Beautiful estate with so much to see. The vanilla plantation was so interesting and the giant tortoises are always fun to watch. The star of the show is the walk to Anse d’Sargent. Such a beautiful beach. We did not find the snorkeling to be great, but you can’t beat the views and the water.

The animals that live on the estate live in dire conditions, look ill and not taken care of. Terrible. The estate could be so much better considering the money they charge. There’s a souvenir shop right after the entrance and before heading to Anse Source d’Argent where the seller does not display prices so she will come up with incredibly expensive ones, three times more expensive than Mahe airport! So beware! All spices are old, do not smell fresh. The shop is very hot, products will not keep, including the vanilla pods which must be kept in the fridge. It is only worth visiting for the wonderful famous beach, but if you care about the animals, you will be leaving sad.

The estate is much bigger than we expected so we could not visit and experience much. The beaches are out-of-this-world beautiful (and almost empty when we visited), the plantation house quaint and quirky, the historic cemetery atmospheric, and the tortoises enclosure is the best I've seen in the Seychelles (i.e. not too depressing or filthy). I wish we had planned better and had more time to explore and enjoy,

There is a property entrance fee for visiting the Union Estate Park – but you need to enter to access the Anse Source d’Argent. We did the bicycle ride from the harbour to the Estate (about 5-10 min) and then immediately to the famous beach and arrived before the crowds. It is magnificent with the iconic granite boulders and the water is just beautiful – we had a really nice time here. In our opinion the park entrance fee is high compared to that we mostly just drove through it – we did stop by the vanilla plantation on our way out of the park – that was okay fun (but we were missing more information, e.g. a sign with information would have been nice) – and further passed by the giant tortoises (but found that the tortoises were better kept at the Botanical Garden on Mahé). But worth visiting for the magnificent beach.

What a great place to visit. You just feel good when you are entering into this place. The security team is so friendly do not hesitate to ask them for any question ! Special mention to Mildred for the welcome process , and Denise for the good advices and for the cocktail receip !😁. Make a stop to the raiponce shop few meters away , and you will learn a lot of things.. and finish to the most beautiful beach of the island ! Just enjoy it ! Julien.