Granite boulders, turquoise lagoons and prehistoric jungle

Seychelles

The Seychelles are 115 islands scattered in the Indian Ocean, famous for impossibly photogenic beaches framed by giant granite boulders. The big three (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue) are surprisingly easy to combine — small ferries connect them in under an hour, and the country is genuinely pristine thanks to strict conservation laws.