AI generatedMamoudzou
Mayotte · Grande-Terre
Short description of Mamoudzou
Mamoudzou is the main town of Mayotte and sits on the east coast of Grande-Terre, facing the airport island across a strait crossed all day by the barge. It is the busiest place in the territory, built around a covered market where Comorian and Malagasy produce is sold and women wear the painted msindzano mask against the sun. Behind the town Mont Mtsapere rises into forest. Mayotte is French and Muslim at once, and the mosque of Tsingoni inland is the oldest still in use in France. The lagoon that surrounds the island begins immediately offshore.
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Best time to visit: June – August
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- Covered market of Mamoudzou
- Boat trips into the lagoon
- Mosque of Tsingoni(Day trip)
- M'Bouzi islet nature reserve and its lemurs(Day trip)
- Waterfront and barge quay
- Mont Mtsapere
- Botanical garden of Coconi(Day trip)
- Ylang-ylang distilleries inland(Day trip)
- Lake Karihani(Day trip)
- Mtsanga Boueni and the west coast beaches(Day trip)
- Voulevoule waterfall(Day trip)
- Mbiwi dance at a village celebration