Blue Safari’s Astove Coral House

Coastal, Beach & Island Getaways

Blue Safari’s Astove Coral House

Sustainability Initiatives

Out of this World

Indian Ocean Islands, Seychelles, Victoria
Astove Island, Seychelles

How They Dazzle Us

The most remote of the habitable islands that make up the Seychelles, Astove is more than a thousand kilometres away from the main island of Mahe and the capital city, Victoria. It is a rugged and charming island with jagged limestone features and impeccably white dunes and beaches. Given its extraordinary remoteness the island has had very little human impact placed on it, which makes it pristine and unspoiled and truly quite incredible. It is the sort of place where you can easily pretend that you are the first person to explore the island such is its untouched splendour.

Why We Love Them

This is a landing that is easy to love because it really is unspoiled paradise. Seas that teem with marine life, warm water beaches that seem to stretch forever and fly fishing that ranks as amongst the best in the world. First explored and settled as long ago as 1000AD, the island has acted as home for abandoned slaves and as a farm. But in more recent times it has been devoid of human habitation, allowing the natural animals and plants to restore themselves to their original glory. It has created a sense of unspoiled wonder and natural perfection that is almost impossible to find anywhere else. Such is the low impact of humans that even when diving the marine life is curious rather than afraid of the human presence in their space.

Their Sustainable Superpower

Turtle conservation is a big focus on Astove Island and one of the many incredible experiences available when you visit here is to join in the process of monitoring and protecting these incredible animals. Curious visitors can watch the turtles in their natural habitat or watch hatchlings make their way to the ocean while for those keen to get more involved there is he chance to help discover new nesting sites. Aside from these activities it is also worth mentioning that in order to keep human impact to a minimum the team that runs the island limit the number of people that are able to visit. This is not a cram them in at all costs kind of Landing. On an island that is more than a thousand kilometres away from shopping centres and supplies this is a place that must carefully balance human needs with both nature and practicality.