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Bambous Budget Guest House Accommodation Mauritius, Geography, Tourist Attractions, Bookstore, Map of Mauritius 

Welcome to the Bambous Budget Guest House Mauritius.  

We are located about half-way in-between Albion and Flic En Flac and Winners Supermarket is only a short walk to fill your holiday sandwich.    

Home - cooked meals are available on request at little extra cost.  

Double bedroom self catering or catered accommodation. 

Ideal if you are on a tight budget. 

You will have your own private bedroom with shared lounge, kitchen, bathroom facilities.

Bambous

The small town of Bambous in the Black River district of Mauritius [Population 13047] is situated in West Mauritius a few miles inland from the coast along the main A3 road from Port Louis to Tamarin in an agricultural area against a beautiful background of mountains and La Ferme Reservoir. 

It offers a small range of shops, banks and economic activity, public and welfare services, for example primary and secondary schools, as well as institutions for vocational or technical training and manufacturing units. 

"On A3 south of Bambous the Casela Nature Park is within walking distance of Bambous and Flic En Flac and is well-served by public transport. 

The 14-hectare park is on the main road 1km east of the turn to Flic en Flac. It is beautifully landscaped and has sweeping views over the coastal plain. 

The park houses some 1500 birds, representing species from around the world (some in rather small cages) including rare pink pigeons. 

There are also tigers, zebras, monkeys and deer living in a semi-reserve and giant tortoises, one of which is 180 years old. 

Children are well catered for with a petting zoo, playground and mini golf.

Casela also offers 'safaris' by jeep, mountain bike or on foot around the nearby 45-sq-km Yemen Reserve, where deer, wild pigs, fruit bats and monkeys can be seen in their natural habitat; prices vary according to the different packages.

Quad biking and rock climbing are also on offer. 

The park has a pleasant lunch-time restaurant serving drinks, snacks and more substantial meals to visitors offering fantastic views of the south western coast.

Phone: +230 452 0693 Opening hours: 9am to 5pm daily." Source: Lonely Planet Guide

Tourist Attractions nearest to Bambous Dolphin Watch

Their innate connection to humans has made dolphins one of the most fascinating sea creatures. Most often seen in the West of Mauritius and in groups of four or five, the dolphins are more than happy to perform their ballet in the water, as they ride alongside the boat! 

The Casela Leisure and Nature Park

a beautiful garden and bird sanctuary of some 25 acres, is situated in the west part of the island Mauritius near the small village Flic en Flac. 

Almost 2500 birds of 140 different species are housed in some 90 aviaries. 

For example the Mauritian Pink Pigeon, one of the rarest birds in the world, can be seen here. 

Casela also houses other animals such as tigers, monkeys, lemurs, deer and giant tortoises, etc. 

Its natural setting, spacious layout and luxuriant vegetation also makes it a popular spot. 

Situated in the Rivière Noire district, the bird park stretches over 25 hectares and contains more than 140 bird species from all five continents. Other attractions include fish ponds, tigers, tortoises, monkeys, deer and orchids.

The Black River Gorges is a 6,574 hectare park proclaimed natural reserve in 1994. 

It protects much of the remaining indigenous forests of Mauritius and provides an excellent opportunity to visitors to enjoy a wonderful hiking with spectacular scenery and also an occasion to appreciate some of the unique endemic plants and birdlife of Mauritius. 

The gorges have immensely contributed to the regeneration of some endangered endemic bird species like the Mauritian Kestrel and the Pink Pigeon. 

Bird species like the Mauritius parakeet, Mauritius cuckoo-shrike, Mauritius bulbul, Mauritius olive white-eye, Mauritius grey white-eye and Mauritius fody can be found there. 

The National Park is easily accessible from Vacoas or Curepipe via La Marie and Mare aux Vacoas. 

A visitor information centre has been set up at Le Pétrin to welcome and direct visitors and also to provide picnic facilities. 

A boardwalk leads to the typical dwarf forest of the region and a fenced conservation management area (from which invasive non-native plants have been removed) protects a sample of the remaining heathland. From there, various hiking tracks are offered and visitors can choose to walk to Maccabée forest (7km return) or down through the Gorges to Black River (15km) from the road across Plaine Champagne towards Chamarel where there is easy access to viewpoints at Alexandra Falls, over Bel Ombre and over the spectacular Black River Gorges. 

There are also a number of longer walking trails including one to the island's highest point, Black River Peak ( 828m). 

Road access into the Black River Gorges from the coast road has been upgraded and offers a Visitor Centre as well as a camping area.