paradise for yourself and to be inspired by its beauty."
Richard has a house on the island, although currently being in space, he's unlikely to be there as we write, but by the time you book (Necker Island is currently on the UK's amber list) you may have the luck of running into the long-locked charity man himself while he sips a cocktail by the pool.
Guests after more than just relaxation can book water sports such as kite surfing, or take out a catamaran, or on land, enlist a pal in a game of tennis with sea views. And intrepid animal lovers can head out dolphin watching in the clear ocean.
Lay with the sea breeze for a spa treatment, or head back for a deep bath in the accommodation before heading out to party at one of Necker Island's evening soirees.
It wasn't always available to guests - back in the late-1970s Necker Island was Richard's private getaway with his wife Joan.
"I first heard about it when I was 27 years old," Richard says on the Necker Island website. "I was chasing Joan so I pretended I wanted to buy an island and the estate agent laid on a house and a helicopter for me and we came down for the weekend, saw this beautiful island from the air and put in a ridiculously low offer for it.
"About a year later they rang me up and said nobody else had come to see the island and if I upped the offer to $120,000, we could have it.
"So we bought it on that basis but then of course it was going to cost millions to actually develop. Fortunately the record company became the most successful independent record company in the world, and over the next few years we managed to get the resources together to make it what it is today.
"There was nothing on the island when we first came here. The only inhabitants that had been here were the Carib-Indians, hundreds of years before, we actually found some Carib-Indian arrow heads on this path. They left no trace of mankind."
The island had had its fair share of famous guests over the years.
Princess Diana and the young princes William and Harry came to Necker to avoid the paparazzi in the late-1980s and Kate Winslet, Mariah Carey and Robert De Niro are all Necker appreciators.
In 2011, during a devastating hurricane, Kate Winslet carried Richard's 88-year-old grandmother from one of the island's burning buildings to help her to safety.
Designed so "wonderful interesting people could come, debate issues, think, have a great time," in Richard's words, Richard calls Necker his home rather than his native London.
And those flamingos aren't just there for something pretty to look at - they've been reintegrated into the island's habitat because they used to live on the island historically.
So their reintroduction - along with the reintroduction of other native animals and a sustainable approach to tourism - is a way of securing the conservation of the species, and the island in general, for the future.
