How much does a Seychelles holiday cost from South Africa (2026/27)

What's in the price of a Seychelles package

A package price covers your return flights from Johannesburg with their taxes, transfers between the airport and your hotel, the hotel and your meal plan. On Praslin it also covers the 15-minute flight across from Mahé and your first night on Mahé. We quote it as one rand figure per person sharing.

What isn't in it:

• The Seychelles Travel Authorisation, bought online before you fly.
• The tourism levy, paid at medium and large hotels.
• Meals your plan doesn't cover, drinks and personal spending.
• Excursions, boat days, diving and park entry fees.
• Your own travel insurance, which you still need.

2026/27 prices at a glance

What our live Seychelles packages cost per person sharing, for 5 nights with return Air Seychelles flights from Johannesburg, transfers and the meal plan shown. These are the prices on sale on 11 November 2026: From is the lowest, rounded down, and To the highest, rounded up, to R1,000.

Most of our clients stay seven nights, and the Seychelles rewards it: two nights go on getting there and back. For your own dates and length of stay, ask us for a quote.

How the Seychelles compares, on the same day and on the same basis (5 nights with flights from Johannesburg): our cheapest Mauritius package was R14,000 with half board, and our cheapest Zanzibar package R14,481. The Seychelles started at R17,375 with breakfast only.

How the season moves the price

Outside Christmas and Easter, Seychelles prices barely move. Mid-May to July is usually the cheapest time, and January to mid-March costs about the same. Christmas and New Year are the expensive weeks: typically about 40% more than early December.

The same 5-night package, per person sharing, by travel date:

Our live packages on 11 November 2026: 5 nights, return flights from Johannesburg on Air Seychelles and transfers. Paradise Sun and Constance Lemuria include the flight to Praslin and one night on Mahé.

What the table shows:

• Christmas and New Year cost R4,700 to R27,750 more per person than early December at these hotels.
• Easter (the school holiday from 20 March to 5 April 2027) costs more at the bigger resorts: R10,500 more at Constance Ephelia and R11,700 more at Constance Lemuria. Paradise Sun charges the same.
• Winter (mid-May to July) is the cheapest time, or joint cheapest, at four of the six. It's also the trade-wind season: see the best time to visit the Seychelles for which beaches are sheltered then.

Mahé, Praslin or both: what the island does to the price

Mahé is the cheaper base: it has the airport, so there's no second flight, and the widest choice of hotels. Praslin costs more, because the package adds the flight across and a night on Mahé first.

• Mahé only: from R17,375 with breakfast at Beau Vallon, and from about R26,500 with half board on the quieter coasts.
• Praslin, 4-star with half board: from R32,980 at Paradise Sun, our clients' most-booked Seychelles hotel.
• Praslin, 5-star: from R47,715 at Constance Lemuria, with breakfast.

The first night on Mahé isn't padding. The Johannesburg flight usually lands at 20:45, after the last flights to Praslin, so our Praslin packages fly you across the next morning. If you'd rather split the week between Mahé and Praslin yourself, we price the two hotels, the inter-island flight or ferry and the transfers as one package.

Hotel and meal plan

Most Seychelles hotels sell bed and breakfast or half board, and every package we have live today is one of the two.

Our view:

• Bed and breakfast at Beau Vallon, where restaurants line the beach road.
• Half board on Praslin and Mahé's quieter coasts, where you'll eat most dinners at the hotel. Paradise Sun includes breakfast and dinner in its rates.
• All-inclusive is rare. Club Med Seychelles, on Sainte Anne Island off Mahé, is the main all-inclusive choice. We have no live Club Med Seychelles package today; ask us for a quote.

The compulsory extras: Travel Authorisation and tourism levy

Two charges apply to almost every visitor, and neither is in a package price.

• Seychelles Travel Authorisation: €10 (about R185) per person, children included, on the official site, seychelles.govtas.com, within 30 days before you arrive. That's the standard fee, approved within 24 hours; faster processing costs €30 or €70. Arriving without one costs a €30 penalty at the airport.
• Tourism Environmental Sustainability Levy: SCR 75 (about R85) per person per night at medium hotels of 25 to 50 rooms, and SCR 100 (about R115) at large hotels and island resorts. Small hotels charge none. Children aged 12 and under are exempt. The hotel collects it.

What that adds up to:

• A couple, seven nights at a large hotel: Travel Authorisations €20 (about R370) and levy SCR 1,400 (about R1,620), so about R1,990.
• Two adults and two children aged 8 and 10, seven nights at a large hotel: Travel Authorisations €40 (about R740) and levy SCR 1,400 for the adults only (about R1,620), so about R2,360.

South Africans need no visa: the Visitor's Permit on arrival is free. Entry rules in full: our Seychelles guide.

Extras on the islands

Budget for what your package doesn't cover:

• Vallée de Mai on Praslin: SCR 410 (about R475) per adult, free for children under 12, bought on the Seychelles Islands Foundation's site or at the gate. It's the UNESCO-listed palm forest of the coco de mer.
• Island hopping on a Mahé package: the Cat Cocos ferry takes 1 hour 15 minutes from Mahé to Praslin and 15 minutes on to La Digue, with 25 kg of luggage each. Air Seychelles flies Mahé to Praslin in 15 minutes. We price either into your package.
• Boat days, snorkelling trips and diving, sold by hotels and local operators; we can arrange them.
• Meals outside your plan. With bed and breakfast, add lunch and dinner every day.
• Tips, at your discretion.

Flights and baggage

Air Seychelles is the only airline flying non-stop from South Africa: from Johannesburg on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, about 4 hours 55 minutes. Every package we have live today flies with it.

• Christmas and New Year: a fourth weekly flight runs on Saturdays from 12 December 2026 to 9 January 2027. Seats still go early, so book fixed festive dates first.
• Cape Town and Durban: no non-stop flight. You connect in Johannesburg, and we include the connection in your package.
• Other airlines: Emirates, Qatar Airways, Ethiopian and Kenya Airways fly with one stop. They're useful when Air Seychelles is full, at the cost of a longer trip.
• Baggage: on a domestic flight booked on the same ticket as your international one, your international allowance applies. The ferry allows 25 kg each.

How children change the maths

Children are cheaper on two of the three local charges, but every child needs a flight.

• Travel Authorisation: €10 per child, the same as an adult on the standard service.
• Tourism levy: none for children aged 12 and under.
• Vallée de Mai: free for children under 12.
• Hotels: each sets its own children's rates. Kempinski Seychelles, for example, says children up to 12 stay free on its family offer. We confirm each child's price in your quote.
• Kids clubs: Constance Ephelia's takes ages 4 to 11, and Club Med Seychelles has children's clubs up to 17.

Nearly 3 in 10 of our Seychelles bookings include children. For young children on a tight budget, Mauritius usually gives more: at Beachcomber, children aged 11 and under get the all-inclusive free all year. See what a Mauritius holiday costs.

Your own travel insurance, and protecting your money

Travel insurance is a condition of booking with us: it covers you if you have to cancel before you go, and for medical costs while you're away.

Our standard cancellation scale:

• more than 60 days before you leave: you lose the deposit;
• 31 to 60 days: 50% of the package;
• 15 to 30 days: 75%;
• less than 15 days: 100%.

Some hotels and airlines are stricter, and we tell you before you book. We charge no booking fee. When Air Tanzania collapsed, in 2006 and again in 2019, we refunded every affected client from our own funds, about 200 people. More on how we handle your money: about us.

How to get the best price

• Stay on Mahé for value, or split the week: two nights on Mahé, five on Praslin.
• Go from mid-May to July, the cheapest time at most of our hotels, and pick a sheltered west-coast beach for the trade winds.
• Avoid Christmas, New Year and Easter if your dates are free. At Constance Ephelia, Christmas costs about R27,750 more per person than early December.
• Book festive dates early. There's one non-stop airline, and the extra Saturday flights fill.
• Choose half board away from Beau Vallon. Eating out on the quieter coasts means taxis and fewer choices.

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