Where to Stay in Mahe for the Marine Park
Where to stay in Mahe for a St Anne Marine Park tour: the north coast for the boat pickups, Victoria for the boats from town, room searches by area.
For a Sainte Anne Marine Park tour, where you stay on Mahe matters for the start, and most full days collect you from your hotel while the shorter trips start from Eden Island. The north, around Beau Vallon and Glacis, is the area the north-only pickups still reach; Victoria is where the park is closest by boat and where the private boats leave from. Footprint Charter’s Mahe Island: St. Anne Marine Park Semiprivate Snorkeling Trip, from $177 per adult, two adults minimum (checked November 2026), starts at The Boardwalk Bar & Grill on Eden Island, while Vision Voyages DMC's reef safari includes pickup and drop-off, from $160 per adult (checked November 2026).
The calendar above is Footprint Charter’s snorkelling trip, with 86 reviews (checked November 2026).
Why the north coast is the easy choice
Some boat days pick up all over Mahe and some only in the north.
- Vision Voyages DMC's reef safari and Creole Travel Services' cruise include pickup, from set pickup areas and 8 pickup locations.
- Mae Guide's glass-bottom boat day runs a free shuttle for the north only, naming the Beau Vallon, Belombre and Glacis areas; guests in the south, west and east pay EUR 40 on the day.
- SEY AMA's glass-bottom boat picks up guests staying in the north of the island, and Vision Voyages DMC's glass-bottom day from north hotels only.
So if the marine park is one of the days you plan, a room in the north keeps every option open. If you stay in the south, look at the days that pick up everywhere, or at the boats that start from Victoria and the marinas south of it, and plan your own way there.
Check the snorkelling trip from Eden Island
Room searches
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- Search rooms near Beau Vallon
Beau Vallon
On the north-west coast; one of the glass-bottom boat days names it among its free pickup areas.
- Search rooms near Glacis
Glacis and Belombre
In the north of Mahe; both are named in the same free pickup area.
- Search rooms in Victoria
Victoria
The capital: SPGA puts the park 10 minutes by boat from Victoria, and two private boats leave from Marine Charter here.
- Search hotels on Mahe
all of Mahe
The whole island: the full-day catamarans include hotel pickup.
The night before the boat
The snorkelling trip starts at 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM on Eden Island, so plan the ride there the night before. On the days that collect you, such as the reef safari at 8:00 AM, check the pickup time in your booking the day before and wait where a driver can see you. Free cancellation ends 24 hours before the start. Pack swimwear, a sun hat and sunscreen, and a card for the Rs 200 park ticket on the days that leave it out: SPGA takes cards only in the park. How to get to the Sainte Anne Marine Park lists where each boat starts.
Then Book the Boat Day
Footprint Charter's snorkelling trip starts on Eden Island at 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM; no pickup is stated.
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