Flic en flac - Beach

Situated on the West Coast, the beach is fringed with filaos/ casuarina trees provides a fine lagoon for swimming and watersports. Grand baie and the northern coastline beyond Tombeau Bay has many delightful beaches Trou aux Biches with its splendid Hindu temple; then further up the coast Choisy, one of the most popular beaches of the island, which offers facilities for safe bathing, sailing, windsurfing and water skiing. Finally, the coastline curves into Grande Baie itself, the main centre for yachting, water, skiing, windsurfing, and many other watersports. Not all the beaches on Mauritius are idyllic or natural. Those without hotels close to them are unkempt and some hotels have actually created their own sandy coves, such as has been done effectively at the Touessrok Hotel and at Paradise Cove.

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  • The most popular beaches are on the northern coastline, from Tombeau Bay up to Grand Bay and beyond. Trou aux Biches is a long stretch, much of it is surrounded by the hotel complex of the same name.Choisy, further up to the coast, is a favourite spot with locals as well as tourists. The club Mediterranean resorts with good amenities and fast paced action enriches the beach at Pointe aux Canonnier. A delightful cove midway between Grand Bay and Cap Malheureux is Pereybere.

  • Beaches
    No island on earth offers such a variety of beautiful beaches and lagoons. On the west coast are the public beaches of Tamarin, (well-known to surfers for its big waves), Flic en Flac, which provides a fine lagoon with shallow waters, Albion, pointe aux Sables, Baie du Tombeau and others. The northern coastline has many delightful beaches - Pointe aux Piments, famous for its underwater scenery, Trou aux Biches, Mont Choisy, one the most popular: Grand Baie, the main center for yachting, fishing, water skiing and Pereybere - probably one of the best bathing beaches.

  • There are also beaches around the peninsula in the southwest, dominated by the 556 m-high Morne Brabant, where the Beach comber Hotel Paradis is located. At Flic en Flac there is the beach at the Pirogue Hotel and sands fringed with the ubiquitous casuarina trees.

  • Mauritius is a coral reef encircle, it's coastline glistens with beaches of powdery white sands, lapped gently by translucent water lagoons. It is this sandy margin, more than anything, that draws the tourists. Tourism is now the island's third biggest industry, after sugar and textiles. In Mauritius the best beaches have hotels close to them but these are not exclusive tourist enclaves and most have public access. There are also public beaches and it is still possible, away from the hotels and coastal roads, to find secluded stretches of sand.

  • For Hindus this is the time of ceremonial bathing in the sea for purification, since they believe the holy water of the Ganges will be able to purify them through it. At the beaches of Albion, Belle Mare, Baie du Tombeau, Blue Bay, Flic en Flac, Mont Choisy, Pereybère, Pte aux Roches. Pte aux Sables and Tamarin, special lifeguard units are set up from 09.00 to 17.00 hours to ensure the safety of bathers.

  • Description
    The name Flic en Fac is thought to come from the old Dutch name. Friend Landt Flaak or Free and Flat land. On older maps this was spelt as fri-lan Flac, subsequently adapted by the Frenf into Flic en Flac.

  • Water Sports in Mauritius
    Most beachside resort hotels provide water sport facilities free of charge to their guests. This usually includes water-skiing and windsurfing, as well as kayaks, pedallos and snorkelling. Some have glass-bottom boats and also dinghy sailing. If you're not staying in a beach hotel there is a boathouse, on the Ile aux Cerfs, where equipment can be hired by non-residents.

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