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 .
For example , Charles Gordon , a British army general , on visiting the Seychelles in 1881 , was so impressed by the luxuriant beauty of the Vallee de Mai ​ — now a World Heritage site — ​ that he declared it to be the garden of Eden .