08 Jul2026
Everything you need to know about beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
After spending a week on the beach Cote d’Or Praslin Seychelles in April 2026, I’d like to share some helpful information about it together with a few photos. I hope this post will help you decide how much time you’d like to spend on the beach when visiting Seychelles.
Beach Cote D’Or Praslin, sometimes also called Anse Volbert, is located on the Praslin island in the Seychelles. Both names are used for the same stretch of the beach. Anse Volbert is also both the village next to the beach, and the bay name when checking the map.
I’m going to share what I did like and did NOT like there. Remember, those are my personal preferences, so it might be different for everyone. However, it’s good to have the following information to make your own opinion.
sunset at beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles good for walking
What I enjoyed on the beach Cote D’Or Praslin
Beach Cote D’Or is a long beach very good for walking at low tide and swimming at high tide. You can easily spend 30 to 60 minutes walking from one end of the beach to the other. I did enjoy my walks there.
Cote D’Or is the longest beach on Praslin which for many is the main reason to visit.
The Anse Volbert beach has nice soft white sand, and just some corals. It was easy to go for a swim there (but careful with stingrays). Unlikely to some beaches in the Seychelles, Cote D’Or beach is not really dangerous when it comes to rocks and corals. The sea water is gradual even at high tide, and usually not too rough which makes it good also for non-swimmers.
Cote D’Or beach is rather clean. I saw just some plastics there, but generally speaking, it’s quite clean.
low tide beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
Good location – just a minute walk from some supermarkets, restaurants and 2 money exchange offices on the Cote D’Or promenade. Convenient to get the basic stuff right there without having to go to a different part of the island. Fresh fruit and veggies are possible to buy close to the beach as well.
Easy to get to the beach by local buses – there’s a bus stop on the main road right next to the beach.
There’s a beautiful rock formation called Coco island in the sea to the right side of the beach (when facing the sea) and you can walk there at low tide. Great for interesting photos and not crowded.
fresh fruit close to beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles rainbow
Right side of the beach Anse Volbert is usually more quiet (unless they play loud music at a local bar there), while the left side up North is more busy. So you can choose what’s better for you.
The beach Cote D’Or is facing the East so you can watch sunrise there. Unfortunately, it was or cloudy or raining most mornings when I was there so I managed to see just 2 sunrises. However, if the weather is nice, I do recommend you to watch sunrise above the sea right from the beach.
You can even see a bit of the sunset there too, even though it’s behind the hills. Head to the left of the beach for that (when facing the sea).
sunrise on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
cloudy sunrise on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles sunset
Towards the left side of the beach you can find a cute horizontal palm tree to take photos of.
There’s little shade along the beach, really not much to hide. Be careful when it’s very sunny to avoid sun burn.
Some boat trips start form the beach – it is a good base for boat trips to Curieuse, Cousin, and St. Pierre islands.
beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles – horizontal palm tree
on horizontal palm tree Cote D’Or Praslin
What I did not enjoy on Cote D’Or Praslin
I got bitten by many sand flies during the day there on the beach, and also by mosquitoes in the morning and evening. Beach sand is full of ants, too so it’s better to lie down on a hotel sunbed than directly on a towel on the sand. However, after my personal experience I would not lie down on the Cote D’Or beach any more. If you are like me and insects love you, and it’s not very windy while you’re there on the beach, keep moving to avoid getting bitten. Sand fly bites are very uncomfortable for a long time and can even get infected.
full of bites from Anse Volbert beach Praslin Seychelles
The beach Cote D’Or is popular for stingrays in the sea, especially at low tide so always check where you step in the sea to avoid getting hurt. For me, stingrays are very beautiful to look at, but they can be dangerous and getting stung is supposed to be very painful.
Some stray dogs roaming around the beach – some were very calm, others not so much so always be careful.
beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles stingrays
dogs on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
Loud music from the Cafe des Arts and Le Duc de Praslin hotel – not something I personally enjoy (but you might). Depending on the wind I could sometimes hear the music up to the middle of the beach and even at my accommodation. It was still kind of ok, but ideal for me would be NO music whatsoever.
The left side of the bay is full of boats taking tourists to surrounding islands for snorkeling and diving – for me it’s a disadvantage when staying on the beach for several days because it was more busy with all the boats and locals shouting and some of them playing loud music on the boats. The beach would get too noisy for me each time the boats were leaving and then coming back.
Seaweed on the beach Cote D’Or Praslin – that’s a controversial topic as some people don’t mind it while others prefer no seaweed on the beach and in the sea when swimming. When I visited in April, there was very little seaweed on Anse Volbert beach. However, I was told that from November to March there might be more seaweed when it’s more windy there.
seaweed beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
boats on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles hotel sunbed on the beach
One more thing to be aware of when on Cote D’Or beach
I was approached by several local guys there when walking, swimming or just relaxing on the beach. Some of them were trying to sell me tours, others – no idea what they wanted (most probably something physical which I have 0 interest in). Some of them were drunk, or smoking cigarettes/weed, or both. It was quite disturbing for me as I was there mostly alone.
Once when I was talking to another European girl on the beach at 11 am, a black muscular guy with prescription glasses (he didn’t look like a local but then I found out he was a local bartender) came to us asking if we were up to a threesome with him. No kidding. He really came to us asking that in the middle of the day! Straight away I told him NO and asked him to keep on walking. Afterwards he became rude and said he’d had better than us already. Oh well, all I can say is good for you. And here I was thinking that I’d experienced already way too much of similar disturbing situations on the beaches in Kenya and Zanzibar before. Imagine, a few days after the incident the same guy came to me when I was swimming in the sea. I told him to leave me alone straight away. Unbelievable!
When I revisited Praslin in May and June 2026, I did not go back to Cote D’Or beach again mostly because of unpleasant sandflies, noise from boats and some local men disturbing me.
me on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
river flowing into the sea on beach Cote D’Or Praslin Seychelles
on Cote D’Or beach Praslin Seychelles
Would you like to spend some time on the beach Cote D’Or Praslin? Which pros and cons this beach has for you? Share in the comments below.
