The Frégate bird is the pirate of the air; unable to swim or land on water, it uses a combination of speed and skillful manoeuvres to steal the 'loot' of other seabirds. Whilst exploring the Seychelles in 1744, Lazare Picault was so impressed by the aerial acrobatics of this local bird that he named an island after it - Frégate Island.

A 20 minute flight from Mahé, Frégate rises 125 metres out of the Indian Ocean - a tropical paradise which covers three square kilometres and is the most remote and secluded of the Seychelles granite islands.

Like the bird after which it is named, Frégate symbolises nature at its most inspirational.