Best Indian Lakshadweep, Mauritian and Seychellois Port Louis, Mahé, Praslin and Indian Ocean Deep Archipelago Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Best Indian Lakshadweep, Mauritian and Seychellois Port Louis (Aapravasi Ghat UNESCO 2006, Le Morne UNESCO 2008), Mahé, Praslin (Vallée de Mai UNESCO 1983, Aldabra UNESCO 1982) and Indian Ocean Deep Archipelago Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR I planned this Indian Ocean swing the way an engineer plans a release: three islands, three currencies, one ocean, and no wasted flights. Mauritius gave me Port Louis, the 1828 Central Market, the 1812 Champ de Mars racetrack (oldest in the Southern Hemisphere), and the two UNESCO sites that bookend the country's painful and proud history: Aapravasi Ghat (inscribed 2006), the 1.6-hectare Immigration Depot that processed 451,000 Indian indentured workers between 1834 and 1910, and Le Morne Cultural Landscape (inscribed 2008), the 556-metre basalt monolith where runaway slaves took refuge in the 18th and 19th centuries. Entry to Aapravasi Ghat costs MUR 150 (USD 3); the Le Morne hike cos...