7 nights inc. international flights, Bird Island transfers from £1442 per person

		This coral island of only 170 acres is the most northerly of the Seychelles island group. Our many repeat clients liken this little island to a jewel floating in the azure blue ocean. Acknowledged worldwide as a true representation of an iconic Robinson Crusoe island, yet offering good hotel service and smiling hospitality. The 24 bungalows are spacious and in keeping with the island’s philosophy of natural materials and non-sophistication. Each bungalow is ventilated by a ceiling fan with louvered windows offering a very relaxed and harmonious atmosphere. Extra sleeping space for an additional person is available in the lounge area of each bungalow.

Within the main pavilion, the restaurant provides buffet-style Creole lunches and European-style dinners, while the informal lounge area encourages one to relax and reflect on another day in paradise.

Swimming and snorkelling off Bird Island is magical. Totally surrounded by the softest of white powdery sands, the island is home to at least twenty different species of birds, including millions of sooty terns nesting between May and October.  Due to Bird Island's proximity to the continental shelf,  fishing is a popular sport, the catch often finding its way to the evening's dinner table.

An active member of Green Globe, an international eco-tourism organisation, Bird Island has been declared a private nature reserve, with regular population counts, data collections and ringing of the birds and turtles and of course strict vegetation management. Guests are encouraged to join in with these activities. The island also conducts a very successful turtle-tagging programme monitoring the growing breeding population of the hawksbill and green turtles.

The world’s largest land tortoise also resides on Bird Island. Named Esmeralda, now identified as a female after many years of uncertainty, is claimed to be over two hundred years old. Nature tours are organised three times a week by qualified members of staff who are on hand every day to answer questions and give advice on all aspects of the island's conversation programme.