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Over the last years, possibilities of excursions in Mauritius have improved considerably; especially in the field of active excursions. There is today a fair choice of professionals proposing original excursions such as dives in submarines or on "Subscooters," and sports activities like Kitesurfing, Quad biking and Mountain biking. Possibilities of Hiking have also increased, often in original so-called "Eco-activities," such as Zip-lines, mountain climbing and abseiling, occurring in wonderful settings.

The assets of Mauritius in terms of sports activities remain nonetheless in the nautical activities, nearly all beach hotels having at the disposal of residents windsurfs, dinghies, pedal-boats and a power-boat of water-skiing.

Contrarily to the land excursions, we notice a slight slackening among the operators of nautical excursions. It's good news in a way as it's a form of shake-out, indirectly uplifting the quality of such excursions that, like for day-cruising in yachts, where an over-exploitation automatically takes part of the fun away.


The local authorities are progressively fine-tuning the regulations concerning these activities, namely as regards to the observation of dolphins, an over-exploited non-ecologic activity which we do not support, except if carried-out in Kayaks or other non-motorised crafts.

About the Regions
Typically, the East, West and North coasts are all suitable for nautical excursions taking place inside the lagoons and the North and West coasts are more appropriate of nautical excursions in the open sea. The choice for inland excursions is wider in the western part of Mauritius.

We invite you to flip through our guide and alphabetical list of the possible land and nautical activities and excursions proposed in Mauritius.

. Abseiling and Mountain Climbing (see Hiking)
. Archery
. Boating (motor) (See Boat and yacht charters in Mauritius)
. Deep Sea Fishing
. Diving (Also Helmet Diving)
. Golf
. Hiking (Also Abseiling and Mountain Climbing)
. Horse Riding
. Hunting
. Karting
. Kayaking
. Kitesurfing / Kiteboarding
. Mountain biking
. Parasailing
. Quad biking
. Safari photo
. Sailing (Yacht & dinghy) (See Boat and yacht charters in Mauritius)
. Snorkelling
. Squash
. Submarine Dive
. Surfing
. Tennis
. Water-skiing
. Windsurfing
. Zip Lines



Updated in June 2008