Rodrigues Island

 

Discover the beauty of this paradise island name Rodrigues. Lost in the indian ocean 560km from Mauritius Rodrigues is the lost paradise for travellers looking for beaches completely deserted.

Time sems to be stop , the warm welcome of the population mainly creole, the main reseources of the island is the artisanal product , fishing , tourism and agriculture.

 

Rodrigues Island geographical

At the heart of the Indian Ocean, at latitude 19°43’ S and longitude 63°25’ E, Rodrigues Island stretches over a surface area of 108 km2. Some 650 km north east of Mauritius, Born from volcanic activity between 1.3 and 1.5 million years ago, the island 18km long, 8km wide – is the smallest of the Mascarene archipelago.Lost in the Indian Ocean this beautiful paradise island is the lost treasury for travellers .

The surroundings of Rodrigues  have as of today isolated beaches that still hold it’s savage nature spirit

We provide mainly tourism information concerning Rodrigues island, booking of hotel , car rental , Sport activity like kitsurf & tours to rodrigues .

Rodrigues island

It is a mountainous island with a succession of valleys plunging to the 300km2 lagoons, bringing an exhilarating feeling of weightlessness whilst meandering through steep escarpments and terraced fields towards its 80km coastline.

 

Rodrigues Island gastronomy

 

Two Factors combine in the richness of flavor’s that makes Rodriguan cuisine one of the tastiest in the creole world and in the Indian Ocean region.
The choice is vast: a traditional corn soup, steamed crab with garden spices, an octopus curry on a bed of home ground corn and red kidney beans from the garden,pork in honey, a cabri sauter ( goat) with local flavor’s or some country chicken . We assume that Rodrigues Island will let you discover new taste during your stay.

 

It is also very reputed for the craftsmanship, the use of local materials such as the vakoa (pandanus) and the vetiver gave birth to a real economic activity based on basketery ,table mats, etc.. Activities thus develop around the use of coconut by-product in rodrigues island