A Beach Life

 

A Beach Life

It was great to get away for a few days to the idyllic and serene surroundings of Pointe Aux Piments in Mauritius. I was really struggling with lack of sleep due to stress regarding work and my studies. Feeling burnt out, I decided a beach life ... for a few days was required to revive the energy and get the juices flowing.

Jumping for joy

We spent 5 nights at the Beachcomber Le Victoria. This was my second visit to Le Victoria having visited here almost 10 years ago for our honeymoon. We travelled with our 5 year old daughter and hence got to experience the kid friendly areas of the resort

Welcome and arrival – Transfer from the airport to the resort was good and comfortable. The drive takes about 75 minutes (depending when you arrive). We arrived at 7pm. Check-in was smooth and quick. Nice refreshing drink and cool towel at arrival

Room – Rooms are quite large and spacious. They setup a sleeper couch for my daughter and still the room have enough space. Bathroom is well designed, with a large shower and double basin. We stayed on the first floor superior room overlooking the garden and beach. The towels are quite old and should be replaced. For a 4star superior, I was disappointed with the lack of amenities and complimentary water. The robes were dirty and needed replacement on arrival. The WiFi is good and free.

Clear sea water

Beach and Pool – Beach is lovely. Please do take beach shoes with as there is a lot of coral on the beach. Plenty of beach chairs and umbrellas available. Beach towels are also very old and need replacing. The beach staff are friendly and efficient. Pool is awesome – overlooking the beach. The kid’s pool area is small but we did not mind that.

Kids Club – Awesome kids club with enough activities to keep them busy and happy. The staff really go out of their way to care for the little ones.

Activities – Loads of free activities available including glass bottom boat, kayak, paddle boats, aqua aerobics and volleyball.

Food – Hotel caters for halaal during breakfast with separate halaal food stations. Large variety but can be improved with more yogurts and fruit. The hotel should also look at creating a kids atmosphere with kid friendly cutlery. Dinner was buffet with a great seafood and veggie selection. Drinks are ridiculously priced (over R30 for a can of coke).

Awesome Sunsets

Overall this is still a good hotel that needs to conduct a few improvements if it wants to maintain its “superior” status.

The highlights of the trip included: 

• Beautiful sunsets 
• Speed tube rides 
• Glass bottom boat tour
• Frisbee on the beach :) 
• Building sand castles 
• Watching people build sand crocs 

We did not visit the main towns of Port Louis or Grand Baie as we just needed the sea and sand :)

Croc Sand Castles

Counting down to the next trip إنشا الله 

 

...ME