The Seychelles will rightly sit on anyone’s bucket list with some of the most prolific flats in the world. We have availability for 2024 for Alphonse Island (St Francois Atoll) as well as for Farquhar Atoll, Cosmoledo Atoll, Astove Atoll and Providence. Please contact us if you would like more information on the atolls or to hold space.

Alphonse Island

Alphonse is a rare jewel amongst fishing lodges; an ideal location for those looking for an unspoilt beach getaway while their partners are out fishing the flats of St Francois. Best known for its large and healthy bonefish population, it is unique amongst these atolls for the sheer number of milkfish who pass through on their north/south migratory route. These algae eating vegetarians are the ultimate challenge for any angler aiming to land one of these mighty, hard fighting fish. Alphonse fishes 12 anglers per week on a shared boat/guide basis (ratio of two anglers to one guide). Accommodation is in very comfortable, air-conditioned beach front chalets or suites. The suites have private plunge pools and for families and groups of friends, there are two stunning four bedroom villas, each with their own central pool. Contact us for more details.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Alphonse. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week.

If you would like more information please contact Charlotte Chilcott or Peter McLeod or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

2024
Beach Bungalow $12,665 per angler (single room)
Beach Suite $17,095 per angler (sharing)

6 – 13 January 2024
13 – 20 January 2024
27 January – 3 February 2024
3 – 10 February 2024
10 – 17 February 2024
17 – 24 February 2024
24 February – 2 March 2024
9 – 16 March 2024
16 – 23 March 2024
30 March – 6 April 2024
13 – 20 April 2024
20 – 27 April 2024
27 April – 4 May 2024
4 – 11 May 2024

The Alphonse Island “Stay/Pay” offer of staying seven nights and paying for five nights starts runs from 1st May – 30 September 2024 and applies to the leisure package. You can add on fishing days as required as St Francois fishes 5 rods during this period.

21 – 28 September 2024
28 September – 5 October 2024
5 – 12 October 2024
12 – 19 October 2024
19 – 26 October 2024
26 October – 2 November 2024
2 – 9 November 2024
23 – 30 November 2024
7 – 14 December 2024
14 – 21 December 2024
21 – 28 December 2024
28 December – 4 January 2025

If you would like more information please contact Charlotte Chilcott or Peter McLeod or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

Farquhar Atoll

Farquhar has a much simpler lodge but it retains a very genuine fishing lodge appeal and offers some of the most productive saltwater flats in Seychelles waters. As with all the atolls, Farquhar has something unique to offer its anglers; coral crunching bumphead parrotfish whose crushing beak is a hazard to any fly taken. Farquhar is also unique in that the marauding GTs have identified and target an unusual food source; young Sooty Terns that they target directly off the beach, charging up into skinny water to strike their unusual prey. Farquhar fishes 10 anglers per week, on a twin share basis and with shared boat/guide (ratio of two anglers to one guide). There are single room and single skiff options but they are limited.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Alphonse. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week (2022, 2023 & 2024)

2024
$14,200 per angler (shared room) / $18,190 per angler (single room)

28 February – 6 March 2024
27 March – 3 April 2024
3 – 10 April 2024
10 – 17 April 2024

2 – 9 October 2024
9 – 16 October 2024
16 – 23 October 2024
23 October – 30 October 2024
6 – 13 November 2024
20 – 27 November 2024
4 – 11 December 2024

Astove Atoll

Astove is the real gem and although it is relatively small, you shouldn’t be fooled by its size as this small atoll, with its single lagoon and channel provides the perfect hunting ground for large GTs. Combined with the proximity of the drop off, the potential for metre plus GTs is high and the offshore potential has barely been touched.  The rebuilt original coral house offers single air-conditioned rooms with en-suite facilities.  Astove fishes only four anglers per week with single, air-conditioned rooms and shared guide (ratio of two anglers to one guide). A single boat option is available.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Astove. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week (2023).

2024
$17,370 per angler (single room)

1 – 8 January 2024
15 – 22 January 2024
29 January – 5 February 2024
12 – 19 February 2024
26 February – 4 March 2024
4 – 11 March 2024
11 – 18 March 2024
18 – 25 March 2024
25 March – 1 April 2024
1 – 8 April 2024
8 – 15 April 2024
15 – 22 April 2024
22 – 29 April 2024

25 November – 2 December 2024
2 – 9 December 2024
9 – 16 December 2024
16 – 23 December 2024
23 December – 30 December 2024
30 December – 6 January 2025

Cosmoledo Atoll

Cosmoledo is the undisputed GT capital of the flats fishing world. Its anglers access the remote, white sand flats and channels that are home to bonefish, permit, triggerfish, GTs, bluefin trevally, milkfish and a whole host of reef species. Its unique appeal? The vast numbers of GTs that patrol the waters here make Cosmoledo the place to be to take the edge off GT fever. An ingenious eco-lodge, accommodation is in air-conditioned cabins with en-suite facilities. Bare foot simplicity but with all the comfort and mod-cons that you could wish for. Cosmoledo fishes 12 anglers per week with shared accommodation and shared guide with limited single room and single guide options.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Cosmoledo. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week (2023).

2024
$19,145 per angler (shared room) / $24,185 per angler (single room)

18 – 25 January 2024
25 January – 1 February 2024
1 – 8 February 2024
14 – 21 March 2024
28 March – 4 April 2024
11 – 18 April 2024
18 – 25 April 2024

5 – 12 December 2024
12 – 19 December 2024
19 – 26 December 2024
26 December – 2 January 2025

If you are looking for a more family or couple based holiday, take advantage of Alphonse Island’s “Stay/Pay” offer that is available from 1 May to 30 September . More details are available HERE.

Providence atoll

The atoll is the largest in the Seychelles (three times the size of Cosmoledo for example) and offers a unique opportunity to wade for miles on open turtle grass flats hunting giant trevally, bumphead parrotfish and pretty much every saltwater species you might wish to tangle with a fly rod. Living on board the Maya’s Dugong, you are cut off from the world with no phone signal and no wi-fi – you can detach from the world and immerse yourself in the experience of fishing these remote flats. With only two rods available in the 2024 season, please don’t delay if you want to experience this amazing atoll first hand.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Providence and includes $100 Global Rescue insurance (unless you have your own Global Rescue policy).

2024
$15,500 per angler (shared room) / $2,500 (limited single room supplement)

15 – 22 October 2024 – 2 rods

If you would like more information please contact Charlotte Chilcott or Peter McLeod or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

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