La Digue – Vanilla, Monuments and Nature

When choosing La Digue as a destination, several interests may factor into your decision: vanilla cultivation, historic sights, wildlife encounters and coastal scenery. At L’Union Estate in Anse Reunion, you can explore the vanilla vines on foot or by bicycle and learn how vanilla is traditionally grown. Nearby is Anse Source d’Argent, with its granite rock formations, white sand and shallow turquoise water.

L’Union Estate: Vanilla, Monuments and Wildlife Encounters

At L’Union Estate, you can explore the vanilla vines on foot or by bicycle and learn how vanilla is traditionally grown. This makes the estate a way to combine an outdoor activity with an insight into traditional cultivation.

Among the estate’s sights recognized as national monuments are the former plantation house, the Old Pier and La Digue’s oldest cemetery. This adds historic sites to the traditional vanilla cultivation at L’Union Estate. The distinction between cultivation and monuments offers a concrete point of reference when choosing what interests you.

In the park at L’Union Estate, visitors can feed and interact with Aldabra giant tortoises. This wildlife activity offers a different focus from vanilla cultivation and monuments, adding close encounters with tortoises to the estate’s attractions.

Beach scenery nearby

Nearby is Anse Source d’Argent, a beach with granite rock formations, white sand and shallow turquoise water. In contrast to L’Union Estate, the focus here is on coastal scenery rather than vanilla, monuments and wildlife encounters. The contrast offers a concrete way to decide which setting on La Digue appeals to you: Anse Source d’Argent is known for its beach and rock formations, while L’Union Estate offers cultivation, monuments and wildlife encounters.

Within the wider destination of La Digue And Inner Islands

The Veuve Special Reserve is on the west side of La Digue. It is part of a 200-hectare plateau and covers 21 hectares itself. These figures refer to two different scales: 21 hectares for the reserve and 200 hectares for the plateau. This distinction helps put the size of the reserve in the context of the surrounding landscape.

A visitor exhibition covers flycatchers and the environment of the Seychelles. Visitors can follow a nature trail and observe birds, including the Seychelles Black Paradise Flycatcher. If you are deciding between L’Union Estate and the reserve, they offer different nature themes: vanilla and monuments at the estate, and the environment and birdwatching at the reserve.

The scale of the island is also part of the wider destination of La Digue And Inner Islands: La Digue can be explored by bicycle, and a road runs across about three-quarters of the island. These are different points of reference: exploring by bicycle describes one way to see the island, while the road figure remains an approximate measure of its route.

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Go to the wider travel overview: La Digue And Inner Islands.