Pamplemousses Gardens

A visit to Mauritius, and a travel tour to Mauritius, is a rich repository of scenic and natural beauty located in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Mauritius, culturally has a rich interface with the Britishers and the French, with a distinct Franco Mauritian influence holding sway in Mauritius. Arabs knew about the land of Mauritius, since the 10th century A.D, but showed little interest in populating or colonizing it. The Portuguese too let it go unnoticed and finally it was the Dutch in the year 1598 A.D, who took control of a few islands and continued with their settlement process.

Pamplemousses gardens are a brilliant and novel specimen of age old botanical gardens which were established by a French governor 300 years back. The gardens happen to be a thick collection of palm trees and Queen Victoria water lilies. The botanical gardens served as a center of horticultural research for the British and the French in the colonial era. Java deers and Gazebos are too found in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam botanical Island which is the other name for the Pamplemousses gardens located in Mauritius.

How to reach
The gardens are accessible with regular buses from Port Louis.