You’re away golfing or you're a non-golfer and looking for something else to do, something truly spectacular and can only be found in Mauritius.
We’ve shown you the North, now we show you the beautiful South.
Ask a Mauritian which is the best side of the island for great beaches, some might say the North and some might say the South. A few say West and a few say East, so opinion is divided and therefore not easy for you to decide where you can visit or base yourself.
Mauritius isn’t a big island, it is quite achievable to travel North to South, and east to West and still have time left time left in your day.
But who wants to be sat in the car all day, so we’re giving you a few options to consider when visiting the South of the Island.
All sides have, in our opinion, the picture perfect postcard beaches of typical white sand, graduating blues seas and the odd palm tree thrown in for good measure.
Macondé is a viewpoint on a hairpin bend around a jutted out piece of land into the ocean, climb a few steps to really appreciate the wonderful Indian Ocean with the ever present drop off reef which almost circumnavigates the wheel island, save a few areas.
A sweet island of sugar cane galore, with maybe a obvious by-product in the early days of Rum. Now a full blown industry, Mauritian rum is to be revered.
The inner workings in the Black River Gorge National Park, on the edge of Black River district, you find another biodiverse area of Mauritius, the lush green hills covered in a thick almost impenetrable forest.
Rhumerie de Chamarel is worth visiting, where they talk you through the production process and best of all, give you a tasting of various rums at different stages of processing and of different flavours too.
In the same region is Chamarel waterfalls. Majestic as it cascades down in an uncaring purposeful way as only an advert might appreciate for hair washing.
Seven Coloured earth is within the same park. A natural phenomena of colours ranging from greys, to yellows, to pinks and purples, all sweeping across a relatively small area as one big series of giant waves.
Whilst in the hills, at Ebony Forest you can take part in a 4 x 4 safari, safari used in the loosest sense of the word, with no known predators on the island, the safari takes on a more serene approach but identifying the ebony trees and through a series of endemic planting is about restoration and gradual reduction of the imported trees of Mauritius.
Alexandra Falls with its impressive “paper’ tree lined entrance enthrals from the start, even before you get to the car park! Just up the road, another stop off gives breathtaking views across the inner part of Mauritius. Multiple trees cling the hillsides, taking on the shape of the hills and they duck and dive around each other. From the elevated position, the trees take on a falseness of being stuck there as a child’s art project made up of green coloured sponges and stick holding the canopy aloft.
We tried two exceptional residents; Kaz’alala with its cosy location, befitting any tropical island setting (more on this in another video) and Le Chamarel restaurant, with its elevated views stretching far out to the ocean.
As awful as the Slave trade years were, is the peace and quiet of Le Morne Heritage Trust Monument, where thought provoking sculptures tell stories of this particularly black period in history. A contemplation gardens which allows careful sole searching.
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