Hello,

My fiancé is Hindu Mauritian (although we were both born and raised in London). He does not have much blood family and is no contact with his mum.

He doesn't really know anyone that is Hindu and didn't grow up being taken to temple, but he places a lot of value on Navratri and and Diwali - can anyone provide ideas of things I can do to make this year special for him? I grew up Christian and I'm now atheist so I don't have much knowledge and want to get it right!

Thank you in advance.

3 out of 4 young Mauritians would leave the island if they had the chance. 7 out of 10 who study abroad do not come back.

Govt suggests introducing some incentives - all of them to do with employment. There's probably a lot more reasons beyond employment.

Bonjour,

Je compte partir à l’île Maurice fin septembre et je voulais savoir si c’était safe pour une femme seule à Flic-en-Flac ?

Je voulais aussi avoir des conseils sur les activités à faire, quels endroits à visiter pour une touriste, quels restaurants où manger etc. s’il vous plaît.

C’est la première fois que je vais aussi loin toute seule. Je viens de France.

Merci beaucoup 😊

Hi,
Did anyone use Onelife Contruction Co Ltd for residential building(s)?
If so, how was the work delivered?
II don't understand anything with regards to constructions so that's why I am looking to hire a contractor and actually any advise is welcome.
Thanks!

Am i the only one who completely understand french, can read it but just cant communicate at all? I just cannot speak in french and i don’t know how to solve this. It is extremely difficult since in work places, french is widely used and i really want to improve my french. Does anyone have any tips?

I was wondering if anyone has done their UK bar (England & Wales) through the ICCA Bar Course instead of BVS, BTC, BPC, etc., and I'd like some feedback on that.

Hi all, we are moving back to Mauritius permanently and bringing our British Shorthair cat from UK. Has anyone actually been through this process? Would love to know:

**•** How long did it realistically take?  
**•** Any cargo shippers or brokers you’d recommend?  
**•** Any hiccups to watch out for?

Thanks

I recently purchased a shirt from the Tamam Mauritius website and made the payment as instructed. I also sent the payment confirmation via WhatsApp, as their website directs customers to do.

However, I never received any confirmation that my order was received or being processed through the website.

It has now been five days, and despite reaching out several times, I still haven't received any confirmation or update regarding my order. I've tried calling them multiple times, but nobody has answered. I've also contacted them through WhatsApp and their social media accounts, but haven't received a proper response.

At this point, I'm starting to become concerned about whether the business is legitimate or if I've been scammed.

Has anyone here ordered from Tamam Mauritius recently and had a similar experience? Should I give them more time, or would it be reasonable to file a complaint with the relevant authorities?

Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know where I can buy 3% hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) in Mauritius, preferably in 5L gallons?

I need it mainly for cleaning and sanitising hydroponic equipment such as NFT channels, reservoirs, trays and other components.

I've found 50% hydrogen peroxide, but I'd prefer to buy a ready-to-use lower concentration rather than handling such a strong concentrate.

Any local suppliers, shops or contacts you can recommend?

Thanks!

Does anyone know where i can find hair color remover in supermarkets or in port louis?

I gotta change my rear camera and i wanted to know if anyone know approximately how much it’s gonna cost on top of the 1k diagnostic fee?I could use an aftermarket module which would cost me 4k but im concerned about loss quality&functionality?any advice or insight would be much appreciated

Hi everyone, any reliable parcel forwarding company that can ship my items from UAE to Mauritius? I once used S&S and it was such a stress..... my items over 10k were thrown due to their negligence.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

We’ve booked our flights to Mauritius for 23 July to 4 August 2027 (12 nights) and I’m starting to plan accommodation.

We’re a family of 5 – 2 adults and 3 children who will be 13, 12 and 9.

Rather than just booking one resort for the whole trip, I’m considering splitting the holiday between two different parts of Mauritius.

My current thinking is something like:

First 3–5 nights: Airbnb/private villa/apartment with a private or good shared swimming pool, ideally somewhere convenient for exploring and sightseeing.

Remaining 7–9 nights: a really good 4/5-star beachfront resort where we can slow down, snorkel, swim and enjoy the hotel facilities.

For the resort part, our priorities are:

• Beautiful, relatively calm beach and good swimming

• Good snorkelling, ideally accessible directly from the beach

• Multiple/good swimming pools that don't feel ridiculously crowded

• Good activities for children aged 9–13

• Kids/teens club would be a big bonus, particularly if the 12 and 13-year-old can participate together

• Sports/football/watersports

• Good food – halal meat would be ideal, although we're happy eating seafood/vegetarian if necessary

• Family-friendly but not somewhere that feels like a huge, overcrowded kids' waterpark

• Good quality rooms and overall 4/5-star experience

I've been looking particularly at the west/north-west and Le Morne areas, including hotels such as LUX* Le Morne, St Regis/JW Marriott, Sugar Beach, La Pirogue, Hilton Mauritius, Westin Turtle Bay and InterContinental – but I'm completely open to alternatives.

I'd particularly appreciate advice on the first sightseeing part of the holiday.

If we spend around 4 nights in an Airbnb/villa, which area would you base yourselves in?

We'd like to use those days to see the parts of Mauritius that we'd miss by simply staying in a resort – scenery, waterfalls, viewpoints, markets/towns, culture, wildlife/nature, local food etc.

We'd probably hire a car, so I'm less concerned about being directly on a beach during those first few days.

What would you consider the must-see places/experiences for a family on their first visit to Mauritius, and how many days would you realistically allocate to sightseeing before moving to the resort?

I'm especially interested in whether it makes more sense to stay around:

• Grand Baie / north

• Trou aux Biches / north-west

• Flic-en-Flac / west

• Tamarin / Black River

• Somewhere more central

• Or somewhere completely different

And if anyone knows a specific Airbnb, villa or apartment with a pool that you've personally stayed at and would recommend for a family of five, I'd really appreciate the name/link.

Likewise, if you've found particularly good ways of getting discounts on the higher-end resorts – direct hotel offers, early-booking rates, stay X/pay Y offers, UK agents etc. – I'd love to hear about them.

Budget isn't completely fixed yet. I'm more interested in finding the best value/experience combination rather than automatically choosing the cheapest option.

Thanks – particularly interested in advice from Mauritius locals and families who've done a similar split stay.

We’re first time Mauritius tourists and visiting the north/east as well as some area round flic en flac. Would you recommend to wear some kind of protection on our feet to go into the ocean? Saw some videos about some kind of fishes that are very harmful/poisenous or at least hurt when you don’t take care. Thanks!

I am in university right now, i do intend to do a masters but depends heavily on finances. So essentially I'm looking to be entering the labour market with only a B.S.C and from what I've read on google the starting salary for my field is 25 000 - 30 000 rupees. I know a lot of people who earn 30 000 rupees who were able to buy land and build a house and I'm wondering how?????? Everything seems so expensive and it's got me thinking what am i gonna do for housing especially if I end up starting a family. How does it work? How did people with my kind of salary were ever able to achieve these things? I know everyone speaks of loans but even then you have to deposit money for most of them. The answer is i guess "saving" so then how did you save. how much did you save for how many years. ( if you able to either build a house for yourself, or rent on a baseline salary of 25 000 to 30 000) Maybe I'm being cynical but the way I'm calculating even if i save up it's going to very very veryyyy difficult to find housing for myself.

Note: Yes I can stay with parents for the moment while I save but I wont be able to stay for them forever because my house is already crammed and my parents have expressed that they would like me to have my own place and I want that too. I just don't think it's possible is it?

My family is from Mauritius. Both my parents were born in Mauritius but me and sibling were born in England. When we were little my parents didn’t really teach us creole. They’d casually speak it and tell us stuff in creole but wouldn’t have full conversations. They were more focused on teaching us academics and making us do well in school.
So now I’m one of those people who understand creole but can’t speak it. And when I say understand I don’t mean like fluently understand but I’d understand the main points of a conversation in creole. I’ve been to Mauritius a few times I actually went last year and it was really good. But there were times I felt out of place and I wished I didn’t feel that way.
I’m 22 and most of my life I was worried about academics and doing well in my career but the trip last year made me realise I love Mauritius and I’m proud to be Mauritian. But I’m ashamed that I can’t speak creole. That I why I want to learn properly now
I’ve tried to look for resources to help but the videos and stuff online doesn’t really help. Ive tried to use chatgpt but that isn’t really good.
If anyone has any advice of ways I can learn I would appreciate it.
I know speaking would probably be the best way but I am shy and when my parents speak to me in creole I usually response in English😅

My parents and I first came to Mauritius about 6 years ago, and have been coming here twice a year since then.

Now, after years of my parents living Kuwait, they finally retired and made the move here permanently, so naturally I decided this occasion required me secretly making them a book (I have a small business where I create custom books :D)

I kept pestering them on our family group to send me photos and updates during the journey and their first few days here, while they had absolutely no idea what I was doing with any of it. Then I turned it all into a little book about the beginning of their retirement and this new chapter in Mauritius and surprised them with it while I was visiting.

Just wanted to share it here because Mauritius has been incredibly kind to Mom and Dad over these past years, and seeing how settled and happy they are here makes me very happy too. :)
Thank you, guys, bless you all x

Bonzour zot tou 👋

We’re a couple of Mauritians doing an independent replication of an existing research study about how men evaluate potential romantic partners.

The survey looks at preferences regarding certain physical traits, specifically breasts and buttocks, alongside personal values when choosing a partner.

We’re trying to get more responses from Mauritian men so we can compare our results with the original research using a more varied sample .

It’s completely anonymous, takes around 2 minutes, and doesn’t collect names, emails or other identifying information.

Survey link:
https://forms.gle/Gwb6JDmD4WU4aric8

Nou pou mari apprecier ene ti reponse depi zot🙏

And if you know other Mauritian men who might be willing to answer, feel free to share it with them.
Merci!

Hey could anybody please suggest me the best time to visit the balaclava beach?

There's an app called roost social where you send letters via digital birds to each other, the messages take time to deliver based on distance. I live in the US and mauritius is as far away from me as can be (on land).

Just want to add someone on the app as a friend for the luls. Once you add me, you can delete the app or not, either way 🤷

What about adding this rule?

9. Absolutely no AI

ChatGPT and AI usage is strictly against the rules. This includes suggesting the use of AI. The sub is designed for discussion, advice and experiences from actual humans. Commenting or posting AI generated text will result in a permanent ban.

Booked a trip to Mauritius for mid-September and my travel health clinic is pushing the Ixchiq chikungunya vaccine given the outbreak (CDC still has it on their Level 2 notice as of a few months ago, case counts were over 3,000 back in May).

Before I commit to it, I want a clearer picture:

Anyone been recently (June–August) — is it still actively spreading, or has it cooled off?

Which areas/resorts are people actually seeing cases in, vs. mostly quiet?

If you got the vaccine, how was it — side effects, cost, worth it?

If you skipped it and just did bug spray/precautions, how'd that go?

Trying to decide if this is a "definitely get it" situation or if the risk is manageable with mosquito precautions alone.

Appreciate any first-hand info.