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Friday, November 25, 2011

World Tour Guides to Mauritius

World Tour Locations: One of the wonderful Tourist Locations and the best place to enjoy a honeymoon in Mauritius. Mauritius is an island off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean south-west, about 900 km (560 miles) east of Madagascar. In addition to Mauritius, the republic includes the islands of Loaded Carajos, Rodriguez and Agalega Islands. Mauritius is part of the Mascarene Islands, the French island of Reunion, 200 km (120 miles) south-west and the island of Rodrigues 570 km (350 miles) north-east. The area of Mauritius is 2040 km2; its capital is Port Louis.

England took control of the islands of France during the Napoleonic Wars, and Mauritius became independent from Britain in 1968. It is a parliamentary republic and is a member of the Southern African Development Community, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the African Union and the French Community of Nations. Mauritius has an upper middle income economy. The most spoken languages in Mauritius are Mauritian Creole, French and English. English is the only official language, the lingua franca is Mauritian Creole and newspapers and television programmers are usually in French.


Mauritius is known for being the only known home of the dodo. This bird was an easy target for the settlers because of its weight and its inability to fly and died less than 80 years after the original European settlement. Tourist attractions are its environment, with white sand beaches, sea and warm climate, the friendliness of Mauritian and political and social stability. Mauritius is surrounded by 33 km of coastline. It has excellent beaches, climate and marine life. There are underwater diving for tourists and a walk underwater.


It is a destination for world class diving. It is surrounded by 150 km stretch of coral reefs, with two breaks in the west and south. The gap between the coast and the fringing reefs device has a height between 0.2 and 7 km. The depth of the lake is between 1 and 6 m. There are about 340 species of fish, many of which are endemic. Approximately 160 species of scleractinian corals have been identified throughout the country. Tourism has damaged reefs. The diving conditions are best in summer, from December to March. This period is generally warm and humid, and humid, and there are occasional cyclones. The average air temperature is 30 ° C. There are a variety of dive sites for people of all abilities in Mauritius. The main dive centers are located in and around Grand Baie, Flic en Flac, Blue Bay, and Belle Mare. Walk under water are unusual tourist activity where participants wear a diving helmet and weight belt to walk to the sea bed and feed the fish. Oxygen is supplied from the surface to the participants. The main places of this activity are Grand Bay and Belle Mare.

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