Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius – star and key of the Indian Ocean. The capital was moved from Grand Port to Port Louis by the fifth French Governor of the island, Mahé de La Bourdonnais, back in 1735 who established a great, big harbour to encourage trade. As a result of his efforts, Mauritius became the most important port in the Western Indian Ocean.
The Indian Ocean Islands are out of this world. An indisputable paradise on earth with luxurious resorts beside thousands of sun-kissed beaches leading to deliciously inviting turquoise seas. Africans, Indians, Europeans, and pirates have all settled here, even the now extinct dodo made its home on this timeless, tropical paradise.
Mauritius was once home to an amazing array of indigenous birds and land creatures, until the arrival of the first European explorers in the seventeenth century. They ate half the indigenous animal population, including the dodo – that flightless bird of near-mythical status that organised the Caucus Race in Lewis Carroll’s children’s book, Alice in Wonderland.
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