10 INCREDIBLE things to do in the SEYCHELLES🇸🇨🌴🐢| travel guide

Welcome to the Seychelles Islands, a group of 115 islands located off the east coast of Africa in the middle of the warm and abundant Indian Ocean. It's here where you'll find lush jungly nature, a myriad of marine life and diving spots and some of the best beaches in the world. It's also one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world and the best part is it doesn't have too many tourists visiting it at the moment. We just wrapped up two weeks here with Tourism Seychelles, travelling to the three most popular islands of Mahe, Praline and Lodig and let me tell you, if you're looking to go on a romantic honeymoon in paradise or just want a tropical getaway to one of the most beautiful untouched parts of the world, the Seychelles is worth adding to your list. In this video, we are going to give you our top 10 things to do here. You can also watch this video to see our full itinerary. Let's get into it. Let's start this list off strong with one of the absolute best things you can do here in the Seychelles and that's explore one of the world's most beautiful beaches in a transparent kayak. Unsourced Argent is located on everyone's favourite island of Lodig and was voted as one of the world's most beautiful beaches. We can confirm, it's iconic Seychelles where giant granite boulders, palm trees and turquoise blue waters meet. We did this tour with Lodig Transparent Kayaks and Supps. The beauty of this specific tour is that anyone can do it because you're pulled out by a boat and then if you want to, you are free to kayak around at your own pace. Unless it's a windy day like it was when we went, the water will be crystal clear and calm giving you the awesome opportunity to essentially snorkel without actually being in the water. You can see fish and coral right underneath your bum and you might even be lucky enough to see a turtle. This beach is located within the Léunion Estate where the very first French family lived on the island of Lodig. Here you can see the very first plantation house, meet the giant tortoises and explore the coconut and vanilla plantations. After your kayak, we recommend spending time on Unsourced Argent. You can find a little private cove and spend the day here drinking coconuts and snorkeling. It's absolute bliss. Number 2 on the list and speaking of snorkeling, this was by far our favourite day in the Seychelles. To snorkel around the Korea's Marine National Park located near Praline Island, my absolute favourite island. We did a half day private tour that started on one of the most beautiful beaches in Praline, Côte d'Ivoire, where our captain fetched us. We were driven over the bluest waters, past incredible little islands to the best beach in the park, Saint-Jose beach. You can spend some time on this beach, you can hike to the other side of the island if you want to look for tortoises and after you can do some snorkeling like we did. By far our favourite snorkeling spot was Saint-Pierre, a little island close to Praline with those iconic Seychelles Bulbous. We saw incredible, incredible fish and even saw a turtle. It was truly spectacular. We'll link that tour in our Get Your Guide wishlist and put the wishlist QR code on the screen now for you to scan. Most of the tours we mention in this video will be found there. The Seychelles is famous for snorkeling and diving. So many divers travel here just to do that and because the Seychelles is located east of Africa in the warm Indian Ocean, the waters are the perfect temperature to stay in all day. The tour guide can then drop you right in front of your hotel if you're staying on the beach like we did. This was Akajo Beach Resort, we can highly recommend staying there. What a superb day. By far the most common thing to do in the Seychelles is hiking. The islands here aren't flat sandy islands like one might think, they're quite mountainous and obviously covered in those iconic giant granite boulders. Some of the hiking trails are super easy and others are not. You may struggle on the higher hikes here due to the humidity and the sheer heat. We've never sweated so much before but most hikes end with a gorgeous beach to dip in so it's totally worth it. Here's a list of the must-do hikes. First, the Coppola Trail is Mahe's most popular hike giving you a 360 degree view of the island. It's moderate to difficult, takes around an hour up and an hour down and doesn't end in a beach. Anse Majore hike was beautiful, took around 45 minutes and wasn't too difficult. It ended on the Anse Majore beach where you can chill for the day at a little beach bar and then catch a stunning water taxi back to the port. The views of this part of Mahe from the boat were truly incredible. Look at those boulders! Found Ferdinand on Krylin is super popular and it's pretty easy as it's mainly through the shaded jungle. Your guide will show you the Seychelles' pride and joy, the Kokodama, the biggest nut in the world and a symbol you'll find absolutely everywhere. We even got a Kokodama magnet for our fridge. There are even giant tortoises there as well. Speaking of, the fourth thing on this list is another one of Seychelles' pride and joy and that is these guys. The giant and adorable, albeit extremely strange looking, Aldabra tortoises. You'll find them pretty much everywhere in the Seychelles. These tortoises come from Aldabra Island in the Seychelles. They can weigh up to 300 kilograms and live up to 200 years old. The oldest Seychelles tortoise, Jonathan, now lives on St Helena Island and he is a whopping 191 years old, making him the oldest known living land animal. You can touch these guys if your guide allows you. They love scratches under their necks and our guide told us that if your scratches are good, the tortoise will lift itself up onto all fours, which is quite a sight. This one loved ready scrubs. Next up on the list is to eat Creole food. The word Creole basically refers to food that is a fusion, blend or mixture of different cultures and spices. Seychelles' Creole cuisine specifically is a blend of African, Indian and French influences with a big emphasis on seafood. There are a number of Creole restaurants all over. We visited Maria Antoinette restaurants in Mahé and had an absolute feast there. It was amazing. Our favorite way to eat Creole food though was to support local by heading to the streets or local garden restaurants like this one on La Digue Island called Ray and Josh. This is another thing we highly recommend you come and do in Seychelles and that's to eat a takeaway. They are so good. It's traditional Creole food. There are takeaways everywhere in Seychelles. We've had them on all the different islands, but this one behind us by far is our favorite. This is Ray and Josh takeaway. It's a 4.8 on Google. It's got over a thousand ratings and it's run by the sweetest little Creole ladies. The food is amazing here. Ordered up a fish curry. It is so good, so spicy with the Creole spices. They give you some rice and they also give you a salad, but I think chutney. It's just so yummy, super affordable and you know it's good when the locals eat here. All right, next up is an activity way down in the south of Mahe Island where you'll find nature is truly untouched. We're talking about wetland kayaking with white sands. This activity is truly a hidden gem. It takes around 45 minutes to drive here from Victoria, but it's worth it if you want a peaceful day in nature and to be one of the only ones there. You know it's so difficult to find hidden gems in this day and age and to be the only people on a beach, so this is your chance. Unless this video goes viral, hashtag give it a like if you're enjoying it so far. This wetland is one of only seven fresh water bodies in the world that's located right next to an ocean. And what's fascinating is that the two never mix. The kayak is super stable and easy to do and it only takes around 15 minutes to get to this amazing tropical beach. This full day hike on La Digue is something we 100% regret not doing. The hike takes around 7 hours with a guide, again you can do this with Robert from Sunny Trail Guide. A guide is recommended because the trail can be tricky at times and even a little dangerous if you go at the wrong time of day. Nonetheless, everyone is absolutely obsessed with it and say that if there's one hike you should do while in Seychelles, it's this one. The hike starts near Grand Ants, our favorite beach on La Digue, and winds its way to Ants A stunning hidden beach with natural pools where you can chill and have the place almost to yourself. You'll stop a couple more times at more beautiful beaches before finishing the hike at the one and the only Anse aux Stargent. It's a wonderful full day activity visiting some of the best beaches in the whole wide world so I'm sure you'll go home with a big fat smile on your face. Victoria is the capital of Seychelles with about a third of the country's population residing in Victoria alone. This is the place to observe local Seychelles life and to get a feel for the hotpot of cultures that now call it home. It's one of the smallest capitals in the world so you'll only need a few hours to explore. You can visit the local food market called Sir Salwan Clark's Market to pick up some knickknacks to take home, we got some lemongrass and vanilla tea and they also sell these Creole spice packs so you can take that delicious Creole flavor home with you. You can also visit the National Museum to learn about the history of the Seychelles from its early discovery in 915 to crown colony to independence in 1976. There are also other things to see like the Victoria Clock Tower erected in 1903 in memory of Queen Victoria who died in 1901. You can't leave Seychelles without trying their local liquor which they're very proud of plus you're on a tropical island. If you haven't gotten a pina colada and a coconut, what are you doing bro, come on! Takamaka rum is the local favorite and it's really good, you can visit their heritage house and do some tasting at their distillery in Mahe Island if you're a fan of alcohol. You can also do a tasting at the airport on your way out which Red did at about 8am in the morning. Say bro, this is the most popular beer here and apparently the best lager in Seychelles, the Indian Ocean and all of Africa, yo, what a big statement. And finally number 10, the most important thing you need to do in the Seychelles and that's to just be a beach bum. There are hundreds of gorgeous beaches for you to visit, literally. This Say Villas website lists every beach in the Seychelles as well as what each is good for but here are our favorites from the islands we visited. On Mahe, this wild beach at Police Bay was so untouched and epic. On Praline, we really liked Cote d'Or beach, it's this long beautiful stretch of beach with calm waters. Ants Lazio on Praline is also scenic and super popular. On La Digue, you have to visit Ants Source de Argent, Ants Marron, Grand Ants and Ants Cocos. A visit to any of these beaches will make you fall in love immediately, Ants Source de Argent was definitely the most iconic and our favorite but do try and explore the more hidden cove beaches. It's not often you'll find yourself the only one on a beautiful beach in paradise but because the Seychelles is a more premium destination to travel to, there aren't hordes of tourists and the chances of being the only one in a beautiful spot are so high. Like us here on Silhouette Island, we basically had this whole beach to ourselves. It's one thing we absolutely love love loved about the Seychelles, come and explore this untouched paradise before it goes mainstream. And that's it for our top 10, thank you once again to Tourism Seychelles for making this trip possible and for showing us your little paradise on earth. Comment down below the next destination we should cover and we'll see you in the next one. Bye!