Enjoy a visit of Port Louis the capital of Mauritius. Port Louis is the Mauritius' largest city and the economic and administrative center of the island. Right off the main square you can stroll besides the palm-lined Place d'Armes. You can see some wonderful French colonial buildings, especially the Government House and the Municipal Theater. You will have free time to visit Port Louis Waterfront and the Le Caudan Waterfront shopping complex. The craft market in particular is a hive of activity with wonderful ambiance where you are sure to find a lot of souvenirs for the family back home.
Afterwards take the direction of Aventure du Sucre for a visit of the old sugarmill which has been transformed into a modern museum, at the end of which delightful sugar and rum tastings await the visitor. Discover the mysterious entrance relating the birth of the island and the ""Memories of slavery"" and ""Memories of indentured labour“.
Lunch is on your own at leisure (not included in the package). After lunch stop at Pamplemousses for a visit of the botanical garden Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, Pamplemousses. Re-named in 1988 in recognition of the much-loved Prime Minister who led his country to independence 20 years earlier, the SSR Botanical Gardens are one of north Mauritius? most visited tourist attractions.Famed for their giant Victoria amazonica water lilies, whose gargantuan leaves expand as wide as three metres in diameter, and for the amazing Talipot – a plant that flowers only once every 30 to 100 years – the gardens also feature some fine example of mahogany trees and rare Latanier palms from Madagascar.
Meeting/pick-up point: Hotel reception.
Duration: 8 hours.
Start/opening time: Daily at 9am.
-End/closing time: At 5pm.