Mahé Transportation

The best way to get to Mahé, of course is with an airplane... As there is no connection from Brussels to the Seychelles, we took it in Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport. The flight lasts a bit more than 9 hours. You may find it a bit long, especially if you fly at night and can't find a good position to sleep... but you can always listen to creole music, and already taste the atmosphere of the Seychelles ;-) If you fly during the day, look outside the window, you can see the pyramids of Egypt if you are lucky : -) And the crew is really nice too, make you feel you already are in the island !
A flight to the Seychelles is usually very expensive, around 1000 euros...But if you look on the internet, you'll find less expensive solutions. We had an opportunity of flight and hotel included almost for the price of the plane ticket...

We decided to rent a car for a day with our new friends and share the costs, which was a great thing, because we had a lot of fun together !
And again we were lucky... The day we went to visit them on Sainte Anne Island, we couldn't find our way to the shuttle...we were totally lost, and entered a shop to ask our way. There was this guy there who kindly offered to drive us to the shuttle harbour. Another sign of the Seselwa's kindness !
We told him about renting a car and he appeared to be in the business. So he made us a price for a jeep...
Well, if you need a car on Mahé, ask Patrick

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Walking from your cruiseport to the town is easy and it will not take more than just a few hundred meters untill you are leaving the port-area. Controls at the port-gate are not very severe and it is enough to show your ships-landingcard. First you will walk along some officebuildings on the left and a large park on the right, before you get to the monument
with the 4 fish. From there you will get to the centre of town and the famous clocktower within just 3-5 minutes.

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The Jardin du Roi is one of the highlights of any roundtrip on the island of Mahe. I had booked such a halfday-tour onboard of our cruiseship and payed 45 Euros for it. First we drove along the coast before we went uphill for the farm, that is an openair-museum nowadays : you will see the manor-house, lots of exotic trees and plants (they even have a coco-de-mer), spices like pepper and nutmeg, there are some giant turtles as well as exotic birds and we got a glass of a local drink.

The International Airport of Victoria / Mahe is about 15 km south of Victoria, directely at the ocean. A highway is taking you there, but you better leave Victoria in time, because there might be quite a trafic-jam in Victoria at certain times of the day.
here are some excellent infos about this airport in german !
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and here are some infos about it in english

We decided to select the Hotel Transfer as our transportation to and from the airport. The hotel driver met us at the airport gate. He loaded our baggage and got us settled in the air-conditioned SUV. We were handed cold water bottled as well as fresh cold towels to refresh our hands and faces. The ride from the airport was about 30-45 minutes in duration and was very pleasant. Along the way he pointed out local sights and attractions as well as some history of the area. Our return trip to the airport was just as easy and pleasant.

Our transfer cost us 50 Euros but was well worth it for the comfortable ride as well as the air-conditioning.

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There is no shortage of available taxis to take you where you need to go. We were fortunate to meet a great taxi driver "Frank" who we used throughout our trip. Most hotels, restuarants and shops are happy to arrange a taxi for you or call a taxi of your preference.

Fares depend on the distance and the taxi driver. A one way trip from our Hotel to Beau Vallon Beach cost us anywhere from 80 Rupees to 150 depending on the driver.

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Walking around the island can get rather interesting with the absence of sidewalks once you get out of Victoria. Many times during one of our roadside walks from the hotel we had near misses as trucks and cars sped up around turns and curves cutting it rather close to us. Many of the roads are along high cliffs that leave you no option but to jump down many feet to injury if a car or truck decided to get a bit too close.

Be alert and careful when walking; not all drivers are observant of pedestrians. Leave the walking to the daylight hours when you are visible. Nighttime roads don't have street lights so play it safe and take a bus or cab.