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North of Praslin, Aride Island is the most northerly of the granitic islands in the Seychelles – and is home to a very important population of seabirds: about 1.25 milion bird breed here every year. These include huge colonies of lesser loddies, sooty terns, the beautiful roseate terns (the Latin name of the subspecies found in the Indian Ocean is Sterna dougallii arideensis, after the island), Audubon's shearwaters, white-tailed tropicbirds and both greater and lesser frigatebirds. No to mention fairy terns, wedge-tailed shearwaters, brown noddies and a few red-tailed Tropicbirds – which are very unusual at all in the Seychelles – and representatives of many other species which are more transitory.
Aride Island is run as a nature reserve by the Island Conservation Society of Seychelles, but technically owned by a UK based charity. The only inhabitants are currently a handful of rangers and wardens who live in small plantation houses here.
Visiting Aride Island Nature Reserve
It's possible to visit Aride Island Nature Reserve from Sunday to Thursday – and occasionally other days are also possible, but require a prior arrangement with the warden. We can organise day-trips here from Praslin – just ask us for more details.
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| A short boat ride north of Praslin, Aride Island is a vitally important nature reserve; about 1.25 million birds breed here every year – including sooty and roseate terns, and several species of tropicbird. It's relatively easy to visit on a day-trip from Praslin | |
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