Cousin Island
A nature reserve established in 1968 for the Seychelles warbler and the hawksbill turtle, it is now administered by the International Council for Bird Preservation and the Royal Society for Nature Conservation. Birdwatchers can walk trails near the breeding grounds of a bird population of 500,000. These include brush warblers, magpie robins, white-tailed tropic birds, Seychelles Foxy, the Seychelles Turtle Dove, the White-faced Tropic bird, the Wedge-tailed Shearwater, the beautiful Fairy Tern, noddies, Bridled Terns and the Seychelles Brush Warbler.
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The island is located 2 km/1 mi SW of Praslin. The best time to visit is April or May.
The boat ride from Grand Anse to Cousin takes about 15 minutes, but the landing sites vary depending on the time of the year. There is no jetty and often visitors have to be ferried from the launch to shore in a Zodiac dinghy. This can be amusing or harrowing, depending on the size of the swells.
