D'Arros Island
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D'Arros Island is part of the Amirante Islands group, which are in the Outer Islands coral archipelago of the Seychelles islands and nation. The island is located west of the granitic Inner Seychelles
A beach on D'Arros Island
NASA-D'Arros Island
D'Arros Island
Cousin Island
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Cousin Island is a small granitic island of the Seychelles, lying 2 km west of Praslin. It is a nature reserve protected under Seychelles law as a Special Reserve. It is managed by Nature Seychelles,
D'Arros Island
…palm (Cocos nucifera), and introduced horsetail beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) trees. In 1965, five Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum) birds from Cousin Island were introduced to D'Arros and they have since increased to a population of a few hundred. The Save Our Seas Foundation D'Arros Research Centre mainly…
Aldabra giant tortoise
White-tailed tropicbird, one of several bird species nesting on the island
Seychelles magpie-robin, an example of successful conservation work on the island
Cousin Island with its distinctive hill