Moyenne Island Entrance Fee
The Moyenne Island entrance fee is the island's own, not SPGA's Rs 200 park ticket. Which tours include both, which leave them out, and how to pay.
A day on Moyenne Island can carry two fees, and they come from two different places. The first is the marine park ticket: Moyenne lies in Sainte Anne Marine National Park, and the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA) lists Rs 200 per non-resident aged 12 and over, per day, on its ticket page (checked 13 November 2026). The second is the island’s own fee. Moyenne is privately owned and managed, and SPGA’s ticket page has no line for it. Creole Travel Services’ Mahé: Saint-Anne Marine Park and Moyenne Island Cruise, from $163 per adult (checked November 2026), includes both: “Landing fees on Moyenne Island and Ste. Anne Marine Park”.
The calendar above is the cruise with both fees in the price, with 606 reviews (checked November 2026).
Why Moyenne has a fee of its own
SPGA runs the marine park, which it describes as six islands about 5 km off Mahe: Ste Anne, Ile Moyenne, Ile Ronde, Ile Longue, Ile Cachee and Ile aux Cerfs. Moyenne itself is different. SPGA calls it “a popular destination and National Park of its own” and privately owned, and the park’s 2021-2025 management plan describes it as “a privately owned and managed Terrestrial National Park managed by the Moyenne Foundation Society”, outside the plan’s remit. That is the island of Brendon Grimshaw, who bought it in the early 1960s and lived on it from 1973; the homepage tells his story.
So the marine park ticket covers the water and the park, and the island charges for landing on its own account. SPGA’s ticket page, checked 13 November 2026, lists Sainte Anne and no separate Moyenne, Cerf or Round Island entry.
What SPGA charges for the marine park
| Ticket | On SPGA’s ticket page |
|---|---|
| Sainte Anne marine park, non-resident aged 12 and over, per person per day | Rs 200 |
| Overnight mooring in a marine park, per vessel per night | Rs 250 |
Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority, ticket page and visitor information page, checked 13 November 2026.
Seychelles citizens and residents need no ticket and show ID if asked. SPGA lists no child price. Its visitor page encourages buying online in advance, says payment on site is by card only, and notes that tour packages often include the entry fee.
Which boat days include the fees
Each line below is quoted from the boat day itself, so you can see what you would pay on the day.
| Boat day | Fees, quoted |
|---|---|
| Creole Travel Services, Moyenne Island cruise | Included: “Landing fees on Moyenne Island and Ste. Anne Marine Park” |
| Creole Travel Seychelles, Moyenne cruise on Viator | Included: “Marine Park Fees” and “Landing Fees on Moyenne Island” |
| Vision Voyages DMC, reef safari with lunch | Included: “Moyenne Island visit with giant tortoise”; no fee line either way |
| Mae Guide, tour with lunch | Not included: “Government Taxes or Environmental Taxes or Marine Fees” and “Moyenne Trail Fees at Site or payable online”; the trail itself is “upon requests” |
| East coast Explorer, glass boat day | Not included: “Moyenne fee is not included” and “Government tax is not included as well”; the Moyenne trail is “on request” |
Mae Guide adds a line under good to know: “To visit the Giant Tortoises, you will have to pay to visit either Moyenne Island or Cerf Island”, and it asks guests to bring cash for fees, with cards accepted where cash is not possible.
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What paying on the day looks like
On the days that leave the fees out, reviewers describe two charges. Reviewers of Mae Guide's tour wrote of a charge they called a tax or a marine park fee, taken at the departure point or at the end of the day, and a second one at Moyenne for the walk (25 May, 27 August, 24 October, 28 October and 8 November 2026). The amounts they give for the island differ, so treat any figure you read secondhand with care. A French reviewer wrote on 27 October 2026 that if you skip the paid walk, you are left on a small beach of little interest. On East coast Explorer's day, a reviewer wrote on 15 July 2026 that you choose between visiting Moyenne and a second snorkel.
Some reviewers of Mae Guide's day did not reach Moyenne at all (3 April, 27 June and 28 July 2026). If the island is the point of your day, ask the operator before you book, or take a day whose price includes the landing.
Residents and children
SPGA’s park ticket is for non-residents aged 12 and over; residents show ID instead. The island’s own rules for residents and children are not on SPGA’s pages. On Creole Travel Services’ cruise, children under 2 cannot join.
The Cruise with the Fees In
Creole Travel Services' Moyenne Island cruise includes the landing fees on Moyenne and in the marine park, with a Creole lunch and pickup on Mahe.
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