Sunday, September 14, 2008
Casela Bird Park.
Casela Bird Park... Bird park near Flic en Flac in the East coast of Black River district..very famous in the island and the Indian Ocean...the main attraction is bird, some 50 species of bird and wild animal. A new attraction is setup now and my friend Liesl Smit have try it out, the lions! For Liesl, Mauritius is nice place to live and work..The bird picture will come soon..keep on watching.:)
La Vanille Corcodile Park
La Vaille Crocodile Park...Very beautiful nature park with many attractions, mostly Animals and Plants!!As the name of this Nature park, the main attraction is the Crocodile, they are from African andother Indian Ocean countries. You may also find many different species of endemic plants and many species of animal, insect and fish.
Crocodile park is also a very nice place to have a visit with Children for educational tour or just a simple visit with familly and friends, its near the famous Coastal village of Souillac and beach of GRIS GRIS in the south of the Island.
DODO Extinct
DODO..the extinct big bird of Mauritius, very famous Worldwide in History, Story and even in kids cartoon, in early days of Mauritius history the DODO was hunted because of its nice meat,as it couldn't fly and was very big it was very easy to catch...very bad that its extinct now, but we still have the statue..many artists and craftmans use the dodo as a key part of there work and product..you can see this statue of DODO at Crocodile park... :)
Tortoise
Another member of this Nature Park is the BIG Tortoise, Big and lazy, brown colour they are also an attraction of this park...these Tortoise can live up to 80 years and can weight app. 300 kgs, kids and adult love to have a ride on them...so this was a little on Crocodile park and these picture was taken by a friend, Liesl Smit from South Africa...
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Statue
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam also known as SSR, born in Kewal Nagar Mauritius on the 18 September 1900 and became the first Prime Minister of Mauritius in 1961, He led the Island to its Independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, SSR is well known in many Countries as he was known as the father of the Nation, he also put Mauritius in the political and economic stability...long live SSR.......