Giant Tortoises, Lemurs and Lost Atolls: An Indian Ocean Expedition
From the pristine atolls of the Seychelles to the extraordinary wildlife of Madagascar, this 20-night Indian Ocean expedition aboard the MS Island Sky is a journey unlike any other.
8 September 2026
Few corners of the world reward the curious traveller quite like the Indian Ocean. Its scattered archipelagos, remote atolls and island continents shelter wildlife found nowhere else on earth, and the distances between them are best measured not in kilometres but in degrees of wonder.
This 20-night expedition aboard the all-suite MS Island Sky traces a remarkable arc from the Seychelles through Madagascar before concluding in Réunion and Mauritius. It is a voyage that moves between the intimate and the epic — from tiny, rarely visited islands that amount to little more than a sandbar and a few thousand nesting seabirds, to Madagascar's ancient forests teeming with lemurs and chameleons.
For those who want to travel beyond the familiar and into genuinely wild territory, this is a journey that delivers.
What makes this voyage distinctive
The itinerary reaches places that conventional cruising simply does not reach. The Aldabra group, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and described by Sir Julian Huxley as
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