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Sugar World Tour: Discover Mauritius' Sweet History
4.5
18 Ratings
Pamplemousses
Uncovering Mauritius’s Sugar Universe
Sugar has left a significant mark on the history and identity of Mauritius. A trip to L’Aventure du Sucre will provide insights into this influence, where a museum within an old sugar factory offers displays about sugarcane cultivation.
Uncovering Mauritius’s Sugar Universe
Sugar has left a significant mark on the history and identity of Mauritius. A trip to L’Aventure du Sucre will provide insights into this influence, where a museum within an old sugar factory offers displays about sugarcane cultivation.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- L’Aventure Du Sucre - Once lusted after as much as gold, as much sought after as Indian spices, as sweet on the palate as silk is round a woman’s neck, sugar has enjoyed an extraordinary existence, leaving a profound impression on the history and identity of Mauritius. Travelling through the museum, visitors learn about the deeply intertwined…
- L’Aventure Du Sucre - Once lusted after as much as gold, as much sought after as Indian spices, as sweet on the palate as silk is round a woman’s neck, sugar has enjoyed an extraordinary existence, leaving a profound impression on the history and identity of Mauritius. Travelling through the museum, visitors learn about the deeply intertwined history of sugar and Mauritius, how it has all led to the harmonious, smiling and multicultural society it is today.
What's Included
- Admission Ticket
- Admission Ticket
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Bottled water
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Bottled water
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Nearly all sections of the site are accessible to wheelchair users
- Cancellation Policy: No charges for cancellation 48 hours before excursion date. Refund of 50% for cancellation 24 hours before the excursion date. No refund for cancellation on the same day of excursion.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Nearly all sections of the site are accessible to wheelchair users
- Cancellation Policy: No charges for cancellation 48 hours before excursion date. Refund of 50% for cancellation 24 hours before the excursion date. No refund for cancellation on the same day of excursion.
Location
L'Aventure du Sucre
B18
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(18 Ratings)
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9006mb
Feb 4, 2024
A must see - A magnificent place where the history of the island and sugar cane mix.
Essential to understand all the stages of sugar but also of rum and the epic of the population.
Sugar tasting at the end of the visit, but be careful expensive but also honey and rum
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Ildefonsop1980
Jan 23, 2024
100% recommended. - We visited as part of the scheduled excursion to visit the north of the island. We really liked the factory/museum, the sugar tasting and the rum tasting. We were lucky enough to eat at the factory restaurant and we ate very well.
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Topcatcook1969
Oct 3, 2023
Fun and imformative - Great tour ( need your mobile phone!) A great way to get the history of sugar from the island, great fro children too, aimed at all ages. Rum tasting at the end
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Colinf296
Jul 1, 2023
Interesting history - Small coach tour with an excellent guide. Fascinating factory with a very well written story of the island. Although no longer functioning you get close up to the (UK made) machinery. The visit also included a sugar tasting (now we understand the different sugars!) and of course a rum tasting. It was surpassing just how many different types of rum they produced.
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872emmaw
Mar 4, 2023
Go for the restaurant! - We had been recommended to visit this museum as their restaurant was supposed to be good for lunch and they were not wrong! The museum was interesting, you can download an app to listen to the tour in your chosen language but it is very long so I skipped through a few chapters. You can taste rum and sugar in the shop afterwards which had a wide variety of such products to buy but they were not cheap (like everything else in Mauritius). The restaurant was well worth the drive, it was lovely. We had lunch quite early (around noon) as we’d finished our tour which was handy as quite a few tables were already booked. The crime brûlée was one of the best I’ve ever had, definitely try it.
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Doriag348
May 26, 2024
The world of sugar - Such a huge place with so many informations! It could take the whole day for you to read and explore every corner of the sugar museum. We took the audio guide which is an app that you download via your phone. It leads you throught museum points explaining about Mauritius history, start od sugar production and impact on the social life. At the end od the tour you have a shop where you can taste whole bunch of different kinds of sugar and rum. Enjoy!
P.S. it is a perfect activity to do when its a rainy day
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Priya
May 10, 2024
Very interesting. Not to miss. - Very enriching and complete museum with activities offered at the end for tasting different types of sugar, honey and rum. I particularly thank Ms. Darshinee for her service.
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Matthewisthename
Feb 19, 2024
Plan your day, a museum with everything - Visited here whilst on honeymoon as we had been recommended it by a few people.
Firstly this place is huge and filled with a lot of information. You could visit here and not need to visit any other museum on the island.
With that said though it is a lot of text to read so plan your time wisely as you could spend the day reading absolutely everything.
At the end of the museum path is a gift shop and a rum section which we looked forward to however if you’re driving keep in mind you won’t be able to taste them all. We had excellent service by the gentleman at the bar. Would recommend.
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Gordonwhakatane
Jan 20, 2024
Interesting self guided tour - A very well laid out self guided tour. Very interesting story and significantly more about the history of Mauritius than I expected. Very interesting and engaging place.
I would recommend improving the cooling inside. It was extremely hot and sticky inside.
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835laetitiap
Nov 5, 2023
Beautiful but expensive - The site is very beautiful. The shop offers superb typical products from Mauritius but the prices are too high I preferred to go to the Craft Market in Port Louis to buy all the souvenirs
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