Cap Malheureux

Cap Malheureux is a small fishing village situated on the north east of Mauritius, further north of Grand Bay and 2 miles from Péreybère.

The only and most famous Cap Malheureux Auxiliary Chapel in Mauritius, for of it's bright red roof and bell tower. The church is really beautifull and worth visiting while on holiday.

Cap Malheureux offers magnificent views of some small islands off the coast, such as Ile Plate (Flat Island), famous for its lighthouse, and opposite lies Gabriel Island, Ile Ronde (Round Island), a wildlife bird sanctuary, and Coin de Mire (Gunner's Quoin), an enormous rock of historical importance rising from the ocean. Since, it was from there that the English secretly embarked on the 2nd September 1810 to win over the island from the French.

Cap Malheureux has a small cemetery lying right on the beach and facing the Coin de Mire, also called Gunner's Quoin, measures just 65 hectares and lies 8km north of Mauritius. There are remnants of a sugar plantation set up by Dutch settlers.