A remote paradise in the Indian Ocean
Alphonse Island, a five-star idyl on one of the Seychelles’ most entrancing Outer Islands is possibly the most remote and paradisiac place I’ve ever been to. Situated just south of the equator, Alphonse Island is not just far, but many light-years from the madding crowd. The island has no cars, no TVs and only designated areas with internet signals which locals jokingly refer to as “coconut Wi-Fi”.
A breathtaking arrowhead-shaped outcrop in the Indian Ocean clothed in floppy palm trees and ringed by brochure-ready white sandy beaches, limpid blue waters and a bountiful coral reef, Alphonse is the ultimate dreamy desert island.
I am desperately trying to avoid the cliche of comparing it to the pristine, empty beaches featured in that famous Bounty advert, but that is very hard, as it really doesn’t get any more get-away-from-it all than this. If this place doesn’t instantly send you into a Zen state, then nowhere will.
The sea around Alphonse Island is beaming with life, examples of which are hawksbill turtles and the variety of reef fish.
Rounding the end of the coral reef, our little band…
