Seychelles day 2 - La Digue

For some reason our departure from Mahé was shifted from 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM. Not sure anybody was affected by that. Whatever time we left, we had only a short distance to go from Mahé to La Digue, Mahé’s smaller and less populated neighbor. Our plan for the day was to visit the Anse Source d’Argent beach.

The morning was fairly calm but the tender was bouncing up and down with gusto when we boarded. Luckily we go moving quickly, as sitting there bobbing up and down is not a great feeling. It was a short ride to the dock where we hit up a taxi to take us to the beach. It was theoretically walkable, but we were loaded down with towels, water, and snacks (fruit from the Terrace) and we weren’t sure how much walking room there would be on the road. So taxi it was. We stopped at the entrance to the park that holds the beach to pay our entry fee – 150 Seychellois Rupees, or about $10 US, for everyone 12 and older. Devin was free 😊 Then we drove in as far as vehicles are allowed and carried on on foot.

The surroundings were immediately beautiful, but the farther we went down the beachside trail the better it got. We finally chose a spot under a group of trees adjacent to some of the iconic granite boulders that line the shore. Then it was time to hit the water. The snorkeling was decent, but was somewhat hindered by how shallow the water was. The tide was going out, and many spots inside the reef were just a foot or so deep. But we did the best we could, and did see a number of fish, some enormous sea urchins, sea slugs, and an eel. Mostly it was about just being in this incredible location.

We’d told our driver to meet us at the dropoff spot at 2:00 so we could get back to the tender. We packed up and made the walk back with time to rinse off some of the sand. Once again, just as we were wrapping things up the rain started. Our weather luck continued to hold!

We had a late lunch at Wave’s and wrapped the day up with a magic show in the lounge. Farewell to the Seychelles, which delivered on everything we’d hoped for.Read more