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Swinging in Mauritius!

Introduced to Mauritius in 1844 by a Brit –who else!!!-, golf has settled for good on the island. Nowadays it can boast eight 18-hole courses and three 9-hole ones, designed by international champions for the most prestigious hotels. As a result, you can royally ignore the winter season and go to Mauritius to perfect your swing in the sun, enjoying the dreadful doglegs and zigzagging around the water pools, with the lagoon as your horizon… The perfect image of zen golfing!


Entertainment for everybody

A love story sets everything into motion: you fall in love on the beach, you make your declaration in the overheated lagoon, then put the ring around your beloved one’s finger and get married under the coconuttrees. Four years later, you are back, but with a whole string of cherubs attached!!! Fortunately, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean has prepared for this occasion: while your wife is enjoying an ayurvedic massage in one of the numerous island spas and your young ones have joined one of the mini clubs to get acquainted with the dolphins or visit the grapefruit botanic garden, you are free to discover the wonderful golf possibilities on the island and won’t regret a minute having chosen Mauritius again!

One of the best golf destinations in the world

Not only is Mauritius making every city dweller swoon in front of its paradise landscapes, it is also regarded as one of the top ranking golf destinations worldwide by any golfer, from beginners to professionals. Keys to that success are simple: a mild climate all year round, plus a dozen spectacular golf courses (mainly 18 holes), designed by pure pros and set into enticingly exotic landscapes.

A sample of golf references

A quick tour of the area will lead you to the short and technical Legend Golf of the Belle Mare Hotel, a local legend and a small paradise for golfers, nestled right in the middle of a hunting reserve. Just across lies the extremely seductive Links Golf Course, with its wide undulating fairways and volcanic stones. Then you come upon the grand Paradis Golf Club - Le Morne, located between the dream lagoon and the Morne mountain, accessible from both hotels Paradise or Dinarobin; or the sublime and delicate course of the île aux Cerfs set into wonderful creeks and accessible through the Touessrok Golf Course; the Long Beach or the incredible 18 holes of the Château Bel Ombre Golf in its wild landscape, accessible through Heritage or Telfair hotels. Last but not least, the green and very selective Tamarina golf course, designed by Rodney Wright, the Balaclava by Graham Marsh, or the ultra tropical 9-hole Poste de Flacq of the One & Only Le St Géran, by South African Gary Player. Hard to pick up one? Then, you must come back!!!






Juin 2013
By Katya PELLEGRINO
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