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Every excursion below is private. One vehicle, one driver, one group, and a day that bends around what you actually want to do. Nothing is fixed until you say so.
The classic first day. Volcanic colours, a waterfall, rum, and a long lunch somewhere with a view. Plenty of stops and not much walking.
A beach day with a boat in the middle of it. We drive you to the jetty, the boat takes you across, and we are waiting when you come back. The island is busy by eleven, so we leave early.
The easiest day on the list and the best one for a first afternoon. Short drives between stops, sheltered beaches, and the north is where the shops and restaurants are.
The best coastline on the island and the one people photograph most. A UNESCO site with a hard history behind the postcard, and the calmest water in Mauritius at the foot of it.
Cooler, greener and much quieter than the coast. The crater lake is the most important Hindu site outside India, and the forest above it is where the island still looks wild.
The working capital, not the tourist version. The central market in the morning, Chinatown for lunch, and the museum that explains why so many people here came from so many places.
One of the oldest botanical gardens in the southern hemisphere, with the giant water lilies everyone comes to see, then the sugar estate that explains most of the island's history.
For people who have already done the postcard version. No reef on this side, so the sea comes straight in against the cliffs, and there are stretches where you will not see another car.
Not on the list
Half of what we drive is not on this page. Give us a rough idea, how long you have and how much walking you are up for, and we will put a day together and send it back to you.