Tsingoni Mosque
Mosque in Tsingoni, Mayotte
Regarded as the first mosque ever founded in France: a mosque at Tsingoni, on Mayotte, a French overseas department and region.
Photo: Ornella Lamberti, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mayotte: 10 places worth the journey
Tsingoni Mosque, Choazil Islands, Mont Choungui and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
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What to see in Mayotte
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Mayotte and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Choazil Islands
Mayotte Islands
Also called the Malandzamia Islands, two small islands off the shore of Mtsamboro, in northern Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean, with the bigger Chissioua Mtsamboro to their northwest.
Photo: Kelly064, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mont Choungui
Mountain on Mayotte, Comoro
A strikingly cone-shaped volcanic mountain in the south of Mayotte, a French island in the Comoro archipelago of the western Indian Ocean. At 593 m (1,946 ft) it is the island's second-highest point, after Mont Bénara, and can be seen from far out at sea.
Photo: Frédéric Ducarme, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Pamanzi
Also called Petite-Terre: an island of Mayotte, a French overseas department and region, and the second-biggest of its islands after Grande-Terre. Dziani Dzaha, a crater lake full of sulphurous water, lies at its northern end.
Photo: European Space Agency / CNES, Attribution
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Our Lady of Fatima Church, Mamoudzou
Church in Mayotte, France
A Catholic church in Mamoudzou, capital and most populous commune of Mayotte, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.
Photo: franek2, CC BY-SA 3.0
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St. Michael's Church, Dzaoudzi
Church in Mayotte, France
Also called simply the Church of Dzaoudzi, a Catholic church in the town of Dzaoudzi, in Mayotte, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
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Grande-Terre, Mayotte
Island in Mayotte
The main island of Mayotte, a French overseas region, in the northern Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, between north-eastern Mozambique and north-western Madagascar.
Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mayotte Marine Natural Park
Marine Park in the Comoro Islands
A park protecting the sea around Mayotte, a French overseas region in the Comoro Islands archipelago, which lies in the Mozambique Channel, in the west of the Indian Ocean.
Photo: Richzena, CC BY-SA 3.0
Chissioua Mtsamboro
French island in the archipelago of Mayotte
Formerly widely called M'Tsamboro islet, a French island of the Mayotte archipelago in the Indian Ocean, just off Mtsamboro's coast and north of the Choazil Islands.
Photo: Richzena, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Forests of Mayotte National Nature Reserve
Protected area on Mayotte
A reserve protecting the forests of Mayotte, a French overseas department on an island in the Indian Ocean.
Photo: mwanasimba from La Réunion, CC BY-SA 2.0
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About Mayotte
Officially the Department of Mayotte, an overseas department and region of France and a single territorial collectivity. As one of France's overseas departments and one of its 18 regions, it stands on an equal footing with the departments of Metropolitan France. Within the European Union it is an outermost region, and, being a French overseas department, it uses the euro.
Officially The Department of Mayotte.
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 Mayotte?
This guide lists 10: Tsingoni Mosque, Choazil Islands, Mont Choungui and Pamanzi 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 Mayotte 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 Mayotte, and what currency?
French. The currency is EUR.
How do I get mobile data in Mayotte?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $2.15 for 2GB 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 Mayotte?
Orange. 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 Orange once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 9 Computatus eSIM plans for Mayotte from $2.15
| Plan | Data | Valid | Price | Order |
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| 2GB per day Cheapest | 2 GB | 1 day | $2.15 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 15 days | 3 GB | 15 days | $2.69 | Get it → |
| 3GB for 30 days | 3 GB | 30 days | $2.86 | Get it → |
| 3GB per day | 3 GB | 1 day | $3.04 | Get it → |
| 5GB per day | 5 GB | 1 day | $3.67 | Get it → |
| 5GB for 30 days | 5 GB | 30 days | $4.26 | 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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