Places

Poste Lafayette is a wilder, less developed stretch of coast favoured by windsurfers and kitesurfers.

Palmar is a quieter neighbour to Belle Mare, sharing the same long white-sand shoreline.

Blue Bay is famed for its unusually clear, turquoise lagoon next to a protected marine park.

Le Morne Beach sits beneath the dramatic basalt monolith of Le Morne Brabant.

Grand Baie is the island’s best-known tourist hub, with a public beach at the heart of the bay.

Pereybère is a small, lively public beach near Grand Baie, popular with young travellers and locals.

Mont Choisy is one of the widest public beaches in Mauritius, backed by a long casuarina forest.

Flic en Flac is a lively west-coast beach known for calm waters and spectacular sunsets.

Trou aux Biches is a calm, shallow lagoon beach in the north, popular with families and snorkellers.

Belle Mare is one of Mauritius’s longest, widest stretches of powder-white sand on the east coast.