Mauritius Hotels

Mauritius Hotels
It is often the case that tourists want to have a vacation in the island nation of Mauritius. Some may want to stay at high quality hotels in the island nation. Some may want to stay at hotels that are old or new. Some may want to stay at hotels that have access to architecture. Some may want to stay at hotels that are luxury or cheap. Some may want to stay at well known hotels. Some may want to stay at hotels that have access to decent scenic views.

Hotels in the island nation of Mauritius are often required for tourists who need to have a vacation. Some may want to stay at well known hotels that have a decent record for reviews.

The island of Mauritius itself is divided into nine districts:

Black River (Capital: Bambous)
Flacq (Capital: Centre de Flacq)
Grand Port (Capital: Mahebourg)
Moka (Capital: Quartier Militaire)
Pamplemousses (Capital: Triolet)
Plaines Wilhems (Capital: Beau Bassin and Rose Hill,Phoenix)
Port Louis (Capital of Mauritius)
Rivière du Rempart (Capital: Mapou)
Savanne (Capital: Souillac)

Dependencies

Rodrigues, an island 560 kilometres north-east of Mauritius.
Agalega, two small islands about 933 kilometres north of Mauritius, famous for supplying chickens.
Cargados Carajos Shoals, also known as the Saint Brandon islands, about 402 kilometres north of Mauritius.

Other Mauritian territories

Soudan Banks (including East Soudan Bank)
Nazareth Bank
Saya de Malha Bank
Hawkins Bank

Mauritius also claims the following territories

Tromelin Island, currently in French possession.
Chagos Archipelago, currently a British possession as the British Indian Ocean Territory

The wildlife of Mauritius includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife. However, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world. Many of these are now threatened with extinction because of human activities including habitat destruction and the introduction of non-native species. Some have already become extinct, most famously the dodo which disappeared in the 17th century. A number of endemic reptiles are found in Mauritius, particularly on Round Island. These include day geckos (Phelsuma), night geckos (Nactus), skinks and the keel-scaled boa. Giant tortoises formerly occurred but are now extinct. The native mammalian fauna of Mauritius is limited to bats and marine mammals. The Mauritius flying fox and Rodrigues flying fox are large fruit bats endemic to the islands.

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about 20 kilograms, living on fruit and nesting on the ground. The dodo has been extinct since the mid to late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity.

The Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus) is a bird of prey from the family Falconidae endemic to Mauritius. It is the most distinct of the Indian Ocean kestrels. It colonized its island home to evolve into a distinct species probably during the Gelasian (Late Pliocene).

Black River is a district of Mauritius on the western side of the island. Famous areas include Tamarin Falls and the Chamarel coloured earth. The district capital is Bambous. Previously it wasTamarin. It is the third largest District of Mauritius in area, but the smallest in terms of population. It contains much of Mauritius' unique tropical forests, including those found in the Black River Gorge.

Flacq is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. The capital is Centre de Flacq. This district houses the village of Flacq, which is well known for its market. This market is on most tourist brochures. BelleMare plage beach, an exotic beach with white sand and nice lagoon attracts a lot of mauritians and tourists.

Pamplemousses is a district of Mauritius in the north of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. Its capital is Triolet.

The first record of Mauritius comes from Arab and Austronesian sailors as early as the 2nd century. The Portuguese sailors first visited it in 1507 and established a visiting base leaving the island uninhabited. Three ships of the eight Dutch Second Fleet that were sent to the Spice Islands were blown off course during a cyclone and landed on the island in 1598, naming it in honour of Prince Maurice of Nassau, the Stadtholder of the Netherlands. In 1638, the Dutch established the first permanent settlement. Because of tough climatic conditions including cyclones and the deterioration of the settlement, the Dutch abandoned the island some decades later. France, which already controlled the neighbouring Île Bourbon (now Réunion) seized Mauritius in 1715 and later renamed it Île de France (Isle of France). Under French rule, the island developed a prosperous economy based on sugar production. In the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) the British set out to gain control of the island. Despite winning the Battle of Grand Port, Napoleon's only naval victory over the British, the French surrendered to a British invasion at Cap Malheureux three months later. They formally surrendered on 3 December 1810, on terms allowing settlers to keep their land and property and to use the French language and law of France in criminal and civil matters. Under British rule, the island's name reverted to the original Mauritius.

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