The trip
Overview
The south-west of Mauritius is the island at its most dramatic — Le Morne’s UNESCO-listed mountain dropping into the lagoon, wilder beaches, and a golf estate at Bel Ombre that now holds two genuinely different courses: the parkland Le Château, regular host of the island’s professional event, and La Réserve Golf Links, opened in 2023 as the Indian Ocean’s first contemporary links. Add Avalon’s highland layout in the cane fields and you have a three-course week that never repeats itself.
Where our east-coast journey is lagoon-calm, this one has texture: morning golf, afternoon nature — Black River Gorges hikes, dolphin mornings off Tamarin, rum at Chamarel — and Bel Ombre’s beachfront resorts to come home to. It deliberately does not clone the east-coast trip; regulars to Mauritius will find this coast feels like a different island, which is exactly the point.
Highlights
- ✦La Réserve Golf Links — the Indian Ocean’s first modern links, opened 2023
- ✦Heritage Le Château, the island’s championship-event venue
- ✦Avalon Golf Estate among the highland cane fields
- ✦Le Morne mountain and the south coast’s wilder beaches
- ✦Chamarel — coloured earths, waterfall and serious rum
Who it suits
- ●Golfers who have done the east coast and want the island’s other face
- ●Couples mixing golf with hiking, dolphins and rum rather than pure beach
- ●Links enthusiasts curious about a tropical links — a genuine rarity
Why this journey works
- ✓Three distinct course styles — parkland, links, highland — from one resort base
- ✓The south-west holds the island’s best nature within thirty minutes
- ✓Differentiated deliberately from our east-coast journey; regulars can do both
Day by day
Day 1
South to Bel Ombre
Land from Dubai and transfer forty minutes to the south coast — the airport is closer to this corner than to the famous north. Check in on the Bel Ombre beachfront, swim, sundowner facing Le Morne. Hotel style: five-star estate resort with golf privileges.
Day 2
Heritage Le Château
Open on the parkland course that hosts the island’s professional tournament — generous fairways climbing through the estate with the ocean below. Clubhouse lunch at the plantation house. Afternoon at the beach club. Access unverified — confirmed at booking.
Day 3
Nature day
No golf. Morning dolphin swim off Tamarin bay, then up into Black River Gorges for viewpoints and endemic forest, ending at Chamarel: the coloured earths, the waterfall and a rum-distillery tasting. Back for dinner on the sand.
Day 4
La Réserve Golf Links
The round that makes this coast: a true links layout above the lagoon, wind-swept and running firm, unlike anything else in the Indian Ocean. Play it in the morning breeze and argue about it all afternoon. Access unverified — confirmed at booking.
Days 5–6
Avalon and the slow south
Round three at Avalon Golf Estate up in the cane fields — cooler air, long views to the coast. The remaining time is holiday: Le Morne beach, kite-surfers to watch, a spa afternoon, and the weekly Mauritian street-food evening most resorts here do well.
Day 7
Free day, played or spent
An optional replay on whichever course won the week — priced as an option — or a full beach day. Farewell dinner at the estate’s plantation restaurant.
Day 8
Home
Short transfer back to the airport and the direct flight to Dubai — you are home the same evening.
The golf
Rounds
3
Handicap
Handicap certificate may be requested at championship venues; resort courses are relaxed in practice
Buggies
Buggies typically included or available at Mauritian resort courses — confirmed per course at quote stage
Clubs
Check airline sports-baggage allowance on UAE departures; hire sets available at the Bel Ombre estate courses
Heritage Le Château
Day 2 — the island’s tournament parkland course, climbing the Bel Ombre estate. Access unverified — confirmed at booking.
La Réserve Golf Links
Day 4 — the Indian Ocean’s first contemporary links, opened 2023, firm and wind-shaped. Access unverified — confirmed at booking.
Avalon Golf Estate
Days 5–6 — highland golf through cane fields with long coastal views. Access unverified — confirmed at booking.
Tee times are requested and confirmed at booking — we never guarantee a tee time until the course has.
For non-golfers
When to go
May to November brings the driest, coolest golf weather; the south-west catches slightly more wind than the sheltered north — welcome on a links course, notable on the beach in July and August. December to April is warm and greener with passing showers and the small cyclone-season caveat of any Indian Ocean island in late summer.
Planning around seasons, regions and style? Read the full Mauritius destination guide →
What’s included
- ✓Return flights from Dubai or Abu Dhabi to Mauritius
- ✓Seven nights in a Bel Ombre beachfront resort
- ✓Three rounds of golf with pre-booked tee times once confirmed
- ✓Golf transfers on playing days
- ✓Half board, with all-inclusive options quoted on request
- ✓PCT golf travel consultant support
Not included
- —Buggies and caddies unless stated
- —Golf club hire
- —Travel insurance
- —Personal spending
Ways to extend it
- +Fourth round or an east-coast day trip to Anahita
- +Sunrise hike up Le Morne with a certified guide
- +Combine east and south-west coasts in one ten-night stay
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