Seychelles: Cerf Island
This is a historic journal, from our trip to Kenya and Seychelles in 1986, taken from notes I wrote at the time. Apologies for the poor quality photographs.
17.11.1986 - 17.11.1986
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Kenya and Seychelles 1986
on Grete Howard's travel map.
Monday 17th November 1986
Cerf Island
Access is by glass bottom boat to the small off-shore island of Cerf, which lies in the Ste Anne Marine National Park and is surrounded by a coral reef.
On the way we can see lots of colourful fish, and the crew hold bread out to feed them, which of course attracts thousands of them!
They manage to catch one so that we can see the markings.
Once we arrive on the island we have to wade across to get ashore, but find it extremely uncomfortable as the sharp coral cuts our feet.
It was raining for a while on the journey here – this is said to be the wet season – but it dries up in time for us to stroll around the island.
We find the island quite unspoilt and very beautiful.
The island has a small population of giant tortoises, some as old as 1000 years.
This evening there is a poolside BBQ, we have a few drinks to accompany it and retire to bed.
Posted by Grete Howard 07:06 Archived in Seychelles
