Mauritius: Paradise Island
Mauritius is a hot destination with Middle East travellers this season. Emirates airline has direct flights to Mauritius and many tourists from the Middle East are now choosing to spend their holidays in pristine beauty of Mauritius. Our team travelled to Mauritius and discovered the 'paradise island'. A report... ...
Mauritius is the flavour of the month as far as Middle East tourists are concerned. The island nation offers travellers from the Middle East an opportunity to get close to nature and enjoy the natural beauty of the island. The greenery and topography of Mauritius is in stark contrast to the desert landscape of the Middle East and offers visitors from the Middle East an opportunity to get close to nature.
Port Louis
Port Louis is the capital and main port of Mauritius, was founded by the French governor, Mahe de Labourdonnais in 1735. The harbour lies sheltered in a semi-circle of mountains. The town has plenty of character, and shows in certain quarters signs of its past elegance.
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Off the main square of Port Louis, palm-lined Place d'Armes, there are some beautiful French colonial buildings; especially the Government house and the Municipal Theatre, built during the 18th century. There are also two popular Cathedrals, Anglican and Catholic and also a mosque. The Supreme Court and natural history museum are also in Port Louis and are worth a visit. Not to mention the Worldwide Masks museum, a private Museum at the heart of the unique and historic site of the 'Parcours Culturel'. It displays a wonderful collection of various tribal masks from Africa, America, Asia and Oceania.
Chamarel
A twisting road leads from Case Noyal village to the coloured earth at Chamarel. It is one of the oldest sites on the island and is also known as the Seven Coloured Earth.
This is a mound of undulating land stretching in contrasting layers of colour, and the patches of blue, green, red, purple and yellow earth are believed to be the result from the weathering of volcanic rocks. The nearby Chamarel waterfalls emerges from the moors and primeval vegetation and is startlingly beautiful
Pamplemonsses Garden
Pierre Poivre created Pamplemonsses garden in 1767 in the Estate of the French Governor Mahe de Labourdonnais. His Chateau known as 'Mon Plaisir', which was built in 1735, can still be admired there. The garden has a collection of indigenous and exotic plants, including the giant Victoria Amazonica water lilies, many species of palm trees especially the unique talipot palm, said to flower once every sixty years and then die.
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens
These attractive gardens are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mauritius, but the shady avenues of palms seem to swallow the numbers. One key attraction is the park's giant Victoria regia water lilies, native to the Amazon. Other attractions include golden bamboo, chewing-gum trees, fish poison trees and a 200-year-old Buddha tre
Grand Bassin
Grand Bassin rests in the crater of an extinct volcano. It is a place of pilgrimage for large number of Mauritius of Hindu faith, especially on the occasion of Maha Shivratree, which is celebrated in the month of February.
Ile Anx Cerfs
Ile aux Cerfs attracts large numbers of holiday - makers on the east coast. Tourists enjoy the beach and lagoon for water sports or sunbathing, restaurants and several souvenir stalls. Moreover, on the island, there is a boathouse where one can hire water skis, sailboards, Laser dinghies, canoes and surfcats. You can also walk around the sea half of the island.
Black River George
This 6,574 hectare park, proclaimed in 1994, protects much of the remaining native forests of Mauritius and provides opportunities for the visitor to enjoy spectacular natural scenery and some of the unique endemic plants and bird life. The National Park is easily reached from Vacoas or Curepipe, via La Marie and Mare aux Vacoas. At le Petrin a visitor information center has been set up with picnic facilities. A boardwalk provides access to the typical dwarf forest of the region and a fenced conservation management area (from which invasive non - native plants have been removed) protects a sample of the remaining healthland. There is also a number of longer walking trails, including one to the island's highest point, Black River Peak (828 m).
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Tamarin Falls
Tamarin is awkward to reach, but it's worth the effort for a beautiful, deep, cool bathe at the bottom of a series of seven spectacular waterfalls. They are only accessible via a challenging trail that begins near the Tamarin Falls reservoir, but you will have to explore to find it. It's best to take a local guide from Henrietta.
The magnificent location of Tamarin Falls hosts breath-taking views over the West coast and Le Morne. The Tamarin Falls or 'Sept Cascades' are 293 metres high, awe inspiring and a sight not to be missed, you can even go for a cool bathe at the bottom of a series of seven falls.
HONEYMOON DESTINATION
Weddings in Mauritius and honeymoons in Mauritius have become very popular over the past few years.
The climate varies very little throughout the year in Mauritius, with a maximum day-time temperature of around 25 degrees centigrade in August - to 31 degrees centigrade in February, with some 3 to 5 degrees lower in the more central regions at approx. 600 metres above sea level.
They say that it costs less to stay in a luxury beach hotel in Mauritius on our complete wedding package, than to pay for a one day event in a similar 4 or 5 star hotel at home !
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Weddings, honeymoons in Mauritius are a joy, they are truly relaxing, the people and staff just love every minute of every wedding, they have a wonderful outlook towards life, a big smile, nothing is too much trouble - the fantastic white sandy beaches and the turquoise clear Indian Ocean make a perfect backdrop for those gorgeous wedding photographs - a wedding or honeymoon in Mauritius is truly a wedding or honeymoon in Paradise !
Apart from a wedding or honeymoon in Mauritius at a fabulous luxury beach resort, one can often forget that one is actually enjoying a great holiday experience too, there are many glorious fine white sandy beaches to explore, free land and watersports at the majority of our hotel resorts, scuba-diving, fishing, rent a bicycle, scooter, car, (or contact Simon our driver in Mauritius, for a day or half day excursion), and see the fabulous and varied countryside all this and one is still inside ones budget.
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