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CIEL
& Nature Limitée was incorporated to manage
the ecotourism and leisure activities of the CIEL Group. Through
CIEL et Nature Limitée, the Group opened to the public
splendid sites and activities specialised in nature discovery.
It is currently operating L'Etoile as well
as La Vallée de Ferney whose operations
started at the end of 2006.
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first one, L'Etoile is situated to the East
of the island and nested in the heart of the Valley. Walkway
in the park of l'Etoile offers magnificent view points on the
highlands to the East and South of the island. L'Etoile offers
hiking or cycling, archery, motorised circuits by Quad or 4x4,
with a restaurant and reception for visitors. The restaurant built in a forest thatch atmosphere proposes a typical Mauritian
cuisine. |
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South, La Vallée de Ferney is an ecotourism site completely dedicated to the natural resources
of one of the remaining Mauritian endemic forests. The Ferney
Valley forest is known to shelter a variety of endemic and native
species of Mauritius among which some are in extreme danger
of extinction, like the Mauritius kestrel, one of the world's
rarest birds, and a number of critically endangered trees including
two Pandanus species believed extinct until their recent rediscovery.
To ensure the protection of this natural heritage, the CIEL
Group has decided in 2006 to define a conservation zone of more
than 200 hectares in which an ambitious conservation program
will be carried out to protect the endemic and native plants,
and also facilitate regrowth by gradually eliminating intrusive
exotic plants.
Open to the public since end of 2006, the site proposes hiking
circuits, by guides trained by the Mauritian
Wildlife Foundation, with an information center
at the foot of the valley to allow visitors to get acquainted
with the fauna and the flora of the region. |
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