| Ile aux Aigrettes is a small islet of around 26 hectares | | | | beginning to take the shape of a natural giant. There |
| belonging to Mauritius found off the shores of | | | | was once a forest on this part of Mauritius which |
| Mahebourg. Its name may have been derived from | | | | contained the Ebony, the Bois de Chandelle and |
| the egrets that once lived there. Man may have been | | | | species of orchid Oeniella Aphrodite among others. |
| the culprit that led to Ile aux Aigrettes losing most of | | | | Equally, beautiful animals such as the turquoise and |
| its flora and fauna. This land of Mauritius remained | | | | red lizard as well as the Ornate Day Gecko inhabited |
| barren for years beaten by weather and it seemed | | | | the forests of the island. In this scattered piece of |
| that time would have the most of it. But that was | | | | Mauritius, considerable effort is being done these |
| not to be. The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation took | | | | days to populate these endangered species of plants |
| control of the island with the aim of restoring it to a | | | | and animals. With a lot of time already spent, the |
| place never seen before. | | | | action is starting to bear its fruits. Ile aux Aigrettes is |
| Nowadays, part of the natural environment of Ile aux | | | | becoming a place in Mauritius to see at least once in a |
| Aigrettes had been restored and the island is slowly | | | | lifetime. |