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Like many reputable holiday companies we are ABTA registered, our ABTA membership number is 65310.

We also use ATOL protected tour operators. However if you wish to use a tour operator who is not ATOL protected then we will take our supplier failure insurance on your behalf.

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By following a few simple guidelines you can enjoy the wonderful marine environment of the Mascarenes without damaging it.

Be careful where you walk here are many delicate organisms on the reef edge and shoreline which will break or be crushed if you walk on them. Corals are particularly vulnerable and are likely to die from being touched or smothered by silt. When you are diving and snorkelling be especially careful with your fins to make sure you don’t break corals.

Don’t buy shells here are good reasons for not buying shells. The most beautiful and pristine shells are very rarely collected dead. They are taken live from the seabed and the animal inside is killed. While looking for and collecting shells there is also damage to the surrounding marine life. Lastly, even empty shells serve a useful purpose as homes for hermit crabs or a hard substrate for new growths of coral.

Don’t buy corals, turtle shells or other marine curios reating a market in these organisms leads to them being targeted for capture and the destruction of their surroundings during collection.

Dispose of your litter carefully single piece of litter can destroy the illusion of wild remoteness and ruin a beach walk. With the introduction of cans and plastic bottles, wrappers and bags, even the coastlines of Rodrigues are beginning to suffer from the eyesore of scattered litter. Some of these items will take tens or hundreds of years to biodegrade.

Seafood The demand for particular types of seafood can set a marine ecosystem off balance. In addition, some harvesting techniques are particularly damaging to the environment. Octopus populations are currently vulnerable in Rodrigues and the collection method damages the marine environment. Good fish to eat are the herbivorous fish which are caught in basket traps such as unicorn and rabbit fish. These have a delicate taste and are excellent grilled.

Avoid eating shark orld populations of shark are in serious decline and as the top predators this has led to an imbalance in marine food chains. Areas of the Caribbean and Far East still use the lamentable practice of finning, which involves cutting fins from sharks for use in shark-fin soup, and then throwing them back alive.

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