Seychelles Wildlife Encounters: Giant Tortoises, Exotic Birds & Marine Life You’ll Love
The Aldabra giant tortoise, a species that can exceed 250 kilograms, moves so slowly across the grass that you might mistake it for a boulder until it blinks. Over 100,000 individuals roam Aldabra Atoll, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, making it the densest population of giant land tortoises anywhere. But the Seychelles’ wildlife story doesn’t end with these gentle reptiles. The archipelago shelters more than 1,600 recorded species across its granitic and coralline islands, including birds found nowhere else on Earth and marine life that draws divers from across the globe. This guide covers the most accessible places to