The Seychelles Archipelago is a collection of 115 islands situated four degrees south of the equator, approximately 1500 kilometers off the east coast of Africa.

The granite islands are the peaks of the large but submerged continent of Gondwanaland, which once joined Africa to Asia.

There are two types of island in the Archipelago – granitic and coralline. Coral islands are called coralline islands. The most scenic are the granitic islands with their lush green tropical vegetation, which contrast with the white beaches and crystal clear turquoise seas.

These islands are amongst the most beautiful in the world.

Cousine Island, with an area of only 25 hectares, is one of the smaller of the granitic islands, and is situated approximately six kilometers off the west coast of Praslin, Seychelles second largest island.

The Island is a private nature reserve, home to five of the Seychelles endemic birds as well as a variety of other endemic flora and fauna, and has the status of being the only island in the archipelago free of alien mammals.

Cousine Island offers an exclusive island experience with complete privacy found in very few other places on earth.

A maximum of ten guests are accommodated at any one time and share the island with its natural inhabitants, offering some of the greatest nature watching available in Seychelles.

As the Island’s creatures have no natural predators on the Island, they have no fear of humans and often one gets the feeling of not knowing quite who is watching whom!