Every weekday SPTC departure on Mahé, searchable below. Pick where you are and where you're going, and we'll show you the next bus, live. Plus everything tourists actually need to know: the cashless visitor card, where to buy it, fares, and how riding the bus here really works.
Choose your start and destination. We'll highlight the next departure based on the current time in Seychelles.
Official SPTC weekday timetable, effective June 2026. Weekend and public holiday services run less frequently. Times are departures from the route's starting point; buses stop at all stops along the way.
SPTC buses are fully cashless. You can't pay the driver, you tap a card. For tourists, the answer is the Visitor Travel Card: a pre-activated, unlimited-ride pass. Tap the reader as you board, keep your ticket, done. One card per passenger.
Passes are valid on all standard SPTC services from 05:30 to 19:00. At roughly €1.25 a day on the 8-day pass, it's the cheapest way to move around any island, anywhere.
Buy it through the Seychelles Electronic Border Control System when you complete your travel authorisation, then collect it at the Travel Plus desk in the outer hall of Seychelles International Airport. Card in hand before you've found your taxi.
On Mahé and Praslin, email [email protected] with your details and SPTC arranges delivery or direct purchase at your accommodation.
SPTC Sales Offices on Mahé and Praslin, Seychelles Postal Services branches on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue, and the Naturelle Shop at the Inter-Island Jetty on Mahé.
Authorised resellers operate in most districts including Victoria, Beau Vallon, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Cascade, Pointe Larue, Glacis and Baie Ste Anne on Praslin, so you're never far from a top-up point.
Buses stop at marked stops, but you need to signal the driver with a raised hand or they may roll past. Locals make it look effortless; you will too by day two.
Tap your card on the reader as you board and keep the printed ticket for the whole journey. Inspectors do check.
These are working island buses with no luggage holds. A daypack is fine; two large suitcases on airport day are not. Plan a taxi or rental car for luggage days.
Most services wind down between 19:00 and 20:30. If your plan includes sunset drinks on the far side of the island, check the last return bus before you commit.
The timetable is the plan, not a promise. Mountain roads, rain and traffic happen. Build in slack, especially before a ferry or flight.
Window seats on coastal routes deliver some of the best views in Seychelles for about a euro. The Victoria to Beau Vallon climb over St Louis is a highlight in itself.
We genuinely recommend the bus for Victoria, Beau Vallon and the main coastal towns. But we also rent cars, so here's the honest comparison we give our own guests:
Many of our guests do both: bus pass for town days, car for two beach-hunting days. Best of both islands' worlds.
No. SPTC buses are fully cashless and drivers cannot accept money. Every passenger needs a travel card; for tourists that means the Visitor Travel Card, tapped on the reader as you board.
The Visitor Travel Card offers unlimited rides: SCR 100 (about €5) for 1 day, SCR 198 (about €12) for 4 consecutive days, or SCR 363 (about €22) for 8 consecutive days, valid on all standard SPTC services from 05:30 to 19:00.
Four ways: pre-purchase through the Seychelles Electronic Border Control System and collect at the Travel Plus desk at the airport, request hotel delivery on Mahé or Praslin via [email protected], buy at SPTC Sales Offices or Seychelles Postal Services branches (Mahé, Praslin and La Digue), or at the Naturelle Shop at the Inter-Island Jetty on Mahé.
On weekdays the first services leave around 05:10 and the last departures are around 20:30, with most routes winding down between 19:00 and 20:00. Weekend and public holiday services run less frequently, so always check before relying on an evening bus.
There's no dedicated airport shuttle, but buses on the Victoria to south coast corridor stop on the main road by the airport at Pointe Larue. With luggage, most arriving travellers take a taxi or a pre-arranged rental car delivered to the terminal instead.
Small bags and daypacks, yes. Large suitcases, realistically no: the buses have no luggage holds and fill up at peak times. For arrival and departure days, plan a taxi or a rental car with free airport delivery.
SPTC operates bus services on Praslin, and the Visitor Card is sold there too. La Digue has no buses at all; the island runs on bicycles and ox carts. The timetable on this page covers the Mahé weekday network.
For Victoria, Beau Vallon and single-destination days, the bus is excellent and unbeatable value. For the remote southern beaches, evenings after 19:00, or days with luggage, a rental car from about €45 per day with no deposit gives you the freedom the timetable can't. Many visitors combine both.
We live here and we answer fast. Ferry connections, bus quirks, whether your plan needs a car for a day or two: one message and you'll have a local answer.
