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Introducing Grand Gaube
Grand Gaube is where the development of northern Mauritius currently ends, although it has itself become the latest flash point for hotel building in recent years. Despite this, it remains a tiny fishing village with a good beach about 6km east of Cap Malheureux. Beyond the small rocky bays of Grande Gaube there are almost no beaches until a long way down the east coast, making any trip beyond here an illuminating glimpse into traditional Mauritian life without the tourists. In 1744 the St Géran foundered off Grand Gaube in a storm, inspiring the famous love story Paul et Virginie, by Bernardin de St-Pierre.
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Inland from Grand Gaube, the landscape is open and windswept, the cane fields rapidly being built over with modern housing estates. There’s nothing specific to see in the area, but it has a distinctly Mauritian atmosphere, a world away from the tourist developments on the west coast.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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