Welcome to Mauritius
Welcome to Mauritius
Stand on any beach in Mauritius and look out across the tiffany blue ocean and you will see impressive white breakers crashing on the reef that rings the island. Inland, there is a rolling landscape of atmospheric mountain peaks, lush green sugar fields, tobacco and tea plantations. Take the 120hour flight to Mauritius and you have made it to truly exotic land.
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Located in the Indian Ocean, 200 km east from Africa’s south coast, this pear-shaped island covers 1845sq km with 330km of the coastline. Known to the Arabs since the 10th century, Mauritius has since been occupied by the Dutch, French and British, becoming independent in 1968. It’s a nation of 1251000 mainly consisting of Indian, Africans, Chinese and Europeans (mainly French).
Towns and villages are alive with a heady mix of all these cultures Foodies will find a variety of flavours inherited from different settlers form coq au vin to fish curries and dholl puro (flour flat bread stuffed with dal). You will hear creole spoken between locals, though everyone can talk to you in perfect English or French. There is a general feeling of being somewhere very exotic and yet at the same time, familiar.
Comes as a tourist to Mauritius and there is a noted lack of hassles. It may be called an Indian Ocean island, but Mauritius is fully-fledged Independent County with a strong mind and culture. Sugar, textile and tourism are the three big economies here and as a tourist you are valued. Having never succumbed to the lure of the mass market, Mauritius guarantees a stylish, exotics holiday. Renowned a romantic hideaway fro couples, it also has great appeal to sport lovers, families and eco-tourist. Here you have the best of all possible worlds. Sure you can flop on the beach, but you also have culture, nature, land and water sports, spas, duty –free shopping and great family adventures.
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“You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first and then heaven was copied after Mauritius.” Writer Mark Tawin, 1896
Local Drink
Rhum arrange or jungle juice made from local white rum with chunks of pineapple, banana, grapes and oranges plus raw sugar, vanilla pods and spices and left of six month.
Local Dance
The sega is an erotic dance with African origins. More recently a new sound, fusion of sega and reggae, called seggae has found its way into the musical scene in Mauritius.
its all about Mauritius, a wonderful island offer you so much some time hard to believe. A place where you can go any time of the year and you want be disappointed, love to visit it again and again…Long live mauritius
“The pictures you have are great and thanks for the tidbit on the local drink and dance. I will make note of that once we plan our holiday in Mauritius.”
The most famous of the Nature reserves in the Seychelles has to be the Morne Seychellois Park. The Morne Seychellois Park is the largest in Seychelles and was created in 1979. A total of 12 different trails can be explored either by half or full day excursions.