Walking along the sea coast
The first step is to travel by speedboat from ship to shore in Mahebourg.
The taxi driver from the agent was interested in my travel plans and offered his help. Gave me a look at the tourist map of the island (a useful thing).
Agreed for tomorrow (busy today).
Having checked into the hotel https://www.turpravda.com/mu/port_lui/Le_Suffren_Hotel_Marina-h86313-r484946.html, I dropped my things and immediately went to. . .
Plage de Trou aux Biches
The original plan was to walk from the check-in point (the center of the Plage de Trou aux Biches) first to the end towards the north side, then turn back south, walk to the south end, and return to the center. At the same time, on the way, swimming or sipping margaritas in coastal cafes. Start - around 11:40, finish - 18:30.
As soon as I got to the beach, I was immediately puzzled. A narrow strip of sand - exactly one sun lounger. Inland, there are a row of palm trees, and a hotel area with thatched-roof bungalows and good landscaping.
Toward the sea… The buoys are only 10-30 meters away from the shore, and behind the buoys there are boats sailing, boats at anchor, and once again many, many boats. I went into the water - another zrada - in the first few meters, at the bottom of pebbles and fragments of corals, my legs hurt. The sand is white and fine, in some places so fine that it forms what looks like silt at the bottom, which is not very pleasant. You can, in principle, swim behind the buoys, but I was afraid - there are too many boats that move. In general, I absolutely did not like swimming among the boats. Went further. There is no cafe. After two swims, the beach ended (12:15) (the next two entry into the water was normal - sand). I absolutely did not want to go to the south side.
I wanted to just go towards adventures. And I went further north, along the coast. Small hotels (without normal beaches) were interspersed with just not very interesting sections of the coast, without beaches or bathing places. I finally came out to a street fruit stand by the road. Bought a coconut (for milk) - 100 (huge). I sat on a plastic chair, drank, rested.
Mont Choisy Beach
Let's move on. . .
. . . and very soon I saw a tempting picture of a normal beach ahead.
A little more walking and I'm at Mont Choisy Beach (13:30). Magical place!! ! A wide and long strip of sand, behind it is a PINE forest, and this is in the tropics! Pine trees - not just anything, but tall, densely growing, lush, in some places they just almost hang over the sea!
The entry into the sea is beautiful, the sand is of medium size grains of sand. The buoys are very close, 10-20 meters, BUT there are no boats behind them at all! I dived under them and swam enjoying the beautiful view of the ocean! There are no moving boats, as well as hotels on the shore. The only minus is along the beach, behind the pines there is a highway, but there are few cars, and they are practically invisible and do not interfere.
Street food booths along the road. Grilled chicken with fries and salad, 2 cans of beer (500). Beer - "from under the floor", in a paper bag (obviously, the booth does not have a license for alcohol). Wonderful lunch under a pine tree overlooking the ocean. Rest.
What if it's even more beautiful? I continue to move north (14:30).
Beyond Mont Choisy Beach, first the Med Club hotel, then Canonnier… Golf Resort. Very beautiful landscape design, beautiful sea views (without buoys and boats), with black stones and islands.
Got to the end of Canonnier… Golf Resort (15:00). The further landscape was no longer inspiring.
I wanted to go back to Mont Choisy Beach.
It must be said that the weather favored hiking. Partly cloudy by 15:00 turned into clouds and then rain until 17:00. Then it cleared up again. That is, I went through two private hotels without swimming. On the way back I tried to swim. ZRADA Zrada!! ! Friends, if there are no buoys, then there is no entry into the water! Twice I just went out without plunging - very long, very shallow, and with sharp stones sections. The third time I did plunge, already in the Med Club. For a long time I walked knee-deep in water along sand with algae, then the depth increased to waist-deep, and no matter how much I swam, it did not get deeper. The northern section of the beach at Mont Choisy Beach in this respect, by the way, is a transitional link between super and evil. Hence the life hack for those who choose a hotel in Mauritius - an expensive hotel does not mean that a place for swimming will be at least normal.
After returning to the promised places Mont Choisy (15:30). I took a sun lounger, freed up due to the rain. Just then, a servant showed up. Fee - 1000 per day, 500 for half a day. For 300 we agreed for an hour.
I meditated for an hour and a half under an umbrella during the rain, rested. I took a fresh pineapple (150), and took a walk, met the sunset.
The same taxi driver took us back (I ordered it at the hotel reception). Rates (according to the taxi driver), 1000 - Port Louis - Plage de Trou aux Biches; 1200 - Mont Choisy - Port Louis. But he took 2000 from me for everything, “like from a friend”)))).
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