Constance Lemuria sits on the north-west tip of Praslin at Anse Kerlan, and its quiet claim to fame is access to Anse Georgette, a curve of pale sand and granite regularly named among the most beautiful beaches in the world. The resort also holds the only eighteen-hole golf course in Seychelles. We filmed a real wedding here for a couple who travelled from the United States, and you can watch it on this page.
Watch the real wedding film we shot here
The setting
Lemuria's gift is its beaches, three of them, and the crown is Anse Georgette, a sheltered, impossibly photogenic bay reached through the resort. For a wedding this is rare, because the most striking backdrop in the area is effectively on your doorstep rather than a crowded public beach you have to fight for. The rest of the resort rolls across headlands and greenery on a quieter, more exclusive corner of Praslin, which suits couples who want beauty without a crowd.
Marrying here
Your ceremony is a full legal Seychelles marriage, performed by the registrar on the beach or in the resort's grounds, with the paperwork handled so it is recognised at home. Lemuria's own team can arrange the setup, and we join as photographers and filmmakers, or we build the entire trip with SeyBooking.com if you would rather one team handle wedding and stay together. Access to Anse Georgette for the ceremony or portraits is arranged through the resort, and we help time it for the light and the quiet.
How we work with the resort
We know how Anse Georgette photographs as the afternoon softens, and that knowledge is the difference between a good film and a breathtaking one. Whether the resort plans your day or we do, we shoot it the same way, present but invisible. Watch the real Lemuria wedding on this page, then tell us your date and whether Anse Georgette is the dream, and we will build the day around it.
The beach here, and when it is at its best
Seychelles has two seasons blowing from opposite directions, and that is what decides whether a beach is calm or blown on your date. From roughly May to September the south east trades run dry and steady, pushing chop and drifting seaweed onto anything facing south or south east. From roughly November to March the north west monsoon takes over, wetter and lighter on wind, and the exposure flips. April and October are the changeovers, when it goes quiet on every coast.
Anse Kerlan faces west, which puts it at its calmest from May to September. The west coast of Praslin is protected while the south east trades are running, and the sunsets are straight down the beach.
We will still confirm the exact spot and the exact hour for your date before you commit to it, because the sea has moods and a beach is not one single place.
The paperwork, and what the government charges here
The legal side is lighter than most couples expect. As two foreign nationals you need a valid passport and an apostilled birth certificate each, plus a divorce certificate if either of you has been married before or a death certificate if widowed. The banns are published for eleven days before the ceremony. Two witnesses must be present, and if you are marrying as just the two of you we provide them.
The government marriage fee here is SCR 3,000. That is the Civil Status Office rate for two foreigners marrying on Mahe, Praslin or La Digue.
One detail that catches people out. The Civil Status Office expects to register the marriage at its own office, so if the registration is to happen anywhere else, which is exactly what a ceremony at the resort means, it asks to be told at least a week beforehand. That is our job, not yours, but it is worth knowing the week exists.