Le Bouchon Public Beach

What sets it apart

Close to a kilometre and a half of shoreline, opened to the public in one go: Le Bouchon is one of the island’s few public beaches not to have been assembled in successive pieces. Where Grand Baie took four steps over thirty years and Pointe aux Piments nine sections, Le Bouchon fits whole into the year 1984.

The mood

On busy public holidays the beach is covered by the duty ambulance stationed at La Cambuse, attached to J. Nehru Hospital.

Highlights

• Close to 11 hectares and close to 1.5 kilometres of shoreline
• A public beach since 1984
• Third largest public beach in the south by area
• In one piece, opened to the public in one go
• Covered by the La Cambuse duty ambulance on public holidays

Good to know

• No emergency post is stationed here on public holidays: the base is La Cambuse.

Getting there

The beach lies in the south of the island, in the Grand Port district, west of La Cambuse. On busy public holidays the nearest emergency post is the La Cambuse ambulance.