Curepipe Botanic Gardens
Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Route des Jardins, Curepipe, is the second largest botanical garden in Mauritius. It has a relatively informal layout, and contains a river, lake and the world's rarest palm tree among other attractions.Photo: Coolth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trou aux Cerfs and Royal College Curepipe.
Trou aux Cerfs
Volcano
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Trou aux Cerfs is a dormant, crater lake, cinder cone volcano with a well-defined cone and crater. It is 605 m high and located in Curepipe, Mauritius.
Royal College Curepipe
College
Photo: Mrorangina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal College Curepipe is one of the most prestigious secondary schools in Mauritius, with high admission standards. Since 1791 it has been regarded as a school of excellence and started to build a consistent laureateship from the 1800s and now has 207 years of laureateship. Royal College Curepipe is situated 1¼ km northeast of Curepipe Botanic Gardens.
Lycée La Bourdonnais
School
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lycée La Bourdonnais is a French international school in Curepipe, Mauritius. It serves primary school through lycée. It was founded in 1953. Lycée La Bourdonnais is situated 1½ km east of Curepipe Botanic Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curepipe and Glen Park.
Curepipe
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Curepipe is a sprawling town in the centre of Mauritius. At an altitude of 561 m, it marks the top of the ridge on the road between Port Louis and Vieux Grand Port, and the name may indicate that travellers rested here for long enough to smoke then clean out their clay pipes.
Glen Park
Quarter
Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. Glen Park is situated 3 km west of Curepipe Botanic Gardens.
Vacoas-Phoenix
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Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles, is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District.
Curepipe Botanic Gardens
- Type: Park
- Categories: botanical garden and recreation area
- Location: Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.32512° or 20° 19′ 30″ southLongitude
57.51302° or 57° 30′ 47″ eastOpen location code
5HFVMGF7+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 126227132OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3162393
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Curepipe Botanic Gardens” goes by many names.
- French: “jardin botanique de Curepipe”
- French: “Jardin botanique de Curepipe”
- Latvian: “Kjūrpaipas botāniskais dārzs”
- Spanish: “Curepipe Botanic Gardens”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Curepipe”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Curepipe”
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