Seychelles – Mahe Island

Mahé is the largest island in the Seychelles. The mountain range “Morne Seychellois”, the highest point of the island state, is ideal for shorter hikes. The capital of the Seychelles, Victoria, invites you to linger with its harbour and picturesque market.

The famous clock tower on Mahe Island in Victoria is a faithful replica of Big Ben in London. Victoria – When you think of eco-holidays, you think of modest holiday accommodations and little comfort. Not so in the Seychelles. The clientele also does not correspond at all to the cliché image of the eco-tourist.

This is due to the fact that the Seychelles are one of the most expensive countries in the world for holidaymakers: Almost everything has to be imported for a lot of money and is also subject to a hefty import tax. The typical Seychelles tourist is therefore not so much someone who actually spends a holiday on a farm, but a wealthy globetrotter for whom money plays only a minor role and who is not bothered by the fact that he and the 130,000 other holidaymakers who enter each year contribute 70 percent of the foreign exchange earnings. The approximately 80,000 Seychellois do not live badly from it. Your country has the highest per capita income and the highest life expectancy in Africa.

They have free health insurance and do not know mass tourism. There are neither ballermänner nor hotel concrete blocks, not even in the capital Victoria. On the other hand, an imported beer in a restaurant costs ten euros, a cheap bottle of wine five times as much. A night in a luxury hotel is available for 300 euros.

Above is the trophy of a Blue Marlin. The Blue Marlin reaches record-breaking proportions in the waters around Mauritius. This specimen weighed 217 kilograms.