Duration: | 8 Hour(s) - 0 Minute(s) |
Tour Category: | Full Day Tours |
Full-Day Guided La Digue Tour From Praslin Island
Pick up transfer from the hotel from 9 am on to Union Estate for a tour of the copra sheds, the giant land tortoises, and the recently refurbished colonial plantation house, the location of the film “Goodbye Emmanuel”.
The tour of La Digue resumes by 'camion', an open-sided truck with a canopy, stopping at Anse Source d'Argent, one of the most spectacular beaches in the world, allowing you ample time to photograph the impressive granite rock formations which are unique to Seychelles; to swim or simply to soak in the sun.
A Creole lunch is arranged at a local restaurant at around 13h15, followed by a beach siesta. Transfer back to the respective hotel at 16h00.
Grand Anse: 08h00-08h20 Baie Ste Anne: 08h00-08h30
La Digue Island La Digue is the third most populated island of Seychelles, and fourth-largest by land area, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. In size, it is the fourth-largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praslin, and Silhouette Island. It has a population of 2,800 people, who mostly live in the west coast villages of La Passe and La Réunion.
There is no airport in La Digue, so to get there from a foreign country, one has to fly to Victoria and continue by ferry, usually via Praslin. It has an area of 10.08 km², which makes it relatively easy to travel around by bike or on foot.
The reefs and lagoons of La Digue offer a large amount of flora and fauna. Green sea turtles live on the very edges of the coral reefs, and they sometimes venture closer to the island. There are butterflyfish, eagle ray, moray eel, and many other species of fish.
According to modern historians, La Digue was first sighted by the French navigator Lazare Picault in 1742, but it was not named until 1768. The first people settled on the island in 1789, when French colonists arrived with their African slaves.