Microlight Trip (with Videos!)

Best. Day. Ever. I spent 2 hours up in the microlight cruising around Mahe looking for whale sharks with one of the pilots from MCSS (Marine Conservation Society Seychelles). The microlight is basically a hanglider with a lawn mower motor attached to it. A pilot goes up in the microlight everyday (weather permitting) during whale shark season to search for whale sharks in the area.  The seats are not much more than a car seat and your feet dangle off the sides. It was definitely one of the most amazing things I have ever done, in fact it probably even tops sky diving. We flew anywhere from a few meters above the ocean to over 4000 feet above the island, went through the clouds (which don't taste like marshmallows unfortunately, they just taste moist), did a low flyover through one of the marine parks and I got to steer it for a bit - which is quite fun and terrifying at the same time. Oh, and we saw two whale sharks - the first ones I've seen since being here. One was deeper in the water and just a dark shadow and the other one was feeding on the surface, so I got a good look at it and some video - pretty amazing!


Checking out the first whale shark - the deeper one - looks like a dark shadow




Cruising above the water looking for whale sharks




Fly by over the whale shark at the surface