The Seychelles archipelago, with over one hundred islands, lies four degrees south of the equator. It is locally claimed to be 'a thousand miles from anywhere'.
This sunshine destination, with its fantastic tropical beaches, exotic flora and fauna plus unique wildlife, is claimed to be the best ideal luxury holiday destination.
The hotels we feature are stunning and set in picture post card settings, most on powdery white beaches with a crystal clear oceans and coral reefs. Pampering and relaxation is well catered for and, need we say it, luxury spas amongst many other features offered.
For the ultimate in luxury, we offer private Island holidays too, for those who want the very best holiday hideaway.
For the more adventurous, island exploring is a must, especially if you venture to the jungle hillsides, cinnamon or banana plantations or spend a day exploring the capital.
Water sports including scuba diving, wind surfing is widely available in most hotels.
Even though this is an ex British colony, Creole, derived from mainly French, is spoken.
The people of the island are a melting pot of African, Asian, Arabian, Chinese and European. So the cuisine featured in most, if not all of our hotels, is truly international, catering for all tastes.
Little known facts about the Seychelles
Aldabra is the world's largest raised coral atoll and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is so vast that the whole of Mahé (The main Island) could fit inside its lagoon
Aldabra is home to the only flightless bird in the Indian Ocean, the White-Throated Rail as well as to 273 species of plants and ferns.
Aldabra also has the largest population of Giant Tortoises in the world; 150,000 in total.
Aride Island is an important breeding site for 10 species of seabird and the world’s largest population of lesser noddies. It is known as the seabird citadel of the Indian Ocean.
Seychelles is home to the world's heaviest land tortoise living in the wild. This is Esmeralda (304 kg) on Bird Island.
Mahé's rarest bird, the Bare-legged Scops Owl is so rare that it was once thought to have become extinct before being re-discovered in 1959.
The Sainte Anne Marine National Park, founded in 1973, was the first marine park in the Indian Ocean.
The first Europeans to discover the islands were Vasco da Gama in 1502 and Pedro de Mascarenhas 1505.
That the fabulous treasure of the notorious Pirate Olivier le Vasseur, (La Buze) today valued at $US 160,000,000, probably still lies buried somewhere at Bel Ombre in North Mahé.
That General Gordon of Khartoum made public his belief that Praslin's famous Vallée de Mai, home of the Coco-de-Mer was the original site of the Garden of Eden.
That Seychelles was once a pirate hideout, in particular Anse Forbans (means Pirate’s Cove) on Mahé and Côte d’Or on Praslin.
Did you know that Tracy Island, in the Thunderbirds blockbuster of 2004, was no other than the Seychelles North Island. Other scenes in the movie were also filmed in the famous Vallée de Mai on Praslin Island.
Anyone who can speak a little French will be able to largely understand Creole, which is much simpler to learn, as there is no gender and the verb endings remain constant.
