Mahe Island, Seychelles
Fregate Island Private
Mahe Island, Seychelles
Fregate Island Private
Fregate Private Island is the easternmost of the Seychelles’ inner islands, a tropical Eden of white sand beaches, emerald jungle and granite boulders encircled by a coral-rich coast. Accommodation is limited to a single series of villas and this, coupled with ongoing conservation efforts, has ensured the preservation of this serene, lush environment, with its wealth of flora and fauna. The island’s calm turquoise waters offer superb snorkelling, diving, swimming and other water sports, while those who prefer terrestrial activities can explore its forests or simply relax on its beaches and soak up the sun.
Four degrees south of the equator, a 20-minute flight away from Mahé, Frégate is a private island of outstanding natural beauty; a uniquely peaceful setting of verdant, tropical interiors and abundant nature fringed by seven dream beaches, each a brilliant sweep of powdery white sand sentinelled by giant, iconic granite boulders. The preservation, protection and nurture of its unique flora and fauna has always been - and continues to be - a fundamental raison d'être for Frégate Island Private. With only 16 villas and one Presidential Villa, guests are invited to experience the rare luxuries of space, security and seclusion within a tropical island setting of exuberant natural beauty.
The unique Frégate Island Private concept of combining the most elusive luxuries - space, seclusion, security - with nature benefits all: we nurture nature, and nature nurtures us. Frégate Island Private strives to set new standards in integrating a luxury tourism operation into a natural retreat, and has become a leading example of how to establish a balanced coexistence between man and nature - or nature and man. Any questions of mutual intrusion have become redundant: just as guests can enjoy the natural environment on hikes and beach walks, so too can indigenous wildlife benefit from man-made infrastructure… thus ylang ylang thatch becomes not just a roof, but a highly sought-after nesting material; paved pathways a last warming place before sundown; and stone walls a maze of shelters from sun and rain.