Seychelles are one of the most expensive tourist destinations, because their government is setting a fairly high cost of board. But with some ingenuity you can visit the tropical islands on your own, without spending bags of riches for the trip. You can get a return plane ticket from larger European towns at around €600. With a Slovenian passport you don’t even need a visa, but you must have a booked hotel or apartment slit with you as well as the return ticket, to enter the country. A print out with a clear address suffices...
It’s impossible to get an official room for less than €50, and illegal boards are rare and not much cheaper. The price is for two people and usually includes breakfast. In the case of a longer stay you can negotiate a lower price. It’s best to book an apartment or a house on the main island of Mahe, with the international airport. The capital – Victoria – and some smaller towns offer fruit and fish at very attractive prices. You can explore Mahe by local buses. A bus ticket to anyplace on the island is just over half an Euro. A part from beaches it’s nice to visit the hilly and lightly inhabited inland. Here you get to see remains of the rainforest with several waterfalls. You can also climb the highest peak of the island, Morne Seychellois (905 m).
On La Digue island I saw first tourists with backpacks. There were four Austrians who rented a house with a big garden, for €100/day. They prepared their own food and travelled around with bikes, which are the best suited transportation for the island, for everything is just a few kilometers away. This means you get to explore a new beach every day and go to one of many small shops to buy food, or eat out in a snack-shack, where you get delicious island food for a Euro or two, otherwise you can pay €10 or more for a meal in a restaurant.
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