Marvellous Mauritius
In 2019, I was lucky to have been taken to Mauritius on a work trip courtesy of Beachcomber Tours. This was a short 5-night trip, but our group got the opportunity to visit Beachcombers stunning 8 hotels on the island and experience their dining and spa facilities. In the short time I had in Mauritius, it left such an impression on me, that I knew I would be back. Fast forward to September 2022 and myself and my husband were boarding the plane for our own Mauritius adventure.
We booked a 7-night stay and decided to split this between 2 hotels. For our first 3 nights we stayed at 4-star Mauricia Beachcomber Resort and Spa. This hotel is in an enviable position, just a short walk from the heart of the lively town of Grand Baie. Ideal if you want to explore nearby restaurants, shops and bars. We stayed in a superior room on the ground floor which had a lovely terrace looking out at the ocean. The rooms here are simple and contemporary in design. There is a buffet restaurant with a huge amount of choice and different themes each night. There was always evening entertainment, and this varied from traditional dancers, stunt fire shows and live music under the stars.
The hotel concierge arranged a hire car for us for one day and we ventured off to the southern part of the island where we visited some beautiful beaches and the coloured sands at Chamarelwe saw, there we saw some giant tortoise! Driving on the island was easy as they also drive on the left-hand side and all the signs are in English.
Our next hotel was the absolutely stunning 5-star Trou Aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa. Only a 10-minute drive from the Mauricia hotel but it felt a world apart! This is a very large resort with accommodations set out in crescents or tropical gardens. There are various room types available, we opted for the Senior Beachfront Suite. The room itself was huge, with a separate living room area, a bathroom the size of a small apartment with a large wardrobe area, rain shower, a huge free-standing bathtub and an outdoor shower. Outside there was a lovely outdoor seating area with a swing seat and an amazing private pool. We were on a half board basis and had the choice of 6 restaurants (prebooking advised), three of which were beachfront and all of which had amazing food.
Whilst the hotel has a fabulous complimentary kids and teens club, for me this resort had more of a couples/honeymoon feel to it. Beachcomber hotels offer complimentary land and water sports if you want to avail of it, we just relaxed and took the complimentary glass bottom boat trip to view the coral reef surrounding the resort.
We booked an excellent day trip through the hotel to the Botanical gardens, history museum, Aquarium and Port Louis with a very knowledgeable guide.
This resort also features villas with private pools which are ideal for families or groups of friends travelling together who want their own space but the convenience of access to the hotels facilities.
We travelled at the start of September which is winter time in Mauritius but heading towards spring. This is a great time to visit as the weather is mainly dry (we only had one rain shower) and temperatures a comfortable 20-26 degrees. I can certainly see myself coming back to Mauritius again, the friendliness of the people we met, and the hospitality received were superb!
