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Mai Valley (Praslin)

 
 

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Mai Valley (Praslin)

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Mai Valley (Praslin) Vallée de Mai on Praslin Visitors are free to walk the marked footpaths in this national park, which is included on UNESCO's World Heritage list. © René Mattes

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  • Vallée de Mai on Praslin
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Unspoilt paradise
  • Pausing at the foot of a waterfall
  • The black parrot
  • 'Coco de Mer'

In Praslin, Mai Valley is considered the replica of the garden of Eden, original paradise. No less! It is true that this 50 acre forest, the only place in the world where the coco de mer can grow naturally, is one of the world's most beautiful plant sanctuaries. You learn there that the coco de mer has male and female trees, the latter producing the famous suggestively-shaped giant coconuts called coco fesse. Like a real palm cathedral into which you penetrate with devotion and admiration, Mai Valley includes other interesting plant species and shelters the black parrot, an endemic species not easily observed. You can walk freely through the national park along waymarked footpaths, it is now listed as a Unesco site (entrance fee, open from 8 am to 5.30 pm) and has become one of the musts for any traveller worthy of the name disembarking on the Seychelles.

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