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L’Aventure du Sucre recounts this multi-faceted history and what could be a better symbol for this jewel of a museum than a former sugar factory, redolent with memories and emotions? The setting is the beautiful Beau Plan sugar estate, located close to the sprawling and famous Pamplemousses Garden.
 
A sugarcane hedge leads the way to the fully restored and converted sugar factory.
The visit has yet to begin but already sounds of the jungle greet you, whilst the lapping of the waves draws you to a mysterious entrance. Films evoking the early years and people of Mauritius appear on giant screens.

You then pass through a kind of airlock and find yourself back in the 21st century.
In front of you is the enormous factory, its decade-old machines decked with a thousand lights, in the middle of which the scene is set with images, films and above all a barge reclining in a pool of water. This barge was used until the 1970s to transport sacks of sugar in the port, recalling how the docks used to be and all that they have meant to Mauritius.
Further on, a small train engine suddenly blows its whistle, a moving reminder of when cane was transported in small wagons.

What awaits you is a superb and interactive guided tour along the pathways of history and into the heart of Mauritius and its cultures.