Which Beachcomber resort is best for you? Families, couples, golf and groups

Our picks at a glance

Each of the eight Beachcomber resorts in Mauritius suits a different kind of holiday. These are our picks, with the reasons in the sections below.

At the seven resorts with an all-inclusive, it's free for children aged 11 and under in 2026/27 when the parents take it, so you can choose on what suits the family more than on the children's package. Children's room rates and specials differ by resort; Canonnier and Trou aux Biches have no children's offer in the current specials. The details are in Beachcomber children's offers.

Families with 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, and that matters after a flight with a toddler. It has a free baby corner for under-2s, and from 3 children join the free Kids Club, in its own area with a private garden.

• Rooms: a Deluxe Room takes 2 adults + 2 children. A Two-Bedroom Family Apartment gives the children their own room, with bunk beds and a bathroom (2 adults + 3 children, plus a baby).
• Children's specials: one child under 6 stays and eats free from 31 January to 27 February 2027 (book by 31 December 2026).
• Babysitting costs €7 an hour per child (about R130), the lowest rate in the group, shared with Victoria and Canonnier.
• No Petit Club now: Beachcomber's 2025-26 kids sheet listed a paid club here for 2- and 3-year-olds; the 2026-27 sheet drops it.
• The trade-off: Shandrani is 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 restaurant, garden and pool, 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.

With a baby under 2, also look at Victoria, Canonnier and Mauricia, which have free, equipped baby care rooms. All the details are in our kids' clubs comparison.

Families with school-age children: Paradis

Paradis is our pick for children aged about 4 to 11. 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, with floodlit tennis and a Golf Academy as well. Dinarobin next door shares its facilities and adds four restaurants, eight in all.

• Rooms: a Junior Suite takes a family of four (2 adults + 2 children). For five, a two-bedroom family suite; there are only 17 across the three types, so book early for school holidays. For six, a 2-Bedroom Junior Family Suite (2 adults + 4 children).
• Children's specials: Paradis is in both current windows: one child under 6 stays and eats free from 31 January to 27 February 2027, and one child under 18 pays only flights and transfers from 1 to 20 June 2027.
• The trade-off: five-star rates, about 70 minutes from the airport, a long way from Grand Baie, and nothing organised for an older brother or sister.

Runner-up: Canonnier. Four-star, on a garden peninsula near Grand Baie, with a safari-style tented Kids Club, archery, mini golf and two beaches. Its Family Duplexes are split-level rooms for 2 adults and two children aged 6 to 17, and there's a Teens Club for older siblings. It has three restaurants and a lunchtime food truck for 283 rooms, and no children's offer in the current specials.

Families with teenagers: Victoria

Victoria is our pick for families with teenagers, or with children of mixed ages. It has a free Teens Club for 12- to 17-year-olds and a Kids Club on the beach for younger children. The free sport runs from waterskiing and wakeboarding to snorkelling trips in the Balaclava Marine Park.

• Rooms: two teenagers can share your Deluxe Room (2 adults + 2 children). For five, a Two-Bedroom Family Suite (2 + 3; there are 18) or a Two-Bedroom Superior Family Apartment; for six, a Two-Bedroom Deluxe Family Apartment (2 + 4).
• What teens cost: from 12 they're charged, all-inclusive included. Victoria is in the 1-20 June 2027 special, when one child under 18 sharing with you pays only flights and transfers (book by 1 May 2027).
• The trade-off: it's full of South African families in the school holidays, an hour from the airport and 12 km from Grand Baie.

Runner-up: Trou aux Biches, for a five-star stay with a free Teens Programme and the same free water sports. For a family of four, a Beachfront Senior Suite with pool (2 adults + 2 children); for five, a Two-Bedroom Family Suite. Canonnier, with its Teens Club in the old fort, is the other four-star choice.

Couples: Victoria for 2

For couples, we suggest Victoria and its adults-only wing, Victoria for 2. The wing has 40 rooms around its own 800-square-metre pool, with the Nautilus Pool Bar and a restaurant, Morris Beef; the 17 Swim-Up Rooms open straight into the pool. You can use the whole main resort too, with its sunsets and an all-inclusive that pours imported brands.

• The trade-off: the Swim-Up Rooms share the wing's pool rather than having a private one, and the main resort is lively with families in the school holidays.

Runner-up: Mauricia, for couples who'd rather walk out to Grand Baie's restaurants and nightlife. Its three rooftop Suites, for two adults only, each have a plunge pool and an outdoor shower on the terrace. There's no adults-only wing, and the resort is built around the bay rather than a long beach.

Honeymooners: Royal Palm

For a honeymoon where service and privacy come first, choose Royal Palm, Beachcomber's flagship. It has 68 suites and a villa, and about four staff for every suite: your bags are unpacked, a sunbed on the beach is kept for you, room service runs day and night, and La Goélette serves à la carte dinners over the bay. Honeymooners staying four nights or more outside prime season get a Beachcomber Experience, and we ask for any Royal Palm romance offer for your dates.

• The trade-off: there's no all-inclusive, so lunch and drinks are charged, and on a long stay they add up.

Runner-up: Dinarobin, for an all-inclusive five-star honeymoon. Book the adults-only Zen crescent; every unit at Dinarobin is a suite or villa, and it has the bigger of the two Le Morne spas. Beachcomber's honeymoon gifts add sparkling wine on arrival, a two-course lunch every day and a Beachcomber Experience, on stays of four nights or more, so half board may be all you need. Its current honeymoon special is for travel from 6 to 27 February 2027, within 12 months of the wedding (book by 31 January 2027).

Adults-only: Dinarobin's Zen crescent

None of the eight Beachcomber resorts is adults-only, but three have adults-only wings. Our pick is Dinarobin's Zen crescent: five-star suites for up to 3 adults around their own pool, with pool service and a reserved stretch of beach, in the quieter of the two Le Morne resorts.

Runner-up: Shandrani for 2, the biggest of the three wings, facing the Blue Bay Marine Park and 10 minutes from the airport. Victoria for 2 is our pick for couples above.

The Zen crescent has no restaurant of its own: you eat at Dinarobin's four restaurants or at Paradis's four next door.

Golfers: Dinarobin

For golfers, we suggest Dinarobin. It shares Paradis Golf Club next door, an 18-hole, par-72 course between Le Morne Brabant and the sea, and its all-inclusive includes one daily green fee there (carts, balls and accessories are extra). Guests also have privileged access to Mont Choisy Le Golf in the north.

• Why not Paradis? The course is inside Paradis, with a Golf Academy and a driving range, but green fees are extra there on every meal plan: Rs 1,620 (about R570) a round, or Rs 3,510 (about R1,230) with a shared cart, in 2026-27. If you'd rather walk to the first tee and pay as you play, Paradis is the choice; if you'll play most days on the all-inclusive, Dinarobin is.
• Playing every day on half board? Guests at Beachcomber's golf resorts can buy unlimited golf at Paradis: Rs 10,800 (about R3,780) per person, or Rs 5,400 (about R1,890) from 1 May to 30 September 2027, when a single round also drops to Rs 810 (about R280). It pays for itself from the seventh round.
• The trade-off: it's calm by design, and the waterskiing, sailing and diving run from Paradis next door.

Runner-up: Trou aux Biches, for golf in the north. Its all-inclusive includes a daily green fee, a golf cart and transfers to Mont Choisy Le Golf, the north's only 18-hole course, designed by the southern African architect Peter Matkovich. On half board you pay Rs 3,510 (about R1,230) a round with the compulsory shared cart, plus the transfer.

Also worth knowing:

• Royal Palm gives adults a free daily green fee and golf cart at Mont Choisy, transfers included, on half board.
• Canonnier guests have privileged access to Mont Choisy, but green fees are charged on every meal plan: Rs 3,510 (about R1,230) a round with the cart.
• Shandrani has a nine-hole pitch and putt with no green fees for guests; Avalon Golf Estate nearby costs Rs 6,500 (about R2,280) a round with a shared cart, or Rs 4,900 (about R1,720) from 1 May to 30 September 2027.
• At any Beachcomber resort you pay Beachcomber's guest rates at Paradis and Mont Choisy, and set rates at six partner courses: Golf du Château, La Réserve, Tamarina, Avalon, Anahita and Ile aux Cerfs, from Rs 4,900 (about R1,720) to Rs 11,340 (about R3,970) a round with a shared cart. Partner-course fees are paid at the club and can't be prepaid.

On a budget: Mauricia

Mauricia is our budget pick. It's a four-star that Beachcomber positions on value (2026 brochure, p. 10), in the middle of Grand Baie, so restaurants, shops and nightlife are a walk away and half board goes further. Waterskiing and wakeboarding on the bay are free, so is the Kids Club, and the all-inclusive is there if you want it, free for children aged 11 and under.

• Children's specials: one child under 6 stays and eats free in both current windows (31 January to 27 February and 1 to 20 June 2027).
• The trade-off: the Standard Rooms take one child under 6, so a family of four needs one of the 29 two-bedroom apartments, the Loft, the Villa or two connecting rooms. There are only two restaurants, and the setting is the bay rather than a long beach.

Runner-up: Canonnier. Four-star, 5 km from Grand Baie, with Family Duplexes for two children aged 6 to 17, a Kids Club and a Teens Club. A family of four with both children over 6 has 46 Family Duplexes to choose from, against Mauricia's 29 apartments.

Ways to spend less at any Beachcomber resort:

• Book early. Beachcomber's current early-booking specials cover travel from 31 January to 27 February 2027 (book by 31 December 2026) and 1 to 20 June 2027 (book by 1 May 2027), with children's offers at most resorts.
• Price the all-inclusive with young children. It's free for children aged 11 and under, so the top-up is mostly the adults'. We quote half board and all-inclusive side by side.
• Avoid Christmas, New Year and Easter if you can. They're peak periods, with stricter cancellation terms (terms, p. 39).

Multi-generation groups and two families: Trou aux Biches

For grandparents, parents and children together, or two families, we suggest Trou aux Biches and its 27 Pool Villas. They come in two sizes:

• two bedrooms: 4 adults + 1 child, plus a baby (10 of them);
• three bedrooms: 4 adults + 3 children, plus a baby (17 of them).

Each villa has a private infinity-edge pool, a full kitchen, an outdoor barbecue and dining area and an outdoor soaking bath. A villa host and housekeeping are there in the mornings, a chef can be arranged at extra cost, and early check-in and late check-out are free. Unlike the villas at Paradis and Dinarobin, they can take the all-inclusive. Beyond the villa you have a five-star resort with a Kids Club, a Teens Programme, six restaurants and Mont Choisy golf nearby.

• The trade-off: with 330 suites and villas it's busy in the school holidays, and there's no adults-only wing. It has no children's offer in the current specials.

Runner-up: Paradis. It has twelve Paradis Villas (4 adults + 3 children, or 6 adults), each with two double bedrooms and a children's room, and the four-bedroom Presidential Villa (6 adults + 4 children, or 8 adults), with butlers, club cars and bicycles, plus 17 two-bedroom family suites. With Dinarobin next door, there are eight restaurants and the golf course. The villas can't take the all-inclusive.

On a four-star budget, Victoria and Shandrani have Two-Bedroom Deluxe Family Apartments, two interleading Deluxe Rooms for 2 adults + 4 children, and Shandrani has two Beachfront Villas (2 adults + 4 children, or 4 adults + 2 children). For a big reunion, Beachcomber has a groups department, and group meal-plan terms differ from those for individual bookings (pp. 9, 36).

The eight resorts compared

A quick reference, from Beachcomber's 2026-27 fact sheets:

Each resort's all-inclusive is its own package, but you can use it at other Beachcomber resorts on their package: the four-star ones at the other three four-stars, and the five-star ones at all six other resorts that sell an all-inclusive.

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