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- The dodo skeleton and display: the main draw, a reconstructed skeleton built from bones found in the Mare aux Songes, set beside historic illustrations that show how the bird was imagined.
- Rodrigues solitaire: a relative of the dodo from the neighboring island of Rodrigues, also extinct, shown to explain how flightless birds lived across the Mascarenes.
- Giant tortoise displays: shells and skeletons of the large tortoises that once roamed Mauritius, hunted by sailors as live ship’s provisions.
- Endemic bird cases: mounted specimens of species native to Mauritius, including birds that have only survived through recovery programs, such as the pink pigeon and Mauritius kestrel.
- Marine and shell collections: preserved fish, corals and shells from the surrounding lagoon, a good primer before you go snorkeling.
- The dodo skeleton and display: the main draw, a reconstructed skeleton built from bones found in the Mare aux Songes, set beside historic illustrations that show how the bird was imagined.
- Rodrigues solitaire: a relative of the dodo from the neighboring island of Rodrigues, also extinct, shown to explain how flightless birds lived across the Mascarenes.
- Giant tortoise displays: shells and skeletons of the large tortoises that once roamed Mauritius, hunted by sailors as live ship’s provisions.
- Endemic bird cases: mounted specimens of species native to Mauritius, including birds that have only survived through recovery programs, such as the pink pigeon and Mauritius kestrel.
- Marine and shell collections: preserved fish, corals and shells from the surrounding lagoon, a good primer before you go snorkeling.
- The Mauritius Institute building: a late nineteenth-century colonial structure with a tall façade, worth a look from the street before you step inside.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past 3 decades, I’ve backpacked through 90+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.