La Belle Maurice

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Proclaimed public beach

Belle Mare Public Beach

Belle Mare · Flacq

A vast public beach on the east coast, in four sections, one of them open since 1964: 29 hectares and more than 2.4 kilometres of shoreline, upgraded over the years.

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Proclaimed public beach

Flic en Flac Public Beach

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A major public beach in the west: five sections opened between 1940 and 2021, 18.7 hectares and 3.1 kilometres of shoreline, three toilet blocks, two car parks and a duty ambulance.

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Proclaimed public beach

La Prairie Public Beach

La Prairie · Black River

A public beach in the south-west in three sections, opened in 1991 and 2013: 11.7 hectares, close to 1.3 kilometres of shoreline, and an upgrade thought through down to the surface of the car park.

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Proclaimed public beach

Mont Choisy Public Beach

Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses

The longest shoreline in the north of Mauritius: close to 1.4 kilometres for 16.7 hectares, a public beach since 1982, upgraded with a car park, open showers and outdoor gym equipment.

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Guided hike

Guided hike up Le Morne Brabant

Le Morne · Black River

A guided climb of Le Morne Brabant, in the south-west of the island, at the heart of a landscape inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

from €50 per person

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Five-star hotel

Paradis Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

Le Morne · Black River

A five-star hotel on the Le Morne peninsula, with its own eighteen-hole golf course, at the foot of the UNESCO-listed mountain.

5Standard

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Geopark

Chamarel Seven Coloured Earth

Chamarel · Black River

Dunes in seven shades, the island’s tallest waterfall seen from two viewpoints, and Aldabra giant tortoises: the Chamarel geopark takes about an hour.

from MUR 800 per person

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Wildlife and leisure park

Casela Nature Parks

Cascavelle · Black River

On the west coast, 350 hectares of savannah and parkland: a safari among giraffes and rhinos, a predator kingdom, aviaries and attractions for children.

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Five-star hotel

Constance Belle Mare Plage

Belle Mare · Flacq

Five-star hotel with 278 rooms and suites at Belle Mare, on two kilometres of beach, with two championship golf courses.

5Standard

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Garden

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden

Pamplemousses

Thirty-three hectares in Pamplemousses, 823 species in seven collections, open every day from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.

from MUR 300 per person

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Leisure island

Île aux Cerfs

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

An 87-hectare island off the east coast: white beaches, a turquoise lagoon, restaurants with feet in the sand and a championship golf course. Reached by boat shuttle from Pointe Maurice.

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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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Waterfront

Le Caudan Waterfront

Port-Louis

The waterfront of Port Louis: a shopping promenade under coloured umbrellas, restaurants, an arts centre, a cinema and the Blue Penny Museum.

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Proclaimed public beach

Albion Public Beach

Albion · Black River

A public beach on the west coast, 1.8 hectares and 205 metres of shoreline, where a lifesaving group, the Albion Life Saving Group, assists bathers.

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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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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

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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Proclaimed public beach

Pereybère Public Beach

Pereybère · Rivière du Rempart

A public beach of 1.8 hectares for just 108 metres of shoreline, and yet the emergency base for the whole north of the island.

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Proclaimed public beach

Poste Lafayette Public Beach

Poste Lafayette · Flacq

A public beach on the east coast in four sections, opened between 1990 and 2024: 9.1 hectares, and the emergency base for the northern part of that coast.

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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

Tamarin Public Beach

Tamarin · Black River

Four hundred metres of public shore at Tamarin, on the west coast, open to everyone since 1940.

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Proclaimed public beach

Le Morne Public Beach

Le Morne · Black River

A public beach at the south-western tip in four sections, opened between 1991 and 2014: 22.3 hectares and close to 3.5 kilometres of shoreline, including the only section in the west to exceed 1,900 metres.

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Five-star hotel

Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A palace of 69 suites at Grand Baie, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, with three restaurants, three heated pools and a Valmont spa.

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Market

Port Louis Central Market

Port-Louis

The bazaar of Port Louis: fruit and vegetables under the hall, street food, crafts upstairs. This is where the capital does its shopping.

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World Heritage Site

Aapravasi Ghat

Port-Louis

On the harbour of Port Louis, the remains of the immigration depot through which more than 462,000 indentured labourers passed. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Art and history museum

Blue Penny Museum

Port-Louis

The art and history museum on Le Caudan Waterfront, home to the Post Office stamps known to collectors the world over.

from MUR 325 per person

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Black River Gorges National Park

Black River

The largest national park in Mauritius, more than fifty kilometres of trails, and the island’s highest point at 828 metres.

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Historic house and estate

Château de Labourdonnais

Mapou · Rivière du Rempart

A great house completed in 1859 at the heart of a 500-hectare estate, in the north: restored rooms, collection orchards and rum tasting.

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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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Oceanarium

Odysseo Oceanarium

Port-Louis

The oceanarium of Port Louis, at Les Salines: 300 species of the Indian Ocean, from sharks to rays, in an indoor visit open every day.

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Distillery

Rhumerie de Chamarel

Chamarel · Black River

A distillery of pure cane rum in a valley 300 metres up, designed to be visited: copper stills, ageing cellars and a tasting.

from MUR 800 per person

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Museum

L’Aventure du Sucre, with rum tasting

Pamplemousses

Admission ticket to the sugar museum housed in the former Beau Plan sugar factory, in Pamplemousses, rum tasting included.

from €23 per person

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The Ebony Forest trails, Chamarel

Chamarel · Black River

From 2.3 to 6.1 kilometres of trails in an ebony forest under restoration, with a 300-metre raised walkway and a summit at 542 metres.

from MUR 600 per person

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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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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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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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Fort and viewpoint

La Citadelle, Fort Adelaide

Port-Louis

The stone fort the British raised from 1830 to 1840 on the hill above Port Louis, and a full panorama over the capital.

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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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Church

Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice Church, Cap Malheureux

Cap Malheureux · Rivière du Rempart

The little red-roofed church of Cap Malheureux, set before the lagoon and Coin de Mire: one of the most photographed sights on the island.

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Sugar estate restaurant

Le Fangourin

Beau Plan · Pamplemousses

The Mauritian table of the L’Aventure du Sucre estate, at Beau Plan, facing the lake and Pieter Both mountain.

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Volcanic crater

Trou aux Cerfs

Curepipe · Plaines Wilhems

A dormant crater on the edge of Curepipe, 605 metres above sea level, lined with forest, with a small lake at the bottom and a panorama over the island’s mountains.

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Chinese restaurant

Restaurant Lai Min

Port-Louis

Cantonese and Hakka cooking at 58 Royal Road, in Port Louis, run by the same family since 1946 and closed on Mondays.

from MUR 850 per person

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Creole restaurant

Le Chamarel Restaurant

Chamarel · Black River

A Creole table on the heights of Chamarel, in the south-west of the island, at La Crête.

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Seafood restaurant

Le Capitaine

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

Seafood and Creole cooking in Grand Baie, seven days a week from 11am to 11pm, with no afternoon break.

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Bras d’Eau National Park

Flacq

A national park created in 2011 in the north-east, quieter than the Gorges, with a gentle loop within reach of every walker.

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Proclaimed public beach

Anse La Raie Public Beach

Anse la Raie · Rivière du Rempart

A small public beach on the north coast: 0.6 hectare and 110 metres of shoreline, between Cap Malheureux and Calodyne.

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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

Bain Boeuf Public Beach

Bain Boeuf · Rivière du Rempart

A long public beach at the northern tip: 2.2 hectares and 727 metres of shoreline, covered by the Pereybère ambulance on public holidays.

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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

Bras d’Eau Public Beach

Bras d’Eau · Flacq

Six hundred and fifty metres of public shore on the east coast, for a little under three hectares.

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Public beach

Butte à l’Herbe Public Beach

Calodyne · Rivière du Rempart

Nearly nine hectares of public beach at Calodyne, on the north coast, with 560 metres of shore.

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Proclaimed public beach

Cap Malheureux Public Beach

Cap Malheureux · Rivière du Rempart

Thirty-nine metres of shoreline for 0.2 hectare: of all the public beaches in the north, this is the one that meets the sea over the shortest length.

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Proclaimed public beach

Grand Baie Public Beach

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A public beach won piece by piece in the heart of the busiest town in the north: four sections opened between 1991 and 2021, 1.6 hectares and 710 metres of shoreline.

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Public beach

Grand Gaube Public Beach

Grand Gaube · Rivière du Rempart

The public beach of the village of Grand Gaube, on the north coast: two plots, two thirds of a hectare in all.

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Public beach

La Cuvette Public Beach

La Cuvette · Rivière du Rempart

Three hundred metres of public shore on the north coast, for a little under two hectares.

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Public beach

La Preneuse Public Beach

La Preneuse · Black River

On the west coast, a quiet beach guarded by a Martello tower and its cannons, where fishing boats bob on the water and sea trips depart.

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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

Palmar Public Beach

Palmar · Flacq

A large public beach on the east coast since 1991: three sections, 20.3 hectares and close to 1.8 kilometres of shoreline.

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Proclaimed public beach

Pointe aux Piments Public Beach

Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses

The most fragmented public beach in Mauritius: nine sections along the same coast, 12.3 hectares and close to 2.6 kilometres of shoreline.

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Public beach

Pointe aux Sables Public Beach

Pointe aux Sables · Black River

Three plots of public shore on the west coast, two hectares in all, the oldest of them open to everyone since 1940.

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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

Poudre d’Or Public Beach

Poudre d’Or · Rivière du Rempart

Eight hundred and fifty metres of public shore at Poudre d’Or, on the north coast, for a little over four hectares.

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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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Proclaimed public beach

Sable Noir Public Beach

Sable Noir · Port Louis

The only two public beaches in the Port Louis district: 1.1 hectares and 330 metres of shoreline, at Grande Rivière Nord-Ouest.

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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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Proclaimed public beach

Trou aux Biches Public Beach

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

Three sections of public beach on the north-west coast, 4.4 hectares and close to a kilometre of shoreline in all, one of them public since 1940.

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Proclaimed public beach

Trou d’Eau Douce Public Beach

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

A public beach on the east coast in two sections, opened in 1991: 4.1 hectares and 1,110 metres of shoreline, covered from Belle Mare on busy days.

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Public beach

Wolmar Public Beach

Wolmar · Black River

A public beach on the west coast that meets the sea along fifty metres of shore, for 1.26 hectares.

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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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Proclaimed public beach

Le Goulet Public Beach

Le Goulet · Pamplemousses

A 3.5-hectare public beach on the north-west coast, where swimming is dangerous in places and which the police watch on busy days.

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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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Beach restaurant

La Plage Beach Club, Trou aux Biches

Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses

A beach table at Trou aux Biches, feet in the sand, open every day from 9am to 9.30pm.

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Historic quarter

Chinatown, Port Louis

Port-Louis

Around Royal Road, one of the oldest Chinatowns in Africa: narrow streets, shops handed down the generations, dim sum and murals.

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Creole table d’hôtes

Escale Créole

Moka

A Creole table d’hôtes in Moka, for lunch only and by reservation, closed on Sundays.

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National museum

Natural History Museum, Port Louis

Port-Louis

The island’s oldest museum, facing the Jardin de la Compagnie: five centuries of Mauritian natural history, and a dodo skeleton whose bones all come from a single bird.

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Chinese restaurant

The City Orient

Port-Louis

A Cantonese table in the centre of Port Louis, open since 2004, with chefs from Guangdong.

from MUR 8,000 per group

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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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Seaside restaurant

Wapalapam Island Eatery, Le Morne Brabant

La Gaulette · Black River

The Wapalapam table at the foot of Le Morne Brabant, open every day from 8am to 10pm, breakfast included.

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Distillery restaurant

L’Alchimiste, Rhumerie de Chamarel

Chamarel · Black River

The table of the Rhumerie de Chamarel, on Route Royale: refined cooking drawn from the terroir of the south-west.

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Estate restaurant

Domaine Anna

Flic en Flac · Black River

A table at Médine, near Flic en Flac, open since 2002: garden kiosks above the ponds, and bookings by telephone only.

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Market

Central Flacq Market

Centre de Flacq · Flacq

The largest open-air market in Mauritius, in the east: fresh produce, street food and textiles, best seen on a Wednesday or a Sunday.

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Tamarin Falls, from Henrietta

Henrietta · Plaines Wilhems

Seven waterfalls in Black River Gorges National Park, the highest of them 45 metres, starting from Henrietta.

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Curepipe Botanic Garden

Curepipe · Plaines Wilhems

Twenty-seven acres of camphor trees, rhododendrons and rare plants two kilometres from the centre of Curepipe, with a palm of which there is no other specimen in Mauritius.

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Fish restaurant

La Case Poisson

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

A fish table at Trou d’Eau Douce, on the east coast: the morning’s catch, bought from artisanal fishermen and grilled in the open air.

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La Tourelle, Tamarin

Tamarin · Black River

A 563-metre summit behind Tamarin, in 3.5 kilometres, to be climbed with a guide and, where needed, permission to cross.

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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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Seafood restaurant

Le Pescatore

Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses

Fish and seafood on the coast road at Trou aux Biches, under a Creole veranda, Tuesday to Saturday.

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Le Pouce

Moka

The third highest summit in Mauritius, a three to four hour climb there and back, in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, who climbed it in 1836.

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City-centre restaurant

Wapalapam La Place

Port-Louis

The Wapalapam table at 6 Sir William Newton Street, in Port Louis, a short walk from the central market.

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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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Racecourse

Champ de Mars

Port-Louis

The racecourse of Port Louis, inaugurated in 1812 at the foot of the hills, and the place where independence was proclaimed in 1968.

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Courtyard restaurant

Le Courtyard

Port-Louis

A courtyard table in the centre of Port Louis, at the corner of Chevreau and St Louis streets.

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Hotel Chinese and Japanese restaurant

Ming Court, Sofitel Mauritius L’Impérial

Flic en Flac · Black River

The Chinese and Japanese table of Sofitel Mauritius L’Impérial, at Wolmar, Monday to Saturday, for dinner only.

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Pieter Both

La Laura · Moka

The island’s second highest summit, in the Moka range, to be attempted only with the right equipment and a local professional guide.

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La Maison 20 Degrés Sud

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

Thirty-six five-star rooms and suites on the Grand Baie lagoon, the only Relais & Châteaux in Mauritius, with dinner aboard the Lady Lisbeth, on the lagoon since 1927.

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C Mauritius

Palmar · Flacq

One hundred and sixteen all-inclusive rooms at Palmar, on the east coast, with three pools, a padel court and a cellar of natural wines.

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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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Club Med La Plantation d’Albion

Albion · Black River

A Club Med village on the west coast at Albion, all inclusive: flying trapeze, sailing school, Cinq Mondes spa and children’s clubs from two years old.

5Standard

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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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Constance Prince Maurice

Poste de Flacq · Flacq

Eighty-nine suites and villas across sixty hectares between lake and lagoon, at Poste de Flacq, with a floating restaurant and a cellar of more than twenty-five thousand bottles.

5Luxury

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Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

Le Morne · Black River

A five-star resort of suites and villas at the foot of Le Morne Brabant, twenty hectares of garden, five pools and a twelve-room spa.

5Standard

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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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Hotel Chinese restaurant

Duck Laundry, LUX* Belle Mare

Belle Mare · Flacq

The Chinese table of LUX* Belle Mare, on the east coast, dinner only, with dim sum made on site every day.

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Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita

Beau Champ · Flacq

A five-star resort of private-pool villas at Beau Champ, with an overwater spa, two championship golf courses and a private beach on Île aux Cerfs.

5Luxury

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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.

5Standard

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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.

5Standard

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Hilton Mauritius Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

One hundred and ninety-three beachfront rooms and suites at Wolmar, with four restaurants including a Thai and an Indian table, and a kids spa.

5Standard

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InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

Two hundred and ten rooms and suites at Balaclava, from 56 to 300 square metres, with four restaurants, two heated pools and a boat house on a thirty-metre jetty.

5Standard

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Garden

The Company’s Garden

Port-Louis

The garden at the centre of Port Louis, between two streams, which owes its name to the French East India Company.

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Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel

Port-Louis

One hundred and five five-star rooms and suites on the Port Louis waterfront, with an executive floor, a conference centre and a free sunset cruise twice a week.

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Le Jadis Beach Resort & Wellness

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

Fifty-four suites and an imperial villa in the cove of Turtle Bay, at Balaclava, thirty-four with a heated private pool, and a hydrotherapy spa with a sixty-five-jet pool.

5Standard

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Le Méridien Ile Maurice

Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses

An all-suite resort at Pointe aux Piments, along a kilometre of sand, with an adults-only Nirvana wing and a ballroom for six hundred and fifty.

5Standard

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Long Beach Mauritius

Belle Mare · Flacq

A five-star hotel of 255 suites at Belle Mare, five restaurants, three pools and a twelve-cabin spa including one with a Japanese bath.

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LUX* Belle Mare

Belle Mare · Flacq

A five-star hotel at Belle Mare, eight dining venues including a Rolls Royce food truck, an adults-only spa and a sea turtle conservation programme.

5Luxury

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LUX* Grand Baie Resort & Residences

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A five-star hotel at Grand Baie designed by Kelly Hoppen, with a rooftop infinity pool, a 1,625-square-metre spa and a running track on the roof.

5Luxury

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LUX* Grand Gaube

Grand Gaube · Rivière du Rempart

A five-star hotel on a peninsula at Grand Gaube, with an adults-only area under a banyan tree, a helipad and a Peruvian restaurant.

5Standard

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LUX* Le Morne

Le Morne · Black River

A five-star hotel at the foot of Le Morne, five pools two of them heated, a treehouse, an eight-seat sushi bar and a kitesurfing lagoon.

5Standard

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Hindu temple

Maheswarnath Mandir

Triolet · Pamplemousses

In Triolet, the island’s largest Hindu temple, founded in 1888 and dedicated to Shiva: white pillars, floral ornament and coloured sculptures.

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Maradiva Villas Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A five-star resort of 64 single-storey villas at Flic en Flac, each with its own heated pool, on eleven hectares and 750 metres of beach.

5Luxury

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Maritim Resort & Spa Mauritius

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

A five-star resort of 272 rooms on twenty-five hectares at Balaclava, with a free nine-hole course, a 3,500-square-metre spa and the Balaclava ruins.

5Standard

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The Oberoi Beach Resort, Mauritius

Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses

Thatched pavilions and villas across eight hectares on the shores of Turtle Bay, a protected marine park, with private pools and a complimentary programme of cultural activities.

5Luxury

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One&Only Le Saint Géran

Poste de Flacq · Flacq

A five-star resort on a private peninsula at Poste de Flacq, with a Japanese restaurant over the water, a Guerlain spa and a helipad.

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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.

5Standard

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Paradise Cove Boutique Hotel

Anse la Raie · Rivière du Rempart

A five-star adults-only boutique hotel at Anse la Raie, 75 rooms, a natural cove, love nests and four restaurants.

5Standard

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SALT of Palmar

Palmar · Flacq

An adults-only boutique hotel of 59 rooms at Palmar, designed by Camille Walala, with no buffet and no plastic, and a salt room at the spa.

5Standard

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Sands Suites Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

Ninety-one suites at Flic-en-Flac, all of 52.5 square metres but one, facing Tamarin Bay and Le Morne, with water sports included.

5Standard

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Shangri-La Le Touessrok

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

One hundred and eighty-five rooms, suites and villas on thirty-four hectares at Trou d’Eau Douce, with six private beaches, a private islet and a kids club open from 9 am to 10 pm.

5Luxury

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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.

5Standard

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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.

5Standard

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Sofitel Mauritius L’Imperial Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

One hundred and eighty-nine rooms and suites at Wolmar, renovated in 2025, with five restaurants including a teppanyaki, and an adults-only pool.

5Standard

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Sugar Beach Mauritius

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A five-star hotel in colonial style at Flic en Flac, 238 rooms, a kilometre and a half of beach, two large pools and access to the restaurants of La Pirogue.

5Standard

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The Residence Mauritius

Belle Mare · Flacq

A five-star hotel of 135 rooms and 28 suites at Belle Mare, on the east coast, of colonial inspiration.

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The St. Regis Le Morne Resort

Le Morne · Black River

An all-suite resort with butler service at the foot of Le Morne Brabant, a UNESCO site, with a spa of two thousand square metres and five dining venues.

5Luxury

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Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

A five-star resort at Trou aux Biches, thirty-five hectares of garden, nearly two kilometres of beach, six restaurants and a spa of 2,897 square metres.

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The Westin Turtle Bay Resort & Spa

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

One hundred and ninety suites on the Turtle Bay lagoon at Balaclava, all with the Heavenly bed and bath, and a kitchen garden whose harvest is served at dinner once a week.

5Standard

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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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Open-air bistro

La Terrasse, Domaine de Labourdonnais

Mapou · Rivière du Rempart

The open-air bistro of the Domaine de Labourdonnais, at Mapou, from breakfast to afternoon tea.

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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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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.

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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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Hotel Asian restaurant

Chopsticks, Long Beach

Belle Mare · Flacq

The Asian table of Long Beach, at Belle Mare: Chinese, Thai and Indian cooking with a modern twist, at dinner.

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Glassblowing workshop

The Mauritius Glass Gallery

Phoenix · Plaines Wilhems

In Phoenix, a workshop where wholly recycled glass is blown before visitors’ eyes, and from which one may leave with a cast of one’s own hand.

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Monvert Nature Walk

Plaines Wilhems

Two trails of 2.8 and 2.5 kilometres through 73 hectares of state forest at Forest Side, with a fernery, an arboretum and a platform above the canopy.

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Pagoda

Kwan Tee Pagoda

Port-Louis

At Les Salines, a red pagoda built by the Chinese community in 1842, facing the sea with the mountains 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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Restaurant and caterer

La Potinière

Curepipe · Plaines Wilhems

A restaurant and caterer on Charles Lees Street, in Curepipe: a monthly menu, and take-away dishes delivered to the door.

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Park restaurant

Blue Bird, Casela Nature Parks

Cascavelle · Black River

The Mauritian table of Casela park, at Cascavelle, looking over the west coast, open during park hours.

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The gardens of Eureka

Moka

The gardens, glasshouses and waterfalls surrounding Eureka house, in Moka, built around 1836 and now a museum.

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Mauritius Postal Museum

Port-Louis

In the old General Post Office on the waterfront, a Victorian building completed in 1870, the story of Mauritian mail since the Dutch.

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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.

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City-centre restaurant

Wapalapam Les Arcades, Curepipe

Curepipe · Plaines Wilhems

The Wapalapam table in Les Arcades Currimjee, at Curepipe, on the island’s central highlands.

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Hotel Mauritian restaurant

Kot Nou, Zilwa Attitude

Calodyne · Rivière du Rempart

The reinvented Mauritian table of Zilwa Attitude, at Calodyne, facing the northern islands, from 6.30pm.

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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.

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Robert Edward Hart Garden

Port-Louis

A Port Louis garden laid out from 1931, partly reclaimed from a coastal marsh, and named in 1959 after the Mauritian poet.

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Hotel Indian restaurant

Mahiya, Trou aux Biches Beachcomber

Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses

The Indian table of Trou aux Biches Beachcomber, in the north-west of the island, facing the sunset.

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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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Ambre Mauritius

Belle Mare · Flacq

A four-star all-inclusive adults-only hotel at Palmar, 297 rooms, an infinity pool, a nightclub and karaoke.

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Anelia Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A 141-room resort at Flic en Flac, with a Creole village, two infinity pools and a spa of six timber pavilions.

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Canonnier Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses

A family hotel built on the fortified headland of Pointe aux Canonniers, with a six-cabin spa in a two-hundred-year-old banyan tree and a minigolf designed by Peter Matkovich.

4Standard

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Casuarina Resort & Spa

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

A 1973 hotel facing Trou aux Biches beach, with ten family cottages, three restaurants, two pools and a free kids club for ages 3 to 11.

4Standard

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Crystals Beach Resort Belle Mare

Palmar · Flacq

Two hundred and thirty-four rooms across eleven hectares at Belle Mare, with a water park in its grounds, five restaurants and an adults-only pool.

4Standard

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Hennessy Park Hotel

Ébène · Plaines Wilhems

One hundred and eight four-star rooms in the heart of Ebene Cybercity, held together by contemporary Mauritian art, with a sushi bar, a rooftop pool bar and four covered padel courts.

4Standard

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La Pirogue Mauritius

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A four-star hotel of 248 thatched bungalows at Flic en Flac, with a wine bar of sixty references and access to the tables at Sugar Beach.

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Lagoon Attitude

Anse la Raie · Rivière du Rempart

An adults-only hotel at Anse la Raie, 182 rooms, five restaurants, two padel courts and a marine discovery centre.

4Standard

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Le Cardinal Exclusive Resort

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

A thirteen-suite boutique hotel on Trou aux Biches beach, with a fine-dining restaurant and a spa facing the lagoon.

4Supérieur

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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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Le Suffren Hotel & Marina

Port-Louis

A four-star city hotel on the Port Louis marina, nautical in theme, with an artificial beach, a hydropool, a squash court and a sushi and oyster bar.

4Standard

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Mauricia Beachcomber Resort & Spa

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A beachfront hotel in the heart of Grand Baie, next to the yacht club, with two restaurants, a nine-cabin spa and water sports included.

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Ocean’s Creek Beach Hotel

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

One hundred and thirty-six rooms at Balaclava, where the Rivière du Tombeau meets the ocean, with giant water slides, a climbing wall, a film studio and twenty-six kitchenettes.

4Standard

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Pearle Beach Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A hotel of 76 rooms of thirty-five square metres at Flic en Flac, with a 325-square-metre pool, two spas and a mini club.

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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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Grande Rivière Sud-Est Public Beach

Grande Rivière Sud-Est · Flacq

A small public beach on the east coast: 110 metres of shore and half a hectare, at Grande Rivière Sud-Est.

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Melville Public Beach

Melville · Rivière du Rempart

Nearly two kilometres of public shore on the north coast, in three stretches, the largest of which takes in Matapan islet.

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Pointe des Lascars Public Beach

Pointe des Lascars · Rivière du Rempart

A recent public beach on the north coast: 176 metres of shore, open to everyone since 2015.

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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.

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Quatre Soeurs Public Beach

Quatre Soeurs · Flacq

A long ribbon of public shore on the east coast: more than 700 metres for barely over a hectare.

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Terracine Public Beach

Terracine · Savanne

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

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The Vale Public Beach

The Vale · Pamplemousses

Two plots of public shore on the north coast, less than half a hectare in all, the first of them open to everyone since 1940.

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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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Radisson Blu Azuri Resort & Spa

Roches Noires · Rivière du Rempart

One hundred and one rooms and villas on the wild north-east coast, with free green fees on a nine-hole par-3 course, and nineteen private-pool villas with butler service.

4Supérieur

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Radisson Blu Poste Lafayette Resort & Spa

Poste Lafayette · Flacq

One hundred adults-only rooms at Poste Lafayette, with a marked snorkelling trail in front of the hotel and a rooftop tapas bar.

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Seapoint Boutique Hotel

Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses

Twenty-four adults-only rooms between Mont Choisy and Pointe aux Canonniers, all with open sea views of Coin de Mire, Île Plate and Île Ronde.

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Seasense Boutique Hotel & Spa

Belle Mare · Flacq

Sixty-three adults-only rooms on Palmar beach, in the east, renovated in 2024, with a cellar of more than a thousand bottles.

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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.

4Supérieur

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Solana Beach Mauritius

Belle Mare · Flacq

One hundred and seventeen adults-only rooms on the east coast, all facing the sea, in a decor that revives the colours of the sixties and seventies.

4Standard

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Sunrise Attitude

Belle Mare · Flacq

An adults-only hotel facing Belle Mare beach, 145 rooms and eight villas with private pools, four restaurants and no television.

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Tamarina Golf & Spa Boutique Hotel

Tamarin · Black River

Fifty rooms on Tamarin Bay, with free green fees at Tamarina golf course, free entry to Casela park and open access to the SPARC sports complex.

4Standard

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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.

4Supérieur

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The Address Boutique Hotel

Terre Rouge · Pamplemousses

Forty-two four-star rooms between the lagoon and the river, in the village of Port Chambly, with a Japanese teppanyaki table, a night bar for private hire and three covered padel courts.

4Standard

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The Ravenala Attitude

Balaclava · Pamplemousses

An all-suite hotel at Balaclava, 250 suites between sea and river, eight restaurants, an adults-only wing and a spa of twelve rooms.

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Veranda Grand Baie Hotel & Spa

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A chic Creole hotel of 95 rooms in the heart of Grand Baie, designed to be wheelchair accessible, with two restaurants and a rum bar.

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Veranda Paul et Virginie Hotel & Spa

Grand Gaube · Rivière du Rempart

An adults-only boutique hotel at Grand Gaube, 81 rooms, a restaurant at the end of a jetty and a free shuttle to Grand Baie.

4Standard

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Veranda Pointe aux Biches

Pointe aux Biches · Pamplemousses

A hotel of 115 rooms at Pointe aux Piments, five restaurants, an adults-only wing with its own pool, and a free shuttle to Trou aux Biches beach.

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Victoria Beachcomber Resort & Spa

Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses

A family resort on the north-west coast, facing the Balaclava marine park, with four restaurants, an adults-only wing and a diving academy.

4Supérieur

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Wonders Beach Boutique Hotel

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

A recent boutique hotel of eighteen rooms on the Trou-aux-Biches lagoon, reserved for guests over twelve, with private-pool villas.

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Zilwa Attitude

Calodyne · Rivière du Rempart

A hotel of 214 rooms at Calodyne, facing the northern islands, with seven restaurants, four pools and a private islet for barbecue lunches.

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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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Aanari Hotel & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

Fifty rooms in two wings in the heart of Flic en Flac, with a Cantonese table run by chefs from China and a different themed buffet every evening.

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Be Cosy Apart Hotel

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

An apart-hotel of studios and apartments at Trou-aux-Biches, a hundred metres from the beach, run by LOV Mauritius.

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Coin de Mire Attitude

Cap Malheureux · Rivière du Rempart

A family hotel of 122 rooms at Bain Bœuf, facing Coin de Mire island, with two pools, the hotel’s own catamaran and a free kids club.

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Coral Azur Beach Resort

Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses

A seafront hotel at Mont Choisy, with a sailing centre recognised by the Royal Yachting Association, four tables and a kids club for ages 3 to 12.

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Friday Attitude

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

A small family hotel of fifty rooms at Trou d’Eau Douce, fifteen of them family rooms, with a free shuttle to Île aux Cerfs and a free kids club.

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Gold Beach Resort & Spa

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A small west coast hotel on the beachfront, thirty-one units of which twenty are cottages, with a pool, a spa and water sports.

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Gold Crest Hotel

Quatre Bornes · Plaines Wilhems

A town hotel in the centre of Quatre Bornes, turned towards business travellers, with a restaurant, a conference room, a spa and a gym.

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Hibiscus Boutique Hotel

Pereybère · Rivière du Rempart

A boutique hotel and dive club at Pereybere, with a pool shaped like the island of Mauritius, a rooftop bar and a PADI and SSI dive centre on site.

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Jalsa Beach Hotel & Spa

Poste Lafayette · Flacq

Sixty-six rooms at Poste Lafayette, on the north-east coast, with two secluded beachfront Junior suites and a two-hundred-seat conference centre.

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Laguna Beach Hotel & Spa

Grande Rivière Sud-Est · Flacq

A sixty-four-room hotel on the largest lagoon in Mauritius, at Grand River South East, with a free shuttle to Île aux Cerfs.

3Supérieur

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Le Palmiste Resort & Spa

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

One hundred rooms in five wings, one hundred and fifty metres from Trou aux Biches beach, with three pools, a children’s pool and a fifty-two-square-metre kids club.

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Le Sakoa Boutique Hotel

Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses

A small beachfront hotel at Trou-aux-Biches, sixteen rooms and suites, run by the Mauritian group Constance under the name Constance Sakoa Boutik.

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Manisa Hotel

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A small seafront hotel on the Flic en Flac coastal road, blending colonial and tropical architecture, with à la carte cooking at lunch and dinner.

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Ocean Villas

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

Thirty-eight rooms at Grand Baie, with a rooftop infinity pool, restaurant and bar, and an Asian teppanyaki table.

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Palms Hotel

Quatre Bornes · Plaines Wilhems

A city hotel in the heart of Quatre Bornes, with three places to eat, including a Chinese table and a restaurant on the twelfth floor, and conference rooms.

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Pereybere Hotel & Spa

Pereybère · Rivière du Rempart

A seafront aparthotel at Pereybère, with a heated rooftop pool, hammam, sauna, jacuzzi, ice bath and yoga studio.

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Hike

Powder Mills Nature Walk

Pamplemousses

A nature walk through indigenous flora kept by the Forestry Service, at Pamplemousses, near the SSR National Hospital.

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Récif Attitude

Pointe aux Biches · Pamplemousses

Seventy adults-only rooms at Pointe aux Piments, facing a marine park, with an infinity pool and a bulk shop that does away with packaging.

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Silver Beach Hotel

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

An all-inclusive hotel on the beach at Trou d’Eau Douce, in the east, facing the sunrise, close to Île aux Cerfs.

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Tarisa Resort & Spa

Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses

Seventy-five rooms at Mont Choisy, facing three kilometres of white sand, with an Indian tandoor restaurant and a mini golf course.

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Tropical Attitude

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

An adults-only boutique hotel at Trou d’Eau Douce, 58 rooms all with sea views and 11 villas with pools, facing Île aux Cerfs.

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Veranda Belle Mare

Belle Mare · Flacq

A three-star all-inclusive hotel of 77 rooms on a kilometre and a half of beach at Belle Mare, with two restaurants, two bars and a spa.

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Veranda Tamarin Hotel & Spa

Tamarin · Black River

A hotel of 102 rooms on Tamarin Bay, with a surf school, an adults-only rooftop bar and mezzanine units for teenagers.

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Villas Caroline Beach Hotel

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

Seventy-five beachfront rooms at Flic-en-Flac, on an all-inclusive package, with six kitchenette bungalows and a diving centre.

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Villas Mon Plaisir

Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses

Forty-eight seafront rooms at Pointe aux Piments, open since 1994, with a buffet of a different cuisine each day and a Mauritian band in the evening.

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Voilà Bagatelle

Moka

A three-star business hotel at the centre of the island, directly linked to the Bagatelle shopping centre, with a studio designed for wheelchair users.

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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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Canyoning and thrills

Canyoning at Tamarin Falls

Henrietta · Plaines Wilhems

Tamarin Falls approached by canyoning, which descends part of them.

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Day tour by car

South-west circuit

Black River

A sightseeing circuit in the south-west of Mauritius.

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Guided hike

Half day at Tamarin Falls

Henrietta · Plaines Wilhems

Half a day at Tamarin Falls, in Black River Gorges National Park.

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Boat trip

Ferry to Île aux Cerfs

Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq

The ferry crossing to Île aux Cerfs, off Trou d’Eau Douce.

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Kayak and paddleboard

Kayaking at Île d’Ambre

Rivière du Rempart

A kayak outing at Île d’Ambre, in the north-east of Mauritius.

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Legend Hill Residences & Spa

Rivière Noire

A hillside estate above Tamarin, mixing fifty-two villas, apartments and penthouses with a hotel wing, run by Phoenix Hotel Collection.

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Kayak and paddleboard

Transparent kayak hire, Flic en Flac

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A clear-hulled kayak for hire at Flic en Flac, to watch the lagoon beneath the paddle.

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Maison du Nord

Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses

A twenty-four-room tourist residence at Pointe aux Canonniers, two kilometres from Mont Choisy beach, with a daily shuttle and a pool.

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Dolphins and whales

Whale watching, Flic en Flac

Flic-en-Flac · Black River

A trip out to sea on the west coast, devoted to whale watching.

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Dolphins and whales

Half-day dolphin watching

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A half day at sea devoted to dolphin watching.

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City tour

Luxury beach picnic, by Emmsi

Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses

A luxury picnic laid out on the beach, on the north-west coast of the island.

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Diving and snorkelling

Diving on the north coast

Rivière du Rempart

A dive in the waters of the north coast of Mauritius.

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Diving and snorkelling

Exploration dive at Tamarin

Tamarin · Black River

An exploration scuba dive off Tamarin, on the west coast.

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Diving and snorkelling

Scuba diving at Grand Baie

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart

A scuba dive in the north of Mauritius, at Grand Baie.

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Guided hike

Hike on Le Morne Brabant

Le Morne · Black River

The hike on Le Morne Brabant, the mountain on the south-western tip of Mauritius.

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Hike to the Seven Cascades

Henrietta · Plaines Wilhems

The hike to the Seven Cascades, starting from Henrietta.

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Guided hike to Tamarin Falls

Henrietta · Plaines Wilhems

A guided hike to Tamarin Falls, in Black River Gorges National Park.

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Guided hike on Le Morne Brabant

Le Morne · Black River

The climb of Le Morne Brabant with a guide, in the south-west of the island.

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Le Morne Brabant sunrise hike

Le Morne · Black River

Le Morne Brabant climbed as day breaks over the south-western tip of the island.

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Hike on the Brabant, at Le Morne

Le Morne · Black River

A hike on the Brabant, the mountain of Le Morne, on the south-western tip of the island.

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Riu Palace Mauritius, Adults Only

Le Morne · Black River

An all-suite, adults-only resort on the Le Morne peninsula, with eight restaurants, an Elite Club area and suites with private pools.

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Riu Turquoise

Le Morne · Black River

A family resort with twenty-four-hour all-inclusive on the Le Morne peninsula, with a swim-up bar pool and an entertainment programme for children.

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Sea Diamond Boutique Hotel & Spa

Calodyne · Rivière du Rempart

Seventy-three beachfront suites at Calodyne, in the north, facing the islets, with a spa village, two restaurants and Royal suites with private pools.

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Photo shoot

Sunset photo shoot, honeymoon or family

Cap Malheureux · Rivière du Rempart

A photo shoot at sunset, for a honeymoon or with the family, at the northern tip of the island.

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Photo shoot

Photo shoot on Mont Choisy beach

Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses

A photo shoot on Mont Choisy beach, the longest public shoreline in the north of the island.

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Day tour by car

Tamarin: sunset and tasting

Tamarin · Black River

Sunset at Tamarin, on the west coast, accompanied by a tasting.

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Day tour by car

Tamarin: outing and tasting

Tamarin · Black River

An outing to Tamarin, on the west coast, paired with a tasting.

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Day tour by car

Tour of the south

Savanne

A tour of the south of Mauritius.