Articles tagged with "Mauritius"
How the Mauritian year divides between a hot wet summer and a cooler dry winter, why the island has a wet side and a dry side, when cyclones are possible, and what each season means for the lagoon and the uplands.
How to enter Mauritius: the visa-free allowance, the compulsory online travel form that many people miss, passport rules, the health screening you may meet on arrival, and the medication rules that need advance authorization.
Which months suit which kind of Mauritian trip: the dry winter for walking and comfort, the warm summer for the water, the festival dates worth timing for, and an honest account of the cyclone months.
What Black River Gorges National Park protects, why it is a Biosphere Reserve rather than a World Heritage Site, the endemic species recovered there, the walking on offer, and how to plan a day in the wettest part of Mauritius.
What Le Morne Cultural Landscape is and why UNESCO inscribed a mountain for maroonage rather than for its shape, what the oral traditions record, how to climb it, and how to hold the fact that a resort beach sits at its foot.
What Aapravasi Ghat is, why UNESCO inscribed the remains of an immigration depot, what the Great Experiment was, what survives on the site, and how to visit and use it if you are tracing indentured ancestry.