Île Plate

Île Plate

Île Plate

🎧 2 stories

The largest islet in the Mauritian north, Île Plate offers a splendid lagoon and pale sand, while still bearing the moving traces of its past as a quarantine station.

Did you know?

From 1856 to the 1930s, the island served as a lazaretto to isolate passengers suffering from cholera, smallpox or malaria. A small cemetery and a lighthouse built in 1855 can still be seen there today.

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Sources: Mauritius Now, Mauritius Travel