La Digue: Laid back island living

Itty-bitty La Digue offers the classic Seychelles escape. This unspoiled tropical island is covered in utter, natural beauty, bewitching bays, jade-green waters and wide open views of the sea. Despite its...

Seychelles – 5 minute guide

Not just luxury resorts for the uber-rich, this idyllic island getaway also has a simple side. With a little planning and some island know-how you can discover Mahe, La Digue & Praslin without a total budget blow-out.

Seychelles on a budget

With its luxury resorts and royal honeymooners I’d always assumed the Seychelles is a destination solely for the uber-rich. I never imagined we’d be able to come here on our shoestring budget but luckily...

Seychelles best beaches

The Seychelles rank among the world’s most idyllic island getaways famous for it’s incredible beaches and brilliant blue seas. And what beaches they are: spectacular ribbons of talcum powder sand lapped...
Seychelles Carnival 2015

Seychelles Carnival 2015

We were lucky enough to be in Mahé at the same time as the biggest event in the Seychelles calendar – Carnaval International de Victoria! Bright colours, beautiful people and booming beats take over Mahé's...

Driving in the Seychelles

For the ultimate Seychelles experience the best way to explore the idyllic island of Mahe is by renting a car. With your own wheels to drive in the Seychelles you can really enjoy the variety Mahe has to...

Family Gap Year – a year on the road

So here we are a year since we took off for our great, big adventure – was it worth it? Absolutely, resoundingly, 100% yes. We missed too much of the important stuff with Jessica. Trying to do it all, be it all and have it all. Juggling the 9-5 and looming deadlines there simply wasn’t enough hours in the day to be the parents we wanted to be.