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A Seychelles beach in the inner granitic islands

Primary island · Indian Ocean

Seychelles

The only mid-ocean granite islands on earth. Vast weathered boulders the colour of pewter, sitting in shallow turquoise — a landscape that photographs like nowhere else and supports wildlife found nowhere else.

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Granite, not coral

The place

Most tropical islands are coral or volcanic. The inner Seychelles are fragments of an ancient continent, which is why the beaches are punctuated by house-sized granite boulders worn smooth over millions of years. Anse Source d'Argent on La Digue is the most photographed beach in the world for exactly this reason. The isolation also produced endemics: the coco de mer palm, which grows only in the Vallée de Mai on Praslin, and giant tortoises on Aldabra. Island-hopping is easy and expected here — Mahé, Praslin and La Digue are a short ferry or hop apart.

Gateway
Seychelles International Airport (SEZ), Mahé
Best months
April to May and October to November
Green season
December to March — warm and wetter, calm seas
Currency
Seychellois Rupee
Language
Seychellois Creole, English, French

What it is known for

  • 01Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue — granite boulders and shallow water
  • 02Vallée de Mai UNESCO site and the coco de mer
  • 03Anse Lazio and Anse Georgette, Praslin
  • 04Aldabra Atoll — UNESCO, and one of the least-visited places on earth
  • 05Ox-cart and bicycle as the normal transport on La Digue

Getting there

The approach is part of it

Flying in

  • Mumbai / Delhi5–6.5 hours, usually one stop
  • Dubai4.5 hours direct
  • Nairobi3 hours direct
  • Paris10.5 hours direct

The last leg

  • Domestic flight

    Mahé to Praslin takes about 15 minutes and is spectacular.

  • Cat Cocos ferry

    Mahé–Praslin–La Digue. About an hour to Praslin; the practical, scenic option.

  • Helicopter

    The only sensible way onto several private islands.

Where to stay

17 resorts in Seychelles

Every rate on request. Tell us the month and the shape of the trip and we will say which of these actually fits.

Routings we build here

Three Islands

11 nights · Mahé, Praslin, La Digue

Three Islands

Eleven nights across the three main granitic islands — hillside villas above a private bay, then golf and Anse Georgette, then bicycles and the most photographed beach on earth.

The Private Islands

9 nights · Two islands, almost nobody else

The Private Islands

North Island's conservation project followed by Six Senses Zil Pasyon's granite architecture. Between them, fewer guests than a single mid-size resort.

Worth knowing

  • Island-hopping is the norm — plan two or three bases rather than one.
  • Seaweed washes up on some beaches from June to September; it is seasonal and localised.
  • This is the most expensive of the three primaries, and the least resort-uniform.

SuitsIsland-hoppers · Photographers · Nature and conservation · Privacy at scale

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