Port Luis is a very charming yet touristic place with a population of 50,000 people.. The city is surrounded by the sea in front, and volcanic mountains lined up in a crescent shape behind it.. The highest point of these mountains is 880 meters.
We visited the volcano, which erupted 700 thousand years ago, and the volcanic pit, which is now filled with water.. There were fish in the volcanic pit and people were fishing here. This area is called “Trou aux Cerfs.
From here on, we saw the sacred lake Mare au Vacaus and the 35-meter-high Shiva statue on the way there.. Here we visited indian temple. It was like a perfect holiday place.. It was like a little model of India. People dressed colorfully, they first blessed the food they brought, such as pineapple, coconut, banana, and then they offered it to their gods, then they prayed and worshiped.. The monkeys and baboons around were eating the bananas brought by the visitors.
Following here, we went to a waterfall called Chamarel Waterfall around Port Luis.. This waterfall, which belongs to the British, pours down from 162 meters.. On the way to the waterfall, we passed through the sugar cane fields.
We walked through the rainforest and saw the volcanic lands of 7 colors.. it was very interesting. Forest behind, really colorful land with no vegetation in front is not flat, but lined up like a very low mountain range. Their colors are pink, yellow, gray, black, cream, orange… These colors are arranged side by side like very obvious small mountain clusters.
There was a Turkish named Mahmut Önen who lived on this island.. His wife was a Mauritian of Chinese descent.. Unfortunately, we couldn’t meet.
We went to see giant tortoises from here.. We loved and fed these turtles. In order to eat the long grass placed in front of it, the turtle was trying to pull the grass by pressing one end with its foot and taking the other end into its mouth.. I think that was the biggest turtle I’ve ever seen in my life.
Port Luis center is beautiful both with its buildings and shopping centers, especially the Glass Waterfront. a place for photography. Port Louis Market hosts interesting model sails and wood carvings.
We stayed at Le Sufren hotel for the night.. From here to Camdan Waterfront, there are water taxi services, not shuttle buses.. Using a water taxi instead of crossing the land to the other shore is both more practical and more fun.
The next morning we went to the botanical gardens called “Pample Mousses”.. This is an arboretum. There are all kinds of trees and plants inside.. This garden was built by Sir Seewoosapur Rampoolan, but it was designed by a Frenchman.
There are bottle-shaped palms, Babobab trees, sausage trees.. Fruit of the sausage tree 10-15 kg. varies between. On the other hand, 1 stem and leaf of giant palms is 50 kg.. is coming. It bears fruit after 60 years and then dies.
On the other hand, only one leaf of the water lilies brought here from the Amazon forests is at least 1 meter in diameter.. They reach this size in 1 month and then they rot.. Each lotus 50 kg. capable of carrying. The back of its leaves are prickly so that other creatures cannot come and harm them.. The lifespan of its flowers is 24 hours.. It turns white, then pink, then purple, and then dies.
The other original plant is the bleeding tree.. Red resin flows from this tree, and this resin is burned in churches because of its fragrance.
Millionaire palm (palm heart), red seal tree (seal ink), bamboo palm are among the trees worth seeing.
In a pond close to water lilies, we saw a type of leaf that never got wet despite the rain falling on it.. Even if you pour a bucket of water on it, the leaf does not get wet and the water spills over beads.
A kind of palm called mother-in-law’s leg with thorns, the crocodile palm with its trunk like crocodile skin, the walking palm were quite interesting.. The walking palm can move over the years by throwing its newly emerged arms forward.. 2 cm per year. For an affordable and comfortable stay in Port Louis, you can choose the Cocotiers Hotel and Le Saint Georges Hotel.
