Seychelles, which is often described as the original "Garden of Eden", located 1000 miles off the east coast of Africa just south of the equator. Island hopping is the best way to explore this archipelago of 115 islands, many of which are just over coral atolls. The 17 km long and 5 km throughout the main island of Mahe is said to have the smallest capital in the world, Victoria. The rest of the island is bathed in the rain forest and steep mountainous interior. Small "Out Islands" is true pensions "Robinson Crusoe" with its deserted beaches and rustic living room.
Seychelles have a slogan that describes their injuries. "Unique about a thousand miles" A thousand miles from their nearest neighbors on the East African coast, the country consists of over a hundred tropical islands scattered over a million square kilometers.
The Main Islands
The main islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue are characterised by the granite rocks from which they are formed, creating impressive rocky peaks at their centre, and softened boulder sculptures around each coast.
Mahe is the largest island, the first contact, and its tiny capital bustles with the business of colourful island life beneath a backdrop of forests and granite outcrops. Praslin is quieter, less populated and a perfect location for exploring impressively beautiful beaches and nearby islands, such as the smaller, laid back latitude of La Digue.
The numerous outlying islands are mainly coral atolls, natural enclaves for absolute peace and relaxation surrounded by startlingly clear seas that are pure joy to dive, snorkel and swim.
These are worlds apart, mostly unpopulated but for the single, small lodge that overlooks their clear coral sands, and for the masses of birds, turtles and coral reef dwelling creatures that make these colourful islands their home.
From time to time and distance separating the islands sparkle like jewels, each with its own natural beauty and full of birds, animals and native plants - as strange and beautiful Coco de Mer, the world's largest seed and signing wealth of endemic Seychelles natural phenomena. These are most easily seen in the ways surprisingly primitive site Vallée de Mai on Praslin World Heritage Site, where more than 6000 Coco-de-Mai palms continue to thrive.
