Vallée de Mai

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve is a nature park and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the island of , . It consists of a well-preserved palm forest, flagship species made up of the island endemic coco de mer, as well as five other endemic palms.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: protected area
  • Also known as: Vallee de Mai

Places of Interest

Highlights include Praslin.

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is the second largest island of the . lies 45 km to the northwest of . Back in the mid-18th century, the island was called Ile de Palme.

Vallée de Mai

Latitude
-4.33183° or 4° 19′ 55″ south
Longitude
55.73988° or 55° 44′ 24″ east
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
Open location code
6H7QMP9Q+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2330301060
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8581501
Wiki­data ID
Q573558
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Vallée de Mai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: وادي مايو
  • Asturian: Reserva Natural del Valle de Mai
  • Burmese: ဗလေဒီမိုင် သဘာဝထိန်းသိမ်းရေး နယ်မြေ
  • Catalan: Vallée de Mai
  • Cebuano: Vallée de Mai
  • Chinese: 玛依谷自然保护区
  • Chinese: 馬埃谷地自然保護區
  • Chinese: 马埃谷地自然保护区
  • Croatian: Valle de Mai
  • Croatian: Vallée de Mai
  • Czech: Vallée de Mai
  • Danish: Valle de Mai
  • Dutch: Vallee de Mai
  • Dutch: Vallée de Mai
  • Estonian: Vallée de Mai
  • Finnish: Valleé de Mai
  • Finnish: Valleé de Main luonnonsuojelualue
  • French: Réserve naturelle de la vallée de Mai
  • French: Vallee de Mai
  • French: vallée de Mai
  • French: Vallée de Mai
  • Galician: Reserva Natural do Val de Mai
  • Georgian: ვალე დე მე
  • Georgian: ვალე-დე-მე
  • German: Naturpark Mai-Tal
  • German: Vallee de Mai
  • German: Vallée de Mai
  • Hebrew: שמורת הטבע ואלה דה מה
  • Hindi: वाले दी माई राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
  • Hungarian: Vallée de Mai természetvédelmi terület
  • Italian: Riserva naturale Vallée de Mai
  • Italian: Valle de Mai
  • Japanese: ヴァレ・ド・メ自然保護区
  • Japanese: メイ渓谷自然保護区
  • Japanese: メ渓谷自然保護区
  • Latvian: Mē ieleja
  • Lithuanian: Vale de Mė gamtos rezervatas
  • Lithuanian: Valee de Mai
  • Lithuanian: Valleé de Mai
  • Lithuanian: Vallée de Mai
  • Maltese: Vallee de Mai
  • Maltese: Vallée de Mai
  • Nepali: भाले डी माइ प्राकृतिक आरक्ष
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vallée de Mai naturreservat
  • Norwegian: Vallée de Mai naturreservat
  • Persian: دره می
  • Polish: Dolina Mai
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Valle de Mai
  • Polish: Valle de Mai
  • Polish: Vallee de Mai
  • Polish: Vallée de Mai
  • Portuguese: Reserva da Natureza do Vallée de Mai
  • Portuguese: Valée de Mai
  • Russian: Валле-де-Мэ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valle de Mai
  • Slovak: Veleé de Mai
  • Spanish: Reserva Natural del Valle de Mai
  • Swedish: Vallée de Mai naturreservat
  • Turkish: Vallée de Mai
  • Vietnamese: Vallée de Mai

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