Is Vallée de Mai on Praslin worth visiting?

It's worth it, better with a guide

Lilia, let me voice a different opinion - it's not worth it. For less money, you can see the same coco de mer nut in the botanical garden on Mahe, and the Vallee de Mai reserve is essentially just a big piece of jungle behind a fence, just with pathways, but the same kind of jungle is everywhere in the Seychelles 🤗 I would spend time and money on a trip to Curieuse Island instead of the reserve, where hundreds of giant tortoises roam freely, even the Galapagos have fewer of them. As for guides - I would listen to a guide myself if it was about the history of the Kremlin, Tower of London, or Sagrada Familia, but when it comes to bushes and palm trees growing there everywhere, both inside and outside the reserve, it's frankly not interesting to everyone.