What are the Seychelles famous for? What did the Green Coco team discover there?
Learn in our Expedition Letter #3: Exploring Seychelles
- How did GIANT TORTOISES survive here while others disappeared forever?
- Is there really buried pirate treasure on Mahé Island?
- What bird lays its eggs and then flies for years without landing??
Let’s go find out…
🏴☠️ Pirates + Unfound Treasure
Seychelles was completely uninhabited until the 1770s.
That made it the perfect hideout for pirates — like the legendary “Buzzard,” who’s said to have stashed treasure somewhere on Mahé Island…
Still hasn’t been found.
Not saying we’re looking.
(But we’re definitely looking.)
Before humans, giant tortoises ruled these islands.
No predators. No rush. Just 100-year-old chill vibes.
Then sailors came.
The tortoises were hunted or loaded onto ships for long voyages — slow-moving snacks at sea. Populations crashed.
But one place held on: the Aldabra Atoll.
Untouched by humans, it became a sanctuary.
Today, over 100,000 Aldabran tortoises live wild there — a living example of what can survive when we just leave it alone.
🐦 BIRD ISLAND: THE CITY OF SOOTY TERNS
We sailed to a speck of land and found it surrounded by seagrass…
And then: the sky exploded. Thousands of sooty terns live here!
These birds live most of their lives without landing… They fly non-stop, catching fish, even sleeping mid-air.
They only land to mate, nest, and hatch their babies.
Once a year, here on Bird Island. That’s it!
It’s LOUD. It’s amazing.
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Thank you for being on this voyage with us.
There’s more to come.
Letter #4 is already on deck — as we were preparing the boat to leave Seychelles behind…
Stay curious.
Stay salty.
And keep following the stoke. ⛵️💫
— The Green Coco Expedition Team
Want to See More About Our Stay on the Seychelles? Check Out Our Episode About Our Shakedown Cruise:
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