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YACHTCHARTER TÖRNVORSCHLAG SEYCHELLEN

Day 1: Mahé - La Cascade
After your arrival and a cordinal welcome at the base La Cascade your trip can directly start. First you visit Victoria the only town in the seychells which is also the capital. For a comfortable lunch you sail to the St. Anne Marine Park. This Park is a nature reserve area and will impress you with it's fascinating underwater world. It's the home of more than 150 different fishes. In the afternoon you can go snorkling and explore the stunning nature-aquarium and no brawly water sports will disturb you. Here you anchor for the night (approximately 10 US$ or 10 € / person).

Day 2: Silhouette - Bird Island
In the morning you eat a extensive breakfast and after that you sail to Silhouette. Here you can admire the nature of this inhabited but untouched island. Landing Fee approximately 20 USD or 20 € / person. Instaed of eating lunch on board you can go ashore and have a barbecue and take time to go swimming or snokling. Afer that you move on to Bird Island.

Day 3: Bird Island
You arrive at 5.30 a.m. on Bird Island. You should deploy the time until the morning to go fishing. Following you can visit the tortoises and also the famous oldest tortoise of the seychelles named "Esmeralda". She's over 150 years old and of course a visit worth. (Landing Fee is approximately 40 US$ or 40 € / person)

 

Day 4: St. Anne - Praslin
Directly after breakfast your trip continues to Praslin. Here you should visit the Vallée de Mai. The palm trees here are very imposing. They're partly up to 30m high and 400 years old. Your today's ambition is Anse Lazio in the North of Praslin. The beach here is known as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

 

 

 

Day 5: Praslin - La Digue
In the moring you achieve La Digue. This picture-book island will impress you with it's white sandy beaches and it's granitic rocks. You should explore the island with a bike or traditionally with a taxi, in this case with a bullock-carriage. Cars are here very rare. Visit the coconout fabric in which you'll learn interessting facts about the contemporary advantage of coconouts in commerce. This farm was bought in the 70er from the German Herbert Mittermayer and is still used for kopra-fabrication. The coconout and their manufactures have been the most importent export good for the Seychells in the past. The kopra from the pulp is high in vitamines, mineral and micronutrients. You'll find it in the cosmetics industry or in your food as an flavour enhancer. Not far from here you'll find the antique “House of Emmanuelle” on which the correspondent movie  was filmed and the huge tortoises and enjoy the pictorial beach of “Source d`Argent”. Make sure that you do not miss the often photgraphed “yellow house” during your stay in La Passe, which is said to be one of the most attractive buildings in the archipelago. You will be amazed by the breathtaking sight of Anse Source d’Argent in the evening, around one hour prior dawn, when the light gives the captivating scenery a magical illumination.

 

Day 6: Coco - Curieuse
Today you will sail to the island Coco, which is a “must” especially for  enthusiastic  snorkelers. Coco, is the perfect little pirate island with bouffant granitic rocks, a small beach, palm trees and cristal clear water with immense coloured shoals. Next is Curieuse, named after the schooner of the French East Indies company, which had been sent to Mauritius in 1768. The island lies around 2km in the north of Praslin. A short briefing about the “traffic rules” follows, because one has to learn that riding on the back of the huge tortoises is not allowed, as well as other information which as a fair guest one will be knowing already. In the southwest one can find the doctors house, which originates from the time in which Curieuse was still working as a leprosy colony. It now entails a small museum. On the island one can observe free running huge tortoises. The beach in the southeast and the bizzarre arris granitic rocks are worth a side trip.

Day 7: Curieuse - Grand Soeur Island - Félicité
In the morning you sail to "Grand Soeur Island". After a delicious barbecue you can explore the island by foot or you can go swimming. (Landing Fee approximately 20 US$ or 20 € / person) Enjoy the snow-white beaches of the seychelles and the recreative silence. Tonight you anchor by the island Félicité and tomorrow you go on to St. Pierre.

 

Day 8: Félicité - Saint Pierre - Praslin
Today you should go snokling or swimming. This beautiful litte island will impress you with it's characteristical granitic rocks in which live so many colourful fishes. Tonight you anchor in Praslin.

 

Day 9: Praslin - Cousin - Mahé
The almost circular island Cousin is around 29 ha big and a shelter for many endangered birds. The island was bought by a council for bird conservation in 1968, and with the help of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) became the beautiful nature reserve it is now. Observe countless brooding birds in the trees closely. Visit this bird paradise in which you can find five kinds of birds which are only present in the Seychelles.  Afterwards you sail back to Mahé. Your Yacht will be lieing on anchor in Beau Vallon.  On this admirable beach many kinds of water sports are offered with which you can busy yourself.

 

Day 10: Mahé
In the morning the island Theresa is on the programme. However you can also stop by the small capital Victoria instead. Here you'll find a little market. This market is well-known for it's fresh fish and local fruits. The smell here will overwhelm you because of the many different spicery and brightly coloured flowers everywhere. This awesome perfume will still stay in your nose after a few days and remeber you of this experience. In the evening everyone meets in the VPM base in Roche Caiman, where the collctive dinner closes up the impressive sailing cruise. Night stay in La Cascade.
 

Day 11:
In the early morning we unfortunately have to say good bye after the check out. Transfer to the airport or hotel.

 

dernière actualisation: 14.10.2011 location de bateaux en seychelles