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| NATURE<br />
THE BIOSPHERE OF BEL OMBRE<br />
A REFUGE<br />
FOR UNIQUE SPECIES<br />
OF THE WORLD<br />
By Mélissa Leclézio<br />
Ephemeral art: Shirin Gunny<br />
A LIGHT SEA BREEZE BLOWS OVER<br />
THE WILD SOUTH OF THE ISLAND.<br />
ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING,<br />
HERITAGE NATURE RESERVE SPORTS<br />
A RESPLENDENT RANGE OF SUMMER<br />
COLOURS. OUR GUIDE, JEAN CLAUDE<br />
SEVATHIAN, IS A TALKATIVE AND FUN<br />
BOTANIST WHO KNOWS THE FAUNA AND<br />
FLORA OF MAURITIUS. ACCESSIBLE TO<br />
ALL, THIS NEW HIKE IN THE HEART OF<br />
THE BLACK RIVER GORGES NATIONAL<br />
PARK – AN AREA MANAGED BY THE<br />
NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION<br />
SERVICE (NPCS) – IS ALREADY ONE<br />
OF THE ESTATES NOT-TO-BE-MISSED<br />
EXPERIENCES. FOLLOW US AS WE<br />
DISCOVER THE BEL OMBRE BIOSPHERE,<br />
ONE OF THE BEST-PROTECTED PRIMARY<br />
FORESTS ON THE ISLAND!<br />
ENTRE CIEL<br />
ET TERRE<br />
Shizaea dichotoma;<br />
Antrophyum boryanum;<br />
Psilotum nudum; Gouania<br />
tiliifolia flowers and leaves;<br />
Love in a puff flowers; bois<br />
de Judas leaves and fruits;<br />
bois banane flowers; moss;<br />
lizard’s foot fern.<br />
Fougère, fleurs et feuilles<br />
de liane chartier, fleurs de<br />
bonnet de prêtre, feuilles et<br />
fruits de bois de Judas, fleurs<br />
de bois banane, mousse,<br />
pattes de lézard.<br />
42 | HERITAGE RESORTS STORIES HERITAGE RESORTS STORIES | 43
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