An hour on foot, and no road
Anse Major
Beach · No road to it
Anse Major in short.
A small beach on the north-west coast of Mahé inside Morne Seychellois National Park, with no road to it. You walk in along a coastal trail from Danzil, or you arrive by boat.
Which months
North-west coast, so May to September is the calm window. The trail is walkable all year and is hot and exposed in every month.
Anse Major, in 6 frames.
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The walk
The trail leaves from the end of the road at Danzil, above Beau Vallon, and runs about three kilometres along the coast, over bare granite and through scrub, with the sea a long way below on the right. It takes about an hour each way at a normal pace and there is no shade for most of it.
Take more water than you think. There is nothing to buy at either end of the walk and nothing at all on the beach.
What is at the end
A small beach of coarse white sand between granite headlands, with clear water and usually a handful of people on it. Boats from Bel Ombre run here as well, which is the sensible way to do it with children or in the middle of the day.
It is inside the national park, so there is no development behind it and there will not be. That is the whole point of the place.
How you arrive
Drive or bus to Bel Ombre and on to Danzil, where the road ends, then walk. Boats run from Bel Ombre for anyone who would rather not. Allow half a day.
The sheet.
Checked 2 September 2026.
- Island
- Mahé, north west coast
- Access
- an hour on foot from Danzil, or by boat
- Inside
- Morne Seychellois National Park
- Facilities
- none at all. Take water
What people ask.
When is Anse Major calm?
North-west coast, so May to September is the calm window. The trail is walkable all year and is hot and exposed in every month.
How do you get to Anse Major?
Drive or bus to Bel Ombre and on to Danzil, where the road ends, then walk. Boats run from Bel Ombre for anyone who would rather not. Allow half a day.
Is there anything on the beach?
none at all. Take water
What we do arrange.
The sand is not ours. The car that gets you to it, the day out that takes in three more of them and the driver who meets the flight all are.
Car hire, from €45 a day
Ten cars, no deposit, handed over at the airport, the jetty or your hotel.
Days out and excursions
Island tours, boat days, snorkelling and walks, with real ratings and free cancellation to twenty-four hours.
Airport transfers
A driver who watches your flight number and waits with your name on a board.
The terminal photograph above: Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Planning a week around the right coast?
Send the dates. Meera will tell you which side of which island is calm in your month, and put the car and the days out around it.