Île Rodrigues, Parc François Leguat
Film Promotionnel, Zone Australe, Serge Marizy sur le Parc à Tortues et Grotte François Leguat en collaboration avec l'Office du Tourisme de Rodrigues.
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Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - The Top Adventures of Mauritius
Rodrigues island, Mauritius: The Top Adventures on Rodrigues Island Mauritius
Rodrigues Island, a small island in the Indian Ocean, may be off the beaten track, but there are plenty of things to keep the adrenaline junky happy. Hop on a motorcycle and take a tour out of Port Mathurin after exploring the local markets, and drive around the island to experience the sights and sounds! Take kitesurfing lessons where Lesson 1 is how to control the kite, and lesson 2 is to see how much salt water you can drink. Walk with the giant tortoises at Francois Leguat Tortoise Reserve. Try the zip line or bungy jump at the Tyrolieene Suspension bridge. Or just sit back and watch the kite surfers , eat some scrumptious creole dishes, and watch a traditional dance performance complete with traditional Rodrigues accordion music at the Morouk Ebony Hotel or Cotton Bay Hotel. There are hiking trails all over the island and caves to explore too! This island has something for everyone, and it was one of our most favorite stops in the entire Indian Ocean aboard our sailboat Brick House
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Some of the photography in this video was donated by The Rod Fishing Club/ MV Black Marlin of Rodrigues. Their website is here : Rodrigues Has some of the top sports fishing waters in the world! Check out their page for the year by year catch of the big ones!
The Mourouk Ebony Hotel must have the best place on the planet to learn kitesurfing, and some of the best creole food we had on Rodrigues Island. The buffet dinner and traditional music and dancing performance only happens a few times a week so be sure to ask. This is also the location of the International Kitesurfing Festival each year. Their Website is here :
The Francois Leguat Tortoise Reserve and surrounding caves were on the pricey side, but a must see to visit while you are there. You hike through trails accompanied with a guide who shows you all of the plants and animals of Rodrigues. For a few dollars extra you can visit some cave systems. Lunch is additional but quite tasty here. The website is here:
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There are on this island such a multitude of those tortoises in groups of two or three thousand that you can make more than one hundred strides [] on their shells without your feet treading the ground. Francois Leguat (1693): Over the next century (1732-1771) the French East India Company, which had control over Rodrigues, removed not less than 280,000 tortoises. The last record of a wild Rodrigues Island tortoise was noted by Philibert Maragon in 1794, and the last captive specimen died in Mauritius in 1829. Such was the rapid decline to extinction of two sympatric, endemic species of Indian Ocean tortoises: Cylindraspis vosmeari and Cylindrapis peltastes. In response to this sad story of loss to both science and humanity, Owen Griffiths, a trained zoologist and committed environmentalist, has initiated an ambitious project aiming at giving back to Rodrigues its past natural heritage the reintroduction of giant tortoises into a reforested nature reserve on the island. In February 2005, the new autonomous local government of Rodrigues approved the lease of initial18 hectares for the establishment of the Francois Leguat Tortoise Reserve on the limestone plains of the Islands southwest. Subsequently, 80,000 endemic and native Rodrigues plants (representing 34 species) have been re-established on the site, and 35,000 more will be planted in 2007, under the supervision of the Rodrigues branch of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. The objective is to reestablish the original lowland savannah forest ecosystem described by Francois Leguat in the 17th Century. In September 2006, the Tortoise Reserves administrative buildings were completed, comprising an administrative block, tortoise nursery and managers lodge. In October 2006, a total of 294 Aldabra giant tortoises (Dipsochelys dussimeri =Geochelone gigantea) were introduced at the site as ecological proxies for the extinct Cylindraspis vosmeari. The contingent of tortoises is composed of 288 juveniles, now being reared in a specially designed tortoise nursery, and a further 6 adult tortoises roaming in the restored savanna ecosystem. In 2007 an additional 50 adult tortoises and 150 juveniles will be introduced on the site, along with a small group of Madagascar radiated tortoises (Geochelone=Astrochelys radiata), which are intended to provide an analog to the smaller of the two extinct endemic forms (Cylindrapis peltastes). It is hoped that within ten-years 1000 tortoises will roam and graze on the site for the pleasure of visitors and in support of public environmental education. The giant tortoises released on Rodrigues all derive from a tortoise breeding project initiated by Owen Griffiths on Mauritius some twenty years ago at his La Vanille Reserve des Mascareignes. This breeding group comprises direct descendents of Darwin Tortoises. In the 1880s, to ensure that the Aldabra tortoises did not suffer the same fate as the endemic tortoises of Mauritius, Reunion and Rodrigues, Charles Darwin and a group of influential scientists successfully petitioned for the translocation of some Aldabra tortoises to Mauritius. This task was accomplished under the direction of then Governor of Mauritius, Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon. In addition to its eroded, basaltic uplands, Rodrigues has over 2000 hectares of limestone plains, which badly need native ecosystem restoration and protection. In addition, the limestone area contains an abundance of caves and sinkholes that have preserved fossils and sub-fossils of many of the islands extinct biological treasures. It is anticipated that the Francois Leguat Tortoise Reserve will serve as a model for further native ecosystem restoration on Rodrigues.
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve 31.3.2017 Rodrigues Island
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve 31.3.2017 Rodrigues Island
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Rodrigues Island | Things you need to know before you travel to Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
Rodrigues Island | Things you need to know before you travel to Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
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François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve part 2 Rodrigues Island 31.3.2017
Giant tortoises farms on Mauritius and Rodrigues islands
Meet our video about giant tortoises farms on Mauritius and Rodrigues islands! Sergei Prokopiev and Nelly Kuzmenko - BION Terrarium Center's breeders from Kharkiv - will acquaint you with these ancient giants and their breeding programs on islands inside the Indian ocean!
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve
The François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve is found in the South West of Rodrigues, very near to the Airport. Visitors can see and interact with the Radiated and Aldabra tortoises. A praise worthy conservation work is ongoing in terms of indigenous plants as well. Visitors can also visit the Cave and have lunch at the resto there. A half-day should be planned for this visit.
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve
L'aventure de François Leguat aux îles Rodrigues et Maurice au XVIIème siècle
En 1690, François Leguat de la Fougère, originaire de la Bresse, mais dont les racines sont probablement bretonnes, et huit ou neuf Français coreligionnaires protestants, décident de s'exiler dans les mers du Sud, pour vivre plus librement leur religion. Ils passent deux années sur l'île Rodrigues, déserte, avant de se réembarquer pour l'île Maurice, occupée par les Hollandais. Ils y sont plutôt mal accueillis par le gouverneur hollandais Deodati qui les emprisonne. Trois ou quatre Français en meurent. Leguat ne revoit l'Europe qu'en 1698. Il finit sa vie à Londres en 1735, à plus de 90 ans...
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve part 10 Rodrigues Island 31.3.2017
François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve part 10 Rodrigues Island 31.3.2017
Tortoise Park, Rodrigues Island. Mauritius. with DJI Mavic Pro
The tortoise park is located in southern Rodrigues. It's home to hundreds of giant tortoises and set in the raven of a collapsed cave.
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François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve part 3 Rodrigues Island 31.3.2017 Rooster in the Afternoon??? WTF
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François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve part 9 Rodrigues Island 31.3.2017
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FRANCOIS LEGUAT RESERVE - Rodrigues Island
Come and discover our 20ha Reserve and get a glimpse of what Rodrigues looked like before the arrival of man. Take a guided tour through our magnificent valley filled with hundreds of giant tortoises, tropic birds and tens of thousands of native trees, then explore Grande Caverne where you will be enchanted by majestic limestone formations.