Full Day-Port-Louis Cultural Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Full Day-Port-Louis Cultural Tour

Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Destination: Mauritius, Flacq District, Trou d'Eau Douce
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  • 6 to 7 hours
  • Trou d'Eau Douce
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

.Discover and Visit the Capital of Mauritius
• Visit Father Laval Shrine
• Visit Centenary Chinese Pagoda in Caudan
• Visit Blue Penny Museum(Entrance Tickets Not Included)
• Visit Postal Museum
• Visit Appravasi Ghat(Immigration Depot of Fist Indian indentured laborer in Mauritius)  
• Discover and Visit the Central Market of Port Louis
• Visit Kaylasson Temple ,the Tamil culture

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Pere Laval's Shrine, Ste Croix L'eglese Pere Laval, Port Louis, Mauritius

One of the iconic landmarks of Mauritius. People of all walks and religion come here to pray

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kaylasson Temple, Sainte Croix, Port Louis, Mauritius

This spiritual place has a beautiful traditional architecture with 6 stations symbolizing the organs of the human body. The idea is that the worshipper who enters these places must respect the place as if the temple was his own body.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: RFQR+9RJ Kwan Tee Pagoda, Seraphine St, Port Louis, Mauritius

The Kwan Tee PagodaThe Kwan Tee or Guan Di Pagoda is the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere and the oldest one in Mauritius. Located at Les Salines, on a Longitude of -20°9'42.12" and Latitude 57°29'31.2", it faces the sea and against the mountains. Its construction and location abides by the principles of spirituality. The pagoda is a very peaceful place with its majestic piece of land and beautiful gardens full of coconut trees in the front of the yard and at the back and a few seasonal fruit trees. The Kwan Tee pagoda is an oasis of peace and tranquility though located in one of the most busiest and stressful place and capital of Mauritius. It is a perfect place for meditation.

Duration: 20 hours

Stop At: Port Louis Centre Post Office, RGP3+7XV, Port Louis, Mauritius

Found in the Capital City of Port Louis, the Central Post Office (also known as the General Post Office) dates back since the early Colonial period. The building was erected in 1868, but was inaugurated in December 1870 by Governor Gordon. The Post Office now acts as a Postal Museum showing the history of the Postal Services in Mauritius ranging from old stamps to even some railway history as previously the Postal Services were effected through railway stations acting also as Post Offices in a certain way. We can also notice that this wide space in front of the Colonial building we can see in the above picture has also disappeared, and replaced by the motorway which passes in front of it.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius

Take your lunch on the Deck at the Caudan Water front,view on the bay of Port-Louis

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Central Market, Farquhar Street, Port Louis, Mauritius

Traditional market for fruit, vegetables & souvenirs plus Chinese herbal medicines & aphrodisiacs.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Blue Penny Museum, Blue Penny Square Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius

The Blue Penny Museum is an art and history museum that is wholly devoted to Mauritius.

To begin with, visitors will take a step back into the era of great maritime explorations in the Indian Ocean before moving on to an overview of the three colonial periods in the history of Mauritius. Your journey into the past continues with a foray into the Port Louis of the 18th and 19th centuries. What unfolds next is the tale of the history of postal services, namely with the very first postage stamps to be issued in Mauritius, the world-renowned Post Office stamps. The tour of the museum ends with the beautiful yet tragic story of a mythical couple, Paul and Virginie.

Note: Entrance tickets not included in Price

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Aapravasi Ghat, Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius

In the district of Port Louis, lies the 1,640 m2 site where the modern indentured labour diaspora began. In 1834, the British Government selected the island of Mauritius to be the first site for what it called ‘the great experiment’ in the use of ‘free’ labour to replace slaves. Between 1834 and 1920, almost half a million indentured labourers arrived from India at Aapravasi Ghat to work in the sugar plantations of Mauritius, or to be transferred to Reunion Island, Australia, southern and eastern Africa or the Caribbean. The buildings of Aapravasi Ghat are among the earliest explicit manifestations of what was to become a global economic system and one of the greatest migrations in history.

Duration: 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private tour
  • Transport by air-conditioned private vehicle

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities (optional) if love the service offered.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Minimum age is 14 years
  • Stroller accessible
  • Dress code 100% Relax
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide(English and french)
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Infant seats available
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • A maximum of 2 people per booking
  • An amount of walking is involved
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Any hotel, accommodation, resort around Mauritius

Airports

  • Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU), Airport Terminal Operations Limited ATOL Offices SSR International Airport MU Plaine Magnien MU, Plaine Magnien 51520, Mauritius


Ports

  • Christian Decotter Cruise Terminal, RFVR+CVC, Port Louis, Mauritius

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 to 7 hours


User's Reviews

Clive_O

27 May, 2023

Driver very friendly and flexible* but the locations we went to were very so-so. *Driver let us modify the tour: dropping some churches and shrines and going to the 7 coloured earths at Chamarel instead. Not really worth the bother. Good job we didn't book with the local agent; would have been 3 times the price.

612kikan

11 Jul, 2022

Excellent tour guide (Jean Philip) friendly informative and most of all we had the greatest time of our life in Mauritius... I would definitely recommend you to my friends and family from Nigeria... they already seen all my posts though lol and are really excited to come for you tours ...Merci !!!!

maurr850

20 Nov, 2022

Avevamo appuntamento alla reception alle 8,55. alle 9,10 ancora nessuno e nessun avviso via email o cellulare. Chiamo il tour operator che mi dice di attendere. vengo richiamato alle 9,20 e mi dicono che il nostro autista guida era in ritardo causa ritardo del cliente precedente e che mi avrebbero mandato autista sostitutivo. alla 9.35 arriva nuovo autista. non do una sola stella perche’ questi era persona gentile. macchina da tre stelle, cortesia da quattro.

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