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Domaine de La Bourdonnais
The Domaine de Labourdonnais, a privately owned Estate, was founded in 1774.
This magnificent authentic Estate of 540 hectares is surrounded by spectacular green sugar cane fields and
is ideally located in the north of the island.
Château de Labourdonnais, surrounded by its beautiful orchards, was built between 1856 and 1859 by
Christian Wiehe himself then his descendant lived there until recently.
This grand mansion was restored between 2006 & 2010 and converted into a museum that invites you to
discover the nineteenth century Mauritian lifestyle as well as its history.
Fifty years ago, the Estate embarked in a diversification process starting by its agricultural activity to
produce a variety of tropical fruits, vegetables. It allso has a nursery offering a large variety of fruit trees
and decorative plants.
Today, the Estate has further diversified its activities offering products and services such as; fruit
transformed products, leisure and events activities, real estate services, distillation of rum and much more.
http://domainedelabourdonnais.com/
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