Seychelles Diving & Snorkelling: Granite Reefs & Marine Life

Today you dive the dramatic granite reefs of Mahe. With the expert dive team, you dive over the Seychelles' distinctive underwater granite formations, huge boulders, arches and canyons cloaked in colourful soft coral and teeming with fish, and famous sites such as Shark Bank (with rays, nurse sharks and big fish), swimming with turtles, reef sharks and clouds of colourful fish in the warm, clear water. Snorkellers explore beautiful reefs with the team. Between dives you relax on the beach. The formations and marine life are distinctive. As the sun sets over the ocean, you savour the glorious colours. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine, savouring the beauty of the underwater world. Rest well, ready for more diving and, in season, whale sharks tomorrow.

Today you explore marine parks and, in season, seek whale sharks. With the dive team, you dive or snorkel a beautiful marine park teeming with life, and, in whale-shark season (around October-November), take an excursion to snorkel alongside a gentle whale shark, the largest fish in the ocean, gliding through the blue, a thrilling encounter. Outside the season, you enjoy more of Mahe's beautiful dives and marine life. Between excursions you relax on the beach. The marine parks and whale sharks are magical. As the sun sets over the ocean in a blaze of colour, you savour the glorious sunset. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine. Rest well, ready to journey to beautiful Praslin and its dive sites tomorrow.

Today you journey to beautiful Praslin and its dive sites. You take a scenic ferry or short flight to Praslin, and settle into your dive-friendly hotel. You dive or snorkel the beautiful granite reefs and drop-offs around Praslin and the inner islands, teeming with colourful fish, turtles and reef sharks, in the warm, clear water, and might visit the Vallee de Mai palm forest or relax on the stunning Anse Lazio. The reefs and island are beautiful. As the day ends, you settle into Praslin. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine and savour a beautiful sunset. Rest well on beautiful Praslin, ready for more diving amid the inner islands tomorrow.

Today you dive the beautiful reefs of the inner islands around Praslin. With the dive team, you dive or snorkel the beautiful granite reefs, marine parks and famous sites around Praslin, La Digue and the smaller inner islands (such as the Coco, Sister and Felicite marine park), teeming with turtles, reef sharks, rays and clouds of colourful fish over vibrant coral and dramatic granite, in the warm, clear water. Between dives you relax on a beautiful beach. The reefs and marine life are beautiful. As the sun sets over the ocean, you savour the glorious colours. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine, savouring the beauty of the underwater world. Rest well on beautiful Praslin, ready for more diving amid the inner islands tomorrow.

Today you enjoy more of the beautiful underwater world around Praslin. With the dive team, you dive or snorkel more beautiful granite reefs, marine parks and dive sites, encountering more of the abundant marine life, turtles, reef sharks, rays, moray eels and clouds of colourful fish, over vibrant coral and dramatic granite formations, in the warm, clear water. Between dives you relax on the stunning beaches of Praslin. The reefs and marine life are beautiful. As the sun sets over the ocean in a blaze of colour, you savour the glorious sunset. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine. Rest well on beautiful Praslin, savouring your final full day of distinctive diving in the Seychelles.

Today you enjoy a final morning of diving or snorkelling, then relax on the world's most beautiful beaches (mindful of not diving too close to your flight). In the morning you enjoy a final dive or snorkel over a beautiful granite reef, savouring the distinctive underwater world one last time. The rest of the day is yours to relax on Praslin's stunning beaches, the world-famous Anse Lazio or beautiful Anse Georgette, swimming and snorkelling in the turquoise sea, and savouring the beauty and serenity. The reefs and beaches are beautiful. As the sun sets over the ocean for the last time, you savour the glorious colours. This evening, dine on Creole cuisine, reflecting on the distinctive diving you have experienced. Rest well on beautiful Praslin, the granite reefs and marine life of the Seychelles vivid in your memory, ahead of your departure tomorrow.

After a final, relaxed morning on beautiful Praslin, perhaps a last gentle snorkel or swim, you take the ferry or flight back to Mahe and are transferred to the airport for your onward international departure. You leave having experienced the beautiful, distinctive diving of the Seychelles, the dramatic underwater granite formations, the vibrant coral reefs and marine parks, the turtles, reef sharks and rays, and, in season, the gentle whale sharks, all in the warm, clear waters of the granite islands, alongside the world's most beautiful beaches. The images stay vivid long after you land, the dramatic underwater granite boulders, the turtles and reef sharks, the whale sharks, and the beautiful beaches. The Seychelles offers a unique and beautiful marine realm in abundance, and you depart already dreaming of a return to dive these distinctive granite reefs.