Tours & Excursions
MANGAPWANI SLAVE CAVE & Chambers
Slave Chambers: Built around 1880 from the cave and connected to the seaside 2kms away, the area is surrounded by varieties of indigenous trees such as Breadfruit, Ramboutants and Scenty shrubs. It was an important transit point for the captured slaves to be sold to the outside world at the time of the abolishment of slavery in 1873. between 1880 – 1905 the chamber was being used as a place of concealment of the human cargo pending their disposal. A utilised as the hideout by the Arabs for their human cargo ready for shipment.
The full day guided tour begins and ends at your hotel. Mangapwani (“Arab Shore”) lies in a district where many Arabs used to lives. In village there is a Police Station, also a large Government “Bungalow” which was built by the Arabs who originally owned Prison Island. Good bathing, Swimming may be had at Mangapwani and beach leasurely may be had a Mangapwani beach.
September 14, 2008