Buckingham Palace may be agonizingly tight-lipped about the juicy details of William and Kate's honeymoon, except that they're somewhere in the Seychelles. But not everyone's quite so discreet.Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, 16 of which offers hotels and resorts for tourists. With a population of around 87,000 people, Seychelles has the smallest population of any African state.
The nation is famed for its natural beauty and eco-tourism. Seychelles' Aldabra Atoll, which is home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises, and Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, which has remained unchanged since prehistoric times, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Here are five places, in descending order of honeymoon-likeliness, that have been touted as potential royal rendezvous.
1. North Island
Likelihood of a Will and Kate honeymoon: 8/10
Following Seychelles Tourism Minister Alain St. Ange's admission that the couple is spending their honeymoon on the tropical island, German real estate magnate Farhad Vladi told German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt that he rented North Island to the couple.
The royal newlyweds would no doubt be attracted to North Island for its privacy and green credentials.
North Island, one of the Inner Islands of the Seychelles archipelago, is occupied by 11 villas made by Balinese and Tanzanian craftsmen.
Each of them is equipped with plunge pools, gazebos and private butlers, but the most profligate of them all is the 8,000-square-foot Villa 11, which is almost twice is large as the island's other villas, and comes with circular-flow swimming pool and a private cinema.
Given Wills' love of the wild, he will also love the resort's conservation policies. Before the island was sold to the Maier family during the 1970s, the island was colonized by pests and alien plant species left over from its days as a coconut plantation. Indigenous trees and birds have been re-introduced these days.
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