The Seychelles is renowned for it’s tropical beauty, white sandy beaches and lush green forests. While many holiday-makers prefer to laze on our warm sands with a cocktail in hand (who could blame them), the more adventurous travellers chose to lace up their hiking boots and explore the wilder side of the[…]
It’s been a good 8 weeks since we last posted a “La Digue Construction Update” so thought it was about time we shared with you all the exciting news on site. We are certainly on the home straight, with most of the main structural elements now complete and moving into the finishing stages. […]
Unhurried. Unspoiled. A hidden treasure. Just a few degrees south of the Equator lies a hidden treasure in the Ocean… like scattered jewels… garden islands hidden away from all but the most discerning visitor… a visitor looking for warm turquoise blue waters lapping gently onto soft white sandy beaches… but[…]
The past two weeks we have been enjoying the ultimate #staycation, playing tourist as we show our good friend Sophie around our beautiful island nation. Last week was spent island hopping between Praslin and La Digue, seeing all of the tourist hotspots such as the Vallee de Mai, L’Union Estate and[…]
From the smallest frog, to the heaviest land tortoise and the only flightless bird in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles nurtures an amazing array of endemic species surrounded by untouched, exceptional natural beauty. Our islands are considered a living museum of natural history and a sanctuary for some of the[…]
The unspoilt islands of the Seychelles are the perfect nesting grounds for all sorts of wild life. This week we are going to show you the most well known and rarest birds of the Seychelles, the Black Parrot and Black Paradise Flycatcher. Black Parrot One of the most famous and[…]
The Seychelles and its people are often described as a ‘melting pot of cultures’ – originally settled in the 18th century by Europeans who brought African slaves to work on their plantations, the 19th century saw Indian, Chinese and Arabic traders arrive on the islands as well as free settlers from around the[…]
The millions of years that the Seychelles islands remained uninhabited enabled a unique collection of flora and fauna to develop and thrive. There are an estimated 75 endemic plant species currently found in the Seychelles plus an further 25 species estimated to be in the Aldabra atoll – not to mention the huge number of unique land and marine life[…]