Mauritius - Jardin des Pamplemousses

If there's one thing that can drag you away from the beach resorts in the north, it's the botanical gardens, known by everyone as Pamplemousses (French for 'grapefruit').

The official name for the gardens is Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden, although most people still know them as Jardin des Pamplemousses.

The botanical gardens display quite a few plants more exotic than the grapefruit so give yourself plenty of time to explore the 62 acres of gardens. One of the Pamplemouse Gardens' most remarkable indigenous plants 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 to make a wish!

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.

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