Travel Diaries - Mahé Island

So here I am, one month after our honeymoon, writing the last part of the story. This time is about the third island where we stayed on for five days - Mahé Island. This is the biggest island of them all and here you can find their capital city - Victoria, which is the smallest capital city in the world. 

On this island we rented another car in order to be able to see a big part of it. And I say a big part of it because we didn't manage to see it all. We saw many beautiful beaches - some where easy to reach, others not so easy. Most of them were reachable by car, but one day we decided we wanted to see Anse Major, even though we were aware of the fact that we had to walk about 40 mins to get there. Well, those 40 mins were in fact more than 1 hour, and the "walking" part was in fact "hiking" and crossing a hill from one side to the other. Piece of cake at 30 degrees and 80% humidity! Well, it was definitely worth it because the view from up above was priceless.

My favorite beach was Petit Anse which belongs to the Four Seasons Resort. It has the whitest and finest grain of sand and the most turquoise water I've ever seen. The view of the villas which belong to the resort on the hill surrounding the beach is gorgeous as well. I wish I could have stayed there forever.   

What I'm sorry about not managing to see are the tea plantations and factory on this island. I'm sure it would have been great. Who knows, maybe next time. :)

I leave you now with the photos. Enjoy dears!

1. Anse Royale

2. Petit Anse

3. Anse Major (with the hiking part)

4. Capital city - Victoria

5. Beau Vallon Bay & Le Meridien Resort