{"id":89908,"date":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/22-photos-of-mauritius-show-why-the-indian-ocean-atoll-is-for-more-than-just-tropical-island-cliches\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:58","slug":"22-photos-of-mauritius-show-why-the-indian-ocean-atoll-is-for-more-than-just-tropical-island-cliches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/22-photos-of-mauritius-show-why-the-indian-ocean-atoll-is-for-more-than-just-tropical-island-cliches\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Photos of Mauritius Show Why the Indian Ocean Atoll Is For More Than Just Tropical Island Clich\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When our resident travel photographer Jonty took a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/mauritius\/flights\">flight to\u00a0Mauritius<\/a> at the end of January, he had one directive \u2013 get as many snaps of the \u2018beautificus locus\u2019 of Ile Maurice as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is Jonty is actually a casual photographer, taking photos to satiate his own interest in capturing the scene, though you wouldn&#8217;t think so after looking at his spectacular iPhone snaps which have long been eliciting applause from the peeps in the Travelstart office.<\/p>\n<p>All the Mauritius photos, which were taken on an iPhone using Snapseed and Camera+ apps for iOS, show that the remote island nation is for many things beyond extinct Dodo&#8217;s, coloured Earth&#8217;s, Pamplemousse\u00a0and Sega dancing; and Jonty&#8217;s shots go a long way in showing why the island most resembles an oil painting.<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for Visa Free Exoticness just a 4 hour flight from Johannesburg &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/1-Coin-de-Mire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31938\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/1-Coin-de-Mire.jpg\" alt=\"1 Coin de Mire\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And the chance of a late afternoon cyclone after a day in the sun.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/2-Centara-Grand-Azuri-Sunset.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31939\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/2-Centara-Grand-Azuri-Sunset.jpg\" alt=\"2 Centara Grand Azuri Sunset\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s for watching the sun rise from the East &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/3-Centara-Poste-Lafayette-Sunrise.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31940\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/3-Centara-Poste-Lafayette-Sunrise.jpg\" alt=\"3 Centara Poste Lafayette Sunrise\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And seeing the reef from a few thousand feet.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/4-View-of-Blue-Bay-Marine-Reserve-and-Beachcomber-Shandrani-Resort-from-the-plane.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31941\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/4-View-of-Blue-Bay-Marine-Reserve-and-Beachcomber-Shandrani-Resort-from-the-plane.jpg\" alt=\"4 View of Blue Bay Marine Reserve and Beachcomber Shandrani Resort from the plane\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>It\u2019s for busting your butt up the monolith at Le Morne &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/5-Le-Morne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31942\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/5-Le-Morne.jpg\" alt=\"5 Le Morne\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And symmetrical scenes so idyllic your facebook friends can only look on in scorn.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/7-Lux-Le-Morne-Resort2-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31944\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/7-Lux-Le-Morne-Resort2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"7 Lux Le Morne Resort2\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for sitting on a bar stool so cool it\u2019s in the pool &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/6-Lux-Le-Morne-Resort1-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31943\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/6-Lux-Le-Morne-Resort1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"6 Lux Le Morne Resort1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And for all inclusive themed meals on the deck by the pool.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/8-Sands-Resort.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31946\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/8-Sands-Resort.jpg\" alt=\"8 Sands Resort\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for the opulence of an infinity pool which seems to blend into the sea &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/9-Hilton-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31947\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/9-Hilton-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\" alt=\"9 Hilton Resort and Spa\" width=\"1308\" height=\"1308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And for an obligatory Phoenix Beer when the thought of Green Island Rum is making you heave.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/10-Local-beer-Phoenix.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31948\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/10-Local-beer-Phoenix.jpg\" alt=\"10 Local beer  Phoenix\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for sunscreen-scented slackening surrounded by palms &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/11-Maritim-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31949\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/11-Maritim-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\" alt=\"11 Maritim Resort and Spa\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230;\u00a0And for ghost crab hunting in the early-evening calm.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/12-Sunset-at-Troux-aux-Biches.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31950\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/12-Sunset-at-Troux-aux-Biches.jpg\" alt=\"12 Sunset at Troux aux Biches\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for discovering little \u2018Ile\u2019s\u2019 off the main isle &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/15-Ile-des-deux-Cocos-private-island.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31952\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/15-Ile-des-deux-Cocos-private-island.jpg\" alt=\"15 Ile des deux Cocos private island\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And hammock induced naps away from the wild.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/16-Ile-des-deux-Cocos.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31953\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/16-Ile-des-deux-Cocos.jpg\" alt=\"16 Ile des deux Cocos\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for sitting on a rock and staring into the big blue for as long as you like &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/17-Blue-Bay-Marine-Reserve.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31954\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/17-Blue-Bay-Marine-Reserve.jpg\" alt=\"17 Blue Bay Marine Reserve\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And for moody skies just before night.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/18-Lux-Le-Morne.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31955\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/18-Lux-Le-Morne.jpg\" alt=\"18 Lux Le Morne\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s for Creole entertainment burly and bright &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/19-Local-entertainment.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31956\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/19-Local-entertainment.jpg\" alt=\"19 Local entertainment\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; And local delicacies potent with bite.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/20-Banana-rum-aged-for-a-minimum-of-3-months.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31957\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/20-Banana-rum-aged-for-a-minimum-of-3-months.jpg\" alt=\"20 Banana rum (aged for a minimum of 3 months)\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s about moored boats at\u00a0Cap Malheureux &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/21-Coine-de-Mire-Island.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31958\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/21-Coine-de-Mire-Island.jpg\" alt=\"21 Coine de Mire Island\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0&#8230; And\u00a0for ice cream (Speedo optional) from a stretch Mini Coop.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/22-Ice-Cream-Mini-at-Lux-Grand-Gaube.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31959\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/22-Ice-Cream-Mini-at-Lux-Grand-Gaube.jpg\" alt=\"22 Ice Cream Mini at Lux Grand Gaube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s for reclining on a beach private and serene &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/14-Casaurina-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31951\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/14-Casaurina-Resort-and-Spa.jpg\" alt=\"14 Casaurina Resort and Spa\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>&#8230; As gently rocking fleets fade into the sea.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/13-Troux-aux-Biches.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31960\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/13-Troux-aux-Biches.jpg\" alt=\"13 Troux aux Biches\" width=\"2376\" height=\"1534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All Mauritius images by Jonty Medcalf \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/promotions-specials\/holiday-packages\">Direct Sales Manager at Travelstart South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Downloads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/za\/app\/snapseed\/id439438619?mt=8\">Snapseed for iPhone<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed\">Snapseed for Android<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/za\/app\/camera+\/id329670577?mt=8\">Camera+ for iPhone<\/a> | Not available for Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When our resident travel photographer Jonty took a flight to\u00a0Mauritius at the end of January, he had one directive \u2013 get as many snaps of the \u2018beautificus locus\u2019 of Ile Maurice as possible. 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