Enchanting Mauritius: An Island Discovery

Take Saga’s included UK door-to-door travel service to Gatwick for your overnight flight to Mauritius.

You'll be met at the airport and taken to the locally rated 4-star Tamassa, An All Inclusive Resort in Bel Ombre, where you stay on an all-inclusive basis for five nights. The free Saga bar is open from 11am to midnight and serves local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. L, D

Visit the sacred Lake of Grand Bassin, admire Chamarel Waterfalls and enjoy a tour and tasting in a rum distillery on today's included excursion. B,L,D

Enjoy a scenic drive this morning to Mahebourg to see the Naval Museum in a beautiful 18th-century Creole mansion, and visit a family-run cassava biscuit producer. Optional excursion to Trou aux Cerfs and Curepipe. B, L, D

This morning join an included half-day tour to delve into the island's tea history! Explore Domaine des Aubineaux – a tea plantation, and a museum and a rum distillery. B, L, D 

Enjoy a day at leisure or perhaps go on an optional dolphin-watching trip or optional visit to Casela Nature Park. B, L, D.

Visit the historic village of Souillac and a garden developed by the Irish botanist Charles Telfair. Travel north and arrive at the locally rated 5-star InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort. B, L, D

Explore the tropical gardens around your hotel and relax as look over the Indian ocean. Alternatively, you might like to join an optional cruise along the north shores of the island or venture on an optional underwater safari. B, L, D

Admire the flora at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Pamplemousse and afterwards, head to the Sugar Adventure Museum which is housed in an old sugar factory. The afternoon is at leisure. B, L, D

Visit dramatic Cap Malheureux at the northernmost tip of the island and the Historic Marine model ship factory, where craftsmen create miniature ships. B, L, D

Enjoy the hotel facilities or join an optional half-day tour of the capital, Port Louis. B,L,D

Travel to your final hotel, stopping for a typical Mauritian lunch at a private house. You arrive at the locally rated 4-star Solana Beach for the final four all-inclusive nights. B, L, D

Relax at your hotel, or explore independently. B,L,D

Perhaps relax on the white sandy beach or join an optional catamaran cruise along the island’s east coast. B, L, D.

Nestled within Bambous Mountains, La Vallée de Ferney Nature Reserve consists of 200 hectares of preserved native forest. Enjoy an included walk through the forest before visiting a small coffee museum within the grounds of a sugar estate. B,L,D

Travel to the airport for your overnight flight home. On arrival in the UK take your included UK door-to-door travel service home. B