TROU AUX BICHES BEACHCOMBER

We Stayed in July and this is a big busy hotel. You have to suffer the old"towels on the sun loungers at dawn". You have to pick with of the 6 restaurants to eat in. But need to do days in advance to get your choice and a time that isn't 9pm. Food is very expensive. Rooms are great modern and a great size. The people at the water sports could take more care of those out on their equipment my children got into difficulty and no one helped and the next day a dad was complaining to the water sports guy he had had to rescue his son who was in trouble. They seem to just hang around looking cool there and don't watch the water at all. On a snorkel trip with a rip the guy sat on his phone didn't really keep an eye on the 6 of us in the water.

The Trou aux Biches resort is a delightful place. The grounds are extensive, the beaches are clean and close, the facilities on the whole are excellent. Once you accept the costs for your stay (for example Room or Room + Breakfast) you have to swallow hard before forking out for meals. This is the thing that marked it down for me. Minibars with water and snacks at 5 times the cost of buying these locally; buffet dinner ex-drinks for MUR 2000 (GBP 45); a la carte is more (with many meals subject to a supplement, even if you've paid for all inclusive). Water sports were underused by us but very popular. Sailing, snorkeling, kayaking, pedalos, windsurfing and paddle boarding. All good, even if you couldn't go far. Diving is available onsite with 2-3 dives a day dependent on your qualification. Again, MUR 700 more than the excellent Trou Aux Biches Beach dive center about 100m away along the beach. Go there instead, you'll thank me. So a lovely place, but determined to make the most of its western guests and their wallets.

This is an excellent hotel with friendly staff and a great location. It is rated as 5* in Mauritius. The beach is long and white and allows for strolls to the village. Sunsets are amazing. The room: We had a family room with our kids of 6 and 7. The kids had their own on suite bathroom unlike some of the resorts in Mauritius where children share with parents. The rooms are spacious with all you would expect. The quality of the linen was good but the mattress was to soft for our liking. The minibar has no milk if you prefer that above creamer. The room was at the back of the resort and the constant traffic of the resort carts was a bit of a nuisance early evening. Our room had a couple of fittings the were pulling out of the wall e.g. the hand shower fitting. Over all these observations are nit picking. The food was great. The service is a tad slow especially at the bars if you are trying to get a sun downer to enjoy on the beach. There is no all inclusive option and drinks are quite expensive. The crayfish evening was not worth the money although enjoyable. We had a great time and wouldn't mind going back soon.

Enjoying a wonderful holiday here with our three children (who usually bore very easily on a beach holiday)... The grounds are stunning and well looked after. Pools gorgeous and beach is beautiful. The employees are all very polite and helpful and hardworking. Food is really very good for a big hotel especially the Thai, Indian and Italian. Lots of water sports included and you can kayak or paddle board to your hearts content (as long as there are some free). Again the boat house guys are helpful and very kind to the children. Children played table tennis and tennis to keep themselves amused. The hawkers on the beach are a little irritating but a firm polite 'no thank you' seems to work if you're not interested. Like every large hotel I have been to the age old problem of people dashing to put towels on sun loungers exists here too but not yet found a hotel that can really prevent it. As it happens the best place to sit and swim on the beach is at the far end of the resort by the boat house and pier and there's much more space and better sand (less coral) up there anyway! Our older two children drifted in and out of the teen club a few times and said it was okay and the guys who ran it were friendly. Gym is well equipped and some of the afternoon classes are very good too... depending on the instructor. Would highly recommend overall.

We went to Trou aux Biches on the 22 June 2017, to go celebrate our 40 years wedding anniversary. What a good choice we made. Beachcomber Tours has an anniversary package, on arrival we got a gift of champagne, fruit plate and beautiful Mauritius prints plus we got free lunches for our entire stay. On our anniversary night they made it so special, for pudding we got this special cake with huge sparkle and 2 musicians signing "celebrations". Thank you Trou aux Biches you made our 40th anniversary very special and we will never forget it, we will be back for our 45th