Tour-Zusammenfassung
Duration
3h30
Group
Private sessions available
Experience type
Historical Heritage Tours
Language
English, French
Location
Caudan Waterfront, Port-Louis, Port Louis
Was Sie erleben werden
Port Louis is the most layered city in Mauritius, and we read it with you street by street. In one morning you cross the harbour that built the country, stand in the memorials to slavery and indenture that shaped its people, walk the market where the capital does its shopping, and pass the mosque, the pagoda and the pooja shop that sit within a few streets of one another. There is a dholl puri and a glass of cold sugarcane juice at the market, tea near the Jummah Mosque, and boulettes and sesame sweets in Chinatown. This is less a sightseeing round than a morning spent understanding the communities, the beliefs, the memories and the flavours that make Port Louis one of the most compelling cities in Mauritius. You have a local guide beside you the whole way, and we take care of the order, the timing and the meaning of everything you see.
How the morning starts
Your guide meets you on the Caudan Waterfront esplanade with a short welcome and an outline of the route ahead. Before we set off, we introduce the communities and the historical periods that shaped Port Louis, so the streets make sense once you are walking them.
The harbour and the monuments
Along the esplanade you pass the Granary, the sugar terminal, the Labourdonnais Waterfront hotel and Les Moulins de la Concorde. At the monuments to Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Sir Anerood Jugnauth, we trace the country from colonisation to independence and then to the Republic.
Slavery and indenture
Past the old Caudan windmill, your guide takes you to the Intercontinental Slavery Museum and Aapravasi Ghat. The pace slows right down in these two places of memory, and you hear the history of enslaved people, of abolition, of indentured labour, and of the migrations that reshaped Mauritian society.
Everyday Port Louis
Some of the best of the city sits behind doorways you would never think to try, so we take you inside. One is thick with incense, hung with garlands, its shelves crowded with diyas and the objects of Hindu devotion. Another smells of vanilla, stacked with spices, lentils, herbs and everything a Mauritian kitchen runs on. Together they are the clearest window onto daily life in the capital.
Where the capital does its shopping
Port Louis Central Market comes next, and we walk you through the fruit, the vegetables, the spices and the conversation, with the iron and glass architecture overhead. Then you taste two Mauritian essentials, a freshly made dholl puri and a glass of cold sugarcane juice.
The Jummah Mosque quarter
At the mosque your guide points out the Indo-Islamic architecture and tells you the history of the Muslim community in Mauritius. Afterwards you sit down with us in a nearby tea shop, over local snacks and the social habits that surround tea here.
Chinatown, from pharmacy to pagoda
Under the arch we pick up the story of Chinese immigration and the trade that grew with it. An old Chinese pharmacy follows, then Sino-Mauritian boulettes and traditional cakes and sweets made with rice, sesame and peanut. Your last stop here is a pagoda kept by the community.
The whole city at once
You climb up to Fort Adelaide, known locally as La Citadelle, and come out to a wide view over the harbour, the city centre and the mountains around them. From up there we connect the quarters, the monuments and the communities you have walked through.
Back down to Caudan
We walk you back down through the historic centre, past the old Port Louis prison and into the quiet of the Company Garden. At the Photography Museum of Mauritius, historic images show how the city changed. Your morning finishes at Pem Wood's gallery in Caudan, where a local artist carves Mauritian nature and culture into wood, back where you started.
Was inbegriffen ist
- Your local guide with you for the whole walk
- A freshly made dholl puri and a glass of sugarcane juice at the Central Market
- Tea and local snacks in a traditional tea shop
- Sino-Mauritian boulettes and traditional Chinese cakes and sweets
Gut zu wissen
Was Sie mitbringen sollten
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Sun protection, a hat and water
- Clothes that cover your shoulders and knees for the mosque and the pagoda
Gut zu wissen
- Rupees in cash for anything you want to buy in the market
- Guests who cannot walk for around four hours
- Guests who cannot manage the climb up to Fort Adelaide
- This walk runs every day of the week. We meet you at 8:00 in the morning and you are back at Caudan by 11:30.
- Access to the museums, the mosque, the pagoda and the gallery can change with opening hours, religious services and private events. When that happens we reorder the morning on the day so you still see as much as we can.
- We climb up to Fort Adelaide, so a moderate level of fitness makes the morning more comfortable.
- The Jummah Mosque and the pagoda are working places of worship. Please dress so that your shoulders and knees are covered.
- This is a walking tour in a busy tropical city, so we spend most of the morning on our feet and outdoors.
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Caudan Waterfront
Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius
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Andeor Originals
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Andeor Originals are the experiences Andeor builds and guides itself rather than sourcing from a partner. They are led by a team with over 13 years of experience in guided tours in Mauritius.
