Beach· Silhouette· Seychelles
Grande Barbe (Silhouette)
4° 29.9′ S · 55° 12.7′ E · approximate
A wild, roughly 2 km beach on Silhouette's west coast with the ruins of a former village in the bush and a dozen free-roaming giant tortoises; also a hawksbill nesting beach patrolled by the Island Conservation Society.
Practical
Coordinate approx: GeoNames gives the cove at 4°30'S 55°13'E (minute precision); pin moved to the west coast at that latitude. Reached by the 4-hour Grande Barbe trail or by boat. Exposed west coast: a beach landing only in calm conditions. No facilities. No anchoring guidance was found for Grande Barbe; treat it as a calm-day stop and do not land on the turtle-nesting beach at night. No source found that supports Grande Barbe or Anse Lascars as a northwest-monsoon anchorage; the cruising account that covers Silhouette says NW monsoon conditions can make its anchorages untenable, so in Dec-Mar plan Silhouette as a calm-day visit only.
Best for
Tortoises and total solitude at the end of the hardest trail
Nearby
- Hawksbill Turtle Nesting (Silhouette)Right here
- Giant Tortoises of Silhouette0.1 NM away
- Pointe Grand Barbe Dive (Silhouette)0.4 NM away
- Grande Barbe Hike0.9 NM away
- Mont Dauban Trail1.3 NM away
- Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (Silhouette)1.3 NM away
- Silhouette National Park1.3 NM away
- Mont Pot-à-Eau (Silhouette)1.7 NM away