The best way to book Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island is through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisor.
A Preferred Partner booking adds daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit ($200 in suites), a room upgrade when available and VIP recognition.
Preferred Partner rates equal the official direct booking rate on the Four Seasons website. We don't charge any booking fees, so you get the benefits for free.
By a Travel Agent with LuxRally, a Forbes-endorsed agency and official Four Seasons Preferred Partner. Facts last verified .

The program benefits are the same at every hotel. What changes is what they are worth. This is how each one works at this property.
Served daily from 7:00 to 10:30 am at Claudine, the poolside restaurant. The resort sells the same breakfast as its Bed and Breakfast rate, so the benefit turns a room-only rate into one.
One credit per stay. On an island where everything is bought on site, it covers a dinner at The Lighthouse, a spa treatment or a dive with the Castaway Centre.
A one-category upgrade when available at check-in. The Ocean-View Pool Villa is the entry category, and the move worth hoping for is to a Sunset-View or Beach Pool Villa on another side of the island.
The scheduled flight lands in late morning, hours ahead of the 3:00 pm check-in, so an early villa matters here. Late checkout matters less, because the flight back to Mahé leaves at 11:30 am.
A welcome amenity and a VIP note on the reservation. We send your flight details, dive certification, surf level and any celebration ahead of arrival.
The benefits sit on top of offers such as Stay Three or More Nights, with 15 percent off the Bed and Breakfast rate, and Castaway All-Inclusive. We price both against the plain rate when we quote.
Every villa and suite has its own pool, garden, outdoor shower and direct beach access, so the choice is mostly about which side of the island you wake up on. Sizes include garden and pool.
191 sq m (2,056 sq ft) on Coral Beach, on the south side, close to the resort's activities. A combined bedroom and lounge open onto a 19 sq m pool and cabana. The Premier version adds a sofa bed for two children.
195 sq m (2,099 sq ft) on Sunset Beach, on the west side, with an upper terrace for the evening view. It takes two adults only, which makes this row the quietest choice for honeymoons.
256 sq m (2,756 sq ft) on the north side, among tall palms with the sand at the terrace. Views are partial and the plunge pool sits at the side or rear, but the bathroom has a double rain shower and soaking tub.
Two to five bedrooms, with a full kitchen, pool and a Residence Host. The new Five-Bedroom Royal Villa adds its own gym and spa room and sleeps ten.
The Sunset Beach Suite, 267 sq m (2,874 sq ft), sits near the restaurants and suits a family of four.
The IDC Aviation flight from Mahé is not in the room rate, and only the resort's reservations team can book it. The luggage allowance is 30 kg (66 lb) per paying passenger, and infants on a lap fly free.
There is one scheduled departure a day, twice daily over Christmas and Easter, and timings can move by 30 minutes. A late international arrival means a night on Mahé, which the Twice the Paradise offer makes free when you stay six or more nights on Desroches.
Castaway All-Inclusive needs three nights and three days' notice, and leaves out in-villa dining and private dinners. Children four and under eat free and those 11 and under pay half, so families often do better with breakfast only.
Desroches has no cellular network. Calls go through the villa landline or Wi-Fi, which reviewers find slow and missing on some beaches. A doctor is on call around the clock.
Surfing and the wildest reef breaks are on the southern shore. From May to October the southeast trades favour the sheltered beaches, while Sunset Beach on the west faces the evening light all year.
There are five restaurants and four bars, all overseen by Senior Executive Chef Carlos Rodriguez, who also runs the kitchens at the Mahé resort. Gou Zil Koko, a food truck on Madame Zabre Beach, serves lunch on most days.
The all-day poolside restaurant and home of the Preferred Partner breakfast. Dinner runs 6:30 to 10:30 pm, with La Tous Kreole every Tuesday and Spice of India on Saturdays.
The beachfront dinner restaurant, with fresh-caught seafood and dry-aged meats from the grill and smoker. The Lighthouse Lounge upstairs is the place for a sundowner.
A small dinner-only room with 24 seats inside and six outside, serving bite-size Japanese dishes with a Western twist. Reserve it early.
Sourdough pizzas and fresh pasta over the water. Lunch runs Sunday to Friday, noon to 4:00 pm, and dinner on Thursday and Saturday, 6:30 to 10:30 pm.
Bicycles wait at every villa, and kayaks, paddleboards and snorkel gear are free. Motorised water sports are banned.
Fourteen dive sites surround the island. The best known is the Desroches Drop, where the lagoon gives way to a wall of caves and reef life. Dives are booked at the Castaway Centre.
More than 20 breaks, mostly reef waves off the southern shore, and empty because this is the only resort. Beginners and children from five learn on sheltered, sandy breaks.
The Island Conservation Society cares for more than 150 Aldabra tortoises in a sanctuary guests can visit. A marine biologist runs turtle patrols in nesting season.
Five treatment rooms by the Lighthouse, open 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, with sunrise yoga and full-moon sound baths on the runway. The signature is the Exotic Island treatment, with ylang-ylang and jasmine.
Desroches is warm all year, and the trade winds decide which beaches are calm and which waves are working.
Every journey starts at Seychelles International Airport (SEZ) on Mahé.
The best way to book Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island is through a Four Seasons Preferred Partner travel advisor. The advisor books the official Four Seasons rate, with no booking fees, and the reservation adds daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit and upgrade priority.
Daily breakfast for two per bedroom at Claudine, a $100 hotel credit per stay ($200 in suites), a one-category upgrade when available at check-in, priority for early check-in and late checkout, and a welcome amenity with VIP recognition. The benefits combine with the resort's own offers, such as Twice the Paradise with the Mahé resort.
Yes. Four Seasons Preferred Partner is Four Seasons' own program for invited travel advisors. The benefits are confirmed by the resort on the reservation, not added by a third party, and the rate is the official rate Four Seasons publishes.
A Four Seasons Preferred Partner advisor and Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR) both add breakfast for two, a $100 credit and upgrade priority at Four Seasons Desroches Island. FHR also guarantees 4:00 pm checkout, but needs an Amex Platinum or Centurion card and a booking through Amex Travel. Preferred Partner needs no card, doubles the credit to $200 in suites and adds VIP recognition. Virtuoso advisors can book Four Seasons Desroches Island with the same core benefits, but Preferred Partner is Four Seasons' own in-house program, and its bookings get higher priority for upgrades and recognition. Booking direct at fourseasons.com costs the same and adds none of these, because Four Seasons has no points programme.
By a 35-minute IDC Aviation flight from Mahé, leaving daily at 10:30 am. The return fare is EUR 550 per adult and EUR 470 per child aged 2 to 11, plus 15 percent VAT, rising over the festive weeks. It is not in the room rate.
Not by default. The standard rate covers the villa only, and breakfast comes with the Bed and Breakfast rate or a Preferred Partner booking. The Castaway All-Inclusive offer adds all meals, house wines, beers and spirits, and a daily minibar refill for two per bedroom, with a three-night minimum. In-villa and private dining cost extra.
For couples, the Sunset-View Pool Villa, which takes two adults and has an upper terrace over Sunset Beach. The Beach Pool Villa gives the most space for two, and the Ocean-View Pool Villa on Coral Beach is the best value. Families should look at the Sunset Beach Suite or a Residence Villa.
Often, yes. The flight to Desroches leaves Mahé mid-morning, so many travellers need a night on Mahé anyway, and the hillside resort at Petite Anse is about 35 minutes from the airport. The Twice the Paradise offer gives a free night there with six or more nights on Desroches.
No. The Four Seasons Preferred Partner rate matches the rate the hotel publishes itself, and we charge no booking fees. The benefits are added at no extra cost.
Usually, yes, if you booked directly with the hotel. Send us your confirmation and the benefits can be added with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
Send us your confirmation. A reservation booked directly with the hotel can usually have the benefits added, with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
No fees. Same rate as direct. Rates within 24 hours.