Gosh, it is so pretty. What's not to like? Tropical islands, sunny (usually some every day but we were there at the start of the monsoon season), sea breezes, friendly people, lovely views, etc. etc. There certainly are some downsides which mainly is the cost to get there. And once there, things can be expensive, very, very expensive but you can do a lot of the islands on the cheaper end too.
A lot of places are self catering. One thing we didn't do which we will next time is bring our spices with us. That way you can just buy food and not worry about getting large quantities of sugar, salt, spices, and still have some tasty meals. We did not have an A/C place except for the bedroom which was needed. We did have a fan in the living room. Also a self catering place will probably give you more room to spread out and also probably have a washer for doing your laundry. We might look for a place with ceiling fans next time or A/C all over as it did get really hot in the house during the afternoon.
There are also tons of resorts around the islands. Some of them are absolutely ridiculous in price. We could afford the ridiculous prices but why would we want to. Guess some people have to have the pampering though and that's fine too. What I'm saying is you can probably find any kind and price of accommodation you want on the islands. Just look around for it.
Driving is almost a necessity to get around BUT I know that they have good bus transportation too. I am not sure I could have ridden the bus because the roads are steep, twisty, winding, switchbacks, and pretty sure riding a bus would have made me seasick. But every place we went, we could have gotten there by bus and just walked up the road to our villa from the bus stop. Taxis are available to get you to your hotel or villa or whatever if you want to do the bus route. Usually the hotels, villas, or whatever, will help you arrange a car so that the car can be delivered to your place of stay. That's what we did the first day since we had no clue where to find our villa. Then we were good and our car met us at the ferry when we moved islands.
Getting to the closer islands from Mahe, the main island, is quite easy but can be a bit expensive, we thought. Cost us around $75 for a round trip from Mahe to Praslin by fast ferry. Not sure there are cheaper options. Know that there are more expensive options as you can fly or take a helicopter. Some of the islands only have helicopters access but those are the high end private islands.
The diving was good. First day, we didn't think so much of our dive sites but they got progressively better. Good that it wasn't the other way around. Probably the best thing I can say about the Seychelles is that we would return to go diving again. And we hardly ever go back to a place unless it is the diving or going with someone who hasn't been.
So I think you could make a trip to the Seychelles be really expensive with the high end resorts and restaurants and such or you can make it reasonable with self catering and such. It certainly isn't one of the cheaper places to dive either but it was good enough to go back. Hopefully, we'll be back next year around the same time. And it will be stay in one place and dive the entire time, I hope.
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