Seychelles | 8 days itinerary
Where it all starts...
Day 1 - Landing on Mahe and getting to Praslin
Before you will hop on the small plane/ferry to Praslin remember to do few things at the airport.
- exchange the money - there will be other places but airport had the best exchange rate
- buy public transport card
- check in for your 20 minutes flight
It's quite a ride so even though it is more expensive than ferry you want to experience that.
We booked our stay in this hotel and we can surely recommend it.
For dinners we went to a la carte restaurant (Hibiscus restaurant) which is cheaper then buying the buffet.
They also have plenty of vegetarian meals so this is not an issue.
Day 2 - Exploring Curieuse Island
Must have on Seychelles.
Book this trip to Curieuse Island to see Giant Turtles in advance as the places are limited and for sure you cannot skip this one. We used GetYourGuide tours.
During the trip you will also have 2 snorkelling spots, where you can meet marine life - sea turtles including if you are lucky.
I need to show you also the sunset we experienced when we got back to the hotel.
Day 3 - Exploring Praslin Island
On this day we were using public transport to move around - we needed 5 rides in total so 50 rupees per person.
Vallee de Mai is national park which offers plenty of trekking trails to choose from. We chose the longest route and this was the best option as most of the guided tours are doing the short circle.
Walking through the Praslin jungle on a mission to find black parrots and coco de mer palms. :)
After the small trekking here we decided to visit one more place.
The access to it is restricted although everyone is passing it. The water breeze is really refreshing and the road that lead to it, is really scenic.
In the second part of the day we wanted to relax a bit, so we choose to see most popular beach on the whole island.
Pro tip: if you stay at Coco de Mer Hotel check with them the days they have free trips to this place.
This is one of the most popular places on Praslin, here you can see the real life of people and visit local shops as well as use takeaways.
The most scenic place here is the lying palm which is basically spot for people to meet. :)
After this we came back to the hotel for the sunset.
Protip: sunset on Seychelles starts after the sun is already down, so don't leave just after sun disappears from the horizon.
Day 4 - Relax on Praslin and sightseeing of north La Digue
Our hotel was providing some water sports like kayaks and SUP's for free so in the morning we decided we want to enjoy still the time left for us and chose to swim on SUP's.
After this short morning relax we hop on the ferry to La Digue. The journey last 20 minutes so don't worry about the sea sickness.
This time instead of the hotel we chose guesthouse, to have more local experience.
Remember that La Digue is car free island so you need to rent a bike.
Before we started to explore we needed to have some lunch. This is how we ended up in the best takeaway on the whole Seychelles. Go there quite early as in the evening there is a really big que and the dishes are quickly sold out.
You can choose the beaches along the north coast of La Digue as you wish. We decided to spend some time on above 2, although Anse Grosse is really long one.
Day 5 - Exploring South La Digue
For us the day started with rain, but this didn't scared us. Even better, because we were almost alone everywhere :)
Those 3 beaches are next to each other. You will leave your bike near to Grand Anse and you need to go by foot to the others. Total route took us 1h one way, so take that into account.
Protip: take trekking shoes if you have ones.
If you love nature try to get to Anse Cocos as first thing in the morning. There is a possibility to meet there small sharks in the natural swimming pool.
On our way back we choose another takeaway to eat in.
The food is also nice and the lady that owns the business is one of the kindest persons we met there.
On the very same day we scheduled for 2 pm crystal kayak trip (3h).
I don't recommend 1h trip, you won't see anything that is not reachable on foot.
Here I would let the pictures talk for me.
Day 6 - Relax and hopping to Mahe
On this day we decided to be back to most beautiful beach in the world. This place has some magic in it so we thought this is worth to pay 2 times the entrance fee and enjoy those beaches a bit more.
This left me speechless simply and if I have to choose 1 island on Seychelles this will be it.
On our way to the ferry port we decided to eat something. This time we will spend 1,5h on the ferry and it can get quite dizzy so if you have sea sickness consider taking some pill.
We can recommend this place for lunch, however the size of the meal is really big and you cannot sit there if you use takeaway instead of restaurant.
After renting the car on Mahe (we did it online via SIXT) on this day we planned only small sightseeing of Victoria.
You need around 1h to see it all.
After this stop, we checked in our hotel, refreshed a bit and left again for the sunset.
The swimming pool is amazing, so try to stay in this amazing location.
There is no parking, but people are leaving cars down the street so you need to remember not to park under the palm trees. :)
Last stop on this day - I have this thing that I am trying pizza in every country in the world, so on Seychelles we found this place and we can surely recommend it.
Day 7 - Exploring Mahe Island
As the breakfast at the hotel was quite expensive, we decided to find something on our own.
After gathering some proteins and power we moved to Copolia Trail. This is not really easy hiking as it turned out, so for sure you need good shoes (I did it in flip flops, but don't be me).
The view on top is magnificent and you can meet there another endemic species.
As we went back to the car we decided to do some short break in Takamaka Rum Distillery.
It wasn't so short as it turned out, because for 10 euro you have tasting of 7 different rums.
Pro tip: arrive around 1h before the free trips that are mentioned on their website and do the tasting at the beginning. You will sober up in those 2h spend there.
We wanted to have at least half of the day for relaxing instead of exploring, so we moved to this beach after rum tasting and stayed there for few hours. There is no beach bar, but fruits and cocos are available to buy.
You will leave the car on the street or if you want to park legitimately you can use parking which is right after the beach ends.
Although be careful there are strong currents in those waters here.
For sunset we choose the same beach and you wouldn't imagine what happened with the sky on this day.
It started casually but, then boom!
I am not able to explain how is that possible, because as in the first picture those weren't the clouds which created those lines.
Most of the international flight are in the evening, so this day is completely up to you.
We decided to still explore Mahe a little bit more and booked jeep trip.
Please don't expect to have here real off-road like on the desert, although if this is your first time in such big car it can be quite adventurous.
After that and 2 more panoramic spots (similar views to Copolia trail) we had a lunch at one of takeaways (be prepared that not much vege options are there) then we moved to interesting place that doesn't exist on the map.
Kayaking on huge lake near to Police Bay.
Try to find it on google maps - you won't see there any lake for sure. This experience was one of the best we had during whole stay and I've never in my life seen such big palms and such small and clear border between turquoise ocean and black lake.
So after that we were dropping off our car at the airport and checked in on our plane back to Warsaw.
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Enjoy exploring!
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