Black River Gorges National Park was founded in 1995 and protects 6.574 ha of primary forest – the last remnants of a former ecological paradise. The area stretches between 300 m and more than 800 m altitude, and it´s mainly covered by quite dense rainforest. It rains a lot up there; the mountains and the […]
Schlagwort: Panorama
Île aux Cerfs – Deer, Golf, and bad music (once again) – Hirsche, Golf und (schon wieder) schlechte Musik
„Deer Island“ is the sparkling gem in the turquoise sea along the east coast of Mauritius. The 87-ha island with its white sandy beaches, mangroves and palm trees is pretty much the type of island most people dream themselves on from time to time. It belongs to the Chinese Shangri-La hotel group with the five-star […]
La Terre des Sept Couleurs – 7 Coloured Earth – Die Siebenfarbige Erde
Near the village of Chamarel just outside Black River Gorges National Park in Mauritius southwest, the 7 Coloured Earth is one of the major tourist attractions in the area – when it comes to the tour operators that bring them there in big busses, minibuses, taxis and what else might carry a few tourists. For […]
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 […]
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, […]
Berenty
In 1936, famous Berenty reserve around 90 kilometres west of Tolagnaro has been founded by Henry and Alain de Heaulme, who had received the license to exploit 6.000 ha of land along Mandrare river to clear the forest and plant sisal. It was agreed to employ the locals which made the communities less vulnerable to […]
Parc National d’Andohahela
This prime National Park alongside RN13 west of Tolagnaro is divided into three separate sectors covering 76.140 ha in total between 120 und 1.972 m altitude. The UNESCO world heritage site protects lowland rainforest as well as dry spiny forest and the extraordinary transitional forest in between the two. Andohahela is most famous for being […]
Domaine de la Cascade
Over the course of the last 20 years, 136 hectares of land have been protected nine kilometres west of Tolagnaro at the Domaine de la Cascade. In the vicinity of the last lowland primary forest of the great south, the goal at the Domaine is to protect the natural environment, enhance the area through reforestation […]
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. […]
