What do you think about the interpretation of the first clue?
Second, I tried to see if the first clues match Hermit or not – the wiki gives "Hermit Islands – Papua – New Guinea." And there's not a word about these islands... And the culture of the inhabitants of Schwarzwald is somewhat isolated (hermit - recluse).
Maybe the Berbers, but as I wrote before, the clue options are either multifaceted (they should be considered without additional detective work – after all, there might not have been any), or they don't fit at all. It is quite possible that both the clue and the additional hint point to the geography of Europe – but I haven't noticed any particular information about that either.
