Private Jet Mahé to Cavallo

Mahé to Cavallo runs to roughly 3,754 nautical miles, a sector well handled by a heavy business jet such as the Gulfstream G550 or Bombardier Global 6000, both offering the range for a non-stop crossing while cruising near 45,000 feet above much of the weather affecting the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Mediterranean in turn. Seychelles International Airport is the point of departure, with the routing tracking broadly north-west across Africa and the Middle East before making landfall over southern Europe. Cavallo, the destination, belongs to the Lavezzi archipelago, separated from Sardinia by the narrow, current-swept Bonifacio Strait, and lacking any airstrip of its own, the final leg is completed by helicopter from Figari-Sud Corse to the island’s private helistrip. The Seychelles and Cavallo share an obvious affinity for water clarity and granite scenery, though on a very different scale, and travellers making this journey often remark on how closely the pink-grey rock formations of the Lavezzi islands echo those of Mahé’s own famous beaches. For those departing the Seychelles, the roughly seven-hour flight is a considerable but comfortable journey in a heavy jet cabin, with proper rest facilities and connectivity allowing passengers to arrive at one of the Mediterranean’s most private islands ready to compare two of the world’s more discreet granite coastlines directly. The route is increasingly popular among Seychelles-based travellers looking to extend a longer summer itinerary into Europe, using Cavallo as a first Mediterranean stop before continuing on to the French or Italian mainland. A number of Seychelles-based families have made the journey an annual fixture, drawn back each year by the particular quality of light over the Lavezzi granite in the early evening, which several describe as genuinely comparable to Mahé’s own famous sunsets.