If you happen to be in Port Louis and passing by, stop over. Note that for those shopping at the Caudan waterfront, you can walk there through a tunnel access. Best to drive there though due to the heat of being in town. Big plus: free entry. Another big plus: good aircon in the port louis heat. Interesting for a quick visit with kids, as you learn a lot about the sea creatures, dodos, butterflies of Mauritius. Unfortunately no wifi access at all, despite the numbers of visitors and tourists, which is a great pity. Nice little garden to relax in afterwards. Try your luck and park a few steps away on the road parallel to the museum, by the museum entrance (make sure you have a parking card purchased from any petrol station). There is a KFC across the road, but rather buy a "roti" from Aka roti and drinks, and then go to the little shaded park with benches opposite the museum and have that, for a more authentic Maurician experience.

You can’t get better value than free. Small but excellent exhibits. 4 rooms : birds and small mammals / marine / insects and finally, dodo. My young son especially loved the marine exhibit which also includes two fish tanks. Information is concise and exhibits are in good condition. Parking in the area is a problem and there is no parking on site, so we parked at the waterfront and walked. I would suggest this attraction needs 30 mins to an hour to give it justice.

Small but perfectly formed, taking half an hour to visit this museum is worth it for the only dodo skeleton in existence of a single individual - all others elsewhere are composites. Free entry. Easy walk from the waterfront where you can park the car.