Visited by plenty of foreign as well as local tourists, Praslin,Seychelles is a popular tourist destinations in Seychelles. The Praslin,Seychelles is the second largest island of Seychelles and is also home to many wonderful sheltered valleys, ancient palm forests, glorious beaches of soft white sand and the Valee de Mai, which is a designated World Heritage Site.
In the Praslin,Seychelles you can spend your time in a casual manner. It seems that no one is in hurry in this island and everybody is enjoying their leisure time. Public transport does exist in the form of car and bicycle. But by foot is the best method for exploring the island.
Reaching Praslin,Seychelles is also easy from the Mahe. The Air Seychelles flight from Mahe takes only15 minutes to reach the island of Praslin. You can also avail the fast catamaran ferry or a more relaxed paced schooner to get to Baie Ste Anne on Praslin.
The pretty village of Baie Ste Anne is one of the highpoints of Praslin,Seychelles. The Cote d’Or, also known as Anse Volbert is the island’s main tourism center. Tourists come here to enjoy safe swimming and snorkeling. A wide variety of hotels, guest houses, restaurants, boat operators and souvenir shops make Cote d’Or relatively one of the busy tourist spots in Seychelles.
Other popular sites for exploration include Grand Anse, the largest village on Praslin, the Valee de Mai, a primeval forest and the Curieuse Island.
Listed below are the popular tourist sites in Praslin,Seychelles:
In the Black Pearl (Seychelles) LTD you can witness how exquisite black pearls are cultured at the oyster farm in the Indian Ocean. Other than the oysters, this place is a breeding and feeding ground for the Giant Clam species and Tridacna maxima. The farm features a touch pool and aquarium, and of course the black pearls are on sale in the onsite jewelry store.
The George Camille Gallery is famed among the foreign travelers. The wonderful works of George Camille Gallery have also been exhibited extensively in London and Paris.
The Vallee de Mai was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. Apart from the rich variety of plant and animal life in this beautiful spot, you can also spot the coco de mer palm that grows a nut that weighs up to 40 lbs or18 kilograms, making it the largest nut in the world. The Vallee is also home to three of the world’s rarest birds namely the black parrot, fruit pigeon and Seychelles bulbul.
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