Three firms join forces to-enhance Anse Major trail |09 July 2016

Three businesses are giving their support to the Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA) to enhance and add new facilities on the Anse Major nature trail.

Yesterday morning at the bus stop near the La Scala Restaurant at Dan Zil, Bel Ombre, not far from the start of the trail, representatives from the three businesses namely – Apex Hotel Supplies, Takamaka Rum Distillery and Archipelago Rum & Spirits – together with officials and staff of the SNPA and pupils of Bel Ombre school, gathered to witness the unveiling of an information board.

This is the first of numerous projects to be realised by the three businesses in collaboration with the SNPA on the trail.

Peter Clarke, the manager of Apex and Bel Ombre district administrator Melissa Simeon unveiled the information board.

The chief executive of the SNPA, Flavien Joubert, welcomed the support of three  private partners to put in place the information board as well as other projects to come during the course of the coming months which will include toilets, barbecue areas, sheds, among others.

Mr Joubert said the Anse Major trail among many others are heavily used by  visitors and locals alike for recreational activities and family outings and there are  increasing demands for well maintained trails, something  the SNPA is committed  to ensuring as part of its commitment to the community. 

“We encourage people to use the trails, to do recreational activities instead of engaging themselves in activities which are detrimental and dangerous to their health,” Mr Joubert said. 

He said the SNPA has plans to improve trail facilities around the country.

“There are many facilities around the country which are a bit run down and we therefore welcome the help that has been promised by the private partners to enhance them.

He has called on people who use the trail to keep them clean by placing their litter in available bins or carry them back to be properly disposed off later.

He also called on everyone to take good care of and to properly use the different facilities which will be put in place so as to encourage more private partners to come forward to help.

Mr Clarke said the three businesses are very pleased to be part of the project to enhance facilities on the trail.

“Seychelles is a very beautiful country and Anse Major is a very special place that should be kept clean at all times to preserve its beauty. The government cannot do everything,” he remarked.

He showed everyone present a plastic bag full of an assortment of rubbish which he said he collected on the trail to Anse Major on Wednesday morning.

“An effort from all of us is needed to keep the trail clean,” Mr Clarke said.

Mr Clarke has extended invitations to some schoolchildren to visit a trail he runs in South Africa where he is from. The children present also had poems and reflections on nature and the environment.