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With a backdrop of towering 1000m granite peaks, Mahé is an extraordinary
treasure trove of flora that has evolved over centuries of splendid isolation.
Rare endemic plants found nowhere else in the world adorn Mahé’s mist forests in
mountain strongholds, such as the Jellyfish Tree, the carnivorous Seychelles
Pitcher Plant and the Seychelles Vanilla Orchid. Mahé is the transportation hub for
island-hops and day excursions to neighbouring islands and all other islands within
Seychelles.
Almost a century and a half later the visiting General Gordon (of Khartoum fame)
became convinced that the Vallée de Mai was the original site of the Garden of
Eden. This is where the legendary Coco-de-Mer, the world's heaviest nut, grows
high on ancient palms in a primeval forest. The Vallée is host to six species of palm
to be found only in Seychelles.
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