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August 19, 2024
We’ve recently returned from a 10 day holiday in Mauritius with our two kids, aged 12 and 13 (organised by Sarah Lake Holidays who I would highly recommend), where we spent the first 4 nights at the Awali, and then the last 5 nights at the Trou Beachcomber. We weren’t actually going to stay at the Awali but due to have two keen golfers in the family Sarah had recommended the resort. From the moment we arrived we were blown away, mainly due to the fact we had booked the 3 bed villa which is superb. It’s the only one in the resort and sits really nicely between the Telfair and the Awali. More on the villa in a mo! Arrival and check in was smooth, we went straight to lunch and then went to our room. The villa is superb. It has two huge double bedrooms and then also a kids room with twin beds, a lovely living area and the best bit, a heated pool (which you do need in August) and the most wonderful setting right on the beach. It also comes with a butler, Alex, who we all agreed was one of the nicest people we have ever met. This was a unique experience for us having never done this before. Alex made sure we had all our dinner reservations sorted, made us cocktails and drinks through the day with pre-dinner canapés, organised trips, took the boys to golf, the kids fishing, basically anything we wanted. When we waved goodbye to him at the end of our time at the Awali we all had a tear in our eyes! What a lovely and helpful person, and we really enjoyed hearing about his life and his kids. He told me his job was to never say ‘no’ and he certainly delivered on that front! In terms of the other amenities, the heated pool in the villa was amazing and we spent hours in there. The other pools are not heated but seemed to be well used. One is a kids pool and one is an adult pool. You can snorkel right off the beach. There is no reef as such but we saw lion fish, star fish and lots of interesting stuff and was fun to do! You can paddle board, kayak, peddalo etc all in the AI package (I think we were on the premium AI). The fishing was fun too! We also went to the local shell museum. We stayed the following 5 days at Trou aux Biches and there was definitely more to do there, just as a comparison. We didn’t go out and about as we felt we wanted to make the most of the resort. In terms of dining, we loved dining at C Beach (this is the only one included from Telfair) and the golf club for dinner was a special experience! There is the Coco Shack for drinks during the day and the Zanzibar had entertainment in the evenings. I would say Trou Beachcomber food options were much better overall in terms of the buffet experience. Do book restaurants in advance if you don’t want to go to the buffet every evening. August weather is a bit mixed so bring a warm jacket for the evening and mossie repellant. The golf was apparently amazing in particular La Reserva. The boys played both courses that are close. Sunsets were incredible too and lots of opportunit