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The sleepy little capital of the Seychelles is worth a visit for half a day - it won't take you much longer than that! The market is quite nice, the clock tower and the botanical gardens. A few shops to help you be parted from your cash. That's it.
This is the easy way to see the reef if you do not want to snorkel or scuba dive. Usually the guide will bring some bread with him to attract the fish, and then pick one up for you to see it really clearly.
I should imagine that one of the main reasons you have come to the Seychelles, has to be the beach. Walking along the beach first thing in the morning, before the rest of the world wakes up, as the only two people on the sand - can anything be more romantic than that?
The famous Vallee de Mai on the island of Praslin, is the only place in the world where the giant Coco de Mer grows. This lush, tropical valley is the most important national park in the Seychelles. Early explorers thought that this was the Garden of Eden.You can see a great variety of wildlife here. As well as the Coco de Mer trees and fruits, I saw Latannyen Lat Palms, Horne's and Seychelles Pandanus, Jackfruit, Bronze-eyed and Green Geckoes and Fruit Bats plus several species of birds, including Seychelles Sunbirds.
L'Union coconut and vanilla plantation on the island of La Digue is the most picturesque and interesting in the Seychelles. The old, French plantation owner's house is now used as a holiday home by the president of the Seychelles, and Tony Blair and his family stayed there.It is still, nonetheless, a working plantation, where copra is produced.
We all use pepper, nutmegs and other spices... but we never see it growing. I really liked to see the plants and trees bearing those spices or exotic fruits we find in our supermarkets. Mango, corossol, papaya, guava, etc... It's funny to see how they grow "in real" :-)I don't know for Praslin and La Digue, but on Mahé, there is a spice garden called Jardin du Roi, where you can get informations about those exotic fruits and spices.
I've always loved exotic trees and flowers, and since I was a child, I've always dreamt of going to those places where palm trees grow ;-) Well, in Mahé they are everywhere, I wasn't disappointed ;-)But if you have the opportunity to go to a botanical garden while you are in the Seychelles, do it, it is really worth it ! You'll get explanations on all the trees and tropical plants and flowers that grow there. Very interesting !
Yes, Mahé is a quite mountainous island and offers plenty of trekking possibilities ! The Morne Seychellois can be seen from almost everywhere on the island and contrasts so well with the beautiful white colour of the sand of the beaches.This is a picture of the "Three Brothers Mountain" taken in Victoria.
Anse Soleil is one of the beaches of Mahé that I liked the most. Although I lost my snorkeling shoe there :-)If you click the picture, you'll see that we're not the only ones to love paradisiac beaches... dogs too like to play in the waves when the sand is too hot to stay on :-)Many beaches are great on Mahé, some small, some bigger, with big waves or calm turquoise water... you'll certainly find the one that suits you best :-)
Don't miss Mahé, please ! The largest island of the Seychelles is home to the capital, Victoria, and really deserves a visit :-) Eight days weren't enough to me to discover everything it has to offer...See my Mahé page for more details !The picture represents a sculpture of Pierre Poivre, the man who first introduced spices in the Seychelles.
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