Denis Island is one of Mahe’s satellite islands, and it’s easy to arrange a trip here if you haven’t done so before arriving. It is a destination that is certainly worthy of inclusion in your Seychelles vacation itinerary, especially because it is both beautiful and relatively easy to get to. You won’t find much in the way of accommodation choices here, though the Denis Island Lodge, which is the only Denis Island lodging choice, should more than meet your wants and needs.

There’s so much to enjoy on Denis Island vacations, which is a big part of why it’s a top Seychelles destination. Of course, lounging around on a picturesque beach is always part of the plan, so you’ll definitely have to make room for that.

Denis Island is currently accessible by scheduled Air Seychelles Domestic flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with tickets being issued at the Air Seychelles Domestic Terminal.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, pirates likely sought refuge on islands such as Denis Island, perhaps staging their next sieges and/or assaults. Supposedly, when De Trobriant landed at Denis Island in the 1700′’s, he buried a bottle that contained an Act of Possession document, though it has never been found. The French would be the first to settle Denis Island, and early French settlers began to introduce new crops, such as sugar. By the 1850’s, it became an important coconut plantation, and fishing also helped to sustain the small island population. Denis Island would go on to become a private island in 1975, and its purchaser, Frenchman Pierre Burkhardt, would immediately transform it into a vacation destination.

Did you know? That the island is named after a French explorer by the name of Denis de Trobriant, who caught his first glimpse of this slice of paradise in 1773.

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