Sophie Nature Walk has a series of trails beginning at a visitor’s center from the Ministry of Agro Industry and Fisheries. You can meander through the endemic garden near the visitor’s center before setting out on a longer walk through the woods that will take you to the shores of Mare Aux Vacoas. There is quite a bit of information on the flowers and plants of the area at the visitor center, as well as information on the trails. The trails are shaded and easy to follow.
If you enjoy plants the arboretum and fernery at Monvert Nature Walk nearby have a lot more diversity and information.
Route:
- Type of trail: Loop
- Start point: Trailhead at near Mare Aux Vacoas
- Length: 1.3 miles round trip
- Duration: .5-1 hour
- Lowest point: 1767ft
- Total elevation gain: 331ft
Park near the visitor’s center. The longer trail, Parcours Ebene, begins from this parking lot. Follows the signs and then merely stick to the trail as it loops around and will take you back to the road.
There are also shorter trails near the visitor’s center that crisscross the endemic garden.