Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
You can still see the ruins of the French arsenal - along with a flour mill and a lime kiln -
within the grounds of the Maritim Hotel (
Click here
)
at Baie de l'Arsenal. Nonguests can
obtain permission to visit the ruins from the security guard at the hotel entrance; the track
begins about 30m inside the gate to the right.
Mauritius Aquarium
AQUARIUM
( 261 4561;
www.mauritiusaquarium.com
;
Coastal Rd, Pointe aux Piments; adult/child/family Rs 250/125/650;
9.30am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
This small aquarium has a decent collection of tropical fish
(including clown fish), but the real stars are the white-tip reef shark and the two hawksbill
turtles. There's daily shark feeding at 11am and fish feeding three times daily.
Activities
Trou aux Biches and Mont Choisy are both important watersports centres. Activities on
offer range from touring the lagoon in a glass-bottomed boat to parasailing, waterskiing,
deep-sea fishing and diving.
Boat House
( 728 4335; 9am-5pm)
Snorkelling equipment (Rs 150 per day) can be rented at the boat
house on Trou aux Biches' public beach. It also rents out pedalos and one-/two-person
kayaks (Rs 300/500 per hour), and offers a variety of other activities, including glass-bot-
tomed boat tours (Rs from 750 per hour per person), waterskiing (Rs 1500/1000 for begin-
ners/non-beginners per 12 minutes) and parasailing (Rs 1500 per 10 minutes).
WATERSPORTS
Diving
All of the following dive centres charge around Rs 1500/2000 per day/night dive and can
arrange PADI accreditation courses.
Divers' Ocean
DIVING
9am-4.30pm)
French-run centre offering
(
265 5889;
www.diversocean.com
;
Royal Rd, Mont Choisy;
diving and undersea walks.
Dive Dream Divers
DIVING
