Rodrigues: François Leguat Giant Tortoise Reserve

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Giant Tortoise Reserve

After taking the bus from Port Mathurin, past La Ferme to Cascade Jean Louis we made our way to the park on foot. The first sign said 400m so we followed the road along until we came across another sign which said something different. Luckily the weather wasn't too hot and sticky and we had planned in advance and taken some water with us and the view was good!

We met an interesting character along the road, a Belgian who had been there for about 5 years and was setting up a guesthouse and restaurant with his brother-in-law.

Our walk was definitely longer than 400m! As luck would have it we arrived at the park just as it started raining. We took advantage of the 30 minute wait to visit the interesting little museum which has information about the flora and fauna of Rodrigues and how some of the species met their demise.

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