The islet by the runway
Anonyme
Island · Islet
Anonyme in short.
Anonyme is ten hectares of granite seven hundred metres off the east coast of Mahé, close enough to the international airport that aircraft on final approach pass over it. It is named after a sailing ship, and it has more folklore attached to it than its size suggests.
Can you go?
Limited, and it changes. Ask us what is currently possible before planning anything around it.
Anonyme, in 2 frames.
Every frame below was found in this island's own Commons category and its own title names the island. Captions are the file's title, so you can check the call.
Photographs, under Creative Commons: Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0 A.Savin, FAL Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0
A small island with a long story
The island takes its name from a hundred-and-eighty-tonne ship that carried supplies between Mauritius and Réunion. It belonged for generations to the St Jorre family, among the earliest settlers in Seychelles, and it carries the usual Seychellois freight of ghost stories and buried treasure.
Its least romantic and most concrete role was as the store for the explosives used to build the international airport on the reclaimed land opposite.
What it is now
A warden lives on the island. There is a small restaurant on the east side at Anse Pimen Vert and clear water around the granite. Whether a visitor can arrange to go depends on what is operating at the time, which is why this page does not promise anything.
How you arrive
A few minutes by boat from the east coast of Mahé. Access depends on what is currently running.
The sheet.
Checked 2 September 2026 against the sources named in our island file.
- Area
- 0.1 km²
- Off the east coast of Mahé
- 700 m
- Named after
- a 180-tonne sailing ship
- Beside
- the international airport runway
What people ask.
Can we visit Anonyme?
Limited, and it changes. Ask us what is currently possible before planning anything around it.
How do you get to Anonyme?
A few minutes by boat from the east coast of Mahé. Access depends on what is currently running.
What we do arrange.
We do not sell islands, and most of these could not be sold to anybody. What we do arrange is everything that gets you to them and around them once you land.
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 around this island?
Tell us the dates and what you want the trip to feel like, and Meera will write back with what is actually possible.