Three days upgrades the Praslin day trip into a real overnight and adds Curieuse’s tortoise nursery, but La Digue still stays off the map. Tighter on time? Drop to the 2-day version ; more days free, the 4-day itinerary keeps building the same route. Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin Cat Cocos, about 1 hour, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Day 3 Praslin then Mahe Cat Cocos return, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Book these before you go

Two days means Mahe, plus a single rushed day trip across to Praslin; La Digue does not enter into it at this length. Want more breathing room on Praslin? Step up to the 3-day itinerary , or reach all three islands with the 7-day version . Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin (day trip) Cat Cocos round trip, about EUR 116 SCR 1,800-3,000 (EUR 110-185) Book these before you go

Seven days is the six-day loop plus one earned thing: a genuine buffer day back on Mahe before an international flight, since SEZ is the only gateway you have regardless of route. Tighter on time, the 6-day itinerary drops exactly that cushion and keeps the rest intact. Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin Cat Cocos, about 1 hour, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Day 3 Praslin (island day) None SCR 1,100-2,400 (EUR 70-150) Day 4 La Digue Cat Rose, 15-20min, roughly EUR 15 SCR 1,000-2,200 (EUR 60-135) Day 5 La Digue (island day) None SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 6 La Digue then Mahe Cat Rose+Cat Cocos, or direct Cat Cocos ~1h45, ~EUR 68 SCR 900-2,000 (EUR 55-125) Day 7 Mahe (buffer day) None SCR 900-2,200 (EUR 55-135) Book these before you go

Four days is enough for a real Praslin overnight plus a rushed lap of La Digue, day-tripping in on the ferry most itineraries mix up with the wrong operator. Shorter version without La Digue at all: the 3-day itinerary . More time for an actual La Digue overnight: the 5-day version . Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin Cat Cocos, about 1 hour, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Day 3 Praslin (island day) None SCR 1,100-2,400 (EUR 70-150) Day 4 La Digue day trip, back via Praslin/Mahe Cat Rose round trip, roughly EUR 30 SCR 1,400-2,800 (EUR 85-175) Book these before you go

Five days is the tight minimum for all three islands without skipping one outright: Mahe, a proper Praslin overnight, and one night on La Digue before the return crossing. Less time, drop to the 4-day version and trade La Digue for a second rushed lap of Praslin. More time, the 6-day itinerary gives La Digue a full second day. Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin Cat Cocos, about 1 hour, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Day 3 Praslin (island day) None SCR 1,100-2,400 (EUR 70-150) Day 4 La Digue Cat Rose, 15-20min, roughly EUR 15 SCR 1,000-2,200 (EUR 60-135) Day 5 La Digue then Mahe Cat Rose+Cat Cocos, or direct Cat Cocos ~1h45, ~EUR 68 SCR 1,600-3,000 (EUR 100-185) Book these before you go

Six days adds a genuine second La Digue day onto the 5-day loop: Mahe, a Praslin overnight, then two full days on La Digue before the crossing back. Need a buffer day too? The 7-day version adds one on the return through Mahe; tighter, drop to the 5-day itinerary . Day Island Ferry/travel Rough daily cost Day 1 Mahe Airport transfer only SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 2 Praslin Cat Cocos, about 1 hour, roughly EUR 58 SCR 1,300-2,600 (EUR 80-160) Day 3 Praslin (island day) None SCR 1,100-2,400 (EUR 70-150) Day 4 La Digue Cat Rose, 15-20min, roughly EUR 15 SCR 1,000-2,200 (EUR 60-135) Day 5 La Digue (island day) None SCR 700-1,600 (EUR 45-100) Day 6 La Digue then Mahe Cat Rose+Cat Cocos, or direct Cat Cocos ~1h45, ~EUR 68 SCR 900-2,000 (EUR 55-125) Book these before you go

A Victorian general named Charles Gordon stood inside Praslin’s Vallee de Mai in 1881 and decided he had found the actual Garden of Eden, with the coco de mer as the forbidden fruit. He was a general, not a botanist, but the forest still earns the theatrics: the canopy has barely changed since prehistory, and the world’s largest seed hangs overhead in giant clusters. That is the Seychelles most visitors miss, an African archipelago with a rupee economy and a capital small enough to walk by lunch, spent instead on a beach chair without ever asking why the water looks like that.