Curieuse Island is a small granitic island which is part of the Inner Seychelles Islands. Being 3 square km (1 square mi) in size, and located right next to the second largest island of the Seychelles, Praslin, Curieuse Island offers unique and unbelievable scenery which is filled with the spectacular cultural icons of the islands.At first, the islet was named Île Rouge, with the English equivalent as Red Island, due to the reddish colored soil, today’s name was given to Curiseuse Island in 1768 by the French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne. At that time, there was an enormous number of giant tortoises that were unfortunately extirpated, to a very insignificant number.
