Beachcomber kids' clubs compared: every resort, from toddlers to teens

All eight resorts side by side

The Kids Club is free at every resort. What differs is the setting, what's offered below age 3 and above 11, and the baby facilities. From Beachcomber's 2026-27 fact sheets:

Babysitting is per child, booked 24 hours ahead, with a 2-hour minimum a day everywhere except Royal Palm. Where no time is given, Beachcomber doesn't say when it starts.

What every Kids Club offers

At all eight resorts the Kids Club is free and takes children aged 3 to 11, with a qualified childcare team. Beachcomber's sheets describe the same programme everywhere:

• Creative workshops: drawing, painting and collage.
• Discovery workshops: nature, food and culture.
• Play-and-learn activities, set up in each resort's own club space.
• Hours: every club opens at 09:00. Royal Palm, Trou aux Biches, Paradis and Dinarobin close at 23:00, Shandrani and Victoria at 22:00, and Canonnier and Mauricia at 21:00. Each takes a break for showers and cleaning in the late afternoon, usually from 16:30 to 18:00.
• Meals: breakfast is with you. For lunch and dinner the team takes the children to the buffet, if you're on half board or all-inclusive. At Paradis they eat at the club itself, and at Trou aux Biches when numbers allow; at Royal Palm, meals are ordered at the club, from room service or in a restaurant.
• Coached sports: waterskiing from age 8 at Paradis, Trou aux Biches, Shandrani and Victoria; sailing at Paradis and Shandrani; golf at Paradis and Shandrani, and a group putting lesson at Trou aux Biches; tennis everywhere except Canonnier.
• Age groups: at Victoria, Canonnier and Mauricia, activities are split for ages 3-6 and 7-11.
• Babysitting: on request at every resort, 24 hours ahead, from €7 to €12 an hour per child (about R130 to R220). See the table.
• Health: every resort has an infirmary and a doctor on call. Beachcomber puts the nearest clinic or hospital about 10 minutes from Royal Palm, Trou aux Biches, Canonnier and Mauricia, 30 minutes from Shandrani and Victoria, and 60 minutes from Paradis and Dinarobin.

Babies and toddlers: under 3

The Kids Club starts at 3, so under-3s need something else. The one free option Beachcomber confirms for 2026/27 is at Trou aux Biches: babysitting at the Kids Club for 1- and 2-year-olds on weekday afternoons, from 13:00 to 16:00, booked 24 hours ahead.

• Free baby care rooms for under-2s at Victoria, Canonnier and Mauricia, with a changing table, a bottle warmer and steriliser, a fridge and a baby menu (and a kettle at Victoria and Canonnier).
• A free baby corner for under-2s at Shandrani and Paradis, with similar equipment; Paradis's has cots, and baby food on request.
• A baby care corner at Dinarobin's Kids Club, with a changing table, a bottle warmer and steriliser, a fridge and a water dispenser.
• Baby care amenities on request at Trou aux Biches and Royal Palm. Trou aux Biches' Pool Villas come with cots, high chairs, a baby monitor and a pool fence.
• Cots and baby baths for the room at all eight resorts (the bath on request at Mauricia).
• No Petit Club now. Beachcomber's 2025-26 sheet listed a paid club at Shandrani for 2- and 3-year-olds; the 2026-27 sheet drops it.
• Paid babysitting at all eight resorts, booked 24 hours ahead: €7 an hour per child (about R130) at Shandrani, Victoria and Canonnier, €9 (about R170) at Royal Palm and Mauricia, and €12 (about R220) at Paradis, Dinarobin and Trou aux Biches.
• Getting there: under Beachcomber's 2026 terms, standard shared transfers can't take baby or booster seats (p. 39). Tell us, and we arrange the right vehicle.
• Rooms: some rooms take only a baby, and some take a baby on top of older children. Our Beachcomber children's offers guide lists them per resort.

Teenagers: two Teens Clubs and two programmes

Victoria and Canonnier each have a free Teens Club for 12- to 17-year-olds, Trou aux Biches has a free Teens Programme for the same ages, and Royal Palm a free activity programme. Beachcomber's 2026-27 kids sheet names Trou aux Biches, Victoria and Canonnier as the three with a facility just for teenagers. Shandrani, Mauricia, Paradis and Dinarobin have nothing organised for teenagers.

• What they do: snorkelling and tennis tournaments are the activities Beachcomber names at Victoria, Canonnier and Trou aux Biches. Canonnier's Teens Club is in the old fort, in the grounds.
• When they run: none of the 2026-27 sheets limits them to the school holidays, and none gives a season. Ask us for your dates.
• Free sport for teens everywhere: the free land and water sports, waterskiing and wakeboarding included, on the same terms as adults. Coached sessions, such as Shandrani's Water Skiing Academy, are charged.
• What teens cost: from 12 they're charged, all-inclusive included, unless a special covers them. The one current teen offer is 1 to 20 June 2027 at Victoria, Shandrani, Paradis and Royal Palm; see Beachcomber children's offers.

What's free and what isn't

The everyday childcare is free; the extras are charged.

Free:

• the Kids Club for 3- to 11-year-olds, at all eight resorts;
• the Teens Clubs at Victoria and Canonnier, Trou aux Biches' Teens Programme and Royal Palm's teens activity programme;
• the baby care rooms at Victoria, Canonnier and Mauricia, and the baby corners at Shandrani and Paradis;
• babysitting on weekday afternoons for 1- and 2-year-olds at Trou aux Biches;
• the free land and water sports, for teenagers as for adults;
• the all-inclusive for children aged 11 and under, when the parents take it, at the seven resorts that sell one.

Charged:

• babysitting, €7 to €12 an hour per child (about R130 to R220), apart from Trou aux Biches' weekday afternoons;
• a private transfer if you need baby or booster seats;
• some sports and lessons, such as Shandrani's Water Skiing Academy, golf lessons, kitesurfing and scuba diving.

Our picks

Best for toddlers: Shandrani

Shandrani is our pick for children under 3. It's about 10 minutes from the airport, where the others are an hour or more, which counts after a flight with a toddler. It has a free baby corner for under-2s, with a bottle warmer, steriliser, kettle and baby menu, and from 3 children join the free Kids Club in its own garden. Babysitting is among the cheapest in the group, at €7 an hour (about R130). Its paid Petit Club for 2- and 3-year-olds, on Beachcomber's 2025-26 sheet, isn't on the 2026-27 one.

• Rooms: a Deluxe Room takes 2 adults + 2 children; a Two-Bedroom Family Apartment gives the children their own room (2 adults + 3 children, plus a baby).
• The trade-off: it's on the south-east coast, and Beachcomber itself says the west coast has the steadiest weather (p. 6).

Runner-up: Trou aux Biches, for the childcare. It's the only Beachcomber resort with free care confirmed for under-3s in 2026/27: babysitting at the Kids Club for 1- and 2-year-olds on weekday afternoons, from 13:00 to 16:00. From 3, its Kids Club has its own pool and restaurant and is open until 23:00. It's five-star and about 70 minutes from the airport, and Beachcomber is selling it again for stays from 20 November 2026, after its renovation. Its Junior Suites and plain Tropical Junior Suites take a baby only, so book a Tropical Junior Suite Plus, a Beachfront Senior Suite with pool or a Two-Bedroom Family Suite.

For babies under 2, the free baby care rooms at Victoria, Canonnier and Mauricia are the best-equipped set-up.

Best for 7- to 11-year-olds: Paradis

Paradis is our pick for 7- to 11-year-olds. Its Kids Club has its own pool, and the water sports for both Le Morne resorts run from its beach: waterskiing, wakeboarding, sailing and Hobie Cats. The club's own coaches teach sailing, tennis, golf and, from age 8, waterskiing, and children eat at the club. There's floodlit tennis and a Golf Academy (lessons charged), and Dinarobin's facilities are next door.

• The trade-off: it's five-star, about 70 minutes from the airport, the nearest clinic or hospital is about an hour away, and there's nothing organised for an older brother or sister.

Runner-up: Canonnier. Four-star, with a safari-style tented Kids Club, archery, mini golf (a copy of Mont Choisy's last nine holes) and two beaches. Its Family Duplexes are split-level rooms with a mezzanine bedroom, for 2 adults and two children aged 6 to 17, and there's a Teens Club for older siblings.

Best for teenagers: Victoria

Victoria is our pick for teenagers. It has a free Teens Club, a long beach for waterskiing and wakeboarding, free snorkelling trips in the Balaclava Marine Park, and a dive centre on the resort (diving is charged). Two teenagers can share your Deluxe Room (2 adults + 2 children), and Victoria is in the 1-20 June 2027 special, when one child under 18 sharing with you pays only flights and transfers. Younger siblings have the Kids Club on the beach.

Runner-up: Trou aux Biches, for a five-star stay with a free Teens Programme and the same free water sports. Canonnier, with its Teens Club in the old fort, is the other four-star choice.

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