Jardin des Pamplemousses

If there is one thing that can drag you away from the beach resorts in the north of Mauritius, it's the Botanic Gardens, known by everyone as Pamplemousses (French for 'grapefruit'). The gardens are so named because a fruit like a grapefruit used to be grown in the area.

The Jardins des Pamplemousses display quite a few plants more exotic than the grapefruit! Give yourself plenty of time to explore the 62 acres of beautiful gardens.

You can buy a guidebook from the main entrance which will provide you with some interesting titbits of information and a map. There are about 500 plant species growing here, 40 of which are indigenous.

One of the most notable is the talipot palm, which waits up to 60 years to flower and then simply dies. In the huge Lily Pond grows the giant Amazon water lily, which has leaves up to one and half metres in diameter. Throw a coin onto one and make a wish.

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