Wildlife and conservation park
La Vanille Nature Park
Rivière des Anguilles · Savanne
from MUR 950 per person
AI-generated imageLa Vanille Nature Park covers 5.5 hectares at Rivière des Anguilles, on the site of a former vanilla plantation that once belonged to a sugar estate. Abundant water has raised a dense tropical forest here, which gives the place its character. The park has worked for conservation since 1985: it protects more than a thousand Aldabra giant tortoises, which roam free under the trees, and runs breeding and incubation programmes behind the scenes.
At a glance
- Restaurants
- A restaurant in the park, open during park hours
- Parking
- Free, on site
- Opening hours
- Daily 9am to 5pm, including public holidays
- Booking
- Tickets online, valid for the chosen date
- Telephone
- +230 626 2503
- info@lavanillenaturepark.com
- Founded
- 1985
What sets it apart
The visit is self-guided and taken at one’s own pace. Visitors walk among the tortoises, watch the crocodiles being fed, feed the lemurs and call at the interactive farm, designed for the youngest. The fossil museum gathers hundreds of pieces from Madagascar. The park is also home to iguanas, monkeys, chameleons, freshwater turtles, deer, wild boar and Mauritian bats. Animal encounters can be added to the ticket.
Highlights
- More than a thousand free-roaming Aldabra giant tortoises
- Crocodile feeding
- The fossil museum
- The interactive farm and playground
- A restaurant in the park
Good to know
- Arrive before 3pm to have time to see everything.
- The ticket is valid for the date chosen when booking.
- Animal encounters have limited places: book them with the ticket.
- Photography is allowed, without flash in the marked areas.
Getting there
At Rivière des Anguilles, in the south, whether arriving from the coast or from inland. Free parking on site.
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