Travel planning
Accessible Travel in Seychelles
Island-hopping, steep terrain and roads flanked by uncovered storm drains matter more here than any single building does.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Seychelles: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Heritage
Seychelles and Diaspora Reconnection
Seychelles is on the Indian Ocean slave route, not the Atlantic one, and it has a mountain school built for the children of liberated Africans.
Events and Festivals
Seychelles Festivals and Celebrations
Moutya is a dance that enslaved Africans performed at night in the forest, out of earshot of the plantation house. UNESCO inscribed it in 2021.
Culture
Seychelles Culture and Etiquette Guide
Seychelles had no indigenous population, so everything here was carried in. Its Creole culture is what the people brought and what survived.
Food
Seychelles Food Guide
Seychellois food is a Creole kitchen built on an ocean and a plantation economy, and its clearest expression is a fish market in Victoria.
Travel planning
Seychelles Travel Safety Guide
Seychelles is US Level 1 and no part of it is advised against. The real warnings are about the sea, the roads and things left unattended.
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Getting Around Seychelles
Buses stop at eight, the roads on Mahé are narrow with uncovered storm drains, and the sea between the islands has its own advice.
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Seychelles Packing List
A chikungunya outbreak, an unusually stern set of road hazards and beaches that are unsafe by season decide most of a Seychelles bag.
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Seychelles Currency and Money Guide
There is no FCDO money page for Seychelles. What the advice does cover is a cash declaration made before you fly, and what not to carry.
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Seychelles Visa and Entry Requirements
No visa is required, but you cannot board without a travel authorization, and it asks for your accommodation and your onward ticket.