Mauritius Island: Part 2

Posted on November 18, 2019

By Janet-Lynn Vorster –In our series, Island LIFE, our Southern Africa correspondent, Janet-Lynn Vorster, takes us 2,000 kilometres (1,243 mi) east of the South African coast to the tropical Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. In the 1st part of her article GlobeRovers Magazine of July 2019 she introduced us to life on the island and took us to many beautiful spots on the island, we went swimming with dolphins and heard stories about the shipwrecks scattered around the island.

In this 2nd part, she now takes us to all 9 districts of the island, its islets, markets, beaches, and more.

Mauritius boasts ten 18-hole and three 9-hole golf courses. It also boasts what is claimed to be the longest zipline in the world. So, while a peaceful island, it has enough to keep the sports enthusiasts and thrill-seekers happy too.

We travel anti-clockwise around Mauritius and first visit the Rivière du Rempart area in the north before we travel along the west coast to Port Louis and down to Moka, Plaines Wilhems and the Black River. From here we went to the far south to the Savanne District that is one of the most scenic, unspoilt and least populated areas on the island. We conclude our trip around the island in the areas of Grand Port and Flacq on the eastern side of Mauritius.

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