Souillac
Named after the Vicomte de Souillac, the island's French governor from 1779 to 1787, Souillac Like Mahebourg, is of little interest in itself. It is not particularly welcoming or helpful to visitors, probably because it is not used to getting them. Souillac seems a place that Mauritius likes to visit. Gris Gris and Robert Edward Hart’s house are popular school outings.
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Gris Gris
Continue along the road past Le Nef and the Robert Edward Hart Museum and you come to grassy cliff top, which affords a view of the black rocky coastline where the reef is broken, and a path down toLa RocheQue Pleure
The rock that cries is a little further east along coast from Gris Gris and resembles a crying man. In fact it looks like the profile of Robert Edward Hart. Two pictures in the Robert Edward hartRochesters Falls
A 5km walk from Souillac, past the Terracine sugar mill and through the cane fields along a well- marked route, brings you to this gushing little number. The falls are not so much high as wide a sortRobert Edward Hart Museum
Robert Edward hart (1891-1954) was a renowned Mauritius poet, appreciated by the French and English alike. He wrote in French and translations of his poetry are hard to find. He lived out the lastTelfair Gardens
More like a small municipal park than actual gardens, the Telfair Gardens are hardly an outstanding sight. But they are conveniently opposite the Bus Park in Soullic, on the road to the Robert EdwardLe Souffleur
The reef, which nearly surrounds Mauritius, has a major break in it on the south-east coast. Instead of beach and calm lagoon, the sea rushes up against lava rocks and cliffs, carving out a varietyLeisure and Entertainment
Beaches
No island on earth offers such a variety of beautiful beaches and lagoons. On the west coast are the public beaches of Tamarin, (well-known to surfers for its big waves), Flic en Flac, which