- Best honeymoon: Honeymoon Beach Villa Escape (7 days) — a beach villa, sunset catamaran and dinner on the sand
- Best all-inclusive: All-Inclusive Luxury Resort (7 days) — Club Med Sainte Anne or Constance Ephelia, one price covering meals, drinks and watersports
- Best for families: Family Beach Resort Holiday (7 days) — kids' club, family rooms, giant tortoises and calm bays
- Best for couples: Adults-Only Couples Retreat (5 days) — a quiet, grown-up resort, short island transfer
- Best value: Value Shoulder-Season Beach Holiday (7 days) — a full week on Mahé from a lower rate
- Best for island-hopping: Mahé, Praslin & La Digue (7 days) — three islands, each with its own character
- Most exclusive: Ultra-Luxury Private Island (7 days) — North Island, Six Senses Zil Pasyon, Raffles and Four Seasons
No Indian Ocean island group rewards a traveller quite like the Seychelles — and for a South African it is closer than most think: a direct flight of about four hours from Johannesburg, no visa to arrange, and a warm granite-framed bay waiting on the other side. These are the oldest islands in the ocean, the weathered peaks of an ancient continent, and their beaches have a sculpture to them — giant smooth boulders standing on white sand — that the coral atolls simply do not. Add a palm-forest interior, the giant tortoises of Curieuse, and three main islands each with its own character, and you have a beach holiday with real depth to it.
We have put together, compared and ranked the ten best Seychelles holiday packages for 2026 and 2027 — honeymoon, luxury, family, all-inclusive, couples, value, island-hopping and private-island beach holidays — from the sociable beaches of Mahé to the quiet bays of Praslin and La Digue and the showpiece private islands. Each is a real, bookable itinerary with honest per-person prices and the ferries and flights spelled out. For weather and the marine calendar, our separate best time to visit Seychelles guide has the month-by-month picture; and if you are weighing the Seychelles against the other great Indian Ocean islands, our Indian Ocean islands compared guide sets them side by side.
How We Ranked These Packages
Each package was judged on five things: beach and bay quality (the sand, the granite, the swimming and the snorkelling), accommodation standard (the resort, the room or villa, and the depth of service), inclusions (how genuinely the board basis holds together, and whether the airport and inter-island transfers are built in), experience match (whether it suits honeymooners, families, island-hoppers, couples or those after total privacy), and value (what you receive for the price, transfers included). Rankings reflect the best overall fit per traveller type, not simply the most expensive resort.
1. Honeymoon Beach Villa Escape — 7 Days
Best for: The classic Seychelles honeymoon — a beach villa, a quiet granite-framed bay to swim off, and resorts that handle romance without a fuss.
The Seychelles have been a honeymoon byword for a generation, and they earn it quietly. Where Mauritius gives you a grand resort on a long beach, the Seychelles give you privacy and setting — a villa tucked into the green above a small bay, giant boulders on the sand, and water you walk straight into. The grand names — Four Seasons Seychelles on Mahé's Petite Anse, Raffles Praslin, Six Senses Zil Pasyon on Félicité — and the all-villa Hilton Northolme handle honeymoons beautifully: a private pool, a dinner set on the sand, a sunset catamaran among the islands.
Seven nights is the right length — time to settle on one island, take a boat to Curieuse or the marine park, walk the Vallée de Mai if you are on Praslin, and still have beach days to spare. For how the Seychelles compare with the other Indian Ocean honeymoon islands, see our Mauritius vs Seychelles vs Zanzibar honeymoon guide; and for the resorts themselves, our best luxury hotels and resorts in Seychelles guide goes property by property.
Price from US$2,600 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights beach or garden villa, half-board, return airport transfers, honeymoon extras at most resorts; international flights extra, around US$750 return from Johannesburg). Grand resort and private-pool villas from US$5,500pp. Best season: April–May and October–November for the calmest, clearest seas. Ideal for: Honeymooners, anniversaries, couples who want privacy and a beautiful bay.
2. All-Inclusive Luxury Resort Holiday — 7 Days
Best for: One clear price that covers meals, drinks and most activities at a genuine island beach resort.
All-inclusive is less universal in the Seychelles than in Mauritius, but where it is done, it is done well. Club Med Seychelles, on its own Sainte Anne Island a short boat ride from Mahé, is the full all-inclusive — all meals, a drinks list, watersports and a kids' club folded into one price, on a private island inside a marine park. Constance Ephelia on Mahé, with two beaches and a serious spa, runs a generous all-inclusive board as well. For a family or a couple who want to settle in one place and not think about the bill, these are the easy choices.
Seven nights lets you use a resort of this kind properly — the restaurants, the watersports, a boat trip, the spa — without rushing. We read each board basis closely before we quote, and we will tell you honestly when a bed-and-breakfast rate plus the islands' good independent restaurants would give you a better week for the money than a closed all-inclusive.
Price from US$2,900 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights all-inclusive room or villa, return transfers; international flights extra). Best season: Year-round; April–May and October–November are calmest. Ideal for: Families and couples who want a fixed, no-surprises price.
3. Family Beach Resort Holiday — 7 Days
Best for: Families who want a kids' club, family rooms, calm bays and real nature the children will remember.
The Seychelles are an easy and a rewarding long-haul beach holiday with children, because they add wildlife to the sand. The bays are warm and many are shallow and safe, the giant tortoises of Curieuse and the marine parks are a genuine thrill for children, and the direct four-hour flight from Johannesburg means no long connections with tired little ones. Family favourites — Constance Ephelia with its strong kids' club, Club Med Seychelles, Story Seychelles and the DoubleTree Allamanda — have children's pools, supervised clubs and family rooms that bring the per-person cost down.
Seven nights gives a family room to breathe — snorkelling in the shallows, a glass-bottom or tortoise boat trip, a walk in the forest, and pool time in between. Staying on Mahé or Praslin keeps the transfers short and the boat trips easy. For the tortoises, the forest walks and the best family outings, our best things to do in Seychelles guide points you to the right ones.
Price from US$2,400 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights family room, half-board or all-inclusive, return transfers; international flights extra; child rates and free-child deals available). Best season: April–October for dry, breezy weather; the school holidays book early. Ideal for: Families with children, multi-generational groups.
4. Adults-Only Couples Retreat — 5 Days
Best for: Couples who want a quiet, grown-up resort and a shorter, easy beach break.
Not every couples trip needs a full week. The Seychelles have a run of adults-only and couples-leaning resorts — the all-villa Hilton Northolme on Mahé, the smaller boutique hotels and the quieter wings of the larger estates — where the mood is calm and there is no children's club in earshot. With a direct flight and a short road transfer on Mahé, a five-night break is genuinely doable over a long weekend stretched either side.
Five nights gives four full days of slow mornings, a granite-framed bay to swim in, a sunset catamaran and dinners out — a couples holiday without the cost of a longer trip. Staying on Mahé keeps it simple: you are on the beach the same day you land, with the smaller islands a day boat away if you want them.
Price from US$1,950 per person sharing (5 days, 4 nights beach or garden room, half-board, return transfers; international flights extra). Best season: Year-round; April–May and October–November are calmest. Ideal for: Couples, short breaks, first-time visitors.
5. Value Shoulder-Season Beach Holiday — 7 Days
Best for: A full week on the beach at a far lower price — by staying on Mahé and travelling in the quieter months.
A Seychelles beach week need not run into five figures. Stay on Mahé at an honest four-star hotel or a well-run guesthouse around Beau Vallon or the south coast, travel in the quieter weeks, and the cost drops sharply while the beaches and the bays stay exactly as good — the granite and the clear water are free. Hotels such as the DoubleTree by Hilton Allamanda, Story Seychelles, Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay and the island's many guesthouses give you a beach and a short transfer for a fraction of the private-island rate.
Seven nights at this level is the value sweet spot — a beach, a bay for snorkelling, a day boat to the marine park, and the islands' good, affordable Creole restaurants for dinner. Self-catering and guesthouse stays, a real Seychelles tradition, cut the cost further. For which months suit you and where the deals sit, our best time to visit Seychelles guide lays out the weather and the seasons.
Price from US$1,650 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights four-star or guesthouse room on Mahé, bed and breakfast, return transfers; international flights extra). Best season: The quieter shoulder weeks for the best rates. Ideal for: Value-minded couples and families, longer stays on a budget.
6. Island-Hopping Holiday: Mahé, Praslin & La Digue — 7 Days
Best for: Travellers who want the real Seychelles — three islands, each with its own character, in one trip.
Island-hopping is the Seychelles holiday the islands were made for, and it is what sets them apart from a single-resort beach week. The classic route links the three main islands: a couple of nights on Mahé for the beaches, the capital and the mountain drives; the heart of the trip on Praslin for Anse Lazio, Anse Georgette and the Vallée de Mai; and a night or two on La Digue, where the bicycle is the main transport and Anse Source d'Argent waits at the end of a sandy track. Each island has a different feel, and moving between them is half the pleasure.
Seven nights carries all three at a sensible pace, with the hops handled by the fifteen-minute Air Seychelles flight from Mahé to Praslin and the short ferries on to La Digue. We book the inter-island transfers, time them to your international flights and match the hotels on each island to your budget, so the trip flows as one holiday rather than three separate check-ins. For the walks, the boat trips and the beaches on each island, our best things to do in Seychelles guide has the detail.
Price from US$2,800 per person sharing (7 days, three islands, half-board, all inter-island ferries and flights, return airport transfers; international flights extra). Best season: April–May and October–November for the calmest crossings. Ideal for: First-time visitors who want the full Seychelles, active couples and families.
7. Island Nature & Snorkel Holiday — 7 Days
Best for: Travellers who want more than the beach — the tortoises, the marine parks, the forest and the reef.
The Seychelles protect nearly half their land and a string of marine parks, and a nature-minded holiday here is a genuine draw rather than an afterthought. A week can take in the giant tortoises of Curieuse, the black parrots and coco de mer palms of the Vallée de Mai, snorkelling in the Sainte Anne and Baie Ternay marine parks, and the bird island of Cousin with its thousands of nesting seabirds. From the water you may meet hawksbill turtles over the reef and, from August to October, whale sharks off Mahé.
Seven nights gives you time to mix the water and the land without rushing — two or three boat trips, a couple of dives or snorkel outings, a forest morning, and beach days in between. We base the week on Praslin or Mahé depending on the trips you most want, and arrange the boats, the guides and the park fees. For the full menu of what to see and do, our best things to do in Seychelles guide runs through it island by island.
Price from US$2,500 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights beach room, half-board, return transfers; boat trips, dives and park fees extra; international flights extra). Best season: April and October for the clearest water; August–October for whale sharks. Ideal for: Active travellers, families with older children, divers and snorkellers.
8. Ultra-Luxury Private Island Holiday — 7 Days
Best for: The islands' finest addresses — the private-island and grand-resort showpieces at the very top of the Indian Ocean.
At the top end, the Seychelles hold some of the most admired resorts on earth. The private islands set the standard — North Island, where each of the handful of villas has its own stretch of beach and butler; Fregate Island with its own tortoise sanctuary; and Six Senses Zil Pasyon on Félicité, built among the granite. The grand resorts on the main islands are their equal in polish: Four Seasons Seychelles above Petite Anse on Mahé, and Raffles Praslin with its butler-served pool villas above Anse Takamaka.
Seven nights does a resort of this calibre justice — the villas, the dining, the diving and the spa take time to enjoy, and on a private island the seclusion is the point. Many of these resorts hold just a few villas, so they book out a long way ahead. For the full rundown of the islands' grand names, our best luxury hotels and resorts in Seychelles guide goes property by property.
Price from US$7,500 per person sharing (7 days, 6 nights luxury villa, half-board, return transfers including the island boat or helicopter; international flights extra). North Island and the signature pool villas run well past US$20,000pp. Best season: April–May and October–November. Ideal for: Milestone celebrations, luxury travellers, those wanting total privacy.
9. Safari & Seychelles Beach Combo — 10 Days
Best for: The classic bush-and-beach — a Big Five safari first, then the Seychelles to unwind.
One of the finest ways to use the Seychelles is as the beach half of a bush-and-beach trip. A few nights on safari in the Kruger, the Sabi Sand or a Kenyan or Tanzanian reserve, then a flight to Mahé for a week on the islands, makes a holiday that has both the wildlife and the rest. The pairing works especially well with an East African safari, since the Seychelles sit a short hop from Nairobi, and just as well from South Africa on the direct Johannesburg–Mahé service.
Ten days carries the two halves comfortably — three or four nights in the bush, six on the islands. We handle the flights between the safari and the Seychelles so the switch is a single easy travel day, and we match the beach half to the safari — a quiet villa after a busy game-viewing week, or an island-hop for a more active pair. Our dedicated safari and Seychelles beach combo guide sets out the routings and the lodges in detail, and our luxury safari and beach combinations guide covers the wider bush-and-beach picture across Africa.
Price from US$5,800 per person sharing (10 days, safari lodge and Seychelles beach resort, most meals, inter-country flights; international flights extra). Best season: May–October suits both the safari and the Seychelles. Ideal for: First-time and repeat Africa travellers who want wildlife and beach.
10. Grand Two-Island Seychelles Holiday — 10 Days
Best for: The complete Seychelles at a slower pace — two contrasting islands in one trip.
For a longer stay, the best of the Seychelles is a two-island holiday that pairs contrasting islands at a gentle pace. The classic version links Praslin — Anse Lazio, the Vallée de Mai and the boat trips to Curieuse and La Digue — with a grand resort on Mahé for the second half, or with a few nights on quiet La Digue. Each island has a different rhythm, and ten days lets you settle into both rather than seeing one from a day trip.
This is the trip for travellers making the journey who want to know the islands properly rather than from a single beach. We build the inter-island transfer into the day — a ferry or a short flight timed to a relaxed morning — so the move between islands adds to the trip rather than costing a day, and we match the two resorts to the mood you want on each.
Price from US$4,200 per person sharing (10 days, two island stays, half-board, all inter-island transfers; international flights extra). Best season: April–May and October–November. Ideal for: Longer holidays, repeat visitors, travellers who want two islands.
Honeymoon, Luxury, Family, All-Inclusive or Couples — Which Package Is Right for You?
The words travellers use most for a Seychelles holiday overlap, but they point to different trips. Here is how we read them when we plan:
- Honeymoon — a beach villa, a sunset catamaran and dinners on the sand, on an island that handles romance quietly.
- Luxury — the private islands and grand resorts — North Island, Six Senses, Four Seasons, Raffles — where the villas and the service set the standard.
- Family — a kids' club, family rooms, calm bays and the giant tortoises, with a short transfer and free-child deals to keep the cost down.
- All-inclusive — one price covering meals, drinks and watersports, best at Club Med Sainte Anne and Constance Ephelia.
- Couples — a quiet, grown-up resort and a slower pace, often the all-villa Hilton Northolme or a boutique hotel.
Most of our guests end up blending two of these — a luxury honeymoon, or a family week with an island-hop built in. Tell us which words matter most to you and we will match the island, the resort and the transfers to them.
Seychelles Holiday Package Prices 2026-2027 — At a Glance
| Package | Days | From (US$ pp) | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value Shoulder-Season Beach | 7 | 1,650 | Value, full beach week |
| Adults-Only Couples Retreat | 5 | 1,950 | Couples, short breaks |
| Family Beach Resort | 7 | 2,400 | Families, kids' club |
| Island Nature & Snorkel | 7 | 2,500 | Tortoises, reefs, forest |
| Honeymoon Beach Villa | 7 | 2,600 | Honeymooners |
| Island-Hopping (3 islands) | 7 | 2,800 | The full Seychelles |
| All-Inclusive Luxury Resort | 7 | 2,900 | No-surprises pricing |
| Grand Two-Island Holiday | 10 | 4,200 | Two islands, slower pace |
| Safari & Seychelles Beach Combo | 10 | 5,800 | Bush and beach |
| Ultra-Luxury Private Island | 7 | 7,500 | Private-island showpieces |
Prices are per person sharing, from, and are a planning guide for 2026-2027. Rates depend on island, resort, room or villa category, board basis, season and travel dates; the airport transfer is usually included, while international flights and some inter-island ferries or flights are extra. Final rates depend on resort, dates and group size. Ask us about honeymoon offers, free-nights deals and child rates.
When to Go — and When to Book
The Seychelles are warm year round, and the seasons are set by two gentle monsoons rather than by temperature. The south-east trades, roughly May to September, bring cooler, drier, breezier weather and firmer seas — fine for most beaches, though some south-east-facing bays collect seaweed at this time. The north-west monsoon, November to March, is warmer and calmer underwater, with the best snorkelling visibility, but it is the wetter half of the year. The transition months of April and October are the calm, clear sweet spot, and the finest for diving. For the full month-by-month picture, see our best time to visit Seychelles guide.
Peak weeks — the South African and European school holidays and the festive season — sell out early, and the private islands and the small grand resorts book out six to twelve months ahead whatever the season, simply because they hold so few villas. For those, book well in advance. For a Mahé beach week or an island-hop in the quieter months, three to four months is usually enough lead time, and that is where the best value sits. If your dates are flexible, the shoulder weeks are when the resorts run their free-nights and honeymoon deals.
Why Book Your Seychelles Holiday With Beyond Africa
We plan private Indian Ocean travel year round, and the Seychelles are a short flight and a familiar island group for us. We know which island suits a honeymoon and which suits a family, which all-inclusive boards earn their keep and when a bed-and-breakfast rate with meals out is the better week, where the tortoises and the whale sharks are, and how to time the ferries and the domestic flights so an island-hop runs smoothly. That means we can match the island, the resort and the room to your trip honestly, and handle the transfers and the boat trips so your days are spent on the beach rather than on the admin.
Ready to plan? Contact our team for a tailored Seychelles holiday quote, or read on through our best time to visit Seychelles, best things to do in Seychelles and safari and Seychelles beach combo guides to shape your ideas.
