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Scuba Diving Holidays In Seychelles |
If ever a paradise was created for divers, this is it. A wonderful archipelago, with some of the best diving facilities in the world.
Country Description
115 islands, the majority of which are only sandy protrusions much like desert islands depicted in cartoons. As a result only about 50 are inhabited. The islands themselves are spread over a huge range. The nation spreads over as staggering 600,000 square kilometres with land only occupying a relatively minuscule 300 square miles. There is, as you can imagine, a lot of sea between islands.
There are four main island groups within the Seychelles, the Amarante group, the Aldabra group, the Farquhur group and Mahe group. Most of these are atolls however the main islands are granite based masses left behind when the continents of Africa and Asia split. This geographic isolation has resulted in the Seychelles being home to a number of unique species. Also, it is the only other pace apart from the Galapagos that boats giant land tortoises.
The tourism industry is based around the regions of Mahe, Praslin, Silhouette and La Digue. Scuba diving is a mainstay of the tourism industry, so divers are made to feel very welcome and well catered for.
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Diving Description
The life beneath the waters is as rich and varied as on land. The corals are incredible, the fish life amazing and underwater topography stunning. There are pinnacles, boulders and overhangs, alongside excellent walls and reef formation. If this isn't enough, the rocky underwater formation have resulted in numerous wrecks within safe diving limits that are all magnets for marine life. Marine life includes schools of jacks that come into feed when the currants are strong.
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L'llot Bay
Features an abundance of life similar to what you'd expect to find in the Indian Ocean. However here they are so closely packed in together that they are breathtaking.
The Amirantes Chain
Huge pinnacles of coral rise up many hundreds of meters from the seabed to about 25m from the surface and boast an abundance of sea life from turtles to sharks, and massive coral formations to seafans.
The Seychelles Coral Atolls
The Seychelles Coral Atolls are among the best dives in the world today due to their remoteness and pristine reef systems. The Aldabra group are the most remote and are closer to Tanzania than they are to Mahe. Jacques Cousteau brought them to the world's attention on one of his earliest Calypso voyages.
Other info
The Seychelles host an underwater photography competition every year in November when the plankton are in abundance and the whalesharks come in to feed. The competition attracts the world's best underwater photographers.
All visitors to the Seychelles are required to buy a gold card, the proceeds of which get ploughed straight back into environmental projects. The cards provide access to all sorts of tourist attractions.
Features an abundance of life similar to what you'd expect to find in the Indian Ocean. However here they are so closely packed in together that they are breathtaking.
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