La Digue Island Lodge

We stayed in the standard garden room which was nicely decorated and with a very comfortable bed. We loved the beautiful garden and the greenery. The pool was clean and we enjoyed the pool bar and the seating in the shade around the tree. The beach is not really good for swimming but still nice. The food in the restaurant was good, standard breakfast and a nice selection for dinner. There was a lot of swings and lounge chairs spread around the beach, perfect for watching the sunset. We appreciated the ferry pick-up and drop-off service.

Gardens, services, rooms. Wifi is ok. Meals are fine. Not French,Italian, JP - "haut cusine", but typical UK or German quality. Beach is scenic, white sandy/corals with multiple beautiful hanging palmtrees. Easy go 100m toward reef and water totally clear and good for snorkeling.

We were in one of the Lodge’s special buildings, in the house located within the L'Union Estate National Park. It is completely separate from the main building and the double bungalows, and you have to cycle about 1 km to reach the main building. In return, you can enter the national park for free, and several times a day you pass the Grand Monolith and the giant tortoises living beneath it. I recommend this for families, as there are two separate rooms with two bathrooms and a central area with a well-equipped kitchen (microwave, oven, kettle), and we also had a washing machine. There was also a large TV with many channels available. There is plenty of space, the building is airy, not a tiny hotel room. The terrace is wonderful because from there you can see the ocean – the water is about 10 metres from the house – and you can walk down between fig trees and palms to the white sand. Since this area is part of the otherwise closed national park, there is nobody on the beach, even though in theory they could be, because in Seychelles all beaches are accessible, so anyone can go there. It is astonishing how undisturbed the beach is – in the evening the crabs had dug themselves into the sand, knowing that between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. nobody would be around. I congratulate the people of La Digue and Seychelles for their nature-friendly way of life; we also tried not to disturb the wildlife. At night there is perfect silence, only the roar of the ocean can be heard. We booked the house with breakfast, and it was very good – varied and tasty. It was great that breakfast was available until 10 a.m., so late enough that there was no stress. The house is a 15-minute bike ride from one of the world’s most beautiful beaches (Grand Anse) and within walking distance of another (Anse Source d’Argent). Every single person we came into contact with was very kind, helpful, and polite.

The hotel is very nice, the chalets are just lovely, and they have a beautiful private beach. Tasty breakfast and dinner. The location couldn’t be better, just a walking distance from Anse Source d’argent, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

Location is perfect very close to the jetty and to the La Passe centre with shops, risto, atm points. We stayed 4 nights. Room at Yellow House was smaller than the inside bathroom, provided by shower and bath, but comfortable enough. Cleaning service precise and good. Swimming pool very appreciated after all day to the sea. Breakfast was good for our needs and expectations: tea or coffee served, fruit juices, fruit salad, bacon and sausages, ham and cheese, homemade jams, croissants or danish, bread, omelette, different cooked eggs. Dinners at buffet were a little bit repetitive but once again, depends on expectations: menu based on soup of the day, one living cooking per night (shark steak, squids,etc), basmati or saffron rice, pasta (not Italian taste), vegetable steamed or mixed fresh salads, fishes or chicken or lamb steamed or creole mode cooked, desserts cakes, fruit salad, ice cream