Duration
7 Nights
Journey Type
Sailing from Seychelles
Ports
8 Ports
27 December
Setting sail from Mahé
Mahé is the largest island in the Seychelles, home to the diminutive capital, Victoria, and 90% of the country's population. It's the quintessential tropical paradise, a sun-drenched landscape of granite mountains, lush jungle and heavenly white sand beaches.
27-28 December
Guernsey: Saint Anne, Alderney Island
28 December
Seychelles: Cousin Island
Little Cousin Island, just to the west of Praslin, is a protected nature reserve, providing a sanctuary for hawksbill turtles, giant tortoises and the highest concentration of lizards in the world. The island also hosts more than 300,000 nesting seabirds each year, including terns, noddies and shearwaters.
29 December
Seychelles: Praslin Island
The island of Praslin is home to some of the Seychelles’ top attractions, including the Vallée de Mai, a protected forest where you’ll see the rare coco de mer, a tree that produces the world’s largest seed and palm flower. The grove is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has been compared to the Garden of Eden.
30 December
Seychelles: La Digue
Lovely little La Digue is every inch the desert island idyll, and with less tourist development than Mahé or Praslin to impinge on your Robinson Crusoe fantasies. This is a place where many locals still get around by ox cart, and the beaches are some of the most beautiful in the Seychelles.
30-31 December
Seychelles: Curieuse Island
The island of Curieuse, once a leper colony, is now part of the protected Curieuse Marine National Park. This is one of the few islands in the Seychelles where the famous coco de mer grows, and is also known for its red soil and giant tortoises, introduced here from Aldabra Island in the 1980s.
1 January
Seychelles: Aride
Situated just to the northwest of Praslin, the island of Aride is renowned for its amazing birdlife. Keep your eyes peeled for species including noddies, terns, shearwaters and frigatebirds, along with sea turtles, skinks and geckos. And all this against a backdrop of granite cliffs, sandy beaches and lush tropical flora, with many endemic plants.
2-3 January
Arriving in Mahé
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What we love
Following the success of sister ships Emerald Azzurra and Emerald Sakara, Emerald Cruises unveils a brand-new luxury yacht due to set sail in 2026, Emerald Kaia. This new yacht will feature enhanced spaces on board including an Observation Sun Deck at the bow, and a reimagined Sky Deck area, perfect for soaking in the views, and will operate itineraries in the Mediterranean and Seychelles.
capacity | 128 guests |
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crew | 92 staff |
style | Intimate, luxury cruising akin to sailing on your own private yacht, with enhanced outside spaces perfect for warmer climes. |
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