Two days in Seychelles gets you Mahe and one more island Two days buys you Mahe plus a single day trip to Praslin. It does not buy you La Digue, no matter how a listicle titled “Seychelles in 48 hours” wants to sell it to you. The currency is the Seychellois rupee (SCR), quoted alongside euros that are widely accepted but not legal tender, and the whole trip runs on a fixed Cat Cocos ferry schedule that you plan backwards from, not around.

Three days is the floor for a real three-island trip Three days is genuinely the shortest version of Seychelles that touches Mahe, Praslin and La Digue without lying to yourself about it. It is still a squeeze: an overnight on Praslin buys the time Vallee de Mai and Anse Lazio actually deserve, and La Digue becomes a half-day out-and-back rather than a proper visit. The Seychellois rupee (SCR) is the currency, euros are quoted everywhere but are not legal tender, and every leg of this trip runs on the Cat Cocos and Cat Rose ferry timetables, two separate operators covering two separate routes.

Four days finally gives La Digue a proper night, not a photo stop Four days is the point where La Digue stops being a rushed morning and becomes an actual overnight, which changes the trip. Anse Source d’Argent at 5pm with the day-tripper boats already gone back to Praslin looks nothing like Anse Source d’Argent at 11am. The route is still Mahe to Praslin to La Digue and back, run on the Cat Cocos and Cat Rose ferry schedules and priced in Seychellois rupees (SCR) even though euros are quoted at every counter.

Five days is where Praslin earns a second day Five days takes the 4 day route and gives Praslin the second day it actually deserves, instead of squeezing Vallee de Mai and Anse Lazio into one. That extra day is what makes room for Curieuse Island, the giant-tortoise boat trip most 4 day plans have to skip. Everything still runs on SCR (the euro is quoted, not legal tender) and on the Cat Cocos and Cat Rose ferry timetables, which do not bend for anyone’s flight.

Six days is when La Digue stops being a stopover Six days takes the extra Praslin day from the 5 day route and adds a second full day on La Digue, which is the island that rewards slow travel the most. Bicycle-only distances mean a second day is not padding here; it is the difference between one rushed lap of the marquee beach and actually reaching Grand Anse and Petite Anse too.

Seven days is the version where nothing gets rushed Seven days is enough to give Mahe, Praslin and La Digue two full days each, the first length in this family where you are not trading one island’s time for another’s. It also means an extra Mahe day up front, which is genuinely the best place to put it: the interior trails and south coast villages that every shorter itinerary here has to skip.

Is Seychelles actually worth the money? Mostly, yes, but not evenly across the country. Some of the marquee sights genuinely earn their reputation and their entry fee; a couple are gatekept, overpriced or straightforwardly skippable once you know what is actually behind the ticket. Seychelles is African, not Caribbean, priced in Seychellois rupees (SCR) even though euros are quoted everywhere, and it is genuinely expensive relative to most Indian Ocean destinations.