South of Mahébourg, shallow Blue Bay is the ideal place for snorkelling because of crystal clear water with a maximum depth of five metres, colourful corals and an abundance of fish. In 1997, it´s been declared a National Park, and in 2008 Blue Bay Marine Park was declared a Ramsar wetland of international importance. It […]
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Île aux Aigrettes
Île aux Aigrettes is an island east of Mahébourg. It is protected as Île aux Aigrettes Nature Reserve since 1965, and since 1985 they´re getting rid of all the invasive species of plants, but also rats, cats and what else the apes had brought. Over the decades and through intense reforestation of endemic plants, most […]
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 […]