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Get a boat to a deserted island...

by amapola66

What can I say? - Beautiful!The Pardise Hotel provided a boat trip to this pretty little island including a picnic. It was nature at its most beautiful. However, you can only swim or snorkle in very shallow water as there are some very dangerous tides if you go much further out.On the way back we were joined by dolphins who swam with our boat - absolutely perfect.Check your prices and what's included - They seem to add things on willy nilly in a not very open way!

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FLIC EN FLAC

by johanl

Llc en Flac is a little place by the sea.About 30 minutes from the capital city of Port Louis. Since a few years it has expanded and now has become a busy beach city.It is a nice village to start walks to the Plaine Champagne region.

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BLACK RIVER GORGES NATIONAL PARK

by johanl

One would get hungry after doing all these outdoor activities.And yes, there is a very good restaurant not to far, east from the park.The Varangue sur Morne used to be a bananas and pine farm.The restaurant is situated in the main building.On the terraces you have a great view over the valley, the Indian Ocean and the Morne Brabant (mountain).

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Blue Penny Museum

by canuckmike

The Blue Penny Museum is an excellent museum. Some of the things it covers are nautical charts and equipment used on the route from India to Mauritius. All sorts of documents showcasing various colonial rulers from settlers, military and more. Old paintings, maps and engravings showing the creation of Port Louis. All the information of Paul et Virginie you will need to know. The famous Mauritian 'Post Office' one penny and two penny and so much more. It is opened 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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Sir Seewoosagur Botanical Gardens

by janiebaxter

The botanical gardens are named after the former prime minister and governor of Mauritius who was cremated there, before his ashes were scattered in the Ganges. The botanical gardens are just 11km from Port Louis so you can combine a visit to the gardens with a visit to the capital easily in a day, and fit in a nice lunch too. Guides are available and it is a good idea to hire one as the gardens are quite vast. They date back to the early 1700’s when they were used to grow vegetables, then later pamplemousses, nutmeg and cloves. In the mid 1800’s the Palms and Eucalyptus trees were introduced.Today there are 80 species of palm and over 500 hundred species of plants in the gardens, many of them indigenous. The ponds with the Water Lilies are particularly pretty. They flower between late afternoon to the following morning and change from cream to pink during that time. There is also a pond...

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Maison Eureka - Quirky Colonial House

by janiebaxter

Eureka is an old Colonial house which is laid out in a very unusual way with no hallways - all the rooms lead from another with a verandah enclosing around the whole house. It was built in 1830 by an Englishman with the help of a French designer so it has a funny combination of English and French colonial styles.Eureka is set against the backdrop of the mountains so it is worth going out into the back garden to get a look at the scenery. If you have time, go through the gardens and walk down the path to the waterfalls which are set down in a rocky valley and very pretty. They have rooms you can rent per night and also serve meals on the verandah, but we didn’t try either of these.Maison Eureka is open 9-5 mon to sat, 9-3.30 sun

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Snorkelling

by janiebaxter

Although nowhere near as good as the Maldives, snorkelling is good in Mauritius. Our hotel boat took us to the reef at 2pm every afternoon free of charge so we took advanatge of this most afternoons. The water here is surprisingly cold so 1 hour was enough and we saw something different each day. One day we saw a family of Trumpet Fish, two parents and a young one and another day we saw a massive shoal of yellow striped fish swimming quite close to us.We cheated a bit and took bread to feed the fish most days which meant we were surrounded by many small and colourful fish of all types once we got the food out.

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Ile aux Aigrettes

by janiebaxter

Ile aux Aigrettes is a tiny rocky island 1km off the South East coast near Mahebourg. It is managed by the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation who have spent many years clearing out the introduced plants and restoring the island to its natural state with as many of the original plants and wildlife species as possible. A guide from the island collects you from the quayside and the boat crossing to the island takes about 20 minutes. The sea here is a beautiful blue and it is a very scenic boat trip across with the odd dhow passing by. Once on the island the guide briefs you about the history and the aims of the Mauritius Wildlife Foundations work there as well as the animals, birds and plants you will see. Our first stop was to say hello to Elizabeth one of the Giant Aldabra tortoises who is 15 years old and was ambling slowly through the trees. We then met George and Remy who are approx 45 year...

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Beautiful Birds

by janiebaxter

There are many beautiful and interesting birds in Mauritius. Some are endemic to the island such as the Pink Pigeon and Mauritius Fody. You can see the Pink Pigeon and Olive White Eye at Ile aux Aigrettes and the Mauritius Fody is easily seen around the island. Because Mauritius has plenty of water and vegetation in parts it is easy to observe all the lovely birds as you walk around. Our hotel had beautiful grounds so we had plenty of opportunity to watch the birds around the pool, on the beach and near to our room. The restaurant was open at one side so often the birds would come and try to take the left-overs from breakfast or lunch. As well as the Pink Pigeon and Mauritius Fody we saw Weaver Birds, Zebra Doves, Red Whiskered Bulbuls and lots of Sunbirds.

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Rare Stamps at the Blue Penny Museum

by Donna_in_India

The Blue Penny Museum was founded by The Mauritius Commercial Bank. This very interesting museum reflects the historical and cultural heritage of Mauritius with displays of Ancient sailing tools, maps, documents, rare editions, lithographs, and stamps.The stars of the museum are the Blue Penny and Red Penny Stamps, and Paul and Virginie.The 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps were the first two stamps ever issued in Mauritius. The legend of these two stamps is that the stamps were printed with the wrong wording - "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid". About 1,000 stamps were already printed before the mistake was realized. At that time printing ceased. The Bank bought the stamps at an auction for over two million dollars in 1993 and brought the stamps back to Mauritius after almost 150 years. Today there are less than 10 stamps left and they are considered priceless. This is the only...

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