Fregate Island Private

Private Pool Villa

Sleep at ease with sustainability, water is replenished from islands own source, lotions are made with garden botanicals. Nature and luxury are comfortable bedfellows, and your Private Butler is at your service to arrange anything from watersports to night safaris. The large living room transforms into a second bedroom for two children in this spacious family residence.

• Occupancy for two adults and three children (400-450 m²)
• One large and one small bathroom, each with its own outdoor shower
• Spacious sundeck with large private infinity pool, jacuzzi, day bed and outdoor dining pavilion
• Telephone, wireless internet access, TV, DVD/CD player, iPod station, air-conditioning and a ceiling fan, safe and mini bar and tea and coffee-making facilities, exotic fruit

Private Pool Twin Villa

Your Private Butler can arrange breakfast in the branches of a Banyan Tree, lunch on your beach with white linen, and a barbecue on your terrace. Dip in the pool before cocktails, as the tropical sky envelops the scene. These villas make a special experience for close friends and family, choose your location by the beach or perched on the rocks above.

• Finely crafted indoor and outdoor space (600-750 m²)
• Room for four adults and up to three children
• Two separate bedrooms, living room and dining room
• Two spacious bathrooms and one small bathroom; each with its own private outdoor shower
• Spacious terrace with large private infinity pool, jacuzzi, day bed and outdoor dining pavilion
• Telephone, wireless internet access, TV, DVD/CD player, iPod station, air-conditioning and a ceiling fan, safe and mini bar and tea and coffee-making facilities and exotic fruit

A haven in our natural paradise on your own private peninsula, commanding views over pristine beaches fringed with tropical forests. Your Private Butler will make every feasible wish come true; beach parties, night safaris, round the island boat races, every day will become a lifetime memory. Your three villas are designed for relaxed luxury at one with the natural surroundings. Secluded together, in touch with nature, promises a very special time for all your family and friends.

• 1100 m² on a private peninsula
• Vast open living area, approximately 150 sqm
• Additional TV lounge and library with office
• Large terrace with private infinity pool, seating and a fully equipped kitchen
• Three separate sleeping villas each for two persons and up to one additional child on a separate bed
• Each villa has its own veranda, bathroom, telephone, wireless internet access, TV with a wide selection of channels, DVD/CD player, iPod station, air-conditioning and ceiling fan, safe and mini bar, tea and coffee-making facilities

On Fregate Island, you can dine wherever you want, it is part of enjoying complete freedom and immersing yourself in the natural surroundings.

“Imagine breakfast in the branches of a banyan tree watching snowy fairy terns feeding their young. Catch your own bonito and have a sashimi lunch on the sea. Step onto a soft sandy beach for a torch lit barbecue staged solely for you, amused by the hermit crabs’ shell swapping party. Take a stroll through our plantation to choose your exotic produce and dine there in the fields. Hike to the top of Glacis Cerf and your Personal Assistant will be ahead of you with high tea, or they can prepare a BBQ for you on your Pool Villa terrace.”

For a sociable evening dine at Fregate House restaurant, where scarlet Madagascan fodi dance across the white linen, the gastronomy and ocean views are spectacular.

Sunfish & Hobie Cat Sailing, Windsurfing, Sea Kayaking, Snorkelling (from shore), Mountain Bicycles, Hiking, Rock Gym, Guided Nature walks over the island, Island Dining Experiences e.g. Garden Table Experience, Beach BBQ, Picnics, Glacis Cerf High Tea and Tree House Dining. Scuba dive by day or night, our dive masters know all the best spots and on offer is a PADI certified diving courses for all levels.

Surrounded by dramatic granite rock formations, the Rock Spa offers a range of facilities and treatment rooms for massages, training or yoga sessions, as well as an air conditioned free-to-use gym.

“The Rock Spa is a shaded sanctuary, a peaceful teak house on a granite hilltop, with views across the rain forest canopy to the Indian Ocean. Every guest receives a complimentary Yoga session and Welcome Ritual, helping all attune to the island’s rhythm. Treatments are created bespoke for The Rock Spa and use many of the botanicals and fruits on the island, our Garden of Eden healing book found in every villa, details many of the recipes. Guests can collect their own fruit and ingredients in the gardens, to create a delicious treatment for natural beauty. An infinity pool hangs over lush greenery; float and look up at birds soaring through the trees, all is a soothing precursor to one of the natural treatments delivered with gentle professionalism. There is an air-conditioned gym by the Rock Spa and a personal trainer if required.”

The island chapel, decorated in a simple creole style, is a special place for guests to celebrate weddings or other services. Ministers fly in, or any professionals you may wish for. Our Villas are beautifully romantic for couples, our Banyan Hill Estate can host you and your close family, or the entire island can be made available to host up to 44 adults and 15 children.

“A splinter of the former super continent Gondwana, Fregate Island is home to many rare and exotic species from the critically endangered Wrights Gardenia to the indigenous giant tenebrionid beetle. We are dedicated to restoring the natural habitat, and literally saved the Seychelles Magpie Robin from extinction, one of our outstanding successes. We pay assiduous attention to sustainability, around 80% of our food comes from our bountiful island. Guests are always invited to participate in the conservation projects; observing free roaming giant tortoises and exotic birds, assisting turtle hatchlings and cultivating sea coral. At Fregate Island Private we take beautiful care of our guests and our environment.”

“The sandy beaches of Fregate Island provide a vital nesting habitat for two species of sea turtles: the critically endangered Hawksbill Turtle and the endangered Green Turtle. The Seychelles remain one of the few places on Earth where sea turtles come ashore to nest during the daytime. Every nesting season from October to January, our conservation staff’s job is to safeguard and monitor the several hundred nests. They see to it that the young turtles hatch successfully and safely. You also have the chance to witness first-hand one of nature’s true miracles, the sight of a female turtle laying her eggs on the shore.”

“Hundreds of thousands of birds find sanctuary on Fregate Island, altogether over 100 species, with thirteen species taking up permanent residence here. Every day at dusk, it is a thrill to experience the sight of large flocks of beautiful Fairy Terns and Noddies gliding across the island as they return from their fishing expeditions.Through ambitious conservation programmes, the Seychelles Magpie Robin and others, such as the endemic Seychelles White Eye and Seychelles Warbler, have been brought back from the brink of extinction. But as resident conservationist, Dr. Janske, says “Our work will never feel completed until the fregate bird returns to Fregate Island Private.” In a heart-lifting moment two fregates were recently sighted near to shore, and so the conservation continues.”

“Fregate Island was the only remaining habitat of the ‘Seychelles Magpie Robin’. Almost extinct with a headcount of only fourteen, it was the second-rarest bird in the world some 30 years ago. These charming, charismatic birds have since been restored to a healthy population by our permanent on-island conservation staff. Thanks to a program started in collaboration with “Birdlife International”, they now number more than 100.

One part of this success was the huge effort we made to keep the island and plantations free of any form of pesticides, rats and rodents, ensuring that the birds can breed safely on the ground. Further, we are continuously restoring the habitat to its former state – prior to being used as a coconut plantation for over hundreds of years – by planting countless indigenous trees and bushes. We also helped establish healthy and stable populations on four other Seychelles islands.”

Fregate Island has plantation gardens and a hydroponics house offering a fantastic variety of fruits and vegetables from the tropics and other regions. They grow more than 50 different types of fruits and vegetables which is used in the cuisine. All organically grown and without the use of pesticides offering a natural healthy dining menu.  The plantation gardens also provide a backdrop for a dining occasion where the food is brought and prepared fresh from the garden to the plate. The hydroponics house offers insights into sustainable cultivation. Any excess production is highly sought after by other hotels on the main island.

“After 200 years of intensive agricultural practices during the plantation era, which almost totally cleared the native woodland, a natural balance is returning to Fregate Island. Our sizable nursery started these efforts 30 years ago, by regrowing rare and almost extinct species. Our conservation efforts have slowly but surely restored the native flora of the island. Many indigenous species have been planted across the island, including the mighty Takamaka tree – a national icon – and the rare and beautifully scented Wrights Gardenia, as well as the Indian Mulberry, which the Giant Tortoise love to feed on. With its regained ecological foothold and splendour, we want to share the wealth of our flora with you. We offer a wide range of fact-finding activities for you to really understand the island’s natural history first-hand and see the results of our comprehensive rehabilitation and conservation project.”