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A week among the only granite islands in the middle of an ocean. Everywhere else out here is coral or volcano. The Seychelles are a piece of continent left behind when Gondwana broke apart, which is why the beaches have those enormous rounded boulders and why nowhere else looks remotely like it.
We sail the inner islands in short, sheltered hops: Mahé to Praslin to Curieuse to La Digue and back. One proper passage on the second day. After that, most days are two or three hours of sailing, and the rest is swimming, walking somewhere green, or whatever you pick that morning.
January is the calm season in the Seychelles: flat water, a 29 °C sea and the best visibility of the year. Easy sailing between the islands, and the best month for snorkelling and diving.
Every guest cabin is a private ensuite double with a real double bed, its own toilet and shower, and air conditioning. Both boats make their own fresh water, which is what lets us spend the week on quiet anchorages instead of in marinas.
Curieuse is a marine national park with giant tortoises wandering the beach, a mangrove boardwalk and the old doctor's house. We land, walk, and cook dinner on the sand.
Shallow turquoise water between granite boulders the size of houses. Granite islands in the middle of an ocean, left behind when Gondwana broke apart, which is why nowhere else looks like this.
An 18 m granite face on top-rope in the morning, eight ziplines through the forest, a waterfall walk, and snorkelling straight off the boat in the afternoon. Everyone picks their own.
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The route is tentative. Anchorages and the order of the islands move with weather, swell and park access. The islands and the week stay the same.
Land on Mahé whenever your flight gets in. We collect you from the airport and bring you to Eden Island Marina, where the boats are waiting. Cabins claimed, provisioning stowed, safety and systems brief with the skippers.
No sailing today: we stay alongside in the marina. That is deliberate. Most long-haul flights land here in the evening, and because nothing moves until Sunday morning, a late arrival just walks down the pontoon and goes to bed in their own cabin. The chefs cook the first dinner aboard, you meet the crew and the rest of the group, and everyone starts the week rested.
Lines off after breakfast for the one proper passage of the week: roughly 40 nautical miles of open water between Mahé and Praslin, with trolling lines out behind both boats. January is wahoo, yellowfin and dorado season, and anything that comes aboard goes straight to the chef.
Mid-afternoon arrival and a swim at Anse Lazio, routinely ranked among the best beaches in the world and, unlike the famous ones on La Digue, rarely crowded.
Morning options on Praslin: the coco-de-mer forest at Vallée de Mai, a UNESCO site holding a palm that grows the largest seed of any plant on earth; the ridge trail at Fond Ferdinand; a two-tank dive; or the game-fishing charter.
Everyone back aboard around midday for the short hop north to Curieuse, a marine national park with a few hundred Aldabra giant tortoises roaming loose, a mangrove boardwalk and the old leper-colony doctor's house. We cook on the beach.
The only paid berth of the week, and worth it: you step off the boat onto the island and hire bikes at the jetty, which is how everyone gets around here.
Ride to Anse Source d'Argent: shallow turquoise water between granite boulders the size of houses. Options: the climb to Nid d'Aigle for the whole-island view, the full coastal loop, or a beach and a rum and no further ambitions.
A snorkel stop at St Pierre, a granite islet the size of a house with palms growing out of the top of it, sitting in clear water.
Then a landing at one of the bird reserves, Cousin or Aride, decided on the day by swell and permits, and on toward Mahé for the night.
The best-value anchorage of the week. We drop the hook in Baie Ternay marine park and everything happens within sight of the boats.
Climbers get an 18 m natural granite face on top-rope with all gear supplied, novice to experienced. Eight ziplines run through the hillside forest, a twenty-minute walk leads to the Sauzier waterfall, and there is a marine park to snorkel straight off the transom. Sundowners on deck afterwards.
The Seychelles wrecks lie off Beau Vallon in 16–25 m, and the morning belongs to them for anyone certified. The Anse Major coastal trail runs at the same time for everyone else, finishing at a beach you can only reach on foot or by boat.
Then round to Eden Island for check-out by 17:00, and a farewell dinner ashore. The last night in the marina is part of the charter.
Off the boats by 08:00 and transfers to the airport. If you'd rather not fly the same day, we can add nights on Mahé at either end. Tell us when you register.
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Swimming, snorkelling and short walks. The harder options are chosen on the day.
Double bed, own toilet and shower, air con. Sole occupancy is limited.
Flat water and the best visibility of the year.
Anchorages shift with weather and swell. The islands and the week don't.
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None at all. Each boat has a professional skipper who does the sailing and the anchoring, and a chef who does the cooking. You're welcome to help with lines and winches and steer if you want to, but nothing is asked of you. Doing absolutely nothing for a week is a completely legitimate way to spend it.
For the trip as written, not very. Swimming, snorkelling, getting on and off a dinghy, and walks of an hour or so. If you're comfortable in open water you're fine.
The optional tracks are where it gets harder: Fond Ferdinand and Nid d'Aigle are steep hours in the heat, the granite climb is real climbing even on a top-rope, and the wreck dives need certification. You pick these on the day.
The dates, the boats, the price and everything in What's Included are fixed. The route is tentative: anchorages, the order of the islands and which bird reserve we land on will move with weather, swell, park access and what the skippers advise. You'll get the confirmed route before you fly.
Trolling lines run off the back of both catamarans on every crossing, included for everyone, and January is wahoo, yellowfin and dorado season. Whatever comes aboard goes to the chef.
For the proper version, with a fighting chair and a dedicated crew, book the game-fishing charter add-on off Praslin. It runs while everyone else is in the forest.
A two-tank dive day on the Praslin side, wreck diving off Mahé for certified divers, PADI Open Water certification, a game-fishing charter off Praslin, and extra nights on Mahé at either end.
Tell us at registration so we can book operators: dive centres and fishing charters fill up in January.
Usually not. The boats stay in the marina on the Saturday and don't sail until Sunday morning, so a late arrival walks down the pontoon and goes to bed in their own cabin. Book a hotel night through us if you want a buffer against a missed connection, or a day to sleep off the flight.
Every guest cabin is a private ensuite double: a real double bed, its own electric toilet, sink and separate shower, a hatch above, air conditioning, storage and 220V and USB sockets.
The standard booking is a cabin for two. Sole occupancy is possible but strictly limited, because every cabin taken by one person removes a berth from a sixteen-berth flotilla. Ask early.
Booking runs through WeTravel. A deposit secures your cabin and the balance is due on 15 November 2026; WeTravel reminds you. Sixteen berths across two boats is the hard ceiling. If the trip is full, join the waitlist.
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No payment, no commitment. You get the final price and itinerary first.