About the location (from here):
Mauritius Botanical Garden is popularly known to be one of the mostly – visited attractions in Mauritius. This garden, located near Port Louis is highly acclaimed with the nature lovers and is considered as a major hotspot with the botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape gardeners. This botanical garden is also known for being one of the oldest botanical gardens in the Southern Hemisphere. The botanical garden is mostly famous for its unique collection of palms of around 85 variants from nations like, Asia, Africa, Central America, and islands around Indian Ocean. The water lilies of the park are also quite popular with the tourists. This beautiful garden, founded in 1767 was designed by Pierre Poivre. The garden covers a wide stretch spanning an area of around 37 hectares.

This botanical garden in Mauritius is also known by other names like, “Jardin des Plantes”, “Jardin Botanique Royal”, and “Jardin de Mon Plaisir”. The garden is also popular with the name of Pamplemousses Garden. It was later renamed as “Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden” in the year 1988. The origin of the garden dates back to around 300 years. This botanical garden served as a major center of horticultural research during the British and the French during the colonial era.

The botanical garden famous for its large collection of water lilies and other medicinal plants boasts of being one of the major horticulturist attractions in Mauritius. A trip to this beautiful garden will take you across the several fishponds and lily ponds. The botanical garden, also popular for its lilies offer great sights to the visitors. The Victorian lilies with red petals open and close with the sunrise and sunset. This wonderful sight or amazing wonder of nature ranks as one of the biggest attraction of the Pamplemousses Garden. The lush tropical garden is also home to a number of aromatic trees and fragrant fruits. The trees of the botanical garden include gymnosperms like, palms and angiosperms and or hardwoods like ebony, mahogany, along with parasite plants like latania and pandanus.

Movies shot at this location:
Mera Dil Chura Ke song from Suno Sasurjee
Duniya Mein Aaye Ho To song from Judwaa
Nuvvu Nijam Nee Prema from Manasu Mata Vinadhu
Sathamana Mannadile from Mruga Raju
Sollathaan NenaikkirEn from Kaadhal Sugamanadhu
Woh Ladki Bahut Yaad from Qayamat
Jaja Malli Tella Cheera from Chinnabbayi
Kammanee Kallalaku from Priya O Priya
Ada song from Garam Masala
Chetilona Cheyyesi song from Bombai Priyudu