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Seychelles: Indian Ocean
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Maybe you are looking for a more active water based holiday, Seychelles has some of the finest fishing waters around its coast anywhere in the world. The winds of the southern Indian Ocean ... make sailing in Seychelles truly exciting and there are opportunities to hire boats for both day and week long trips.
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Studies subsequent to Gardiner were sparse up to the 1950s, though some residents of Seychelles made valuable contributions, notably Dupont, Thomasset, Baty and Vesey Fitzgerald. Visiting oceanographic expeditions ... made some collections. In the 1950s, Smith conducted a major study of marine fish, while Cousteau also visited in 1954 aboard Calypso. Legrand collected Lepidoptera in the 1950s, while the Bristol University expedition of 1964-65 focussed on birds and insects.
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In 2009, the Costa Europa will sail the Indian Ocean for the first time, on 14-night sailings from December 2008 through February 2009, departing from Port Louis, Mauritius with stops in the Seychelles, Kenya and Madagascar. This is the second year in a row that Costa will offer these routes. As the first and only cruise line to offer sailings from Mauritius, these special voyages provide an exclusive and exciting look into some of the most fascinating destinations in the world. Two repositioning cruises will ... be offered, one 28-night cruise departing from Savona on November 22 and a 25-night cruise departing from Mauritius on March 14 with stops in Madagascar, Egypt and the Seychelles.
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CLIMATE: Seychelles has a tropical climate that is influenced by the ocean. The hot season is from October to April and the cool season is from May to September. During the dry season from May to October the SE Monsoon prevails while from December to March the NW Monsoon brings heavy rains. Average annual precipitation varies from 2,280 mm (90 inches) along the coast to 3,040 mm (120 inches) in the interior at higher elevations. The average temperature is 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) all year, although it falls to 16 degrees Celsius (61 degrees Fahrenheit) at night, at higher elevations.
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Watersports: The warm Indian Ocean waters make Seychelles the perfect place for the water enthusiasts. Explore on the board of a yacht, power boat, catamaran or sailboat. Windsurfing is ... popular and the best time for this activity is usually around May and October, at the start and end of the trade winds.
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The Indian Ocean Pass is a product created jointly by Air Seychelles, Air Mauritius and Air Austral. The participating airlines have merged their regional networks to enable you to create your own circuit to discover the gems of the Indian Ocean.
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