Chalets Anse Possesion

The units vary in size. One guest stayed in the smallest cottage and still found it more than enough for three nights. Another described a villa with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a terrace, a five metre ceiling and its own washing machine. Cleanliness comes up in review after review, with guests calling their chalet spotless and prepared with real attention to detail. The garden is part of the appeal, and one guest was charmed to find tortoises kept in one of the houses.

Guests describe her as incredibly kind, accommodating and easy to talk to, the sort of host who points you toward the right things to do. She pointed one guest toward Fond Ferdinand. A honeymoon couple wrote that they felt special from the very first moment. The service here is personal rather than polished, and that suits the place.

Anse Possession sits away from the busier south of Praslin, which is much of its charm. One honest point to weigh is the beach directly in front. Guests disagree about it. One called it magical and a single step from the chalets, while another said the beach in front is not worth it and that a car makes the good beaches easy to reach.

The chalets sit on Praslin's north coast, between the long sweep of Côte d'Or and the village end at Anse Boudin. It is a quiet stretch, and a hire car changes everything here. With one, the island's best known beaches, Anse Lazio and Anse Georgette, are an easy drive. The boat across to Curieuse and its tortoise reserve leaves from Anse Boudin, close by. The Vallée de Mai and its rare palms sit inland at the centre of the island. Praslin is reached by ferry from Mahé, roughly an hour, or by a short flight, and the north coast is around a half hour drive from the jetty at Baie Sainte Anne.