Silhouette island - Coral Strand Hotel

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Silhouette island Coral Strand Hotel
If you get tired of walking around the island of
Mahe, where the Coral Strand hotel is located, we
propose to make a fascinating journey to the
Silhouette Island!
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Silhouette, the third largest among the islands
of the Seychelles archipelago, is covered with
virgin tropical jungle, where there are unique
species of flora and fauna, including giant
Seychelles tortoises. The beaches of the
island, covered with white sand and framed by
slender silhouettes of palm trees, are amazingly
beautiful - and completely deserted. Silhouette
Island in Seychelles is chosen by those who seek
to hide from prying eyes and enjoy total privacy,
paradise landscapes and fabulous comfort.
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Until the middle of the XVIII century.
Silhouette Island in the Seychelles was
uninhabited - only occasionally it appeared
sailors from Mauritius, pirates and European
discoverers. Then French sailors arrived in the
Seychelles. They gave the island its name in
honor of Minister Etienne de Silueta, and also
founded plantations of spices here - nutmeg,
cloves, cinnamon, pepper, etc.
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In the XIX century Seychelles came under the
authority of the British. The largest landowner
on the Silhouette was Augustus Dauban, who
decided to grow coconuts instead of spices - and
today coconut palms grow in all corners of the
island, even in the mountains.
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Entertainments
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Silhouette Island is surrounded by a coral reef,
which is considered the richest in the
Seychelles. Underwater granite cliffs allow you
to dive up to 35 m in depth, and clear and warm
water guarantees maximum impressions, including
during night diving. No less interesting is the
nature of the island itself, with its tropical
forest, coconut groves and unusual endemic
inhabitants. For acquaintance with the
biodiversity of the Silhouette and its amazing
panoramas, the tourists are offered hiking tours
of various lengths (the longest is to Cape Anse
Mondon in the north of the island).
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There are also man-made monuments on the island,
for example, the Grann Kaz mansion, built of
local Takamak wood. Now it has a restaurant, and
before the mansion belonged to the Dauban family.
Nearby is the family mausoleum, where you can
see the grave of Augustus Dauban - the founder of
the coconut empire, which during his lifetime was
called the "Rothschild of the West Indies."
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North Island is located 7 km north of Silhouette.
Tourists who are fond of nature conservation come
here with a helicopter. You can stop at the only
privately owned hotel, North Island Lodge, which
readers of Conde Nast magazine have named the
best hotel in 2006. There are only 11 villas on
the island. Animals and birds that were once
threatened with extinction feel great here. You
will see blue doves and Seychelles white eyes.
Divers can dive in 22 locations.
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Turtles
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The Galapagos tortoise was almost completely
exterminated by sailors who arrived on the island
to replenish supplies they took with them
turtles because of their tender meat, since
reptiles can be without food and water for up to
6 months. This destruction continued until
1840, until the last of the turtles was captured.
Several turtles lived in captivity in the 1990s,
as well as several giant Arnold turtles, which
were also considered extinct. Currently, the
island has one hundred thousand Aldabra giant
tortoises.
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The Seychelles Ecological Foundation is engaged
in a tortoises conservation project. The program
is to preserve the natural habitat of tortoises
and restore lost habitats. The Foundation
successfully restored the number of two species
of tortoises, which for 150 years were considered
extinct. In 1997, six individuals of the each
species were transported to Silhouette from
Aldabra Island. They multiply safely, and the
young are released into the wild. Tourists can
visit the center, where the shells, collections
of insects and plants.
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Contacts
Beau Vallon beach, Mahe island, Seychelles 248 4
291000 reservation_at_coralstrand.sc coralstrand.sc