Guided tours Rodrigues

Claire and Christian's lovely café in the center of Port Mathurin is the starting point for this 2h15 cultural tour of the capital's history and memories. Since it all began here, on the spot where the city was later built, this walking tour is one of the best introductions to the country. Like Rodrigues Friendly's other immersive and unique excursions (all-day tours), the walk is brilliantly led by Christian, who knows how to bring to life every building and make every reference to the past fascinating. Anecdotes and explanations abound throughout the fifteen stops in the alleyways of this small pocket capital, built on water and no bigger than its 2 ^km2. Christian's words bring to life the men and events that have marked and shaped the island's destiny. It was in 1691 that François Leguat established the French colony on the banks of a river. Christian recounts the influence of Father Gandy, that of the Creole house "Centre Carrefour" built in 1872 by the Church, the importance of the post office where letters were delivered by auction, the role of the Residence, which is adorned with an object that we all regularly carry in our pockets, the incredible story of the cannon that came from Mesopotamia, or the Rodriguan flag with its nine symbols... and so many other "little stories" that, as the brochure says, "take us far away". Don't forget to book in advance!

A subsidiary of Mauritours in Rodrigues, Rod Tours is the island's most important provider and offers impeccable service. The group has long established in Rodrigues where it has 2 hotels in international standards: Coconut and Pointe Venus. Of course, it's a little less artisan than elsewhere, but it's still far from impersonal mass tourism. A wide choice of services and services is proposed: airport transfer, reservation of stay, wide panel of excursions: Aux Island (boat and picnic) - Saint Gabriel Church/Cave Patate/coral quarry - Port Mathurin/Baie aux Huîtres/Anse aux Anglais/Grand Baie - Escapade escapade boat trip with barbecue on the beach - Saint-François and Silver Hole (transfer and 1 h 30 round trip) - complete island tour - discovery of the seabed with a deep glass of glass. There are also à la carte excursions on request. Cafe at Hotel Pointe Venus, owned by the same group.

Known throughout Rodrigues, he is the oldest boatman of the island still in activity, a colorful character and above all a person with a big heart who, in a singing Creole, transmits to us his sweet philosophy of life during the crossing. Once arrived on the island, we taste the small dishes prepared by Jo Cool and his family, we visit, we swim, we soak up the extraordinary magic of this still preserved island, this same magic shared on the way out and on the way back in the intimacy of the pirogue when Jo Cool tells us about his Rodrigues island.