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Praslin

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Map of Praslin and offshore islandsThis second largest island of the archipelago. When first visited by General Gordon (of Khartoum fame) over 100 years ago he believed he had found the original Garden of Eden, particularly on seeing the female pelvis shaped double nut coco-de-mer which instantly conjured Eve in his mind. This coco-de-mer nut is also part of the Phelsumania logo.

Most of the interior is virgin forest and the exquisitely beautiful Vallee de Mai, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, is the only place where the coco-de-mer palm is found in the world.
The rare black parrot, Seychelles national bird, inhabits the Vallee de Mai.


 

Regions of interest

Vallée de May

Phelsuma species

P. astriata semicarinata
P. sundbergi sundbergi

 

 

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