The day starts with a short bus ride to Vallee De Mai, a national forest on Praslin declared by UNESCO as world's heritage site. Here is the only place where the Coco de Mer palm grows, producing heart shaped fruits.
Praslin, 27/04/03, Day 1
Excursion to Vallee De Mai and Anse Lazio beach
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The day starts with a short bus ride to Vallee De Mai, a national forest on Praslin declared by UNESCO as world's heritage site. Here is the only place where the Coco de Mer palm grows, producing heart shaped fruits. |
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| A Coco de Mer palm tree's leave. |
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| Young Coco De Mer fruits, still not heart shaped. | |
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| Hiking the Vallee De Mai forest on Praslin. | |
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| The Coco De Mer leaves are huge and sized several meters. | |
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| The day continues with a bus ride to Anse Lazio, a beautiful white sand beach on Praslin. |
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| The sand is very soft and extremely white. |
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| This white sand beach is also very wide with lot of room for the people coming here. In my opinion, this is the most beautiful beach through Alphonse, Mahe, La Digue, Bird Island and Praslin. | |
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| Huge granitic stones stay on the sides of the beach. | |
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| It is very relaxing to law down on the sand between the stones. |
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| A panoramic view of Anse Lazio beach from one end. |
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| A giant bat. |
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| Bus transportation on Praslin. I finally go back to my hotel by public bus. | |
SEYCHELLES PICTURES |
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ALPHONSE - An incredible wonder, part of the Amirantes group, about 400 Km southwest of Mahe'. Characterized by a huge lagoon and surrounded by sandy flats, it can also be used as a base for sightseeing and fly flishing trips to the nearby paradise of St. Francois, the kingdom of the mangroves and giant crabs. ALPHONSE DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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LA DIGUE - A granitic island where the time seems frozen at the past century. Can be entirely visited by bike and with its many opportunities for hiking and trekking, offers a lot of activities for either adventurous travellers and for who prefers to relax on a beach doing swimming and snorkeling. LA DIGUE DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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PRASLIN - Another granitic island, home of the world's only population of Coco De Mer tree, is also characterized by many white-sand beaches and can be used as a convenient base for several daytrips to the nearby islands. PRASLIN DAY 1 | DAY 2 |
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BIRD - A lovely paradise for bird watching and birding tours, hiking, swimming and snorkeling. Home of Esmerlada, a tortoise about 200 years old, this coralline island also hosts a colony of Sooty Terns coming here annually to feed and to grow their chicks. A large beach of pure-white sand surrounds the entire island for a circumference of about 5 kilometers. BIRD DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 |
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MORE INFO ABOUT MY VACATION TO SEYCHELLES This section contains information about the trip to Seychelles and theme pictures. SEYCHELLES INFO | SEYCHELLES WILDLIFE | SEYCHELLES VEGETATION | SEYCHELLES TRANSPORT | SEYCHELLES BEST PICTURES |
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