Cousin & Curieuse Islands Photo Gallery by Shura Kharkovsky at pbase.com

Cousin & Curieuse Islands

Cousin Island is a granitic island covering 27 hectares and lies approximately 2km from Praslin island. It became the world’s first internationally owned-reserve when it was purchased in 1968 by the International Council for the Protection of Birds (ICBP), now Birdlife International. The objective was to save the last remaining population of the Seychelles warblers. The warbler population of Cousin is 3000 birds. It also hosts over 300,000 nesting seabirds of seven species.

Curieuse Island is a small granitic island (1.78 sq mi) has a wild population of about 250 Giant Tortoises.

Please see Fauna galary for birds and tortoises populaton: https://pbase.com/shurka/fauna_of_saychelles

Cousin Island	Cousin Island	Cousin Island
Cousin Island	Cousin Island	Curieuse Island
Curieuse Island	Curieuse Island

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