🏝️ Where: Praslin plus La Digue for most couples, finishing on Mahé. Add a private island like Félicité or Denis if the budget stretches.

📅 When: April–May or October–November for the calmest seas and clearest snorkelling. It's warm all year, so pick your coast to suit your wedding date.

💷 Cost: about £5,800–9,400 for two for a mid-range 10-night trip, including flights from London.

The moments to plan around:

🌅 Sunset swims at Anse Lazio

🌴 The coco de mer forest of Vallée de Mai

🚲 Cycling La Digue to Anse Source d'Argent at low tide

🐢 Giant tortoises on Curieuse

⛵ A sunset sail for two

One thing couples often miss: each of you needs a travel authorisation before you fly, and you'll need every hotel booked before you apply.

Our full guide covers real hotels at every budget, private-island costs and a 10-day route 👇

I did not get many answers on my first question. Hopefully this format works better. I want my video to stay as true to Seychells as possible

I came to the Seychelles expecting some tropical rain, maybe a shower here and there, followed by sunshine. I knew October could be unpredictable, but I never imagined it would be like this.
I’ve been here for 4 days, and I haven’t seen blue sky ONCE. Not once. It’s been grey skies, persistent rain, heavy downpours, strong winds, and completely miserable beach weather day after day.
Before coming, I read countless comments from people saying not to worry about the forecast because it always looks worse than reality, that it only rains for 30 minutes and then the sun comes out, and that the weather will turn around.
PSA: Don’t count on it.
Maybe some people get lucky, but we’re 4 days in, and the reality has been nothing like what I was led to expect. This isn’t a quick tropical shower that you wait out before heading back to the beach. It’s hours of rain, dark skies, and conditions that make it impossible to enjoy the very things you came here for.
The worst part is that you can’t just change your plans. Hotels and accommodations cost thousands of dollars, most bookings are non-refundable, and you’re essentially stuck hoping things improve.
Honestly, this has been the worst trip of my life so far. Spending this much money to sit around watching rain while your entire vacation revolves around beaches and outdoor activities is absolutely heartbreaking.
I’m not saying the Seychelles is always like this, and maybe we’ll eventually get some sunshine. But please stop telling people that the forecasts are useless and that the rain will inevitably clear up. Sometimes the bad forecast is exactly what you get.
If you’re planning a trip here, just be aware that persistent rain for days is a real possibility, even during a month that’s supposed to be relatively dry.

Hi, im want rent room for 1 month. Anyone renting?

Hi everyone,

My wife and I are heading to Seychelles in November for 10 nights: Praslin, La Digue and Mahé. It's a 30th birthday trip, and I'm organising everything , so I want to double-check that we haven't missed anything.

What we have so far:

1. Valid passports
2. Approved Travel Authorisations, printed and saved offline
3. Return flight tickets
4. Confirmed hotels for the whole stay
5. Travel insurance with medical cover
6. Inter-island ferry tickets, printed
7. SCAA registration for our drone

Are we missing anything for entry or for getting around? Any tips from people who travelled recently are very welcome.

Thanks!

Please give me any advice for such a large fish. It’s about 10lbs and I need all the help I can get!

Hi everyone!
How is the weather like in the Seychelles in February? And is it possible to dive as a beginner with no prior experience? I really want to see a shark or two.

Hi all,

I know that seychellois rupees is the official currency. I also know that US-dollars are widely used at very touristy spots.

What about the British Pound and South African Rand? Is it possible to pay with these currencies in cash too? Paper only or also coins?

The seasons in Seychelles are defined by the winds. The islands have two seasons based on the dominant wind pattern during those months, namely the Northwest Monsoon and the Southeast Monsoon (also known as the Southeast Trade Winds), from now on NWM and SEM, respectively. The year usually looks like this:

Jan - NWM
Feb - NWM (dies out around late Feb)
Mar -
Apr -
May - SEM (comes in around late May)
Jun - SEM
Jul - SEM
Aug - SEM
Sep - SEM (dies out around mid Sep)
Oct -
Nov - NWM (comes in around mid Nov)
Dec - NWM

NWM brings heavy rain, overcast skies, light to moderate wind, and moderately rough seas on the north and west facing coasts.

SEM brings passing showers, moderately overcast skies (with more clear days than NVM), cool temperatures, strong winds, and very rough seas on the south and east facing coasts.

Weather-wise, the best time to come to Seychelles are the months in between NWM and SEM. These are the calm transition months with little wind, blue skies and lots of sunshine (though they can get quite hot). So basically March (EDIT -- some years early March can be wet), April and October.

The border months like February, May, September and November can also work depending on when you are visiting.

And of course, with El Nino this year, and climate change in general, the weather patterns have been getting more unpredictable (just look at the amount of rainy days we are getting now in, what is supposed to be, sunny October), so keep that in mind. But generally that's how the seasons have been.

Hope this helps

As the title say

Does anyone know if my tickets for the ferry from Mahe to Praslin from 8 AM can be used for the 10 AM? My connecting flight got delayed 2 hours, so I am arriving later than initially planned, so I won't make it in time to catch the 8 AM one.

I emailed Catcocos,but so far, no answer :(.

LATER Edit: It was solved easily for anyone that may have the same issue in the future. We went to the CatCocos ticket office in the port, the lady asked if we notified in advance (which we did the day prior on email), she asked to see the email with the notification and put us through to the next ferry from 10:30.

First day here, praslin, and it’s raining since 12pm.

Forecast for the next days are very bad.

Really hope it changes.

EDIT: today has been great, even if the forecast was sunny morning into rainy afternoon. Sunny in the morning happened, we reached georgette and leave just few minutes before a light rain. Then had lunch close to anse bateau with a very nice sun and back to the hotel! With sun this island explode its beauty!

Any experiences? We would stay at Mahe and maybe take a flight to one more island. Flying directly from Europe. Baby is still sleeping a lot at this period and is not moving so we wanted to use this phase before the toddler phase beggins. Traveling in May. Thanks!

Hi all,

Anyone with good weather on Mahé today?

Will drive there as here in the South East it’s been pouring down nonstop since this morning.

Thanks in advance!

I would like to buy some locally grown vanilla beans in mahe.

Please suggest where I can get.

Hey everyone!

My wife and I are visiting the Seychelles for our honeymoon from October 19th to 26th.

We’d love to hear your recommendations on what to visit, the best beaches, hidden gems, must-see attractions, and any activities or restaurants you think are worth checking out.

Any tips from locals or recent visitors would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Hi there,

Guys maybe do you know any place for long term rent in BV / Bel Ombre and so on I would like to rent for 1 year and more...budged 12-13.000 SCR but i dont know where to find :)

Hi! As title - trying to decide between these two for a mid Sept stay on Mahe.

We were initially also considering Carana Beach but I got a little concerned reading about 2 different reviews mentioning attempted robbery…

Would love any updated perspectives on this choice if possible. Priorities are - sense of seclusion/ exclusivity as we are on honeymoon (trying to avoid massive resorts), good location, good waters (not too rough..) on the beach nearby. For context, we were also recommended Constance but it’s a little out of budget (we want an ocean view room).

Thank you :)

Hi is anyone traveling with catcocos soon, i need help with a booking i made.

I have made the payment and received the confirmation but haven't received the tickets yet and I'm getting worried as there is no response from catcocos on mail.

Kindly dm if anyone can help me with this so I can share my payment confirmation which can be shared with catcocos ferry coordinator locally.

we are having our honeymoon at Mahe from 17th until the 22nd of October and the weather forecast looks absolutely terrible. is there someone currently there to describe the weather and if we should postpone our trip r/seychelles

See also: The publication in the journal Ecology and Evolution

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Hi all,
I am looking to rent a catamaran/sailing boat or anything similar for me and my parents next week or the week of 19th for a 1-2 days sailing with a skipper.
We are staying at Eden Island - any ideas, contacts? It would be amazing if someone with a boat would want to sail out and we could chip in with expenses.
Thanks in advance!
Btw- come to the Seychelles, the weather these 2 days was really good with just short showers around Eden.