Located in the Indian Ocean, beautiful tropical waters, sandy beaches and dense forests describe Mauritius. These scenic qualities bring visitors from all over world, from island trekkers to newly ...

Twenty years ago, give or take, I had a ticket to Mauritius. Due to a combination of events too painful and legally dubious to go into here, I never went. Since then, I’d filed it under a list of ...

Mauritius celebrated its 45th anniversary of independence from the British on the 12th of March. The day also marked the 21st anniversary of the Mauritian republic. Unlike in India, the National Day ...

Green is a colour unfairly associated with jealousy. But as your plane banks through speckled tropical clouds and the lush island paradise below finally comes into view, you soon come to realise ...

Niamh Ramjuttun, originally from Co Meath, lives on the east coast of Mauritius with her husband, Vick and their four-year-old son, Steven. She teaches English literature at a private French school on ...

The Royal Palm, haunt of former French presidents François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac, has just undergone a £10m refurbishment. It was already the best hotel in Mauritius and, in the words of ...

THE poor old Dodo. One minute you’re living the dream on a tropical paradise, the next you’ve been wiped out by hungry Dutch sailors. If extinction wasn’t bad enough, your eternal legacy is synonymous ...