Curieuse Island Boat Trip

A Curieuse Island boat trip is a day out from Praslin, the second-largest island of the Seychelles, to Curieuse, a granite island about 2 km off Praslin’s northeast coast where hundreds of giant tortoises live inside a marine national park. The day usually pairs it with snorkelling off St. Pierre, a tiny islet nearby, and a BBQ lunch on Curieuse. The boat this site books first is Angel Tours Pty LTD’s Praslin: Curieuse & St. Pierre Full-Day Boat Trip with Lunch, from $111 per adult (checked November 2026), with 1,929 reviews.

The trips start on Praslin, not on Mahe. Every boat on this page picks you up from your accommodation on Praslin or meets you on a Praslin beach, so if you land on Mahe, you need to be on Praslin the night before. A guest staying on Mahe found this out the evening before the trip and was refused a refund, in a review of 12 November 2026.

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The day, in short

Angel Tours Pty LTD picks you up on Praslin and drives you to Grand Anse, where the speedboat leaves at 9:00 AM. You snorkel off St. Pierre for about an hour, with gear provided, and stop for a swim at Anse Georgette on the way. Then come about three hours on Curieuse with the tortoises and a BBQ lunch with soft drinks, and a guided hike of 1.7 km through the mangroves to a beach for a swim. The whole day is seven hours, and a car takes you back to where you are staying.

On the calendar, the day cost $110.55 an adult on 5 December 2026 and 13 February 2027; three adults came to $331.65 on 5 December 2026. One adult could book alone on the two 2026 dates; on the three 2027 dates the calendar answered “At least 2 participants are required for this activity”. Solo travellers should check their own date first.

The park ticket is not in the price

Curieuse and the water around it, St. Pierre included, form Curieuse Marine National Park, run by the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA). Its ticket page lists Rs 300 per person per day for a non-resident aged 12 and over (checked 13 November 2026). Residents of the Seychelles show ID instead. On the island SPGA takes cards only, no cash, and tickets can be bought in advance on SPGA’s online portal.

None of the four boat days compared below includes the ticket. Not included on Angel Tours Pty LTD’s day: “Park ticket (20 EUR payable by credit card on Curieuse Island)”; on Geoli Charters' day: “Marine park entry ticket (SR300.00 per person aged 12 years or older)”. The euro figures are the operators’; the fee itself is SPGA’s, in rupees. The Curieuse entrance fee covers who pays, how and where.

What you see on Curieuse

SPGA describes an island of granite, mangroves and dry forest. The tortoises were brought from Aldabra and introduced between 1978 and 1982, and a nursery on the island raises young ones until they are five years old. Curieuse is the only place apart from Praslin where the coco de mer palm grows naturally. At Baie Laraie a boardwalk crosses the mangrove swamp, usable even at high tide, and the ruins of the old leper colony stand at Anse Jose. The Doctor’s House at Anse Jose, built in 1873, is closed for renovation (SPGA, November 2026). Some itineraries still include it, so do not plan around it. Giant tortoises and coco de mer has the island in more detail.

Four Curieuse and St. Pierre days

The same pair of islands is sold by several Praslin operators, and the days differ in start time, lunch and pickup more than in what you see.

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Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). Operators change prices by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

What the reviews warn about

Of Angel Tours Pty LTD’s 350 most recent reviews, written between June and November 2026, 317 give five stars. The few complaints are the ones worth knowing before you book.

• Rain. The trip is cancelled in heavy rain, and the operator decides early on the day. Rain does not always stop it: an Italian reviewer on 15 October 2026 spent most of a day of steady rain under shelter, and the mangrove hike was dropped.
• Waiting. On other Curieuse days, reviewers describe long waits on the island: an hour and a half on a beach before lunch on Loyalty Boat Charter's day (24 August 2026), and three hours around lunch on Infinity Charter Seychelles' BBQ day (11 November 2026).
• The sea. From June to September, the southeast monsoon can move Infinity Charter Seychelles' snorkelling from St. Pierre to the calmer bay of Anse Petite Cours, and a reviewer of Loyalty Boat Charter's day snorkelled in a bay instead of at St. Pierre in July 2025.
• The walk. The hike is short but hot, and Angel Tours Pty LTD rules the day out for people over 70, people with heart or back problems and wheelchair users.

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What it costs

On GetYourGuide an adult pays $111 for Angel Tours Pty LTD’s full day, $115 for Geoli Charters' guided day, $83 for Infinity Charter Seychelles’ BBQ day and $86 for Loyalty Boat Charter’s day, all checked November 2026. Add the Rs 300 park ticket for everyone aged 12 and over. Private boats cost far more and are priced per group: Curieuse Island boat trip prices has every option checked, with what each price buys.

Where to sleep for the boat

There is no overnight accommodation for tourists on Curieuse, so you sleep on Praslin. Pickup areas differ by operator: Angel Tours Pty LTD collects from your accommodation on Praslin, subject to location, while Loyalty Boat Charter picks up only in the Baie Ste Anne, Grand Anse and Anse Volbert areas. Where to stay in Praslin has room searches by area. To choose between the boats themselves, read which Curieuse Island boat trip.