Car Rental Mauritius

Mauritius is an island nation in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, about 900 km east of Madagascar. Approximately 1.2 million people live on the 2000 square kilometer island with the capital Port Louis. Mauritius consists of two large and several small islands. On the older which gave its name to the country, a majority of the population, another 40,000 on the island of Rodrigues lives. Mauritius is surrounded by a reef, from which some of the smaller islands, such as Amber Iceland, collect.

Discovered the uninhabited until then Mauritius in 1505 by the Portuguese of Pedro Mascarenhas, was used only as a base and still not colonised. First settlements occurred until 1638 by the Dutch, until 1715 took the French the island of possession of and established Port Louis. Although almost 100 years later, the English took control of Mauritius, French influence in the country dominated in language and architecture. When British slavery was abolished in 1835, a true wave of immigrants from India a, where most of the people of the island have their roots. Since 1968, the country is a Republic independent and since 1992.

Undeniably, the most beautiful part of the island is mainly their phenomenal Beach landscape.200 Kilometres of coast, there are here alone 170 km of fine sandy beach. Is one of the most beautiful the'Bai du Tombeau', to reach Port Louis for 15 minutes with a car. The whole beach is covered with Palm trees, which provide ample shade. ' Trou aux Biches' with its offshore coral reef is also a worthwhile goal.