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the monument for Pierre Poivre
globetrott Says: Pierre Poivreis a name that you will often hear about, when travelling in the Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion. He planted a lot of spices and exotic plants in these islands and I really wonder, if the french name for "pepper" wasnt simply taken from his name, because thats...
the tomb of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
globetrott Says: The tomb of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam is close to the palace "Mon Repos" in Pamlemousses . In 1958 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900-1985) became the first president of the independant state of Mauritius, after 150 years of occupation by Great Britain.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
globetrott Says: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden is the official name of this garden that was built in 1729 as the first botanical garden in the southern hemisphere.In 1770 Pierre Poivre took over the garden and started to plant there exotic herbs and trees.Sir Seewoosagur...
globetrott Says: Talipot Palmtrees are the highest palmtrees with a total hight of up to 24 meters and they will bloom only once, after 30-40 years of just growing. There will be millions of small blossoms then on top, the branches of the blossoms up to 6 meters high. After about 1 year the...
The entrance-gate to the Botanical Garden
globetrott Says: This wonderfull gate is the main entrance to the Botanical gardens of Pamlemousses and I really hope that you will have some spare-time there - maybe while your tourguide gets the tickets - to enjoy all of the great details of this wonderfull work of art.
globetrott Says: Take a look at this tropical tree: all of its trunk and even the smallest branches of this tree are covered all over by thick thorns. It is really amazing what nature sometimes thinks of. Only small insects are able to "get in touch" with that tree, all other animals are...
globetrott Says: These wonderfull Amazon Lillies are one of the main attractions in the natural Park of Pamplemousses. In my 3rd photo you can see the strong structure of the backside of the giant leaves of this interesting plant. Some of the leaves even have the shape of a heart - see my...
victorwkf Says: The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam botanic garden is very old and historical, and some of the trees here are between 200 to 300 years old !
victorwkf Says: There is a nice fountain located in the botanic garden. Near to the mountain, you can see 2 rows of plants which are planted by famous political leaders when they visit Mauritius.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam burial monument
victorwkf Says: Inside the Pamplemousses botanic garden, you can find the burial monument of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the person who helped Mauritius to gain independence from the British.
victorwkf Says: Besides the huge and famous amazon lilies, there are also water lilies on display at one of the ponds of the botanic garden.
victorwkf Says: The most famous plant of the botanic garden is perhaps the giant amazon lilies. They are a must see when you are in the botanic garden of Pamplemousses.
victorwkf Says: There is another interesting tree in the botanic garden which bears a type of fruit which resemble sausages, therefore called sausage fruits !
Interesting Talipot trees from Sri Lanka
victorwkf Says: There are 2 interesting Talipot trees from Sri Lanka. These trees will grow to about 60 years old, and they will only flower once in their life just before they die !
globetrott Says: Pamlemousses is about 8km north of Port Louis, so that is doable also by taxi and almost all of the way you will drive on the highway with only some traficjam maybe before you get out of Port Louis.I came by a sightseeingtour, that was organized by our cruiseship....
Klod5 Says: La légende de Paul et Virginie a inspiré le cinéma ainsi que la télévision. La version de cette histoire réalisée pour la télévision, par Pierre Gaspard-Huit, fut tournée à l'île Maurice, au début des années 70. Dans le rôle de Virginie, une jeune actrice qui allait devenir...
Klod5 Says: All peoples, all countries probably, have need of legends. In the former Isle de France, to Mauritius, Paul and Virginia's legend expressed a long time, of romantic manner, the waiting of a world. Can be this insular paradise, where disappears the gates between those that...
victorwkf Says: I visited the botanic garden with a group of plant experts from all over the world, as part of the programme of the Global Summit on Medicinal Plants held in Mauritius. Among them was Hendrik from Botswana shown in the photo at the botanic garden.
victorwkf Says: The botanic garden is not all about plants and trees. There are also some interesting monuments and buildings there as well, such as the one taken in the photo.
victorwkf Says: One of the nice photo taken during the trip to Mauritius was the pose next to the famous amazon lilies at Pamplemousses.
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Cette liane, entrelacée autour d'un tronc d'arbre forme une étonnante sculpture... This liana, interlocking around a trunk of tree forms an astonishing...
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Pamplemousses - A Beautiful Botanic Garden
I visited Pamplemousses in late Sep 2003, which is famous for the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden. Let me share with you my visit there. Hope you would find the information useful, and...
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Pamplemousses is a small town north of Port Louis and it has an excellent Botanical Garden of Tropical flowers.
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The door of entry of the garden, wrought-iron, splendid and shaped well, was a grant of François Lienard de la Mivoie. On every column an armor is with a lion and an unicorn, surmounted of one crown....
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