!!!Seychelles

Photos by Ádám Plézer,
member of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

29 December 2017

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

Seychelles

The archipelago of Seychelles is considered to be a corner of paradise:
summer reigns here all year round. During the "hot" season the
temperature stays at +29?, and with the "cold" season it drops only a
few degrees.

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The mild climate, pristine beaches and picturesque landscapes have
attracted tourists here since long ago. With the opening of the
international airport in 1971, the number of visitors started to
increase rapidly: in the end of the 20th century the number of tourists
coming here annually was 116,000 people, and in 2015 their number rose
to 230,000. At the same time, the Seychelles government keeps to a
strict ecological position: any initiative regardless its commercial
nature should be considered from the conservational point of view. Soon
after the scientists had estimated the critical "capacity" of the
islands to be around 150,000 people a year, all the resorts started to
limit the number of available visits. In addition to that, the prices
were raised so now the Seychelles is a place of the luxurious recreation
where one can enjoy the harmony with nature.

[{Image src='02_Seychelle.jpg' caption='Anse Marron Beach, La Digue. Seychelles\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='516'}]

The archipelago consists of 115 islands with only 33 of them being
inhabited. Some of them are granitic, but the majority of them are
coral. Ádám Plézer has captured several beaches of this corner of
paradise.

La Digue is the fourth largest granitic island of the Seychelles with
the area of only 10 sq. km., but still having on its small territory a
number of hotels and Veuve Nature Reserve. The beaches of this island
are interesting for having granitic formations standing out of the water
and making the coastline look unusual and enigmatic. The deserted, tiny
and "secret" beach of Anse Marron (only 10x3 meters) is among them. The
beach Grand Anse is a little bigger: 450x20 meters, but even this one is
relatively "wild" so that not so many tourists come here. Anse Source
d'Argent is a truly popular beach; it is a giant compared to other
beaches with the area of 1,100x20 meters. One more distinctive feature
of this beach is the coral reef, making this place even more attracting.

[{Image src='03_Seychelle.jpg' caption='Curieuse Island. Seychelles\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='516'}]

Anse Cocos, a beach situated not far from Grand Anse, allows seeing an
absolutely different landscape, rather unusual for Seychelles: the
complex of abandoned buildings. They had survived since the times when
the tourism was not developed and the chief export of the archipelago
was copra. Together with bright turquoise-coloured water and flamboyant
vegetation, this abandoned village looks truly extraordinary.

[{Image src='04_Seychelle.jpg' caption='St. Pierre islet off the coast of Praslin. Seychelles\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='516'}]

The second largest island of the archipelago is Praslin with its 38.5
sq. km. The beaches of this island compete with each other for being the
most beautiful one. Among them, a popular beach Anse Georgette and a
small island of St. Pierre that belongs to the waters of Praslin. The
landscapes captured in this particular place more often than others are
used in advertisements of the Seychelles recreation.

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One of the most popular (and certainly one of the most beautiful!)
beaches is Cote d'Or. Not far from it there is Mango Lodge. It gained
its name due to its location: it is situated in a mango grove allowing
to enjoy the marvellous seascapes and the beauty of the tropical trees.

[{Image src='06_Seychelle.jpg' caption='Pointe Camille, La Digue from an altitude of 410 meters. Seychelles\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='516'}]

To the north of Praslin, there is a small granitic island of Curieuse.
Here one can have a rest on a beach, do some diving, but in the first
place, the island is famous for its nature. Curieuse is a home for
around 500 giant tortoises and it is the place of hawksbill sea turtles
coming out of the water. This animal lays clutches of eggs into the sand
and then returns to the sea. Two months later baby turtles hatch out and
crawl into the sea. So, the beach of Anse Papaie is one of the unique
places where you can witness this miracle of life.

[{Image src='07_Seychelle.jpg' caption='Pointe Camille, La Digue from an altitude of 410 meters. Seychelles\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='594'}]

In addition, both the waters and the land of Curieuse are the habitat of
rare representatives of fauna, so the whole island is the nature
reserve. You can visit this and other marvellous places of the
Seychelles without any harm to nature with the help of AirPano
panoramas!

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