Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire
Mountain in Mauritius
Rising 828 m (2,717 ft) above sea level in Rivière Noire District, part of the Black River range: the tallest mountain on Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.
Photo: Yann Crettaz, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mauritius: 10 places worth the journey
Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire, Trou aux Cerfs, Saya de Malha Bank and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
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- MUR
What to see in Mauritius
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Mauritius and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Trou aux Cerfs
Volcano in Curepipe, Mauritius
A dormant cinder cone volcano in Curepipe, Mauritius, 605 m (1,985 ft) high, with a clearly defined cone and a crater holding a lake.
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Saya de Malha Bank
Submerged bank in Mauritius
Also called the Mesh Skirt Bank, one of the biggest submerged banks in the world's oceans, part of the huge undersea Mascarene Plateau.
Photo: Mohonu, Public domain
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
Garden in Pamplemousses, near Port Louis, Mauritius
Commonly called the Pamplemousses Botanic Garden, a popular tourist sight in Pamplemousses, near Port Louis, Mauritius; no botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere is older. First laid out by Pierre Poivre in 1770, it covers around 37 hectares, and its long pond of giant water lilies is its best-known feature.
Photo: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Pieter Both (mountain)
Second highest mountain of Mauritius
Sometimes called Peter Botte Mountain, the second-highest mountain in Mauritius, 820 metres (2,690 ft) tall, eight metres lower than Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire.
Photo: Avinash Meetoo from Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, CC BY-SA 2.0
Le Pouce
Mountain in Mauritius
The third-highest mountain in Mauritius, 812 meters high, lower only than Pieter Both and Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire.
Photo: carrotmadman6, CC BY 2.0
St. Louis Cathedral, Port-Louis
Church in Port Louis, Mauritius
Where the Port-Louis bishop has his seat: a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Port Louis, Mauritius.
Photo: Karsten Ratzke, CC0
Tamarind Falls
Series of waterfalls in Mauritius
Also called Tamarin Falls, a scenic spot in south-western Mauritius: seven cataracts on the Rivière Tamarin, two kilometers northwest of Mare aux Vacoas, a large lake.
Photo: Mip130916, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mangal Mahadev
Statue of Shiva in Savanne district, Mauritius
Standing 33 m (108 ft) tall with his Trishula (trident), a figure of the Hindu god Shiva at the entrance to Ganga Talao, a crater lake in Mauritius's Savanne district. Modelled on the Shiva statue in Sursagar lake at Vadodara, in India's Gujarat, it is the tallest statue in the country.
Photo: carrotmadman6 from Mauritius, CC BY 2.0
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Bank of Mauritius Tower
Skyscraper in Port Louis, Mauritius
The country's tallest building: a skyscraper in Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, housing the Bank of Mauritius.
Photo: Thierry, CC BY-SA 3.0
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About Mauritius
Officially the Republic of Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles off Africa's southeastern coast, east of Madagascar. Besides the main island it takes in Rodrigues, St. Brandon and Agaléga. Mauritius and Rodrigues, with nearby Réunion, belong to the Mascarene Islands.
Officially The Republic of Mauritius. Known locally as Mauritius, Maurice, Moris.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
Questions travellers ask
What is worth seeing in Mauritius?
This guide lists 10: Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire, Trou aux Cerfs, Saya de Malha Bank and Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden and others.
How were these places chosen?
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Mauritius that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
What language is spoken in Mauritius, and what currency?
English, French, Mauritian Creole. The currency is MUR.
How do I get mobile data in Mauritius?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $3.81 for 1GB per day. The eSIM is data-only and sits alongside your normal SIM, so calls, texts and WhatsApp keep working on your own number.
Which networks would my phone use in Mauritius?
Emtel. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal where you are, the same way a local phone does.
One practical note: staying online
Maps, tickets and translation all want data, and roaming is the expensive way to get it. A Computatus eSIM eSIM connects to Emtel once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 10 Computatus eSIM plans for Mauritius from $3.81
| Plan | Data | Valid | Price | Order |
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| 1GB for 7 days | 1 GB | 7 days | $4.03 | Get it → |
| 2GB per day | 2 GB | 1 day | $7.16 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 15 days | 3 GB | 15 days | $10.74 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 30 days | 3 GB | 30 days | $11.42 | Get it → |
| 3GB per day | 3 GB | 1 day | $12.08 | Get it → |
No app needed. Install by QR code before you fly, keep your own number for calls, and it connects the moment you land.
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