Félicité Island is a heavy forested granitic island east of
La Digue
La Digue is the third most populated island of the Seychelles, and fourth largest by land area, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island. In size, it is the fourth-largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praslin and Silhouett ...
in the
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
. It is the fifth-largest island in the Seychelles archipelago, measuring .
Until the 1970s it was a coconut plantation that had a population of about 50. In the late 19th century, Félicité was home to Sultan Abdullah of
Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
, who was exiled there by the British.
In 2007, the Seychelles government granted a 99-year lease for the then-uninhabited island, which was taken over by
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
an real estate developer Kishore Buxani in 2013. Buxani and Mukesh Valabhji, a Seychellois developer, started the construction of a resort in mid-2013. Today, the Six Senses Zil Pasyon resort, with 30 villas and a spa, covers a third of the island.
Félicité and four granitic neighboring islands are considered "satellite islands" of La Digue. These four islands are routinely visited by tourists:
* Ile Cocos, a tiny islet (.017 km²) off the north coast of Félicité which has been part of a marine park since 1996.
* Les Soeurs (The Sisters), which consists of Grande Soeur at and Petite Soeur at . For much of the 20th century they were coconut plantations.
info 2
* Marianne Island
Marianne Island is a small Granitic Seychelles, granitic island of the Seychelles. in size, it is located 3.8 km ESE of Félicité Island. The island was a former coconut plantation, and on the western side of the island is a long beach. The ...
, an island of east of Félicité. The southern tip of Marianne is considered a "world class" diving location.
Félicité.jpg, Félicité.
Felicite_saar.png, Map.
References
External links
Aerial photo of Félicité
Islands of La Digue and Inner Islands
Somali Sea
Private islands of Seychelles
Leasehold islands
{{Seychelles-geo-stub