Having believed as a paradise for lovers with various delicious cuisines, beautiful beaches and excellent services, Seychelles is also a favored destination for whom, those are seeking for abundance of interesting activities. Some out-standing ones will be listed as...
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a Digue Island
This is the fourth largest island in Seychelles. Nature lovers will enjoy traditional island life. Bicycles and oxcarts are popular modes of transport.
White-sand beaches and granite rock outcrops rim the coast. There is a fee to visit the beach at the nearby L’Union Estate. The fee includes a tour through this old copra factory and vanilla plantation.
Veuve Nature Reserve is another attraction here in this island. You will find the endangered black paradise flycatcher, also called “the widow” because of its streaming black tail feathers.
Diving and rock climbing are popular in this island. Hikers will enjoy La Pass to Grand Anse Trail, which goes past French colonial houses through woodlands and marsh areas to gorgeous Grand Anse beach.
The most popular alcoholic drink on La Digue is palm wine, which most Seychellois people like to make themselves by fermenting the inside of a coconut.
Baie Lazare
The beach is interesting. It was named after French explorer Lazare Picault. Some Seychelles locals once discovered some buried pirate treasure.
Valmer Resort and the Kempinski Seychelles resort are two of the many hotels located in this beach. There is a bus stop nearby, and parking is available close to the beach. The beach is good for swimming, snorkeling, and windsurfing.
The neo-Gothic Baie Lazare Church, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi. Its architecture has become a tourist attraction.
Anse Intendance
This is one of Mahé’s best beaches. This is a favorite surfing spot with frequent big swells and wild waves. This beach lacks a protective reef to make swimming safe. Experienced swimmers will have no difficulty. Turtles nest along the shores here.
The beach can be reached by car or bus. There is a bus stop just a few minutes from the sand. Parking spaces are also found near the beach.
Banyan Tree Resort is located on his beach. This resort is almost the only thing in the whole bay, with no other guesthouses or restaurants located nearby, except for a small beach bar, which sells a few snacks and some cold drinks.
Anse Lazio (Chevalier Bay), situated in the northwest of Praslin Island, Seychelles is one of the most beautiful beaches in Seychelles. It is a secluded tropical paradise, while the calm waters and abundance of underwater life are liked by avid snorkelers. You have to hike over a hill to access the beach. Takamaka trees and coconut palms fringe the beach, providing patches of shade for relaxing. There are restaurants at both ends of the beach.
Anse Lazio is about 7 miles northwest of Baie Ste. Anne where Praslin’s ferry port is found and can be reached by car, bus or bike from the island’s main road.
More information can be found on Seychelles Tourism Board’s Anse Lazio page.
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Dance and music in Seychelles is a refreshing amalgamation of European, African, Arabic, and Chinese traditions and instruments.
There are a number of different traditional dances that are enjoyed in Seychelles. The Moutia is popular with its percussion and string instruments. It contains foreign influences from France and Britain.
Sega is one of the most popular in the influential form of music in Seychelles and is a dominant form even now. The Sega dance which accompanies this music is a popular dance style traditionally performed with hand drums and rattles. while the feet remain planted on the floor in a rhythmic shuffle.
Moutya or Montea is another popular style of music, which still holds a firm grip in Seychelles. The dance form is accompanied by a Moutya musical performance.
Kanmtole music bears a resemblance to the French Royal Court’s contredanse as well as Scottish square dancing. The music is accompanied by an accordion, violin, and banjos. Dating from the early 19th century, the kanmtole is a lively blend of all these dance styles. Other musical styles in Seychelles include hip-hop, country, modern jazz, rock, ballads, and choirs performing traditional popular, sacred, ancient and evangelical music.
Maloya is another style of music in Seychelles, similar to Sega. The instruments used are similar. The music is slower than Sega.
Zouk and Seggae are two types of music developed in late 1990.
The unique combination of music and dance in Seychelles is performed by the locals in the hotels, resorts, and at the city center in Seychelles.
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