La Digue is not the best destination for vegan foodies, but you can find some options in restaurants and shops. The island is a definition of a perfect tropical island. It is a natural paradise. There is no traffic, and everybody is living their best stress-free island lives.
There is no nightlife on La Digue, but it is the perfect place to enjoy untouched tropical nature.
Just a short 15-minute boat ride away from Praslin, there is La Digue island. It is one of the most visited islands in Seychelles, and the cars here are almost non-existent. Everybody rides bicycles, and this is the best way to explore beautiful beaches and nature.
When riding a bike around the island, you have to know that there are some quite steep roads, and in tropical heat, it is quite hard to cycle around if you are not used to it. La Digue is a great option to have active or lazy holidays.
BEST BEACHES ON LA DIGUE
To get to some beaches on La Digue is quite a hike, but it is worth the sweat. We really liked Anse Cocos beach. On this beach, you can have vegan snacks and smoothies. You have to know that the beaches on La Digue are much different than the ones on Praslin. The waves and currents are very strong, so you have to be careful when swimming.
This was something I did not know about Seychelles, I thought that all the beaches here are perfect for swimming. The other really nice beach to visit is called Grand Anse beach, and this one is also not ideal for swimming because of the strong waves and currents.
On La Digue island there is the most famous beach in Seychelles called Anse Source d’Argent which is described as the most beautiful beach in the world. It is one of the famous attractions on the island and also the most visited. I must say that we were expecting more from this beach.
The water is not crystal clear, and it is so shallow that it is impossible for swimming. It is worth visiting the beach because the rock formations are beautiful, but it was definitely not the best beach on La Digue.
CRYSTAL WATER KAYAKING
This was our favourite activity on La Digue. Their groups are quickly full so contact them as soon as you know that you will be visiting the island. Crystal water kayaking is a 3-hour adventure-guided tour that includes: kayaking, coral viewing, beach time, and the most fun part: they teach you how to open a coconut.
They also showed us beaches that are full of dead corals because of global warming, which was actually heartbreaking. On this tour, we also saw some cute hermit crabs.
WHERE TO STAY ON LA DIGUE?
There are not a lot of different accommodations on La Digue. We stayed at Cocotier Du Rocher self-catering bungalows. These are cute bungalows hidden in a tropical garden that are very private and connected to nature. We loved the place, and we picked our first-ever avocado from one of the trees around the bungalow.
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If you are worried about choosing the wrong location on La Digue, you cannot. The island is so small that everything is always close by. My biggest advice for booking your La Digue vacation is to take a self-catering apartment so you can cook yourself a vegan meal at home.
VEGAN FOOD ON LA DIGUE
Most of the restaurants on La Digue offer at least one vegetarian meal a day, and usually, it is also vegan. There are only a few restaurants on the island, and they are all really expensive. Most tourists eat at very affordable local takeaway restaurants, and the food is fresh and delicious. Most of them have a few tables around where you can eat your food, and you can find vegan options.
GALA TAKEAWAY
Gala Takeaway was our favourite takeaway restaurant on La Digue. For a takeaway restaurant, it has a lot of tables outside and in the evening, all the tables are usually full because it is so popular. We tried vegetable curry and vegan fried rice with vegetables. Both were delicious!
REY AND JOSH TAKE-AWAY
They are offering vegetable curry and vegan lentils, and the owners are friendly and welcoming. These two vegan dishes are the ones that you will eat a lot of the time in Seychelles because most of the restaurants and takeaway restaurants offer them. On my holiday,s I ate a lot of vegan vegetable curries and Rey and Josh takeaway had the best one.
COCO BAR ON ANSE COCOS BEACH
Is a cute tropical bar on the Anse Cocos beach on La Digue. Getting to this beach is not the easiest in this tropical heat. They are offering many different refreshing drinks and some vegan snacks. We had a delicious and fresh vegan tropical smoothie and a fresh coconut to snack on.
BIKINI BOTTOM BEACH BAR ON LA DIGUE
Our favourite beach bar was Bikini Bottom on Anse Severe. Their fresh vegan smoothies were the best, and the staff was very friendly. It is a great place to stop by and have a vegan smoothie to enjoy while relaxing on the beach.
ZEROF TAKE-AWAY
They are offering the typical vegan food you can find on La Digue. We had some vegan curry and lentils with rice, but it was not our favourite.
JULIES’ TAKEAWAY
We found this take-away restaurant by accident on our last day on La Digue. It was quite a nice change because they were offering vegan noodles with vegetables.
GROCERY STORES HAVE SOME VEGAN OPTIONS
We found quite a few vegan items in the shops of La Digue Island. There are a lot of different kinds of vegan milk, different types of oats, pasta, and vegan tomato sauces. The only thing I was really missing and craving was vegan ice cream. I looked in every shop on La Digue but could not find even one.
Every morning, there is a fresh fruit market near the ferry. There we bought all our delicious papayas, bananas, mangos, and avocados. You can also buy your vegetables there. We found all the goodies for us to be able to make ourselves the best vegan food.
La Digue really is a special island that will stay in my memories forever. If you are craving a tropical getaway, this island really is the place. It is not a perfect destination for vegan foodies, but everything else makes up for that small detail. Laidback energy, lots of fresh air, tropical heat, beautiful beaches, and eating fresh fruit – La Digue is a definition of paradise. The best part about the island is that giant turtles are walking around freely.