Five days island-hopping through the Seychelles — Beau Vallon’s beach scene on Mahe, the powder-white sand of Anse Lazio on Praslin, a bicycle ride to Anse Source d’Argent’s boulder-framed lagoon on La Digue, and a UNESCO palm forest and a boatload of giant tortoises on Curieuse Island — with real hotels, ferry operators, and 2026 prices for every stop.
Day 1Arrive on Mahe — Beau Vallon Beach & Victoria Market
Land at Seychelles International Airport, settle into a beachfront resort, and ease into island time with an afternoon at the country’s most popular beach.
✈️ Airport Transfer — Seychelles International Airport to Beau Vallon
~30 minutes · SCR 400–500 / ~$28–35 USD by taxi
Mahe’s only airport sits just south of Victoria; taxis meet every arriving flight, though pre-booking through your hotel is common and keeps the fare fixed.
🛎️ Check-In: Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino
From $214 USD / night, for 2 people
A four-star beachfront resort directly on Beau Vallon’s two-kilometer stretch of sand, the most developed and popular beach on Mahe.
Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino · berjayahotel.com/mahe
🏖️ Afternoon at Beau Vallon Beach
~2–3 hours · free
Calm, shallow water and a line of beachside grills and bars make this the social heart of Mahe’s beach scene — Sunday evenings bring a beach barbecue market.
🛍️ Victoria Market & the Capital’s Sights
~1.5 hours · free to browse
Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market sells fresh tuna, cinnamon, and vanilla pods a few minutes from the clock tower at the center of one of the world’s smallest capitals.
Day 2Ferry to Praslin & Anse Lazio
A fast catamaran crossing to the Seychelles’ second-largest island, ending at one of the most photographed beaches in the Indian Ocean.
⛴️ Ferry: Cat Cocos, Mahe to Praslin
~1 hour · from $60 USD one-way
The Seychelles’ main inter-island ferry operator runs several daily high-speed catamaran crossings between Mahe’s Victoria harbor and Praslin’s Baie Ste Anne.
Cat Cocos · seychelles-ferry.com
🛎️ Check-In: Coco de Mer Hotel & Black Parrot Suites
From $280 USD / night, for 2 people
A beachfront hotel on Anse Bois de Rose with its own shuttle to Anse Lazio, one of Praslin’s best beaches, a few minutes up the coast.
Coco de Mer Hotel · cocodemer.com
🏖️ Afternoon at Anse Lazio
~2–3 hours · free
Powder-white sand between two headlands of giant granite boulders, with takamaka trees leaning out over turquoise water — regularly ranked among the world’s best beaches.
🍽️ Dinner: Grilled Fish on Anse Volbert
~1.5 hours · $20–30 USD / person
Grilled red snapper and octopus curry at one of the beachside restaurants along Praslin’s second-most-popular beach strip.
Day 3La Digue — Anse Source d’Argent & L’Union Estate
A day trip by ferry to the Seychelles’ most laid-back island, explored the way locals do — by bicycle.
⛴️ Ferry: Praslin to La Digue
~15 minutes · from $15 USD one-way
A short hop across the Baie Ste Anne channel to La Digue’s La Passe harbor, where ox carts have mostly given way to bicycles as the main way to get around.
🚴 Bicycle Rental at La Passe
full day · from $10 USD / day
Bikes are the standard way to see an island with almost no cars — rental stands line the harbor road a few steps off the ferry jetty.
🏖️ L’Union Estate & Anse Source d’Argent
~2.5 hours · entry $10–15 USD (covers both)
A working coconut and vanilla plantation with a giant-tortoise pen and a preserved 19th-century colonial house, whose grounds are also the only way in to Anse Source d’Argent — a shallow lagoon threaded between pink granite boulders that’s arguably the Seychelles’ most photographed beach.
L’Union Estate Park · lunionestate.com
🍽️ Lunch: Creole Buffet in La Passe
~1 hour · $15–25 USD / person
Grilled fish, breadfruit, and octopus curry at one of the small family-run Creole restaurants near the jetty, before the afternoon ferry back to Praslin.
Day 4Vallee de Mai & Curieuse Island
Praslin’s own UNESCO World Heritage rainforest in the morning, then a boat out to an island full of giant tortoises in the afternoon.
🌴 Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve
~1.5–2 hours · entry $35 USD for foreign adults
A UNESCO World Heritage palm forest — the only place on Earth the coco de mer palm grows wild, its seed the heaviest in the plant kingdom — walked on raised boardwalks under a canopy little changed in millions of years.
Seychelles Islands Foundation · sif.sc
⛴️ Boat Trip to Curieuse Island
half day · from $70 USD / person, including a snorkeling stop
A short crossing from Praslin’s Anse Volbert to a former leper colony turned nature reserve, home to several hundred free-roaming Aldabra giant tortoises and a mangrove boardwalk.
Curieuse Island Excursions · curieuseislandexcursions.com
🐢 Giant Tortoises & St. Pierre Snorkeling
~2 hours · included in the boat trip
Curieuse’s tortoises amble right up to visitors on the beach; the granite islet of St. Pierre just offshore is one of the region’s best snorkeling stops for parrotfish and the occasional reef shark.
🍽️ Dinner Back on Praslin
~1.5 hours · $20–30 USD / person
A last Creole dinner on Anse Volbert before the return to Mahe tomorrow.
Day 5Return to Mahe & Departure
A final ferry back to the main island, with time for one more swim before the flight home.
⛴️ Ferry: Praslin to Mahe
~1 hour · from $60 USD one-way
The same Cat Cocos catamaran route back to Victoria’s harbor, with morning and midday departures timed around international flight schedules.
🏖️ Final Swim at Beau Vallon
~2 hours · free
A last few hours on Mahe’s main beach, a short taxi ride from the airport, for anyone with a late-afternoon flight.
✈️ Departure from Seychelles International Airport (SEZ)
at your own pace
Direct flights connect Mahe to hubs across Europe, the Gulf, and East Africa.
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