DO NOT GO unless you wear anti-mosquito clothing and drown yourself in repellent
Cousin Island Special Reserve的点评
点评:We visited Cousin in Nov 2023.
We booked Cousin island as part of a 3-island excursion (Cousin, Curieuse and St. Pierre) through Mason's Travel, which as a supplier were pretty good. Clean catamaran, lively crew and nice food. Cousin island is small and due to the protected nature is left untouched in order to protect the wildlife. We have no problem with this at all but they shouldn't be taking tourists there. Within 2 minutes we were getting covered in mosquitos.
The party split into a few groups and we headed "inland" with our tour guide. However none of us listened to a single word he said as all anyone cared about was swatting the mozzies.
They. Were. EVERYWHERE.
Millions of them.
It wasn't at all worth it as the island (with accompanying wildlife) was really boring. We saw a couple of birds, a tortoise and a swamp (which was to blame for the mosquitos). Excellent.
We weren't told to wear special clothing (i.e. long sleeved shirts, or trousers) and just advised to "apply your insect repellent - which we did but had little effect).
The following day I counted my bites: 25 on one hand, 46 on the other and 125 on my back. Up my arms and ankles too. AWFUL.
翻译:我们于 2023 年 11 月拜访了表弟。
我们通过 Mason's Travel 预订了 Cousin 岛,作为 3 岛游览(Cousin、Curieuse 和 St. Pierre)的一部分,作为供应商,Mason's Travel 非常好。干净的双体船,活跃的船员和美味的食物。表弟岛很小,由于受保护的自然环境,为了保护野生动物,没有受到任何影响。我们对此完全没有问题,但他们不应该带游客去那里。不到两分钟,我们就被蚊子覆盖了。
一行人分成几组,我们和导游一起前往“内陆”。然而我们谁也没有听他说一个字,因为大家关心的只是拍蚊子。
他们。是。到处。
其中有数以百万计。
这根本不值得,因为这个岛(还有随之而来的野生动物)真的很无聊。我们看到了几只鸟、一只乌龟和一片沼泽(这是蚊子的罪魁祸首)。出色的。
我们没有被告知要穿特殊的衣服(即长袖衬衫或裤子),只是建议“使用驱虫剂——我们这样做了,但效果甚微”。
第二天,我数了一下自己被咬的次数:一只手被咬了 25 处,另一只手被咬了 46 处,背上被咬了 125 处。我的手臂和脚踝也向上。可怕。