Things to do on Praslin

Where to go

• Anse Lazio snorkelling

  Praslin

  Anse Lazio is a beach in north-west Praslin, framed by granite boulders, with clear water for snorkelling. It has no protecting reef and the water deepens quickly, so choose calm days, arrive before 9am and stay close to shore.

• Anse Lazio to Anse Georgette trail

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  The Anse Lazio to Anse Georgette trail is a 3.2 km forest path in north-west Praslin that links two of the island's best-known beaches. SeyVillas rates it medium, with 120 m of ascent and descent, and allows about two hours with photo stops. It is free.

• Aride Island Special Reserve day trip

  Praslin

  Aride is the northernmost granitic island of Seychelles, 9 to 10 km north of Praslin, and a special reserve run by the Island Conservation Society. ICS calls it one of the most important seabird colonies in the Indian Ocean. The reserve's website says it normally opens Monday to Friday, often closes in the south-east trade winds, and charges SCR 650 per adult to land (checked 16 September 2026).

• Art galleries on Praslin

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  Art galleries on Praslin include Le Studio Cafe Gallery at Pasquière, which shows Paul Turcotte's photographs of Seychelles life since the early 1980s, Raymond Dubuisson's painting gallery at Anse La Blague, and Café des Arts, a beachfront restaurant at Côte d'Or surrounded by paintings and sculpture.

• Cousin Island Special Reserve

  Praslin

  Cousin Island Special Reserve is a 29-hectare bird reserve island 2 km off Praslin, home to the Seychelles warbler, magpie robin and nesting hawksbill turtles. Warden-led tours run Monday to Friday mornings through Praslin tour operators; SCR 600 for non-residents (Nature Seychelles, checked 16 September 2026).

• Creole food on Praslin

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  Creole food on Praslin ranges from the Creole buffet at Les Lauriers on Côte d'Or and octopus at Capricorn in Grand Anse to traditional meals at Mabuya on Anse Lazio and a takeaway at the Baie Sainte Anne ferry terminal.

• Curieuse Island day trip

  Praslin

  Curieuse is a marine national park island about 2 km off Praslin's north-east coast, with hundreds of Aldabra giant tortoises, a mangrove boardwalk at Baie Laraie, wild coco de mer and leper colony ruins. Boats cross from Côte d'Or; the park fee is SCR 300 (SPGA, checked 16 September 2026).

• Fond Ferdinand Nature Reserve

  Praslin

  Fond Ferdinand Nature Reserve is a coco de mer reserve near Anse Marie-Louise on Praslin, managed by the Seychelles Islands Foundation, with guided walks through the palm valley and a climb to a viewpoint over the inner islands. SCR 270 online or SCR 300 at the gate (Tourism Board listing, updated 7 September 2026).

• Glacis Noire Trail, Praslin National Park

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  Glacis Noire is the only official trail in Praslin National Park, starting on the Vallée de Mai Road: 1.4 km and up to an hour through endemic palm forest to a fire tower with views of La Digue and nearby islands. SCR 100 for non-residents over 12 (SPGA, checked 16 September 2026).

• Golf at Constance Lemuria

  Praslin

  The golf course at Constance Lemuria, Anse Kerlan, is an 18-hole, par-70 course of 5,611 metres, which the resort calls the only 18-hole course in Seychelles. SeyVillas says hotel guests play free, outside players must ask the resort, and tee times must be booked.

• Orique Cultural Site sunset experience

  Praslin

  Orique is a private cultural site at Grand Fond in the Zimbabwe hills of Praslin, run by local resident Terry Philoe. It offers private sunset visits and a Creole sunset dinner by reservation, with ocean views from what SeyVillas calls one of the island's best viewpoints.

• Praslin Museum

  Praslin

  Praslin Museum is a small hands-on cultural museum near Côte d'Or on Praslin, with an old Creole kitchen, coco de mer instruments and a medicinal garden, plus coconut scraping, tortoise and fruit bat feeding and Creole cooking lessons. SCR 180 for over-12s (Tourism Board listing updated 21 November 2025, checked 30 September 2026).

• Scuba diving from Praslin

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  Scuba diving from Praslin runs from dive centres at Côte d'Or, Anse Gouvernement and Anse Kerlan, with boat dives to granite sites such as Ave Maria, White Bank and the reefs of Curieuse, plus PADI courses for beginners.

• St Pierre islet snorkelling

  Praslin

  St Pierre is a tiny granite islet with a few coconut palms, 1.5 km off Pointe Zanguilles on Praslin, inside Curieuse Marine National Park. Its waters are a regular snorkelling stop on Curieuse boat trips from Côte d'Or.

• Sunset cruise from Côte d'Or

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  The sunset cruise from Côte d'Or on Praslin sails from the Octopus Dive Centre on Tuesday and Friday evenings, 4.30pm to 6.45pm (Octopus Dive Centre, checked 16 September 2026). It stops to snorkel at Anse Lazio and watches the sunset off Anse Georgette, with a glass of bubbly and snacks on board.

• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

  Praslin

  The Vallée de Mai is a 19.5-hectare UNESCO-listed palm forest in central Praslin, holding the largest intact coco de mer forest in Seychelles and giving refuge to the Seychelles black parrot, which lives only on Praslin. Walks run from about 1.5 to 4 km; entry is SCR 450 on site (SIF, checked 16 September 2026).