Pointe d’Esny wetland
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🌿 Nature & viewpoints · South-East

Pointe d’Esny wetland

A small protected wetland of mangroves and mudflats behind the white beach of Pointe d’Esny, with native plants and butterflies.

🚗 From the villa1 h 15 · 60.8 kmoff-peak estimate
⏱️ Time needed30 min – 1 hnot counting the drive
🕓 Best time of day☀️ Morning · 🌤️ Afternoon
💰 PriceFree

Behind the long beach of Pointe d'Esny lies a 22-hectare Ramsar wetland: mangroves, brackish lagoons and mudflats, home to threatened plants, native butterflies and wading birds. It's a reminder of what much of the coast looked like before the villas.

There are no big facilities: walk the edges from the beach side and combine it with the Blue Bay → Pointe d'Esny lagoon walk.

  • Mangroves and native butterflies
  • Next to the beach
  • On the Blue Bay lagoon walk

Getting there

Driving route from the villa

🚗 By car: 1 h 15 (60.8 km) off-peak. Along the coast road at Pointe d’Esny. Directions in Google Maps ↗

Tips

  • 💡 Mosquitoes at dusk.
  • 💡 Stay on the edges: the mudflats are soft.