Africa: This small island country with only 200 years of human history has breathtakingly beautiful private islands.

The Seychelles is located in the Indian Ocean, 1,600 kilometers away from the east coast of Africa. It is relatively far from the African continent, remote and isolated from the world.

The Seychelles Islands were uninhabited until the 18th century. In the mid-18th century, the French and the British first began to colonize the Seychelles Islands. In 1770, the first batch of black slaves landed on the island. Later, Indians, Arabs, and Chinese also came to Seychelles one after another.

Therefore, Seychelles, an island country with only 200 years of human history, does not have native ethnic groups, but only mixed races: there are French and African mixed races, British and African mixed races. , while also integrating Indian, Arabic, and Chinese ancestry.

And the mixture of multiple ethnic groups and races has given rise to handsome men in this country. They are not models or celebrities, they are just drivers on the roadside, waiters in restaurants or helmsmen of hotel yachts.

But their unique brown skin, paired with Europeans’ deep eye sockets, high nose bridges, chiseled faces, and Africans’ thick black hair twisted together like hemp ropes, makes them very handsome. Handsome.

For this trip, I specially found a handsome local Seychelles guy to appear on the scene, so that you can quietly feel the male hormones of Seychelles while enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Seychelles is an archipelago country composed of 115 islands. The destination of my trip is one of the 115 islands in the Seychelles.

I silently calculated in my mind that it had taken me 14.40 hours to arrive at the international airport on Mahe Island in the Seychelles. And this is only two-thirds of my entire trip and only my second flight stopover.

I still need to wait for 4 hours at Mahe Island International Airport, and then take a small plane flight in Seychelles for 35 minutes. After a total of 19 hours, I will arrive at my destination - Seychelles. The Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island is located on an independent island southwest of Seychelles.

19 hours is already the shortest time I have found after repeatedly checking the flights of many airlines.

If I wasn't careful, it would take me 24 hours to reach my destination.

It's less like going on vacation and more like going to the moon. But I have always believed that the most beautiful scenery is usually the hardest to reach.

Finally, after waiting for more than 3 hours, I received the call for a flight within Seychelles.

This 16-seater small plane only takes off and lands for one purpose every day, which is to fly to the Four Seasons Resort Hotel on Desroches Island, a private island located in the southwest waters of the Seychelles.

The only people boarding the plane were me and a staff member from the Four Seasons Hotel. If we only count the passengers, and I am the only one on board, it is really a private plane.

After a 35-minute flight, an independent island about 5 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide appeared on the sea outside the cabin.

Covering an area of ??402 hectares, Deroche Island in Seychelles is a sparsely populated and well-preserved tropical paradise.

Looking from the sky, hidden under the green coconut grove is the newly opened Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island.

Although it is an independent private island, I still underestimated its size. After checking in, it was almost dusk, and I wanted to take advantage of the sunset to visit Seychelles’ unique animal, the elephant tortoise. It is said that there are about 150 wild Aldabra giant tortoises on the island.

Riding the bicycle provided by the hotel to each villa guest, I think this should be the most efficient way to spot elephant turtles. However, things were completely beyond my imagination. I rode for 15 minutes from the inhabited hotel parking space to the uninhabited jungle trails, but I didn't see a single elephant turtle. Instead, I got lost in the coconut grove.

Suddenly, a hotel security guard riding a motorcycle appeared in my sight, and I quickly grabbed this life-saving straw.

After learning about my intention, Krishna, a handsome local guy from Seychelles, frowned, looked at the sky again, and then said: "It's getting dark, you can find it yourself." If you don’t come back, I’ll take you there.”

“Private island, motorcycle, security, dark, and no way to come back.” These five words were mixed together to form a picture in my mind. This is an unspeakably strange scene that I have never encountered in other five-star hotels.

Well, after double-checking that his uniform had the word "security" on it, I decided to "get on board."

After boarding Krishna’s motorcycle and traveling for a few minutes, I understood why I couldn’t find the elephant turtle.

The private island where the hotel is located has a 15-kilometer winding path that runs through the entire island. It takes at least 40 minutes to an hour to get from one end of the island to the other by taking the hotel's golf cart or riding a bicycle.

The Tortoise Sanctuary, a gathering place for 150 tortoises, is located in the center of the entire island. As long as the direction is correct, it will take at least 20 minutes to get there by bike.

Sitting on the back seat of Krishna’s motorcycle, I was secretly glad that I was not riding a bicycle for a stroll, otherwise I would have been dehydrated and skinned, and I would not have seen an elephant. turtle.

Full picture of the hotel: The island where the Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island is located is 5 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide. There is a 15-kilometer trail that runs through the entire island and a 14-kilometer white sand beach around the island.

Point A is the hotel lobby and other major public service centers, and point B is the Elephant Turtle Center. The 5 blue landmarks are the 5 most beautiful beaches. The orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple lines add up to a total of 15 kilometers of jungle trails.

The Seychelles remained uninhabited until the 18th century. But precisely because human civilization entered the area relatively late, the original scenery of the Seychelles is better preserved. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but it is also home to many unique species, such as the huge Aldabra giant tortoise.

The Tortoise Center at the Four Seasons Resort at Desroches Island has 150 Aldabra tortoises, ranging from a 200-year-old tortoise grandfather who is over half a meter tall to a newborn baby tortoise the size of a button. All.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 p.m., the hotel also organizes free outdoor activities to feed the tortoises.

On the independent island of Desroche Island, in addition to giant tortoises, there are other wild animals here. And these little friends often do "stupid things" because they haven't been with humans for a long time.

One day after dinner, I was walking on the dimly lit hotel walkway back to my villa.

I watched a big black bird take off from a tree trunk not far away, and in an instant it hit my chest directly at the heart. That precision not only caused me to stagger back several steps, but also made me unable to breathe for a while.

There was a bang. Compared to the fright I received, the big bird that caused the "accident" seemed to have suffered a greater fright. After "attacking" me, it actually fell directly to the sand.

It attacked me. I was not killed in battle, but it was prepared to die in battle!

If I were hit and killed by this seabird in this small African island country, the insurance company would probably not pay out the compensation! In order to see the legendary African beauties, the risk factor is really high!

While complaining about its recklessness, I suddenly realized that the "bad guy" in front of me was the stupid seabird Shearwater, a kind of seagull-like flying bird, that Tony the butler had introduced to me.

It is said that this stupid bird often "accidentally" flies into the golf carts driving in the hotel, causing scenes of "bloody murders" on the windshield.

It is really admirable that birds can have such superb "skills"!

Although Seychelles entered human society relatively late, it has a history of more than 200 years. The wild animals here really need to improve their understanding and learning of human society!

The next day, under the leadership of Tony, the butler of the Four Seasons Resort Hotel at Desroches Island, I took the hotel’s golf cart and visited the entire island for 2 hours.

Tony told me that there are 5 beaches within one *** of the hotel. How is it possible? A small island, of course, has only one beach, and that is the beach surrounding the entire island.

After following Tony around for a while, I realized that these five beaches are actually the best places to sunbathe, engage in sea activities, and have picnics. Compared with the 14-kilometer chain of beaches that winds throughout the entire island, these five beaches are the most beautiful and comfortable.

On the white beach, the sand is as fine as flour. Against the blue sea, it looks particularly white. It is a dreamy picture like a paradise on earth.

Equally dreamy is the Lighthouse at the Four Seasons Resort Des Roche Island. The tallest building on the entire island, it was originally a lighthouse and is now used as a hotel restaurant and bar.

Looking out from the three-story lighthouse, the deep blue and light blue sea colors around the island are displayed in front of me 360 ??degrees without any obstruction, like a femme fatale.

The Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island has a 15-kilometer trail that runs throughout the island.

To visit all the beautiful scenery on this long trail, you can either ask a golf cart to take you around, or you can ride on the bicycle provided by the hotel for each guest and go alone to discover the beauty of the jungle.

The Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island has 71 villas in total, all of which are independent buildings. These include 48 one-bedroom villas, 10 two-bedroom villas and 13 multi-bedroom villas.

Such a variety of room designs meet different vacation needs, from couples' honeymoon to family travel.

The style of the villa rooms is a return to nature design style. The picture above shows the bedroom and bathroom.

The Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island has a private airstrip on the island. When planes take off and land twice a day, representatives from various hotel departments will be sent to the runway to welcome guests from all over the world.

At 7 a.m. every day, the runway has a different "purpose". It is a huge open "classroom" for yoga classes in the hotel.

Ganga Sadhuka, a beautiful yogi from India, wears white yoga clothes. Against the background of the hotel’s wide and grand airport runway, she shows her unique and legendary style.

Behind Ganga Sadhuka, a red sun has just emerged, and the rising sun is scattered on the runway, giving this unique "yoga field" a strange spiritual color.

The hotel has two restaurants.

Lighthouse is the most acclaimed gourmet restaurant in the entire hotel. Chef Olivier Barre is a passionate fisherman himself. Under his creativity, he combines Western and Japanese-style Seychellois seafood delicacies to achieve It reached an astonishing and commendable height, allowing me to linger and feast night after night.

Claudine Restaurant often launches themed cuisine during dinner, including Italian cuisine theme nights, Indian cuisine theme nights and Creole cuisine theme nights. Theme night dining costs 1,900 Seychellois rupees per person, about 1,000 RMB.

Full name of the hotel: Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island

Hotel Name: Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island

1. A mixed-race handsome man, The beauty will take your breath away;

2. Encountering wild animals that have not been in contact with humans for a long time will also cause you to "suffocate";

3. The private island owned by the Four Seasons Group Five star hotel.

Arriving at the hotel: There are no direct flights. Departing from the country, you usually have to go to the Middle East to transfer to the Seychelles.

You can choose Etihad Airways to fly from Beijing to Abu Dhabi, which takes 8.45 hours, wait for 1.55 hours, and then fly to Mahe Island in the Seychelles, which takes 4.40 hours. Total 14.40 hours.

You can also choose Emirates Airlines to fly to Dubai first, which lasts 8.20 hours, wait for 3.55 hours, and then fly to Mahe Island in the Seychelles, which lasts 4.35 hours. Total 16.10 hours.

After arriving at Mahe Island International Airport in the Seychelles (point A on the map), a concierge at the Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island in the Seychelles will be waiting at the airport entrance to welcome you. It only takes a few steps to reach the airport VIP lounge for domestic flights, where you are waiting for the 16-seater small plane to take off to Desroches Island.

Take a 35-minute flight on a 16-seater small plane to reach the independent island where the hotel is located - Desroches Island (the location marked by the red dot on the picture).

Rainy and dry seasons: Seychellois will tell you that they never look at the weather forecast. Because the global climate environment is changing and Seychelles is an island country, weather forecasts are very inaccurate.

Taking my personal experience as an example, during the 4 days in the hotel, the weather forecast showed that it would be cloudy and rainy every day, but in fact the last two days were very sunny.

Best months for snorkeling: September to January of the next year are the best months for snorkeling and deep diving. Relatively speaking, the sunniest months are March, April and May.

Peak season: December to March of the next year.

An Yuan (pseudonym), real name Yang Luyu.

Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University. The author of "Living in China - 26 Foreigners' Homes Are Different from Yours". CCTV host Bai Yansong made a "passionate recommendation" for the book cover. Holiland CEO and photographer Luo Hong wrote a recommendation on the back cover of the book. The book was on the bestseller list in Sanlian Bookstore.