Four Seasons Resort Desroches Island

Desroches Island sits in the Amirantes group, 230 km southwest of Mahé — remote enough to feel truly castaway, yet with every Four Seasons luxury. The island has 14 km of beaches and is surrounded by a coral reef that drops into the abyss of the Indian Ocean, creating one of the world's great dive sites.

Seventy-one suites and villas are scattered across this flat coral island, each with direct beach access. The resort's PADI 5-Star dive centre offers access to sites rarely visited by other divers — pristine walls, caves, and channels where hammerheads, eagle rays, and reef sharks patrol.

Above water, the conservation team leads turtle monitoring walks, and the resort's organic garden supplies its restaurants with tropical produce. This is the Seychelles unplugged.