La Belle Maurice

Savanne

Souillac

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Public beach

Gris Gris Public Beach

Souillac · Savanne

At the southern tip of the island, near Souillac, a beach of cliffs and great waves where people come to walk and watch the ocean, not to swim.

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Public beach

Telfair Public Beach

Souillac · Savanne

At Souillac, beyond the Telfair garden, a coastal path opens onto a wild sandy beach, facing the cliffs.

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Hike

Rochester Falls

Souillac · Savanne

A ten-metre waterfall over a face of jagged rectangular rocks, 2.5 kilometres from Souillac, where people come to swim.

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Hike

Cascade Léon

Souillac · Savanne

A four-kilometre walk near Souillac, along a lush and easy trail, to a waterfall you can swim behind.

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Hike

Cascade Mamzelle

Souillac · Savanne

Four kilometres in two hours in the remote south, best walked with a guide: the trail is hidden, and known mostly to locals.

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Writer’s house

Robert Edward Hart Memorial Museum

Souillac · Savanne

In Souillac, facing the sea, the coral bungalow where the Mauritian poet Robert Edward Hart spent his last years, kept as he lived in it.

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Garden

Telfair Garden

Souillac · Savanne

A garden of tropical vegetation beside the ocean at Souillac, from which a coastal path leads to a wild beach and on to the Gris Gris cliffs.