Vacations Denis island - Seychelles

Denis lies 85km north of Victoria, Mahé and 28 miles distant from Bird Island making it one of the most northerly of all the Seychelles' islands.

Once a thriving coconut plantation, its newly refurbished lodge with 25 charming chalets is the perfect honeymoon getaway offering seclusion in comfort and with excellent gourmet cuisine.

For fishermen it is ideally situated for deep-sea fishing expeditions on the nearby edge of the Seychelles’ bank where marlin, sailfish, barracuda, wahoo, dorado and tuna will thrill novice and seasoned fisherman alike.

With its lush greenery Denis makes an attractive home for roaming tortoises and nesting sea birds and turtles.

Denis offers excellent nature walks as well as the facilities of tennis, diving, windsurfing, canoeing and of course sunbathing on its gleaming white beaches.

History and Culture

Named after Denis de Trobiant, whose ship L'Etoile called there in 1773 to claim the island for the king of France, Denis has also been known in the past as Orixa Island.

Like many Seychelles islands, in the heyday of the coconut industry Denis was a coconut plantation owned by the Seychelles Coconut Estates whose population of between 70 and 100 persons were engaged in collecting guano, (decomposed bird droppings) producing coprah (refined coconut flesh) and fishing.

In 1975 the island was purchased by Pierre Burkhardt, a French paper magnate who ran the island as a successful lodge with the marketing slogan 'the island at the edge of the world'.

The island was sold to Mason's Travel, a local destination management company (referred to as a ground handling operator in this website), in the mid 90's who maintain the tradition of a lodge which has been newly refurbished.

There is a lighthouse at the northern end of Denis Island that dates back to 1910.

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