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Aerial view of a small granite island covered in green, ringed by pale shallows and dark reef patches in deep blue open sea

When to Go to the Seychelles: Two Winds, and What They Do to Your Week

There is no dry season and no rainy season in the usual sense. There are two winds, they change which coast is calm and which one collects seaweed, and April and October sit between them.

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Curieuse and St Pierre from Praslin: Seven Listings, Two Islands, €46.53 to €130

The same two islands are sold seven different ways. What you are actually paying for is lunch and hours – plus a park fee that is not SCR 200, whatever a blog told you.

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La Digue by Bike: The Gate Fee, the Tide, and Why Anse Source d’Argent Disappoints People

There are no scooters and barely any cars. There is a gate you have to pay at, and a tide that decides whether the most photographed beach in the Indian Ocean is swimmable.

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A pale green Creole plantation house with a wide veranda and steep grey roof, seen across a mown lawn between palms and mango trees

Mahé With a Driver: What the Private Island Tour Actually Covers

The most-reviewed private tour in the Seychelles, and the one trail you are not allowed to walk alone. What to ask for, and when to hire a car instead.

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Aerial view of a wide white beach curving around a turquoise bay, with catamarans at anchor and wooded hills rising behind the treeline

Praslin and La Digue in One Day from Mahé: The Honest Arithmetic

Three islands, eleven hours and up to €266. Sometimes it is the right call. Here is how to work out whether it is yours – and which listing to avoid.

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Aerial view of a white boat with a grey canopy anchored over turquoise shallows, with several snorkellers in the water beside a dark reef

Sainte Anne Marine Park from Mahé: Which Boat Day Is Actually Yours

Six islands, one park fee the boats rarely mention, and four very different days on the water. What Moyenne, Cerf and the sandbank are really like.

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A sandy path between low green bushes leading past granite boulders to a thatched shelter and pale turquoise water

Anse Lazio, Anse Source d’Argent, Beau Vallon: Which Beach Works on Which Day

Three beaches on three different islands. One has lifeguards, one has no reef and quick currents, one sits behind a gate that closes at six. The differences decide your day more than the photographs do.

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People wading onto a bright sandbank in shallow turquoise water, with green mountains and towering clouds behind

The Seychelles with Children: Boats, Tortoises and the Length of the Day

Children of 12 and under do not pay the marine park fee, the shortest island trip is four hours and the longest is eleven. Which of those numbers you pick decides how the day goes.

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A snorkeller in a full-face mask standing with arms outstretched in shallow water at the edge of a beach strewn with granite rocks and backed by dense green trees

Snorkelling the Seychelles: From the Beach, or From a Boat?

Shore snorkelling here costs a park fee and nothing else. Boat snorkelling costs from €46.53 and takes you to granite pinnacles you cannot swim to. The choice is mostly about which reef you want.

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Vallée de Mai: SCR 450, a 15:30 Cut-off, and Whether You Need a Guide

The most expensive gate in the Seychelles, and half of what you pay leaves the island. Opening times, the walking routes, and what a guide actually adds.

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