Château de Labourdonnais
A 19th-century colonial plantation mansion near Mapou in the north, where you can tour the old house and orchards and taste local jams, rum and juices.
Château de Labourdonnais stands near Mapou in the north. Built in 1859, it is an Italian neoclassical colonial plantation manor house, constructed by the Wiehe family, who ran a sugarcane plantation. After restoration it opened as a museum.
The visit includes the drawing room, dining room and bedrooms, furnished as they would have been in the 19th century, with displays on the history of sugar plantations. The estate also has a century-old orchard, giant tortoises, and workshops producing jam and rum. After the tour you can taste the estate's own juices, jams and rum, and the on-site restaurant has a pleasant setting.
Entry costs about 500–900 rupees (depending on whether tasting is included), and it is open roughly 09:00–17:00. It's about a 20-minute drive from Grand Baie, and can be combined with Pamplemousses Botanical Garden and the Aventure du Sucre sugar museum for a northern day trip.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- L'Aventure du Sucre
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
- Grand Baie
- Cap Malheureux
- Fort Adelaide (La Citadelle)
- Aapravasi Ghat
- Port Louis Central Market
- Le Caudan Waterfront