Cathay Tours Hotels Mauritius

Port-Louis / Pamplemousses Garden / Grand Bay / Cap Malheureux

Departure from the hotel at round 8.30 /9 a.m. Back to hotel at 5 / 5.30 p.m.

Port-Louis is the capital city of the island, offers a true image of the mullti-racial Mauritian population. A vsit to the famous oriental market where everything is sold in a riot of colours: exotic fruits, vegetables, spices, medecinal herbs, local handicrats and basketry will amaze you. Time for shopping in the city centre where temples, pagodas, churches and mosques are all within a few yards from each other. Lunch will then be served in a restaurant in the city centre. After which the tour continues to the famous Pamplemousses Garden, known for its impressive collection of indigenous and exotic plants such as the giant water lilies and the Talipot; whose flowers, according to legend, bloom once every hundred years before dying. Deers and tortoises will fascinate the younger ones whilst an old French mansion "Chateau de Mon Plaisir" as well as an old sugar mill recall the rich historical past of the beautiful island. Enjoy a drive along the Northern Coastal road from Trou aux Biches to Grand bay, the tourist village, and Cap Malheureux before going back to the hotel.