Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve Review

Mayi Valley Nature Reserve is a plant reserve specially opened by the government. The reserve has many precious plants, the most famous of which is more than 4,000 sea coconut trees. It is several meters high and the highest is 30 meters. The coconuts grown on the tree weigh 10 ～ 20 kg, which is the world's largest coconut.

Located at 4°20′ south latitude, 55°45′ east longitude. It is 11 km long (7 miles), 4 km wide (3 km), and covers an area of 42 km2 (16 square miles). It is located 40 km(25 miles) northeast of the main island of Mahe, a mountainous granite island with a peak altitude of 427 meters. The population accounts for 7% of the country. Coconut, wood, herbs and vegetables (especially tomatoes). Cote d'Or beach, Great Bay (Grande Anse) and St. Anne's Bay are tourist attractions. There are two parallel roads that run through the island.

The May Valley is located on the famous island of Praland, the smallest natural heritage in the world. There are many amazing plants, most famous is the Seychelles' national treasure, the sea coconut, which is really amazing. The natural environment here also attracted many Hollywood film shooting, the famous Jurassic Park is here to take a scene, it is really worth everyone to explore.

The May Valley, located in the center of Praland Island, is the smallest natural heritage in the world, with an area of only 19.5 hectares. It is famous for its more than 7,000 sea coconut trees. But in addition to the sea coconut, there are many unique plants and animals in the world, which can be called the rare Grand View Garden and the filming place of Jurassic Park. If Seychelles is a paradise on earth, the Valley of May is the Garden of Eden in this paradise, and the scenery is very unique. Seychelles' largest symbol of sea coconuts grows here. Sea coconuts are divided into male and female reproductive organs, which Seychelles call the fruit of love.

May Valley is the world's smallest natural heritage, famous for its strange shape of sea coconuts, the park is small, there are 3 sightseeing routes, each route takes 4 hours to travel. There are some unique creatures in the park, green gecko, big snail, small lizard, yellow and brown gecko, tree frogs, etc. When we went there were not many birds, only occasionally flew a few, a tree frog did not see, maybe the season is not right. We are fortunate to see the first four.