Veranda Pointe aux Biches

Our verdict

Veranda Pointe aux Biches is the hotel we suggest when you want the sunny north-west coast at a four-star price, and when a family or a couple wants its own side of the hotel. It sits between the villages of Pointe aux Piments and Trou aux Biches, about an hour from the airport, and reopened in October 2026 after a three-month refurbishment. Families get 24 Family Units, each with a connected children's room for up to three children or teenagers, and the free Timomo Kids Club for 3 to 11. Couples can book a Privilege room in Sandy Lane, an adults-only wing with its own pool, bar and restaurant. The hotel's idea is "barefoot": relaxed, Mauritian, shoes off. The trade-offs: the standard rooms take only two adults and a baby, there's no Teens Club, and the Privilege rooms are 33 m², smaller than the family rooms. It's on the beach, and the hotel also runs a free weekday shuttle to the long public beach at Trou aux Biches. Against its neighbour Trou aux Biches Beachcomber: choose Veranda for a lower price, a two-room family unit and an adults-only wing. Choose Trou aux Biches for a five-star, all-suite resort on almost 2 km of its own beach, with a free Teens Programme.

Best for

• families of five who want the children in a connected room of their own
• couples who want an adults-only wing at a four-star price
• the north-west coast: calm water and sunsets in winter
• a relaxed, shoes-off hotel with a Mauritian feel
• exploring the north: Grand Baie, Port Louis and Pamplemousses are close

At a glance

Which room to book

• Couples: a Privilege Room (33 m², king bed) in the adults-only Sandy Lane wing. It comes with breakfast and dinner at the Sandy Lane restaurant or Senses, a pillow menu, an espresso machine, a foot massage, an apéritif on your terrace, and a full-day catamaran cruise on stays of seven nights or more. For more space and a quieter budget, a Superior Room (43 m², pool or garden view), which includes a foot scrub and bath once per stay.
• Couple with a baby: a Comfort Room (33 m²) or Superior Room (43 m²). Both take two adults and a baby in a cot, but no older child.
• Family with one to three children or teenagers: a Family Unit (43 m²): a king or twin room for the parents and a connected children's room with a bunk bed. It takes two adults, three children or teenagers and a baby. There are only 24, so book early for the school holidays.
• Older children in their own room: children can also have a Comfort Room of their own (up to two), next to yours.
• Views: the hotel describes the Comfort and Superior rooms as looking over the pool or the gardens. If a sea view matters, ask us before you book.

Children

• Timomo Kids Club: for children aged 3 to 11, with a daily activity programme, so parents get time to themselves.
• Pool: a separate children's pool.
• Food: a children's menu on request.
• Babysitting: at extra cost, booked ahead.
• Teens: no Teens Club. Teenagers have the free water sports, water polo, tennis volley and the gym. For a free teens programme next door, choose Trou aux Biches Beachcomber; for a Teens Club a few minutes away, Victoria Beachcomber.
• Family days: every Thursday is Mauritian Day, with a cooking class, traditional games and sega.

Meal plans

There are two meal plans: half board and Veranda's all-inclusive, called "All Add In".

Half board includes breakfast and dinner at Senses, the main restaurant, plus a credit of Rs 900 per person per night towards dinner at Piedanlo, the seafood restaurant. Snacks at The Kiosk and the bars, and afternoon tea, are extra. In a Privilege room, dinner at Sandy Lane or Senses is included.

All Add In adds:

• lunch at Senses, The Kiosk (local dishes, 12:00 to 17:00) or Sun Deck (selected dishes);
• tapas at Sun Deck in the evening (selected items);
• afternoon tea, and street-food snacks at lunchtime;
• soft drinks, juices, water, local beers, selected cocktails, local spirits and house wine by the glass, from 11:00 to 23:00;
• a minibar of soft drinks, juices, water and local beer, refilled daily;
• a picnic box for a day out (book 24 hours ahead).

All Add In guests can also eat and drink on their package at Veranda Palmar Beach, Grand Baie, Paul et Virginie and Tamarin. You pay the transport and give 24 hours' notice.

What we'd do: for a family, All Add In usually makes sense, because children's drinks and lunches add up quickly. Couples who plan to eat out in Grand Baie can save with half board. The drinks are local brands; imported brands cost extra.

Restaurants

Restaurants:

• Senses: the main restaurant, looking over the lagoon. Buffet breakfast 07:00 to 10:00, buffet lunch 12:00 to 15:00, and dinner 19:00 to 22:00 as an international buffet or table d'hôte, with a Mauritian corner.
• Sun Deck: poolside, à la carte at lunch (12:00 to 15:00) and tapas in the evening (19:00 to 22:00).
• Piedanlo: the seafood restaurant over the sea, dinner only (19:00 to 22:00), reservation required, closed on Mondays. Since the refurbishment it serves an eight-course dinner built around spices.
• Sandy Lane: for Privilege guests only, meat and seafood beside an overflowing pool, dinner 19:00 to 22:00, closed on Sundays.
• The Kiosk: Mauritian lunches and snacks through the day, and local rum in the evening.

Bars:

• Footloose, the main bar, 11:00 to 23:00, with live music and cultural shows;
• the Sandy Lane bar, 11:00 to 23:00, between the beach and the pool, for sunset.

Once a week, Sunset Vibes on the beach brings local tapas, rum cocktails and music.

Honest downsides

• Standard rooms take a baby, not a child. Comfort and Superior rooms take two adults and a baby only. A family with a child over two needs a Family Unit or two rooms, and there are only 24 Family Units.
• No Teens Club.
• The adults-only rooms are small. The Privilege rooms are 33 m², 10 m² smaller than a Superior. You're paying for the wing, the restaurant and the extras, not the space.
• Water sports depend on the tide, as the hotel itself notes.
• Just refurbished. The renewed rooms and the new Piedanlo menu reopened in late October 2026, so they have little track record yet.
• Only Sandy Lane guests eat at Sandy Lane. Everyone else has Senses, Sun Deck, Piedanlo and The Kiosk.

Veranda Pointe aux Biches holiday packages

Packages from R21,880 per person, including flights from Johannesburg (prices checked 15 Nov 2026).

R500 off your holiday when you book with us by 31 December 2026.

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