Cousin Island- Travel Tips
What to See, How to Plan & Tours

Natural Scenery
Seychelles
5 Reviews
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Suggested Duration: 4 hours
Cousin Island, located 2 km off the coast of Praslin in the Seychelles, is a globally recognized nature reserve known for its exceptional conservation achievements. Originally purchased in 1968 to protect the endangered Seychelles Warbler, Cousin became one of the world's first islands to be fully dedicated to conservation. Today, it provides crucial habitats for seabirds, endemic land birds, and serves as a major breeding ground for Hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean. Managed by local staff, Cousin Island's ecotourism supports nearby communities and has received international acclaim for its restored native forest and biodiversity.

Reviews of Cousin

  • reviews-avatar Dominick Hemeryck
    5
    Reviewed: 2024-10-11

    Only inhabited by environmental conservationists. Beautiful and unspoilt

  • reviews-avatar Prateek Singh
    5
    Reviewed: 2021-05-24

    Visited Cousin Island as a part of Cousin, Curieuse & St. Pierre Island day tour. The island is quite beautiful and is known for bird watching. We stopped by for some snorkelling points around island..as it has beautiful corals around it. The corals become beautiful when you go towards the island or towards the large boulder, where you see very colorful corals and a lot of parrot fishes and other varieties.

  • reviews-avatar Eugen Frantiu
    5
    Reviewed: 2019-10-09

    Otherwise known as Bird island, a conservation success story where an island was bought out for the purpose of saving a unique bird habitat and endemic species like the Seychelles warbler. Lots of mosquitoes, be prepared !

  • reviews-avatar Eber Shibin
    5
    Reviewed: 2019-10-06

    The beach is so clean and well maintained. Never give up on a once in a lifetime experience of seeing the different varieties of exotic birds. The bird reserve tour is a guided one and you get to see crabs and tortoises as well. Boat tours to Cousin is very less during August due to the rough seas. But we were lucky as we booked with Sagittarius and they gave the all clear to go ahead with the visit.

  • reviews-avatar Ralf-Stefan Krause
    5
    Reviewed: 2017-01-27

    Its great bird sanctuary, great trip for a day!

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