ABOUT LA DIGUE
Close neighbour to Praslin and the fourth largest island in the
Seychelles, La Digue is an island where time has stood still, with its languid
pace of life, traditional architecture, and travelling by ox-cart and bicycle.
Island hopping is the norm here as you arrive via Praslin (by catamaran or air),
to connect on an inter-island ferry, which takes 15 minutes. Or for the most
luxurious and memorable of transfers, take a scenic helicopter flight directly
from Mahé to La Digue.
The best way to see the island is by bicycle: La Digue's forests contain
a wealth of flora and fauna in the form of delicate orchids, tumbling vines of
vanilla, trees such as Indian almond and Takamaka, as well as two rare species
of terrapin. At L’Union Estate, the refining of coconut products (‘coprah ’-
where the flesh of the coconut is dried and its perfumed oil extracted) is still
practised. La Digue is also home to one of the world’s most photographed
beaches, Anse Source d’Argent, where the combination of turquoise shallows
fringed by exquisite granite rocks is simply stunning.
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