Euréka - the property

Strolling deeper into the garden, one can find the azaleas and the camellias as well as the endemic ochna from South Africa.

Nearer to the house, the geraniums and green plants (lait caillé, caladium, orchids and ferns) is an invitation to a cup of tea under the

certain pools carved in the rocks, by the slaves, in the time of Pierre Poivre ..

Even if the main attraction remains "the house with the 109 doors", converted into a museum, the property will delight all nature lovers. In fact, with its kilometers of tracks dedicated to footing, there are many small waterfalls, endemic plants and rare specimens along the tracks. The visitor enters a world of peace and calm.

Much below, at the foot of the house, in the valleys of Moka, a beautiful legend looms large: in the shade of the ferns, the legend of Pierre Poivre, governor, and his slave who carved a tub in the rocks for his master.

The clear water of the river, where fish are peacefully swimming and the chirping birds create an experience of calmness

The english style gardens have replaced the sugar cane fields and spice trees which were originally at Euréka. Nowadays one can find at Euréka different palm trees, mango trees, and a gigantic damaras (agathis robusta) and one of the best example is in fact found at Euréka ... You can have a glimpse of the lush greenery which surrounds the house

Four magnificent small waterfalls can be seen while the river banks are a real habitat for 'the water lillies(pistis), 'jacinte d'eau', 'songes' (edible). Under the water surface an intense marine activity goes on for the 'scampi, madame Céré' (name derived from the wife of the governor Céré), tilapias, carp and eels which can be found in abundance.

In the beginning, the property of Euréka didn't include the other side of the river banks. The other side belonged to Bagatelle, property of Pierre Poivre, botanist and founder of the Pamplemousses garden. Poivre requested that small canals to be carved in the rocks to prevent stagnant water which allows the development of malaria, a tub for the children and a small natural jacussi ...

"My wife tells me how in the old days her aunts Leclézio used the 'ravin' for family picnics twice a year for a typical creole meal: the menu was made up of rice, lentils, sausages which were eaten on banana leaves using one's fingers." Jacques de Marroussem

Fougères Adiantum Hispidulum, Bois mozambique, Bois sureau, Bois de Chandelle, Bois Bouquet Banané, Bois de Merle, Bois à trois feuilles, Bois chenille, Ebenier, Tatamaka

Bois pipe, Bois colophane Bâtard, Bois en poudre, Makak, Manglier vert, Bois de Rivière, Bois puant, Bois de Clou, Bois de Pomme, Bois de Fer, Liane à gratter, Mapou

the famous Chalta (gaufrier dillenia indica - the tree of good and evil from 'Le Chercheur D'or')

verandahs where the light is filtered by the raffia blinds (raffia: tree with the biggest leaves - 10 mts)