From Granite Peaks to Coral Gardens: Exploring Seychelles’ Natural Beauty
The sculpted granite boulders at Anse Source d’Argent on La Digue don’t look like they belong on a beach — they look like they tumbled out of a mountain range that forgot to stop at the shoreline. And in a way, that’s exactly what happened. Seychelles sits on a microcontinent of ancient granite, one of the few oceanic island groups on Earth built from continental rock rather than volcanic basalt. That geological quirk explains why you get 905-meter peaks rising from rainforest on Mahé and coral gardens growing in the shallows a short boat ride away. Seychelles has legally