Who is Giant tortoises on Curieuse or Fregate for?
10–40 on Curieuse; Fregate is a 10–30 buy-out, not a day-trip circus
Seychelles · Half day from Praslin, or a stay on Fregate
Giant tortoises on Curieuse or Fregate
Aldabra giant tortoises in the wild — Curieuse National Park from Praslin, or Fregate if the brief is already a private island. Conservation, not a petting zoo, and not a substitute for Vallée de Mai.
How we run it
Inner-island programmes add Curieuse by boat from Praslin: mangrove, tortoises, a snorkel if the swell allows. We keep numbers honest and do not sell a farm-style photograph as wilderness.
Fregate and a handful of outer islands hold tortoise populations as part of the island, not as an excursion ticket. If the group is already buying the island, this is the morning walk. If they are on Mahé only, Curieuse is the product — and it costs a Praslin hop.
What is included
- — National-park or island briefing and a conservation-literate guide
- — Boat from Praslin for Curieuse, with a swell alternative
- — Clear language that this is not Vallée de Mai and not a gorilla-style permit trek
What we will not do
- — Not a 80-person day-trip cattle boat.
- — We will not stack Curieuse, Vallée de Mai and La Digue sand in one heat-struck calendar day.
Planner questions
When should we run Giant tortoises on Curieuse or Fregate?
Year-round. Nesting and hatchling windows are a bonus, not a contractual deliverable. Lead time: 8–12 months for Curieuse; 12–18 months if the tortoise chapter is a Fregate night. Duration on the ground: Half day from Praslin, or a stay on Fregate.
How do we add Giant tortoises on Curieuse or Fregate to a Seychelles MICE programme?
Aldabra giant tortoises in the wild — Curieuse National Park from Praslin, or Fregate if the brief is already a private island. Conservation, not a petting zoo, and not a substitute for Vallée de Mai. Send company, group size and dates to sales@serengetiexperience.com or use https://www.serengetiexperience.com/rfp — we confirm permits, vehicles and the operations annex on the proposal.
Sample programmes
Itineraries that include this destination
6 nights · 7-day outline
Seychelles inner islands incentive
Mahé arrival at Four Seasons or a peer, a full Praslin and La Digue day, then three still nights. Built for groups too large for North Island and too senior for a cattle-boat island hop. Weather and swell plans are written into the ops manual.
16–60 (inner-island resorts, not private-island buy-outs)
5 nights · 6-day outline
Seychelles private-island executive retreat
Helicopter or IDC flight beyond the inner-island triangle. Room count is the brief — we will not stretch North Island to a 60-person awards night. Luggage limits, conservation rules and a swell plan go in the first operations note.
10–30 depending on island (North Island, Fregate, Six Senses Zil Pasyon, Platte)
5 nights · 6-day outline
Mahé stay-put incentive
Four Seasons Petite Anse or a Mahé peer for the whole stay. One optional Mission Lodge or south-island day. No La Digue cattle boat. Weather and swell live in the ops manual; the gala has a leeward backup.
16–80
Seychelles
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Stays
Lodges we brief with this experience
- Four Seasons Resort SeychellesPetite Anse, Mahé
- Six Senses Zil PasyonFélicité Island
- North Island SeychellesNorth Island
- Fregate Island PrivateFregate Island