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MAHE
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Hyperlinks on the map will navigate you to details on resorts/hotels
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This is Seychelles main island and the gateway for all arriving overseas visitors at the islands airport, about 10km outside Victoria. Mahé is a granite island extending to 150sq.m.
Just 27km long and between three and eight wide, Mahé has a densely forested interior which is great for walkers with several granite peaks running through the centre. Most villages and hotels are along the narrow coastal strip, with a particular concentration around the Beau Vallon Bay in the Northwest. All hotels are easily accessible from the airport which is just south of the capital and main port, Victoria at the foot of the 900m Morne Seychellois and Trois Freres.
Mahé is the most developed of the islands and is home to three quarters of the islands 75,000 population. The first of the Seychelles Islands to be developed for tourism in the 50’s and 60’s, the island is enjoying a new lease of tourism life with the opening of several top range hotels over the past couple of years.
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THINGS TO DO AND SEE ON MAHE
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A leisurely stroll around the capital Victoria to see the fresh food market, Little Ben which is a replica of the clock tower on Londons Vauxhall Bridge Road ( Not Big Ben), the new library, port, Natural History Museum, and the Lorenzo Appiani sculpture representing the three continents from which Seychelles originate. |
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Visit the tea factory close to Port Glaud |
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Visit the Banyan Tree Hotel on Intendance Beach |
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Take a glass bottom boat ride around the Ste Anne, Baie Terney or Port Launay Marine National Parks |
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Walking or hiking on the Morne Seychellois National Park where the highest peak reaches 905m – plus 1 for luck! |
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Swimming, snorkelling or diving in the crystal clear waters |
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