Seychelles

Praslin is the second largest of the Seychelles inner islands, a beautiful sleepy place fringed with white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. What Praslin is most famous for however, is not its award-winning beaches, but the Vallee de Mai. Situated in the heart of Praslin National Park, the Valle de Mai is one of the smallest natural UNESCO World Heritage sites. As the Seychelles are some of the oldest and most isolated islands in the world, the Vallee has remained a unique remnant of the primeval palm forest which once covered the ancient continent of Gondwanaland. Many plants here are endemic, and the area remained completely virgin forest until the 1930s, ...  Read the complete review

Eden is the nickname they give the Seychelles, if you happen to be flying there by the "renown" Air Seychelles... as they play you promo. videos showing shoals of fish, and pictures such as the one that accompanies this article. Idealism? Selectivity? Hardly. It is all like this. The whole island is pleasant, and although it has it's downtrodden areas, they are not as bad as the English equivalent, and for a developing country, that is pretty good. OK, the Seychelles' main and most fruitful industry is no longer fishing, but tourism... so everything is done to ensure that you see all the right things, and are treated well. All the hotels are of an equal ...  Read the complete review