Small beach in the north of Mahé with beautiful scenery and a quiet atmosphere. Suitable for swimmers, especially between November and July. Outside of this time, swimming can be dangerous, so is inadvisable for unconfident swimmers. The clear water and beautiful white sand here form a picturesque image. Shade provides protection from the sun. Carana Beach is a small bay in the north of Mahé, the Seychelles’ largest island. The beautiful scenery here consists of glorious vegetation, clear water, and pristine white sand. While not the best beach for swimmers, the area offers enough to keep visitors entertained and enthralled throughout their stay. Thankfully, getting to Carana Beach is fairly simple thanks to the nearby parking on the main road, as well as the bus stop, which is just a short walk away. Despite its ease-of-access, the beach is often deserted, with very few tourists or locals coming here at all. Carana could be seen as an ideal choice, then, for couples who want to come and relax under the tropical sun, far away from other tourists and people. The water at Carana Beach is not particularly deep, and it is safe to swim close to the shore here. That said, the further out you get, the more dangerous it becomes; so much so that no-one should venture far from the shore. The lack of coral reef also means that the waves here can be rather high at times throughout the year. The best time to come is between October and May, when the sea is calmer and the currents less strong. That said, the beach also lends itself well to surfing in the other months of the year precisely because of these higher waves. Far from the most exciting beach in the Seychelles, Carana Beach is nonetheless a beautiful, picturesque bay that is often deserted, ensuring you will probably be alone during your stay at Carana.

Carana Beach is a small bay with beautiful scenery consists of glorious vegetation, clear water, and pristine white sand. While not the best beach for swimmers, the area offers enough to keep visitors entertained and enthralled throughout their stay.

Great beach to visit. The entrance is near the road, there is a hidden sign that forbid to swim. But swimming is okay on that beach, just beware of dangerous currents and don’t swim to far from the coast.

Nice beach with strong waves, to access it on foot, find the road sign showing a bend and a mirror next to it, there's a path to walk down from there! You can park a few meters ahead on the dirt roadside

Wow, amazing... Very well recommended. 50m down from the Carana Hotel there is 15m long path that leads fo the public area. Spent almost a whole day here 🌞😎

Beautiful beach but could be dangerous cause of strong wind and waves.

Like a movie set, absolutely gorgeous. No chairs on public beach but we brought floats and laid on them and the hotel let us have lunch there (reluctantly -and understandably-due to Covid) but the food and service were excellent if you get a chance to pop in.

Amazing beach. Very recommended. Stop you car close by on the road, and just go down through some stair in the middle of the trees. The water is amazing, and the beach is beautiful.

One of my favorite beach in Seychelles.

It’s a nice place of course I would not advice to swim may be nice to sit and relax and have a drink - the waves are strong and in-fact there is a warning sign prohibiting swimming :( - so that does mean something :(

The water is blue but the rock inside the water … no swimming at all..