Aapravasi Ghat
A UNESCO World Heritage Site where about 450,000 Indian indentured laborers landed in the 19th century, bearing witness to the history of modern migration.
Located on the seafront in Port-Louis, this was an immigration station for indentured laborers from 1849 to 1923. About 450,000 workers from India and elsewhere entered Mauritius here to work on plantations. It marked the beginning of the indentured labor system that followed the British abolition of slavery, and it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2006. The remaining landing steps, hospital, and barrack ruins are on site, and the adjacent interpretation center and museum use exhibits and reconstructed scenes to tell the story of the migrants. Entry is free. It is open on weekdays from about 09:00 to 16:00, with shorter hours on weekends. It is about a 5-minute walk from the Central Market and Caudan Waterfront.
Opening hours
Mon–Fri 09:00–16:00; Sat until 12:00
Nearby sights
- Port Louis Central Market
- Le Caudan Waterfront
- Fort Adelaide (La Citadelle)
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
- L'Aventure du Sucre
- Château de Labourdonnais
- Trou aux Cerfs
- Grand Baie