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Long before we went to La Digue, I read about the fact, that there were no cars but only bicycles and ox vehicles. That sounded very romantic to me.
Well, unfortunately I succeeded to convince my husband to join one of these ox vehicles on our arrival and must say, that the tremendous high price ruined my romantic feelings very quickly! (We paid approx. Euro 10,- for just 300 metres) That was definitely not worth this price at all!
It is certainly somewhat of an experience (a good one???) - but after having been "trapped ", I must say, looking one of these ox vehicles is probably already sufficient and enough of "experience" ... ?!
I you can't resist (like me) - ask how far they will take you (or how long) and try to bargain a bit!
On our depart, we carried (pulled) our luggage to the port. Leave a Comment
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If your are booking a package tour or using services of a travel agent back home (wherever that might be), the chance is that your agent is using the TSS services and that you will be met by TSS personnel at the airport /in your hotel/at the pier. Fine, when all is paid for already, there's nothing extra to be added. TSS will give you further suggestions and options, and these things do not necessarily come cheap.
You might be better off using the services of the hotel or guest house where you are staying directly, hail e.g. a taxi yourself and negotiate daytrips around Mahe or Praslin, get your tickets and excursions to other islands, fishing and snorkelling trips organised directly with the transport companies etc. Our experience was that drivers and boatowners did not try to overcharge, but offered a fair deal. Leave a Comment
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While not entirely budget level, Seychelles style, this is the cost of a fairly comfortable life:
Flying there from Europe: 1000 E
1 night in a guest house/3 star and below hotel: 60 E
Breakfast: 10 E
Basic lunch/dinner w/ drinks/dessert: 20 E
Taxi from airport to Victoria 10 E
Snorkeling tour in a boat, half-day w/picnic: 50 E
Full day game fishing w/food and drinks: 200 E
Cat Cocos catamaran boat Victoria-Praslin: 20 E
Bike rental, one day: 8 E
A beer and a burger or pizza: 12 E
You may beat the prices here with organizing your own picnic on the beach, buying your breakfast, lunch, dinner and fruits and drinks out of the super market etc. And no problem, you are supporting the local economy and getting very decent food, too.
You can save on drinks by drinking tap water, which is perfectly safe.
If you gang up a few people and charter a fishing boat you may easily beat the price of a tourist agency or hotel’s offer for a fishing tour. If you rent a bike for several days in a row, you’ll get a discount etc. etc.
To beat the hotel costs, you can look at cheaper guest houses and non-service accommodation. Another way of going about it is to jump on an offer for accommodation and all the food included. That seemed to me to be a very good choice if staying in one place for a while. Leave a Comment
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The Seychelles tourist authority and state is eager to lay their hands on your cash, cards and cheques. It’s all about keeping currency reserves and viable trading currencies handy for the state. Nobody wants Seychelles Rupees. All said, the Seychellois are very nice when convincing you to part with your money. And they have indeed some very good suggestions.
There is a fixed exchange rate established by the State Bank. This is about 1 USD = 5 SRS.
Since people are rather desperate to leave the islands for holidays and work, and there are restrictions of how much foreign currency they can buy, there is another exchange rate, too. Brought on by the State rules the limited access leads to private need for dollars, euros, pounds and other currencies of key Seychellois’ travel destinations, and quite discreetly you may be offered a rate as much as 1:9, which probably reflects the real value of the rupee.
It is illegal to do black market exchange according to regulations you have signed on entry to the Seychelles, and you should never, never, never push for such a sale.
Smile, pay and check out the beach and waves - that's all for free!!!! Leave a Comment
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Despite the name, avoid EDEN bungalows, close to Port Glaud. It has very nice apartments, ok. But it has completely spoiled the landscape and the indian owner asks the highest prices of all!!! We found cockroaches IN THE BED, and they acted annoyed of having to change the sheets (!!), the 'restaurant' is awful, disgusting meals and outrageously expensive!
Plus, breakfast is not included and we spent $10 each for an horrible coffee and one egg... Leave a Comment
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Local currency is Seychelles Roopee, official change is $1 = SR 5. Black Mkt change is $1= SR 10, or even more if you change more money.
Black Market has always been so flourishing that government decided that after june 2001 all tourists must pay in dollars or euros.. Which is true in most cases, especially hotels. But untrue if you go to restaurants and if you're smart enough not to go to an agency, when you rent a car, wich officially costs $60 per day. Just to let you know.. Leave a Comment
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Uh! And don't forget to absolutely avoid Takamaka Residence!! The place is widely advertised, with semi-naked winking ladies on the pamphlets, but it's a dump! Filthy rooms, far from the beach (you have to pass through the forest and some dirty ponds full of mosquitos), it's located in a sort of valley where NO wind passes by and you end up gasping all the time.. Better stay home.. By the way, we paid $140 for 1 night!!!! Leave a Comment
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Be careful of some excursions they are expensive and you see only what the tourist company want you to see...My advice get friendly with the locals and pay them a small fee to show you the natural beauty most tourists never see. Leave a Comment
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