It has been years that the Rempart Mountain, found on the west of the island of Mauritius, has been on my bucket-list and some days back, one very early morning we set off to conquer the beast. Rendez-vous was set at 5h30am at Cascavelle and with my friend JM Agathe we started the trail around…
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EXPLORE: Hiking Chamarel Waterfall
If you have read this post about one of the iconic waterfalls of the island, Chamarel Falls, and has been wondering about how to get down to this waterfall, then this blog post will certainly enlighten you. Early this year, during the month of February, together with Idriss & Co, we set off towards Chamarel…
Hiking Iconic Pieter Both Mountain
The iconic Pieter Both mountain! Geographically, this ‘monument’ forms part of the Port Louis/Moka Range of mountains and is practically an emblem for the island. The uniqueness of its appearance having a boulder-type rock standing proudly on a peak is just magnificent, and by mentioning ‘icon’, this picture is even representing the island Mauritius in…
Hiking Corps de Garde Mount-again
Last weekend, out of a head bang, we decided to go hiking at the Corps de Garde mountain. By we, there was me, my sis-in-law and another friend of ours. She was new to hiking and it’s been a month since my last hike at Trois Mamelles mountain (for the 3rd time), and Corps de…
Hiking Trois Mamelles Mountain
Keeping our usual hike trend, Sunday last (25/09/16) we (me and my two work colleagues, let’s name them Mr V and Mr R) set off towards Bassin Estate at 1h15pm in an attempt to hike the centre peak of the Trois Mamelles mountain. The name Trois Mamelles certainly refers to the fact that this mountain…
Hiking La Tourelle du Tamarin Mountain
After having spent the earlier half of the day at Eau Bleue, and since I was officially hiking La Tourelle du Tamarin mountain the coming Sunday I decided to spend a few hours gathering info on the path to the mountain. As the access is found in a morcellement with quite some ambiguous roads my…
Hiking Le Morne Mountain
One Thursday evening (04/08/16), I received a call from my good friend Idriss about hiking Le Morne mountain for Saturday morning. One week after achieving Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire mountain, and now that the access to Le Morne mountain has been opened to the public… yes, previously it was a private access and one could only…
Hiking Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire Mountain
Well, long story short, there has been a change of plan from hiking Le Morne Mountain to hiking Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire. On the 30th July 2016 at 14:41 we (me and Idriss) started off the track near Black River Gorges Viewpoint towards the summit of the Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire,…
Climbing Lion Mountain
Well, after having climbed Corps de Garde and Le Pouce Mountain respectively, and maintaining our fortnightly mountain-climbing activity, this weekend our target was Lion Mountain. Found in the district of Grand Port, this mountain is quite famous by its appearance, taking the shape of a sitting Lion. And it was time to pay a visit…
Climbing Le Pouce Mountain
Having recently climbed the Corps de Garde Mountain, the thrill was still present to continue this adventure for other mountains as well in Mauritius, and our (me and my two work colleagues) next attempt was for Le Pouce Mountain. Found in the region of St Pierre/Moka, this mountain has the reputation of being among the…
Climbing Corps de Garde Mountain
One early February afternoon I received a call from a good friend asking if I was interested in joining him to climb the Corps de Garde mountain. Adventurous as always I readily accepted and we met at the foot of the mountain 30 minutes later to start the climb. Somehow, I neglected the fact that I…