The Park and Tropical Garden Domaine du Maritim Elected as "Most Beautiful Garden in Mauritius”

What struck the jury in this category, says Christian Lecomte. organizer of the event, it is the knowledge and passion that have been shown by the staff maintaining the property during the visit of the jury and the realization that green spaces are a real asset.

The Maritim hotel is located in a natural park of 25 hectares: the 'Domaine du Maritim is located along Turtle Bay, the first protected marine park on the island. His remarkable site consists of many attractions including essential 'Ruins of Balaclava, 18th century part of the heritage of Mauritius, a natural park that plants rely treasures as many endemic plants and Citron River, waterfalls and estuary through the area and the park.

'The tropical garden of the hotel Maritim, the natural treasures that surround us and the natural and cultural diversity of our island and our passionate testimony company has mentioned Teeshan Gutty, Managment Assistant to responsible and gardens.

The Maritim Hotel Mauritius is also very invested in an ecological approach to minimize the impact of its activities on the environment.

To meet its needs and thus irrigate 25 hectares of its area, the Hotel Maritim uses its own equipment for wastewater treatment and reuse. The hotel also uses composting, a biological conversion and utilization of organic matter, which allows to avoid using fertilizers and chemical fertilizers, and so preserve the flora and fauna of the park but also and especially the biological balance of the lagoon Turtle Bay.

Hotel Maritim loves his park! This is why maintaining gardens and grow plants and flowers is a primary mission clear. The nursery, Tropical Flower Spa Maritim 'provides the hotel eg flowers and young plants. It is composed of frangipani, ylang ylang, rose, vanilla, birds of paradise, hibiscus, aloe vera, lemongrass and bougainvillea to produce essential oils and essences of flowers used at the spa. On the other hand, the hotel has a herb garden that supplies the restaurant's kitchen gourmet Maritim the 'Château Mon Désir'.

Some figures representing the garden of Maritim flowering trees: 1,780 Palmiers: 930 Cocotiers over 350

Banana: 75 Other fruit trees: 130 trees aloe and agave: 1200 Banyan: 50 small plants, bushes and flowers over 500,000