For example, Charles Gordon, a British army general, on visiting the Seychelles in 1881, was so impressed by the luxuriant beauty of the Vallée de Mai ​ — now a World Heritage site — ​ that he declared it to be the garden of Eden.
برخی جهانگردان ادعا کرده‌اند که بهشت گمشده را یافته‌اند .‏