The Seychelles will rightly sit on anyone’s bucket list with some of the most prolific flats in the world. We have availability for 2025 for Alphonse Island (St Francois Atoll) as well as for Farquhar Atoll, Cosmoledo Atoll and Astove Atoll. Please contact us if you would like more information on the atolls or to hold space.

Alphonse Island

Alphonse is a rare jewel amongst fishing lodges; an ideal location for those looking for an unspoilt beach getaway while their partners are out fishing the flats of St Francois. Best known for its large and healthy bonefish population, it is unique amongst these atolls for the sheer number of milkfish who pass through on their north/south migratory route. These algae eating vegetarians are the ultimate challenge for any angler aiming to land one of these mighty, hard fighting fish. Alphonse fishes 12 anglers per week on a shared boat/guide basis (ratio of two anglers to one guide). Accommodation is in very comfortable, air-conditioned beach front chalets or suites. The suites have private plunge pools and for families and groups of friends, there are two stunning four bedroom villas, each with their own central pool. Contact us for more details.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Alphonse. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week.

If you would like more information please contact Charlotte Chilcott or Peter McLeod or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

2025
Beach Bungalow $13,656 per angler (single room)
Beach Villa $17,856 per angler (shared villa) or $25,906 per angler (single villa)

4 – 11 January 2025
25 January – 1 February 2025
1 – 8 February 2025
15 – 22 February 2025

1 – 8 March 2025
8- 15 March 2025
15 – 22 March 2025
22 – 29 March 2025
5 – 12 April 2025
12 – 19 April 2025
19 – 26 April 2025
26 April – 3 May 2025

The Alphonse Island “Stay/Pay” offer of staying seven nights and paying for five nights starts runs from 1st May – 30 September 2025 and applies to the leisure package. You can add on fishing days as required as St Francois fishes 6 rods during this period.

20 – 27 September 2025
27 September – 4 October 2025
4 – 11 October 2025
11 – 18 October 2025
18 – 25 October 2025
25 October – 1 November 2025
1 – 8 November 2025
8 – 15 November 2025
6 – 13 December 2025
13 – 20 December 2025
20 – 27 December 2025
27 December – 3 January 2026

If you would like more information please contact Charlotte Chilcott or Peter McLeod or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

Farquhar Atoll

Farquhar has a much simpler lodge but it retains a very genuine fishing lodge appeal and offers some of the most productive saltwater flats in Seychelles waters. As with all the atolls, Farquhar has something unique to offer its anglers; coral crunching bumphead parrotfish whose crushing beak is a hazard to any fly taken. Farquhar is also unique in that the marauding GTs have identified and target an unusual food source; young Sooty Terns that they target directly off the beach, charging up into skinny water to strike their unusual prey. Farquhar fishes 10 anglers per week, on a twin share basis and with shared boat/guide (ratio of two anglers to one guide). There are single room and single skiff options but they are limited.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Alphonse. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week.

2025
$14,976 per angler (shared room) / $22,326 per angler (single room)

5 – 12 February 2025
12 – 19 February 2025
19 – 26 February 2025
26 March – 2 April 2025
2 – 9 April 2025
16 – 23 April 2025

1 – 8 October 2025
8 – 15 October 2025
15 – 22 October 2025
29 October – 5 November 2025
5 – 12 November 2025
12 – 19 November 2025
26 November – 3 December 2025

Astove Atoll

Astove is the real gem and although it is relatively small, you shouldn’t be fooled by its size as this small atoll, with its single lagoon and channel provides the perfect hunting ground for large GTs. Combined with the proximity of the drop off, the potential for metre plus GTs is high and the offshore potential has barely been touched.  The rebuilt original coral house offers single air-conditioned rooms with en-suite facilities.  Astove fishes only four anglers per week with single, air-conditioned rooms and shared guide (ratio of two anglers to one guide). A single boat option is available.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Astove. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week (2023).

2025
$17,476 per angler (single room)

6 – 13 January 2025
13 – 20 January 2025
20 – 27 January 2025
3 – 10 February 2025
10 – 17 February 2025
17 – 24 February 2025
24 February – 3 March 2025
3 – 10 March 2025
10 – 17 March 2025
17 – 24 March 2025
24 – 31 March 2025
31 March – 7 April 2025
7 – 14 April 2025
14 – 21 April 2025
21 – 28 April 2025

1 – 8 December 2025
8 – 15 December 2025
15 – 22 December 2025

Cosmoledo Atoll

Cosmoledo is the undisputed GT capital of the flats fishing world. Its anglers access the remote, white sand flats and channels that are home to bonefish, permit, triggerfish, GTs, bluefin trevally, milkfish and a whole host of reef species. Its unique appeal? The vast numbers of GTs that patrol the waters here make Cosmoledo the place to be to take the edge off GT fever. An ingenious eco-lodge, accommodation is in air-conditioned cabins with en-suite facilities. Bare foot simplicity but with all the comfort and mod-cons that you could wish for. Cosmoledo fishes 12 anglers per week with shared accommodation and shared guide with limited single room and single guide options.

Costs below include the flight between Mahé and Cosmoledo. A conservation fee of $210 per person per week applies. The single skiff supplement is $3,900 per week (2023).

2025
$18,961 per angler (shared room) / $25,611 per angler (single room)

2 – 9 January 2025
16 – 23 January 2025
30 January – 6 February 2025
20 – 27 February 2025
20 – 27 March 2025
27 March – 3 April 2025
3 – 10 April 2025

27 November – 4 December 2025
11 – 18 December 2025
18 – 25 December 2025
25 December – 1 January 2026

If you are looking for a more family or couple based holiday, take advantage of Alphonse Island’s “Stay/Pay” offer that is available from 1 May to 30 September . More details are available HERE.

Providence Atoll

The atoll is the largest in the Seychelles (three times the size of Cosmoledo for example) and offers a unique opportunity to wade for miles on open turtle grass flats hunting giant trevally, bumphead parrotfish and pretty much every saltwater species you might wish to tangle with a fly rod. Living on board the Maya’s Dugong, you are cut off from the world with no phone signal and no wi-fi – you can detach from the world and immerse yourself in the experience of fishing these remote flats.

2025

25 March – 1 April 2025
15 – 22 April 2025


21 – 28 October 2025
28 October – 4 November 2025
4 – 11 November 2025
18 – 25 November 2025
25 November – 2 December 2025
2 – 9 December 2025
9 – 16 December 2025

Please contact Peter McLeod or Charlotte Chilcott for details on Providence space in 2025 or call us on +44 1980 847389. Alternatively click HERE if you would like us to contact you.

Alphonse Island, Seychelles, Aardvark McLeod