Cruises from Cargados Bank
Cargados Bank (Cargados Carajos Shoals, Saint Brandon) is an Indian Ocean archipelago that lies 410 km to the NNE of Mauritius and its capital Port Louis. The archipelago includes sand banks, shoals and about 40 islets, the number varying with storm weather and sand movements. The major islands are Albatross, Raphael, Avocaré, Cocos and Île du Sud. Cargados Bank is part of the territory of Mauritius and is grouped within the Outer Islands of Mauritius.
Read moreThe reef is about 46 km long and five kilometres wide. At the northern end is Île Raphael, with an itinerant population of around 40 fishermen, a coast guard, and a meteorological station that tracks cyclones.
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