The 2024 fishing rate is $12,665 US pp for a bungalow and $16,565 for a single angler. The rate is based on a single room and sharing a guide. Not included is the $210 Conservation Levy.
Number of guests
They take 10 anglers per week and can take additional non-anglers.
For the ultimate saltwater fly fishing getaway, visit Alphonse Atoll in the Seychelles. It’s located 290 miles by plane southwest of Mahé. Beautiful white beaches line the edges of the dense natural forest, which is interspersed with the remnants of old commercial coconut groves. There you will find ancient ambling tortoises, scurrying crabs and an interesting array of bird species. The warm, shallow waters of the lagoon are home to a myriad of colorful fish and fascinating sea life while the depths of the ocean open up a whole new world of underwater fauna and untouched corals. Accommodations are at Alphonse Island Resort, a fine hotel that affords those fishing St. Francois Lagoon with ten beachfront chalets (all air conditioned), a main reception and dining area and a freshwater swimming pool. Prior to the building of the resort, the island was almost uninhabited for some twenty years, but it has a history of copra production and at one time it had up to 100 inhabitants.
I sailed to St. Francois in 1998 on the High Aspect and fished there before the lodge was built. The fly fishing was epic and beyond our wildest dreams. Anglers continue to fish there, and many are repeat customers as the experience and the action continue to be world class. The fact that anglers keep returning to a destination this remote and expensive says it all.
St. Francois is often referred to as the most beautiful island in all of the Seychelles. This crescent-shaped island is set within kilometers of the spectacular sandy flats of the St. Francois atoll and is a wilderness adventure in itself. Apart from the world-class fly fishing, it boasts a host of interesting bird species.
You will see singles, doubles, and small groups of fish in the three to seven pound range feeding lazily over flats during the course of tide changes. It is a rare occasion when you actually cast to "schooling" fish, so you have the opportunity to select specific targets throughout the day. In addition to superb bonefishing, there is a great mixed fishery here with five species of trevally, three species of triggerfish, milkfish and a host of other fly-taking fish to be caught. The record from Alphonse Island Resort is 42 different species caught on a fly in one week!
