La Belle Maurice

By district

Grand Port

The guide’s addresses in this district of Mauritius, section by section: where to stay, what to do and what to see, to shape your time on the island.

Things to do27

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Nature reserve

Île aux Aigrettes

Grand Port

A coral islet covered in ebony forest, off the south-east coast, declared a nature reserve in 1965. It is explored on a guided tour, in search of the pink pigeon.

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Marine park

Blue Bay Marine Park

Blue Bay · Grand Port

A protected marine reserve off the south-east coast, known for its coral garden. It is discovered by snorkel or by glass-bottom boat.

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Museum and archaeological site

Frederik Hendrik Museum

Vieux Grand Port · Grand Port

On the south-east coast, the place of the first human settlement in Mauritius: the French ruins raised on the Dutch fort of 1638, and the museum that explains them.

Beaches8

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Proclaimed public beach

Blue Bay Public Beach

Blue Bay · Grand Port

A public beach in the south-east since 1940, one of the island’s oldest: 4.8 hectares, 400 metres of shoreline, and a duty ambulance all to itself on public holidays.

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Proclaimed public beach

La Cambuse Public Beach

La Cambuse · Grand Port

A public beach in the south since 2014: 6.7 hectares, 692 metres of shoreline and a duty ambulance on public holidays.

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Public beach

Mahébourg Public Beach

Mahébourg · Grand Port

The public shore of the village of Mahébourg: about a hundred metres of sea frontage, open to everyone since 1991.

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Proclaimed public beach

Le Bouchon Public Beach

Le Bouchon · Grand Port

A public beach in one piece since 1984: close to 11 hectares and close to 1.5 kilometres of shoreline, one of the three largest in the south of the island.

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Public beach

Pont Naturel Public Beach

Pont Naturel · Grand Port

On the south coast, a shore of cliffs where volcanic rock forms an arch above the waves. People come for the spectacle of the sea, not to swim.

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Public beach

Le Souffleur Public Beach

Le Souffleur · Grand Port

Two hectares of public shore on the south coast, around Le Souffleur, the jet of seawater that shoots up like a geyser.

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Public beach

Bois des Amourettes Public Beach

Bois des Amourettes · Grand Port

Four hundred metres of public shore in three lots, on the east coast, at Bois des Amourettes.

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Public beach

Pointe du Diable Public Beach

Pointe du Diable · Grand Port

More than a kilometre of public shore at Pointe du Diable, on the east coast, since the 2024 extension.

Hotels3

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Constance Le Chaland

Le Chaland · Grand Port

A resort on Le Chaland beach, ten minutes from the airport, on the edge of the Blue Bay Marine Park, taken over by the Constance group in February 2026.

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Preskil Island Resort

Mahébourg · Grand Port

Two hundred and fourteen rooms facing Île aux Aigrettes, ten minutes from the airport, with no dress code and a baby club from three months.

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Shandrani Beachcomber Resort & Spa

Blue Bay · Grand Port

An all-inclusive resort on a private peninsula of fifty-three hectares, with three beaches, six restaurants, a nine-hole pitch and putt and a spa of eighteen treatment rooms.

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Hikes3

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The trails of La Vallée de Ferney

Grand Port

Four waymarked routes from 5 to 18 kilometres in the Bambou range, graded from easy to difficult.

from MUR 500 per person

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The trails of Domaine de Lagrave

Bananes · Grand Port

Three waymarked routes of 3, 6 and 10 kilometres through more than 500 arpents of forest, on the flank of Lagrave mountain, at the village of Bananes.

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Eau Bleue

Cluny · Grand Port

A thirty-metre waterfall behind a curtain of forest, near the village of Cluny, and a pool of deep blue where people swim.

Restaurants2

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Estate restaurant

La Falaise Rouge, La Vallée de Ferney

Vieux Grand Port · Grand Port

The table of the Ferney estate, above Grand Port bay. Its dining room is temporarily closed: meals are served at the estate lodge.

from MUR 1,300 per person

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Hotel Mauritian restaurant

Le Sirius, Shandrani Beachcomber

Blue Bay · Grand Port

The Mauritian table of Shandrani Beachcomber, at Blue Bay, in the south-east of the island, facing the sea.

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