Mayotte cruise port guide

About Mayotte

Mayotte is a French overseas department and region in the Mozambique Channel in the western Indian Ocean, consisting of Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre islands. The largest city and prefecture is Mamoudzou, and the Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport is on the smaller Petite-Terre island.

Mayotte's primary attraction is its enormous coral lagoon — considered one of the world's finest — offering diving, snorkeling, and seasonal humpback whale watching. The lagoon has a double barrier reef (the only such formation in the Indian Ocean). Boat tours explore the lagoon's islets and mangrove channels. The colorful Mamoudzou market and the ferry trip to Petite-Terre and Dzaoudzi round out a day ashore.