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Lokaltime: |
GMT plus 4 hours, MEZ plus 3 hours, MESZ plus
2 hours. |
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Entry: |
Visa until 4 weeks stay (you can prolong)
and a passport with at least 6 months validity. Persons above 18 years may be imported 400
cigarettes, 2 litres alcohol and articles up to a value of 3000 SR. |
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Departure: |
Travellers over 12 years must prove with a
coupon on departure, that the passenger service charges (US$ 40 in 2003) was paid in a hotel,
at banks or at the airport. Turtle tanks and objects from tortoiseshell, corals may not be
exported. For the exportation of a Coco de Mer it requires a written approval which you receives
among authorized sellers. |
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Journey: |
The international Airport is located in "Point
La Rue" on Mahé. The flight transfer after Alphonse and Desroches lasts for about 45 minutes. |
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Language: |
Creole is a mixing language, consisting of
the original dialects and the colonial language and remind therefore always strongly of French
in the Seychelles. They Seychellois understand, however, also French and English on the tourist
islands. |
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Religion: |
90 per cent of the population is already Roman
Catholics, nevertheless many Seychellois are still very superstitious and believe in mysticism
and sorcery. |
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Population: |
Rounds 80,000 Seychellois up (Creole "Seselwa")
lives alltogether on 115 islands, about 90 per cent of this on the two main islands of Mahé
and Praslin. |
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Travel time: |
Recommendable is May until October. The most dryly months
are June, July and August, the most precipitations fall in December and January. Short showers
of rain must always be calculated. |
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Climate: |
Tropically warm climate. During the southeast
monsoon of the end of May until September the air is cooler and drier, during the northwest
monsoon of October until May the air is warmer and damper. |
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Clima grafics: |
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History: |
800 AD landed the first Arab seafarers. 1501
a Portuguese seafarer discoveredthe Farquhar archipelago. 1502 Vasco da Gama discovered the
Seychelles. 1756 the Irish captain Corneille Nicolas Morphey declared the islands as French
possession. 1811 be the Seychelles annexed by the Brits. 1875 become the Seychelles to an exile
place. 1903 the Seychelles become a British crown colony. 1934 first money of one's own. 1948
first right to vote. 1970 first one constitution. 1976 the Seychelles attain the independence.
1977 government revolt. 1981 attempted putsch of South African mercenaries fails and in 1993
there was an increase party choice after 16 years again. |
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Tides: |
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Mobile telephon: |
Mobile telephone works only on the most Inner
Islands. |
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Internet: |
The Internet is very slowly and sometimes
for days not available on the islands. It gives 2 Internet café in Victoria and it cost 2 Euros
for 15 minutes (stand 2003). |
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Holidays: |
January 1st and 2nd (New Year), Good Friday,
May 1st (day of the work), Corpus Christi, June 5th (day of the liberation), June 18th (national
holiday), June 29th (independence day), August 15th (Ascension Day), November 1st (All Saints'
Day), 8. December (Maria conception) and 25. December (Christmas). |
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Diving: |
Middle view and water temperatures between
26 and 29 degrees centigrade, in some places at times cold depth flows. Great richness in fish
and often also big fish up to the Tiger Shark and Sperm Whale. |
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Snorkels: |
Since El Ninjo the corals are here also no
longer so beautiful but there is often to see whale sharks between October and April. |
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Geografical position: |
Of 3° 43' up to 10° 8' southern breadth and
of 46° 10' up to 56° 20' eastern length in the Indian ocean. |
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The islands: |
Sea area of 1 million km², land area 454 km².
The Inner Islands consists of granite rocks and the 905 metres high Morne Seychellois is the
highest elevation in the east of Victoria on Mahé, the Outer Islands are low coral islands. |
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National parks: |
The Aldabra atoll, the islands Aride, Cousin
and Curieuse are completely under conservation. There are however also other nature reserves,
as the Morne Seychellois national park and the Valleé de May on Praslin (absolute smoking ban!),
as well as the sea national parks, like the 80 hectares great Baie Ternay at the westernmost
end of Mahé (preferential spawning ground of the Karett turtles) and parts of the sea in front
of Praslin, as well as the mangrove woods in the Turtle Bay. |
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Coco de Mer: |
The biggest coconut the world, the up to 20
kg heavy "Coco de Mer" grows only on Praslin and Curieuse, but a couple of copies
are also in the botanic garden in Victoria. Approximately 3000 pieces are sold to tourists
by it (only by a written exportation approval) every year. |
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Flora: |
All islands are covered luxuriantly, the greatest
variety of species if mixed already with imported species, too, grows, however, on Mahé. The
original "cloud forests" still thrive in the higher areas. |
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Fauna: |
Giant turtles (the best known is Esmeralda
on Bird Island and she is 300 kg heavily and between 120 and 150 years old), lizards, salamanders,
geckos and a huge number and species of birds, among this also the Great Frigatebird with up
to 2 metres of span width. |
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Food: |
Additionally to international kitchen in the
hotels you should eat absolutely also local specialities, as bouyon bred (Chinese cabbage soup),
lasoup pwason (fish-soup), lasoup tektek (mussel soup), kari pwason (fish curry), kari zourit
(Octopus curry), pwason griye (grilled fish), pwason sale (spicy dried fish) and ladob banan
(bananas cooked into coconut milk). To this satini is also served. These are Chutneys from
native fruits, but you should never eat this Chutney, the satini reken, because this is a Shark
Chutney! |
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