La Belle Maurice

By district

Savanne

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 do53

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Sacred Hindu lake

Ganga Talao, Grand Bassin

Grand Bassin · Savanne

A crater lake in the heights of Savanne, a holy place of Mauritian Hinduism, watched over by a thirty-three-metre statue of Shiva.

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Wildlife and conservation park

La Vanille Nature Park

Rivière des Anguilles · Savanne

In a tropical valley in the south, more than a thousand free-roaming Aldabra giant tortoises, crocodiles, lemurs and a fossil museum.

from MUR 950 per person

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Tea plantation

Bois Chéri, on the Tea Route

Bois Chéri · Savanne

The island’s oldest tea plantation, the middle stop on the Tea Route: a guided walk among the tea bushes, lunch and a tasting.

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Seashell museum

World of Seashells

Bel Ombre · Savanne

In Bel Ombre, a collection of 8,000 seashells from 1,500 species, the life’s work of a Mauritian collector.

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Writer’s house

Robert Edward Hart Memorial Museum

Souillac · Savanne

In Souillac, facing the sea, the coral bungalow where the Mauritian poet Robert Edward Hart spent his last years, kept as he lived in it.

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Horse riding

Horse ride on Riambel beach

Riambel · Savanne

A horse ride on Riambel beach, one of the out-of-the-way beaches of the south coast.

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Day tour by car

Tour of the south

Savanne

A tour of the south of Mauritius.

Beaches9

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Public beach

Gris Gris Public Beach

Souillac · Savanne

At the southern tip of the island, near Souillac, a beach of cliffs and great waves where people come to walk and watch the ocean, not to swim.

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Proclaimed public beach

Saint-Félix Public Beach

Saint-Félix · Savanne

A 6.6-hectare public beach on the south coast, base of the patrol ambulance for the whole south-west, and one of the four beaches where sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared.

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Public beach

Baie du Cap Public Beach

Baie du Cap · Savanne

One of the smallest public beaches on the island: forty metres of shore at Baie du Cap, on the south coast.

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Proclaimed public beach

Bel Ombre Public Beach

Bel Ombre · Savanne

A public beach on the south coast, in two sections opened in 2004 and 2013: 6.7 hectares and some 650 metres of shoreline.

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Public beach

Pomponette Public Beach

Pomponette · Savanne

Nearly nineteen hectares of public beach since the 2025 extension, including half a kilometre of shore open to everyone since 2017.

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Public beach

Riambel Public Beach

Riambel · Savanne

A hundred and forty-five metres of public shore on the south coast, open to everyone since 2017.

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Public beach

Rivière des Galets Public Beach

Rivière des Galets · Savanne

The longest public shore in the south: a kilometre and a half of sea frontage for nearly twelve hectares.

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Public beach

Telfair Public Beach

Souillac · Savanne

At Souillac, beyond the Telfair garden, a coastal path opens onto a wild sandy beach, facing the cliffs.

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Public beach

Terracine Public Beach

Terracine · Savanne

A kilometre of public shore on the south coast, for six hectares, in the Savanne district.

Hotels6

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Heritage Awali Golf & Spa Resort

Bel Ombre · Savanne

A five-star all-inclusive resort of 160 keys at Bel Ombre, three pools, an eighteen-room spa and an African dinner under the stars.

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Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Wellness Resort

Bel Ombre · Savanne

A five-star hotel of 158 suites at Bel Ombre, plantation-house architecture, a 2,500-square-metre spa, butler service in every suite and two golf courses.

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Outrigger Mauritius Beach Resort

Bel Ombre · Savanne

A five-star resort at Bel Ombre, inside the nature reserve, with four pools, an oceanfront spa and a wide range of included activities.

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Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa

Saint-Félix · Savanne

A five-star resort on fifteen hectares at Saint-Félix, with a spa of seven thousand square metres, five restaurants and a rum shed of more than two hundred and fifty rums.

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SO/ Sofitel Mauritius

Bel Ombre · Savanne

Ninety-two suites and villas in the gardens of Bel Ombre, designed by the architect Lek Bunnag and dressed by Kenzo Takada, each with a private patio.

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Tamassa Bel Ombre

Bel Ombre · Savanne

An all-inclusive resort of 214 rooms at Bel Ombre, four pools, a nightclub and karaoke, and eight rooms equipped for wheelchairs.

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Hikes6

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Vallé Advenature Park

Chamouny · Savanne

A 450-acre park at Chamouny: three waterfalls, a 23-coloured earth, a forest of endemic trees, and a walking trail to link them.

from MUR 550 per person

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Bel Ombre Nature Reserve

Bel Ombre · Savanne

Thirteen hundred hectares of forest, rivers and waterfalls at the heart of the Domaine de Bel Ombre, explored on foot with a guide.

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Rochester Falls

Souillac · Savanne

A ten-metre waterfall over a face of jagged rectangular rocks, 2.5 kilometres from Souillac, where people come to swim.

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Cascade Léon

Souillac · Savanne

A four-kilometre walk near Souillac, along a lush and easy trail, to a waterfall you can swim behind.

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Cascade Mamzelle

Souillac · Savanne

Four kilometres in two hours in the remote south, best walked with a guide: the trail is hidden, and known mostly to locals.

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Macondé viewpoint

Baie du Cap · Savanne

A rock overhanging the coast road at Baie du Cap, climbed by a narrow staircase for a view of sea and countryside.

Restaurants3

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Historic mansion restaurant

Le Château de Bel Ombre

Bel Ombre · Savanne

A table in a colonial mansion at Bel Ombre, in the south of the island: lunch from 11.30am to 3pm, dinner from 7pm to 10.30pm.

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Hotel pan-Asian restaurant

Gin’ja, Heritage Le Telfair

Bel Ombre · Savanne

The pan-Asian table of Heritage Le Telfair, beside the Bel Ombre lagoon, at dinner, from 7pm to 10pm.

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Hotel brasserie

Annabella’s, Heritage Le Telfair

Bel Ombre · Savanne

The brasserie of the Heritage Le Telfair hotel, at Bel Ombre: breakfast from 6.30am to 10.30am, dinner from 6.30pm to 10pm.

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Garden

Telfair Garden

Souillac · Savanne

A garden of tropical vegetation beside the ocean at Souillac, from which a coastal path leads to a wild beach and on to the Gris Gris cliffs.

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