"great day. picked up on time and taken to the boat. Boat bigger than expected but it didnt feel crowded. couple of swim stops then time on Moyenne island which is beautiful. good lunch on island and good wine on the boat. Really enjoyed it"
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Catamaran Cruise from Mahe · 10:00 AM · 7 Hours
Moyenne Island Tours
Creole Travel Services' catamaran day into Sainte Anne Marine Park: a snorkel stop, a short guided tour of Moyenne Island among free-roaming giant land tortoises, a Creole lunch and more reef stops. The landing fees on Moyenne Island and in the marine park are in the price.
From
$163
per person
Free cancellation
- 4.6 / 5 606+ Reviews
- 7 hours Duration
- 10:00 AM The one start time on the Moyenne Island cruise's calendar, with pickup on Mahe before it
- 30 min The trail around Moyenne Island, in the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority's own words
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Moyenne Island Cruise Includes
A Creole lunch, the landing fees on Moyenne Island and in the marine park, and round-trip transport from set pickup points on Mahe. Alcoholic drinks are extra.
Creole Travel Services's own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- Take a tour to see the free roaming giant land tortoises on Moyenne Island
- Swim in an area that is teeming with marine life due to conservation efforts
- Snap pictures of remote beaches to share with your friends and family
- Discover the history of the Ste Anne Marine Park Islands
What's Included
- Creole lunch
- Landing fees on Moyenne Island and Ste. Anne Marine Park
- Roundtrip transportation from specific pickup points
- Cruise
Good to know: Please ensure that the names provided match the names on your passport. · Children under 2 years are not allowed on these sea excursions · Please note that lunch arrangements are subject to change and may take place · on Moyenne Island. · Kindly note that all services are rendered in accordance with the terms and conditions of Creole Travel Services and will be provided upon receipt of the voucher, which will be issued directly to you upon booking confirmation. · Not suitable for: Children under 2 years, Pregnant women, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users, People prone to seasickness · Not Included: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
The Cruise, Step by Step
From pickup on Mahe to the scenic route back, seven hours with one 10:00 AM start.
Pickup on Mahe
Round-trip transport from set pickup points on Mahe (the calendar lists eight) to the catamaran, which starts at 10:00 AM. The guide speaks English, and French is listed too.
Into the Marine Park
The catamaran cruises into Sainte Anne Marine National Park, with a first snorkel stop on the reefs. Snorkelling gear is on the what-to-bring list, so bring your own if you have it.
Moyenne Island
A short guided tour of Moyenne Island among free-roaming giant land tortoises, a Creole lunch (it may take place on the island) and time on the island's small beach. The landing fee is in the price.
More Reef Stops, Then Back
More stops at the coral reefs to swim and snorkel, then a scenic route back to Mahe. The whole day is seven hours.
Photo Gallery
Moyenne Island and the Marine Park
The catamaran, the reefs of Sainte Anne Marine Park and the small beach and trail of Moyenne Island.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Creole Travel Services' catamaran day from Mahe, 10:00 AM, with pickup and the landing fees included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Before You Book
Moyenne Island, One Question per Page
The island fee, prices, the tortoises and the trail, getting there from Mahe, which boat to pick and rooms on Eden Island.
Two fees, and who includes them
The Island Fee
The island's own fee and SPGA's Rs 200 park ticket, which boat days include them, and how to pay the rest on the day.
From $163 per person
From $83 to private boats
Prices
Each Moyenne boat day's price with what it buys, which include the island fee, and the private options per adult or per participant.
From $163 per person
A 30-minute trail
Tortoises and the Trail
The giant tortoises, the settlers' ruins, the pirates' graves and the chapel on the trail round Moyenne, and how each boat day handles the walk.
From $163 per person
By boat from Mahe
Getting There
The boat days that land on Moyenne, where each picks you up or leaves from on Mahe, and what to check before you book.
From $163 per person
Cruise, glass boat or safari
Which Boat Trip
Four boat days that land on Moyenne, matched to who each suits, with what each price buys and what reviewers warn about.
From $163 per person
Rooms by the marina
Eden Island Hotels
Eden Island, where two Moyenne boat days leave from: a room search, and what the other boats' pickups mean for where you stay.
From $163 per person
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. GetYourGuide and Viator prices are per person in US dollars unless a card says otherwise.
Three Moyenne Island Boat Days on One Table
The cruise with the fees included, the lowest-priced shared tour and the 8:00 AM reef safari, all from Mahe: start, length, boat, lunch, each listing's own line on the Moyenne fee and who each suits. Prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Creole Travel Services | Most reviewed of these Mae Guide | Vision Voyages DMC |
|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From $163 per person (checked November 2026) | From $83 per person (checked November 2026) | From $160 per person (checked November 2026) |
| Start | 10:00 AM; pickup at set points on Mahe; Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays on the dates checked | 9:30 AM, Shared Group Tour; free transfer for northern guests, by glass bottom boat from Eden Island Marina | 8:00 AM; pickup and drop-off |
| Length | 7 hours | 6 hours (shared tour) | 7 hours |
| Boat | Catamaran | Glass bottom boat | The catamaran Anahita, and a semi-submersible |
| On Moyenne | A brief guided tour among free-roaming giant land tortoises, time on the small beach; lunch may be on the island | The Moyenne trail upon request; lunch is a BBQ on Cerf Island | A Moyenne Island visit with giant tortoise; ruins, pirate graves and the beach |
| Moyenne Fee | Included: "Landing fees on Moyenne Island and Ste. Anne Marine Park" | Not included: "Moyenne Trail Fees at Site or payable online" and "Government Taxes or Environmental Taxes or Marine Fees" | No fee line either way |
| Who It Suits | One price with the island fee in it, and a guided walk on Moyenne | The lowest price, if you are happy to pay the fees on the day and to ask for the Moyenne trail when you book | An early start, a look at the reef from a semi-submersible, then Moyenne after lunch |
| Check dates | See this tour | See this safari |
Two More Ways to Book
A Glass Boat from Eden Island, or the Creole Cruise on Viator
East coast Explorer's glass boat day with a trail on Moyenne on request, and Creole Travel Seychelles' Moyenne cruise sold on Viator. One card per listing.
GLASS BOAT FROM EDEN ISLANDGlass boat: Marine Park, Moyenne Island & Lunch Boat Tour
East coast Explorer's glass boat day from Eden Island: glass bottom viewing, snorkelling, a 45-minute nature trail on Moyenne on request, the Round and Long Island sandbank and a Creole buffet with a barbecue. The Moyenne fee and the government tax are extra.
LANDING FEES INCLUDEDSainte Anne Marine Park and Moyenne Island
Creole Travel Seychelles' Moyenne cruise on Viator: snorkelling in the marine park, a guided tour of Moyenne Island among giant land tortoises and a Creole lunch, with return transfers. Marine park fees and the Moyenne landing fees are included.
Moyenne Island, Seychelles
Brendon Grimshaw's Island, and How to Land There
What Moyenne Island is, the man who made it, how the cruise day runs, the island fee the cheaper boats leave out, what reviewers warn about, and what each boat costs.
Moyenne Island is a small island in Sainte Anne Marine National Park, off Mahe in the Seychelles: just under half a kilometre long, privately owned, and a national park of its own, in the words of the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA). Giant tortoises roam it freely, and a trail of about 30 minutes goes round it. You reach it by boat from Mahe, and the boat day this site books first is Creole Travel Services’ Mahé: Saint-Anne Marine Park and Moyenne Island Cruise, from $163 per adult (checked November 2026), with 606 reviews. It is the one GetYourGuide day here that lists the Moyenne landing fee as included.
The cruise, in short
Transport collects you from one of the set pickup points on Mahe (the calendar lists eight) and takes you to the catamaran, which starts at 10:00 AM. The boat cruises into the marine park for a first snorkel stop, then lands you on Moyenne for a brief guided tour among the free-roaming giant land tortoises and time on the island’s small beach. The Creole lunch may take place on the island. In the afternoon come more reef stops and a slow route back to Mahe; the day is seven hours.
The calendar had departures on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays only, with some of those days sold out (checked November 2026). An adult paid $163.07 on Tuesday 1 December 2026 and on Thursday 21 January 2027, and three adults $489.21 on 1 December. The Saturdays and Wednesdays checked were not on sale.
Brendon Grimshaw’s Moyenne Island
Moyenne’s story is Brendon Grimshaw’s. The Nation, a Seychelles newspaper, told it on 7 July 2012, when it reported his death at 87. A journalist from Dewsbury in England, he bought Moyenne in the early 1960s for £8,000, while he was editing a newspaper in Africa. In 1973 he moved onto the island. With a Seychellois, Rene Lafortune, he planted 16,000 trees by hand, and he was the caretaker of 120 giant tortoises. The Nation reports that the island was declared a national park in June 2008, after years of struggle to protect it from privatisation.
SPGA’s 2021-2025 management plan for the marine park calls Moyenne “a privately owned and managed Terrestrial National Park managed by the Moyenne Foundation Society”, outside the plan’s remit. On its park page SPGA lists what you walk past: the remains of early settlers’ homes, pirates’ graves, a small thatched chapel, the tortoises, numerous birds and a restaurant.
Reviewers say the guides on the cruise tell the island’s history on the walk. “The walk around Moyenne island by the guide was really informative”, a British reviewer wrote on 25 May 2026. Giant tortoises and the trail covers the walk in more detail.
The island fee
Two fees come up on a Moyenne day. The first is the marine park’s: SPGA’s ticket page lists Rs 200 (Seychelles rupees) per non-resident aged 12 and over, per day, for Sainte Anne (checked 13 November 2026). The second is the island’s own. Moyenne is managed privately, and SPGA’s ticket page has no line for it.
Creole Travel Services’ cruise includes “Landing fees on Moyenne Island and Ste. Anne Marine Park”. The cheaper days do not: Mae Guide's tour with lunch lists “Moyenne Trail Fees at Site or payable online” and “Government Taxes or Environmental Taxes or Marine Fees” as not included, and East coast Explorer's glass boat day says “Moyenne fee is not included”. The Moyenne Island entrance fee has every listing’s line and how to pay.
Four boat days that land on Moyenne
Several Mahe operators take you to Moyenne. They differ in the boat, the start time and whether the island fee is in the price.
Pick the day that fits you:
Fees included, 10:00 AM
Mahé: Saint-Anne Marine Park and Moyenne Island Cruise
Creole Travel Services: a catamaran, a snorkel stop, the guided tour of Moyenne, a Creole lunch and more reef stops, with pickup on Mahe and the landing fees in the price. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays on the dates checked.
Check dates →The lowest price, fees on top
St. Anne Marine Park, Moyenne & Cerf Island Tour with Lunch
Mae Guide's Shared Group Tour: a glass bottom boat from Eden Island Marina, snorkelling, the Long and Round Island sandbank and a BBQ on Cerf Island. The Moyenne trail is on request, its fee paid at the site or online.
See the tour →An 8:00 AM start
Mahe: St. Anne Marine National Park Reef Safari with Lunch
Vision Voyages DMC: the catamaran Anahita, a semi-submersible, snorkelling, a buffet lunch with a guitarist and a Moyenne Island visit with giant tortoise, with pickup and drop-off.
See the safari →A glass boat from Eden Island
Glass boat: Marine Park, Moyenne Island & Lunch Boat Tour
East coast Explorer: glass bottom viewing, snorkelling, a 45-minute nature trail on Moyenne on request, the Round and Long Island sandbank and a Creole buffet. The Moyenne fee is extra.
See the day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide 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 Creole Travel Services’ 350 most recent reviews, written between March 2025 and November 2026, 268 give five stars and 27 give three or fewer. The complaints repeat, so they are worth knowing.
- Time on the island. Several reviewers found the stop on Moyenne too long: “After the tour and buffet lunch there was an hour to kill, but not a lot to do there” (5 October 2026). An Austrian reviewer on 4 November 2026 disliked the long wait after lunch.
- The snorkelling. Two German reviewers were let down by the snorkel stops: dead coral and few fish within sight of the harbour and hotels on 10 October 2026, and a second stop where the reef was too deep to see on 3 June 2026. Other reviewers saw plenty of fish.
- The size of the group. Reviewers counted fewer than 20 people on board (26 June 2026), about 30 to 40 (9 May 2026) and close to 60 (14 August 2026).
- Getting ashore. A small boat takes you from the catamaran to the island, and one reviewer warned on 30 May 2025 that you step out into the water, so you need to be fairly mobile. The cruise is not suitable for people with mobility impairments, wheelchair users, pregnant women, people prone to seasickness and children under 2.
- Rain. A French reviewer spent a whole day in heavy rain and a thunderstorm on 6 November 2025 and felt the trip should have been cancelled.
What it costs
On GetYourGuide an adult pays $163 for Creole Travel Services’ cruise with the fees included, $83 for Mae Guide’s shared tour, $160 for Vision Voyages DMC’s reef safari and $88 each for two adults on East coast Explorer’s glass boat day (checked November 2026). On Mae Guide’s and East coast Explorer’s days the fees are not included and come on top; Vision Voyages DMC’s reef safari has no fee line either way. Private options cost far more: Moyenne Island tour prices has every option checked, with what each price buys.
Where the boats leave from
All of these days start on Mahe and bring you back the same day. Mae Guide’s and East coast Explorer’s boats leave from Eden Island, on Mahe’s east coast across from the marine park; Creole Travel Services and Vision Voyages DMC collect you at pickup points. How to get to Moyenne Island covers the pickups, and Eden Island hotels has room searches near the marina. To compare the four boats on more than price, read which Moyenne Island boat trip.
Guest Reviews
What Creole Travel Services' Passengers Say
4.6/5
from 606 reviews
"I loved every part of the tour. Moyenne Island is fantastic. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, and the crew or rather, the Aquamens ;) were incredibly kind and helpful. Thank you all for making this an amazing memory that will last a lifetime! Petra :)"
"Great experience with a professional team. Pickup was well organized and on time. The entire crew was kind and helpful. We were only less than 20 people on the catamaran. Moyenne is a lovely Island and worth the visit. 50 Aldabra Giant Tortoises are freely roaming the island and there is a circular path around it."
"The catamaran was lovely. Snorkelling was great. Lunch was really good food. The walk around Moyenne island by the guide was really informative. Giant tortoises were all over the island and appeared to be well looked after. Been on a similar trip from Praslin island since which was equally as good, but a lot less money. That said, we would really recommend this trip."
"Moyenne is the most beautiful island I've ever seen! I managed to see a sea turtle while snorkling, I was so happy. Compliments to our guide Jacqueline, the captain and all the crew members."
"We were picked up by Denis and driven to the boat. A very comfortable catamaran. Although they say to bring a snorkel they do have them on board. They also have life vests if you need one when snorkelling. We saw lots of different fish at both snorkelling spots. The stay on Moyenne island could have been shorter. After the tour and buffet lunch there was an hour to kill, but not a lot to do there. The buffet was really good and there was an excellent reggae group who entertained us. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable and the boat was clean and comfortable. Definitely recommend this trip."
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See All ReviewsMoyenne Island by Catamaran
Creole Travel Services' day from Mahe at 10:00 AM: a snorkel stop, the guided tour of Moyenne Island, a Creole lunch and the landing fees, in seven hours. Starting from $163 per person.
See datesMoyenne Island Tours: Questions
Who Brendon Grimshaw was, how to get to Moyenne Island, the island fee, what a Moyenne Island tour costs, the tortoises, the trail and the weather.
The Englishman who bought Moyenne Island and spent his life on it. The Nation, a Seychelles newspaper, reported his death at 87 on 7 July 2012: a journalist from Dewsbury, he bought the island in the early 1960s for £8,000, moved there in 1973, planted 16,000 trees by hand with Rene Lafortune and looked after 120 giant tortoises. The Nation reports that Moyenne was declared a national park in June 2008. The Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA) describes it as privately owned and managed by the Moyenne Foundation Society.
By boat from Mahe, on a day trip. Moyenne lies in Sainte Anne Marine National Park, which SPGA puts about 5 km from Mahe and 10 minutes by boat from Victoria. The boat days on this site pick you up on Mahe or leave from Eden Island and bring you back the same day. See how to get to Moyenne Island.
From $163 per adult for Creole Travel Services' cruise, landing fees included (checked November 2026). Mae Guide's shared tour is from $83 and East coast Explorer's glass boat day from $88, both with the fees on top; Vision Voyages DMC's reef safari is from $160 (checked November 2026). See Moyenne Island tour prices.
The island has its own fee, separate from the marine park ticket. SPGA's ticket page lists Rs 200 per non-resident aged 12 and over, per day, for Sainte Anne Marine Park, and has no line for Moyenne, which is managed privately (checked 13 November 2026). Creole Travel Services' cruise includes the landing fees on Moyenne and in the marine park; Mae Guide and East coast Explorer list them as not included. See the Moyenne Island entrance fee.
Yes. SPGA writes of giant tortoises roaming freely on the island, and Creole Travel Services' guided tour of Moyenne is billed as a walk among free-roaming giant land tortoises. See giant tortoises and the trail.
About 30 minutes for the trail round the island, in SPGA's description. East coast Explorer's glass boat day has a 45-minute nature trail on Moyenne, on request; on Creole Travel Services' cruise the walk is a brief guided tour, followed by time on the island's small beach.
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on the calendar checked in November 2026, at 10:00 AM, and some of those days were sold out. The Saturdays and Wednesdays checked were not on sale. The calendar on this page shows the days for your dates.
Swimwear, a towel, sunscreen, a sun hat and comfortable shoes, all on Creole Travel Services' list, with cash and snorkelling gear if you have your own. Alcoholic drinks are not included and are on sale. Children under 2 cannot join the cruise.
The cruise can go ahead in rain. A French reviewer spent a whole day in heavy rain and a thunderstorm on 6 November 2025. You can cancel free up to 24 hours before the start, so watch the forecast the day before.
Not for everyone. Creole Travel Services rules the cruise out for children under 2, pregnant women, people with mobility impairments, wheelchair users and people prone to seasickness. A small boat takes you ashore, and a reviewer wrote on 30 May 2025 that you step out into the water.
Still have questions? Email us at info@moyenneislandtours.com