The headland acting as the western cape of the bay Baie du Cap in Mauritius south is not the southernmost point of the island, but it comes close. The beautiful bay contrasts with the landscape of mountains and forest in the most picturesque way, no hotels, no shopping mall, no sugarcane distracting the overall composition. […]
Schlagwort: Indian ocean
Île aux Bénitiers
Île aux Bénitiers is a small island 500 m offshore in the far southwest of Mauritius. The uninhabited island is a popular place with tour operators who bring their clients to the long sandy beach for lunch after swimming with dolphins somewhere along the Westcoast or snorkelling at the “Crystal Rock”, a small mushroom-shaped rock […]
Le Morne Brabant
Le Morne Brabant is a 556 m high rock on the peninsula of the same name at Mauritius´ extreme southwestern tip. The mountain has been made accessible through various trails, up to the top, to where you might have to do a little climbing on the last stretch of the ascent. From several viewpoints, one […]
Flic-en-Flac
Flic-en-Flac is a village at the Westcoast of Mauritius, and today the second stronghold of mass tourism behind Grand Baie in the north of the island. The main attractions are a seemingly endless public beach, a calm ocean, for being protected by a reef, and a dozen beach food trucks. Besides, you get a lovely […]
Port Louis
Port Louis at the northwest coast is the capital of Mauritius and with 150.000 inhabitants also the biggest city on the island. With its setting at a bay with some mountains in the background and a mix of colonial and modern architecture, Port Louis is neither pretty nor nasty – on ground. Seen from the […]
Mauritius – Island of the dead birds – Die Insel der toten Vögel
Dream island, paradise, pearl of the Indian Ocean – Mauritius has many exuberant names when you read the travel-agency ads. White sandy beaches, a turquoise sea, reefs, corals and magnificent islets with even more white sandy beaches, palm trees, and in one case a full-scale pro golf course designed by former German champion Bernhard Langer, […]
Vinanibe & Portuguese Fort – Vinanibe & das portugiesische Fort
A few kilometres west of Tolagnaro lies vast lake Vinanibe which is rich in prawns and connected to the Indian ocean by a small channel. There is a small islet at the northern side where Vinanibe river enters the lake, and on the islet is the so-called Portuguese Fort, the oldest surviving building in Madagascar. […]
Lokaro peninsula & Evatraha – Die Lokaro-Halbinsel & Evatraha
Evatraha is a beautiful, small coastal village at the north end of the vast bay starting at Tolagnaro peninsula. The best way to reach it is by boat via lake Lanirano north of Tolagnaro, from where one must cross the stunning mangrove landscape of the lake and its channels before passing the sluice leading to […]
Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin)
Tolagnaro, also known by its French colonial name Fort Dauphin, is Madagascar´s southernmost city, built on a peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the island at the place of the former settlement Tholongar. After a brief visit of Portuguese castaways in the Antanosy region at the beginning of the 16th century, it has been the […]
Vohemar (Iharana)
Vohemar, also referred to as Iharana, is the northernmost town in Madagascar’s north-eastern SAVA region. It is located right at the Indian ocean and vast Iharana bay which is subjected to the tides. Historically, Vohemar seems to be one of Madagascar´s oldest settlements, if not the oldest, where Swahili merchants installed a port for trading […]
