Strong winds and currents from the South of the island have pushed traces of the oil sheen North past the small tourist islands of Ile aux Cerfs and Ile aux Margenie, 14 miles North of the crash site.

But many will prefer the exquisite Ile aux Cerfs Golf Club, which is lauded by locals and proudly boasts a lofty ranking at 10th in Golf World’s top 100 courses in Africa.

Île aux Cerfs, Named after the stags (cerfs) that once roamed here, Mauritius's favourite island playground is a sand bar of talcum-white sand edged by translucent water. It’s a great spot for ...

Sunlife pioneered luxury tourism in Mauritius with the opening of its first hotel, La Pirogue, in 1976. Today, the Group operates four world-class resorts in Mauritius: Sugar Beach, Long Beach, La ...