La Digue Sightseeing Tour From Praslin

Full-Day Guided La Digue Tour from Praslin Island

This tour starts from your hotel, with a transfer to Baie Ste Anne Jetty for the 15-minute crossing to La Digue Jetty, for onward transfer to l” Union Estate for a tour of the copra sheds, the giant land tortoises and the recently refurbished colonial plantation house, 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 before returning to Praslin island on the 16h30 schooner

Grand Anse: 08h00-08h20 Baie Ste Anne: 08h00-08h30

La Digue Island La Digue is the third most populated island of the 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 was not named until 1768. The first people settled on the island in 1789, when French colonists arrived with their African slaves.