If you want a sterile, predictable holiday, go in June. If you want an adventure that makes your friends back home jealous of your photographs, book your flight for February.
The sun didn’t just rise over Mauritius in December; it erupted. A molten gold balloon clawing its way out of the Indian Ocean, it turned the sky into a watercolour of coral pink and bruised purple. For Ana, waking up in a beach bungalow in Belle Mare, the heat was already a physical presence—a humid, fragrant blanket smelling of frangipani and salt.
The Mauritian summer is also a season of biological and cultural abundance:
The North and West coasts are shielded by mountains, keeping them warmer and drier than the windier South and East during the summer months.
Mauritius has a world-class early warning system (the Vacoas Meteorological Station). If a cyclone approaches, you will have 72 hours notice.