Discover Roches Noires | Bassin lave | Trou diable | Mauritius Island

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« Roches-Noires, this is my home. I grew up there. I love this little corner of paradise still preserved from mass tourism and little developed.The originality of this region is that it is bordered by fine white sandy beaches on one side and at the back it shelters a dense and swampy forest with underground lava tunnels. The seaside is punctuated by small creeks bounded by black rocks, hence its name! On the other side of the road, in the village of Roches-Noires, there are many filaos (our Mauritian pines) and caves that are surprising to discover. »
Amélie Marrier d’Unienville

Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, passing over a bridge from where we can admire small traditional pirogues on the turquoise sea.

The ruins of a lime kiln. To enter cautiously inside. The steps are dizzyingly high and are not levelled. These kilns are the witnesses of a very active industrial past. They were mainly used to obtain lime which was used in masonry. Coral was, under the action of fire, transformed into lime. Hence their location near the sea. These imposing stone chimneys could reach 800 to 1000 degrees. Later, the sugar industry used it to clarify the cane juice and obtain a less coarse sugar.

Trou Diable. The inhabitants tell legends about this place which they consider to be cursed. There are several stories, some say that a soul haunted the old ruins of the old mill,

The Lava tube caves will allow you witness stalactites and stalagmites forming in this place. The stone stairs have been constructed from falling natural basalt rocks.

Thankful to Mr Oduth Chengayanee for allowing me to embark on his boat.

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