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Mauritius is an
island located in the Indian Ocean near Reunion and
Rodrigues islands. As all the islands of the world,
Mauritius is surrounded with beaches and sea. But Mauritius
Island offers to the visitors a large variety of beautiful
white sandy beaches and blue turquoise lagoons. Mauritius is
said to be the real paradise of the Indian Ocean.
What to ask more
than to have a beautiful white sandy beach and a blue lagoon
only need to relax have a sun bath on one of the beaches of
the island and enjoy the magnificent view in front of you.
Let us talk a
little about the different beaches on the different coasts
of the island. The North, West and South coasts have
beautiful beaches contrary to the South coast which is more
surrounded of cliffs but with beautiful point of view.
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Beaches on the North coast
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Cap Malheureux and
Grand Gaube are small fishing villages with beautiful
beaches and great views. Grand Bay is in Mauritius a very
popular village with a well known magnificent beach and a
blue lagoon. Grand bay Beach is usually famous for water
skiing, windsurfing, yachting, deep sea fishing and sailing.
The bay is usually the meeting point for excursions and also
home of the sailboats of the northern coast. Another famous
beach which has been recently provided with amenities for
picnics is La Cuvette, it is one of the beaches where lot of
Mauritian like to go because there are places to sit in
shadow areas. Mauritian will never stay in the sun. If you
want a nice bath, just try Pereybčre which has the
reputation of one of the best places for bathing on the
island.
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Beaches on the South coast
The beaches on the
Southern part of the island are not recommended for
swimming. Usually the area is made up of quite high cliffs
which most of the time directly fall into in the sea. These
famous beaches of the South are: Gris Gris, Le Bouchon,
Souillac, Baie du Cap Pomponette and Riambel. But even it is
not advised to bath in those seas there are a lot of people
who like to take a swim in. It is recommended to be a good
swimmer though, not a beginner. Gris Gris is a beach which
offers to the visitors a magnificent view from the top of
its cliffs. From the cliffs there is a way which brings you
down to a small beach and to the sea where you can admire
the view. While driving along the road to Baie du Cap you
will discover spectacular views. The southern part of the
island is quite different comparing to the other coastal
areas.
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Beaches on the West coast
The west coastal
beaches are quite popular to tourists and to the Mauritian
population. Flic en Flac one of the most popular beaches of
the western side of the island offers a blue turquoise
lagoon with shallow water. You want to learn about the
Mauritian people just visit the beach of Flic en Flac on a
Sunday or on a public holiday, the beaches are full of
Mauritian people. Tamarin and Le Morne beaches are well
known to surfers, it is probably the best beaches for
surfing on the island as it is mostly windy on this side of
the island, particularly at Le Morne. Other beaches on this
part of island are Tombeau Bay, Albion and Point aux Sables.
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Beaches on the East coast
On the Eastern side
of Mauritius you will discover kilometres of long white
sandy beaches from Belle Mare beach to Trou D’eau Douce.
Roche Noires is a magnificent beach and quiet area for a
nice bath which extend to Poste Lafayette beach. Palmar
Beach is also a well recommended area. Trou D’eau Douce is
also the meeting point where usually the visitors take the
boat to visit the neighbouring island of Ile aux Cerfs which
offers white sandy palm beaches and a clear shallow lagoon.
Ile aux Cerfs is a spectacular and relaxing place. Blue Bay
exactly located in the Southeastern part of the island not
far from the International Airport offers a nice bathing
area with white sandy beaches and amenities for picnics.
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