Getting Around Seychelles
- Country Seychelles
- Guide Flight Planning
- Reviewed 29 October 2026
- Length 1 min read
Credit A.Savin, Free Art License, via Wikimedia Commons
Last reviewed 29 October 2026
Seychelles is a country of islands, so getting around means three separate decisions: how you move within an island, how you move between them, and whether you drive at all.
The roads are the sharpest risk
Mahé is mountainous, and its roads are narrow and winding, often with sheer drops and hairpin bends. Not all such roads have safety barriers. Deep, uncovered storm drains flank many roads.
Drink-driving is a problem, so other road users may behave erratically; sudden heavy downpours reduce visibility and road surface conditions quickly; and potholes can appear suddenly after heavy rain, with drivers sometimes veering sharply across lanes to avoid them.
That is a long list of hazards for a small island, and it is worth weighing before you take the keys.
If you do drive
- Carry your home driving license and an international driving permit, and check how long your license is accepted for.
- Rental companies are often stricter than the law: a year of driving experience, a higher minimum age, and an international driving permit.
- The Road Transport Act sets the legal requirements.
Buses and taxis
- Buses are cheap but infrequent on some routes. Timetables come from the bus station in Victoria or from the Seychelles Public Transport Corporation.
- Most public buses do not run after eight in the evening. Plan the return leg of an evening out before you set off.
- Taxis are described as generally of a good standard. Meters are increasingly common, and where a taxi has none, agree the fare before the journey starts.
Between the islands, and one Indian Ocean fact
Moving between Mahé, Praslin and La Digue is done by sea or by air, and the sea crossing is the ordinary way. Praslin has a working port, and the inter-island boats run from it.
One thing belongs on this page that would not appear on an Atlantic island guide. Piracy in the region has decreased but there is still some risk, especially off the coast of Somalia, and United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations and the Maritime Security Centre for the Horn of Africa are the bodies for anyone traveling by sea. That is not about the tourist ferry between Mahé and Praslin. It is about the wider western Indian Ocean, and it is the kind of thing anyone chartering or sailing should read at source.