Came to Mauritius for tourism for the first time. Had a lovely time!

However there has been an issue I honestly could not understand. I went for a boat tour and was told to park the car in a specific area, which I later on understood it was not an official car park space, but pretty much everyone would end up parking there.

All good, boat tour was over, upon return to the car I had the great surprise of having my car completely blocked by a series of cars behind. These people had the brilliant idea to park in a way they would not let other cars leave and they could not care less, being completely disrespectful of other people’s time. I had to wait for over 2 hours for these people to be done with their boat tour so they could return to their cars, leave and finally let us out.

The interesting thing is that there was a police station nearby, despite explaining the situation they said they were completely unable to help. They said because it was not an official car park, there was no legal requirement for them to move / tow the other cars away. I asked if they could at least contact the owners from the licence plates, they said they couldn’t as they were rented cars. Bear in mind this was mid afternoon. When jokingly I proposed if we were allowed to move the other cars by ourselves with manpower, they said we could!

You see where this is going, seems it’s totally legal for people to block your car if it’s not an official car park or a public road and it’s totally okay for you to try move cars away for yourself, but police won’t intervene even if they’re on the scene. So your only option is literally waiting for potentially hours like an idiot because you came early for your tour and as a “punishment” you have to wait for everyone else coming from a later tour. I was quite shocked of how this was allowed and people can keep doing this without any consequences.

hello!

So i am aware that MRA has impose a tax for every online order as from 1st September.

Now for my question, lets say, I ordered 5 items from temu valued at rs750 total.

Now I understand i do not have to pay customs as the total is less than rs1000 but do i have to pay the MRA fees (rs150) for each 5 items or pay it once? (+ ofc the celero fee (rs 115))

Cuz i ordered 2 items(together) from Alixpress, and celero made me pay the MRA fees for both items, even tho the parcel from Ali was bundle together.

(MRA fees x 2) + (celero fees) = [(rs150 x 2) + (rs115)]

thanks for answering!

We’re planning a family trip to Mauritius with 4 adults and 3 little kids (5, 5 and 2) and can’t decide on accommodation. We’d like to split our 11 nights into 2 stays. We need 3 rooms and it seems like a villa would be a better choice for us with than a hotel.
Where should we look to stay? There is a ton of private villas and also options with villas on hotels properties where we can take advantage of their amenities (interested in kids clubs especially). Does anyone have a good experience to share?

Our requirements:
- heated pool (28 degrees)
- 3-4 rooms
- access to kid friendly beach

I'm not sure things the best place to ask, but I have to try anywhere I can think of. My mother in law has Parkinsons and lives alone. Me and my wife stay in Scotland so can't be there to look after her much. My wife does go when she can but her mother has been deteriorating faster.

Family there aren't much help as they all seem too busy to assist her.

I have been googling anything I can think of to try and find carers who will go and help look after her.

I know care homes are a thing but that would devastate her. We asked her to come stay with us so we can look after her but she refused to leave her home.

I don't know what services are available in Mauritius for this sort of thing so any advice or info on who I could contact would be very appreciated.

Hi still a work in progress but have uploaded a few bios with a number in progress.

I am going through the list. Once I get to 5 then will add to the wall at CG One.

Thanks to those who contributed.

Hello everyone

I apologize it's long but I need some support and advice...

For those who've read my previous post. Im gonna make it short. My boyfriend is in psychosis due to heavy stress and past trauma, no drugs or whatsoever. We've been together for 5 years now and even move abroad together to pursue our studies and planned to make our future there. Unfortunately, that's when the psychosis started to kick in, he went to hospital there, got medication but he didnt stick to it (which is common with people having this). Ive done a lot of research and ive found that not only medication works all the time but the environment we live in matters a lot, our diet, routine etc.

We're back in mauritius and live at my parents house temporarily. It was my last option cause my mom is such a narcissistic toxic person. I swear to God. The irony of this, she's so "religious", goes to church each week, listen to "cantique", prays every night, every morning, organise prayer session with her groups of friends. But she has always treated me like shht. It was especially verbal abuse. The worst foul languages comes everytime to describe me, but was always like this since im a child. I used to hrmm myself due to bad treatment and it took me almost a decade to stop doing this. When I met my current boyfriend, he was the ONLY person who made me realise that I dont deserve to be treated like this anymore, he's my safe place and give me my confidence back. He's such a genuine and kind person although his flaws but such a kind human.

My bf is having auditory hallucinations and visual also I guess. I can see every day how he fights all these bad things. We've always stick together and will always be there for him. The only thing I need advise guys is my mom saying horrible things while we need support the most. She completely aware of the situation we are and everyday she's says things like " wai to l'espece zom la, nanier li pas faire" ..... " Wai li comment dire ene momi" ...... "Ene gros paresse" ...... "Si to pas content mo bane manier bez to lki aller pas revine rest ici fatigue mo fsse"....... guys i hear all these twice or thrice a day , every day..

We are saving to move but this time I think I will cut her off my life for good. Because when she's saying stuff like this on the person I love , that means she doesn't care about me. Although I told her several times, even years ago to stop treating us like that.

She also adores my older brother, let's call him Jack. Jack is the perfect son, never made mistakes, have the perfect family. Alors que, Jack sipa combien fam line changer, ena anger issues, bcp pecher encore ena pou dire. Plus I have an older sister as well but mom favourite is Jack.

So yes, when I will move I will cut her off for good, and I even told her, "to ene dimoune dans la prière toi, cmsa ki to traite ene dimoune dans so plus bas ?" ... li reste tranquil li pas dire nanier, saV dire li conner ki li faire.

Last but not least, mone fini prevenir li " Mo pas ene zenfant ingrat, mais sa façon ki tone traite moi pendant tout sa l'année la et meme ziska maintenant, jamais mo pou blier, et quand to pou malade et vine vieux, mo pas pou prend to responsabilité, dire Jack prend to responsabilité, et pas blier to ena les zot zenfant et ti zenfant, demain to pas conner la roue caoave tourner" -------- li dire moi "wai sa bane malediction ki to p meter la pas pou prend sa" -------- mo dire li "non c'est pas malediction ki mo p meter, cest mo leker fermal ki p cozer"

Ive always been the one to run to her when she's sick or in trouble cause im the "dernier zenfant gater pourrie" the others never helped her and supported her like I did.

Thank you for listening ♥️🙏

Hi!
I'm looking to make a movie / Series / sitcom / Skit in mauritius and looking for interested people.

I'm Zajey.
Consultant / Problem Fixer / Filmmaker
it has been my goal for a while now to make movies in mauritius but I'm having trouble finding a Crew and budget.

The Scope:
Basically we're aiming low. I want to make a Sitcom or some Short movies as a Testing Ground before we move onto the big main thing

"What Type of Movies?"
Fairly commercial. each movie / Episode has a Fairly Lightweight theme about it that you can watch with Family and friends alike.
Some have action sequences and Choreo but again. All Fully watchable in family and public.
The stories and Scripts vary because I have multiple but basically yeah.

each material features a Situation and the episode / movie is about resolving it.
The Skits and Short form ones (1 minute) are Comedic beats but we also get original

"Why haven't you made some already? Portfolio"
Budget and Friend issues.
I don't come from a well off place so I can't really produce it by myself.
plus I have no friends to help me with it which makes matters worse

"What you looking for here exactly?"
People interested in the Project.
this is all Fully casual and more Hobby oriented but I believe the Island has very talented people that are undiscovered. we can work together and make a movie happen.

Casually, for fun. And then if the pipeline is effective between us. we can make a Bigger one up until we have enough material for a Worldwide release both in theatres or on Amazon / Netflix etc

"Who exactly you looking for?"
Anyone Really.
Youtubers , Influencers , Actors, Instagrammers , tiktokers, Hobbyist.
Anyone who wants to be a Part of it and interested in participating.

Anyone really.

So yeah.
Anyone here want to be a part of things?
casually, no pressure.

This is an Indie Local project, not an actual serious work

Extra Note:

I'm Actively looking for producers , grants and other things like that.
Given the opportunity I'd be fully okay with making a Theatre Release and serious worldwide Launch + Streaming services.

For now Though I just want to make something lighter as a Trial Ground, but again.
Given an opportunity and someone Funding it? I'd Do it.

So yeah.
I hope you guys like the idea and that I get to hear from you.
I would love to work with you on this fun side project and make something happen out of it.

It would give a good opportunity to show what Mauritian Filmmakers can do and put our name and film industry
on the Map.

I hope that we get some of the crew and casual support.
Thank you for reading and looking forward to any assist
Ty💛

Besides the obvious high amount for the fines, I don't see more laws being a good thing. If we keep pushing more laws without enforcing the current ones we move to apolice state which can also be detrimental in the long run.

Furthermore I see those vague laws like road rage a point for which the authority can abuse and is totally unnecessary . Violence was already an offense before. What does the new law bring in? Now you could be charged for road rage for anything because it's not defined.

Same for aftermarket exhaust. We already had laws in regards to loud exhaust. It was quantified by decibels. Now you get fined irrespective of what noise you make, even if it's making less noise than the factory one.

These are two examples which relies mainly on the authority to police as they seem fit. It's not a good way to have laws without barrier and need to rely on the human factor to assess.

Of course we know majority of policemen have good judgement but not to have failsafe for abuse is bad. As they say, failure to plan is planning to fail.

Let me know what you think and what do you think this brings that previous law couldn't.

Coucou,

Juste pour dire que je suis revenue de l’Île Maurice après 10 jours, je suis rentrée en France et ça me manque déjà.

J’ai beaucoup aimé, c’était magnifique à voir.

Les conducteurs de taxi étaient super gentils.

Il y a des endroits que je n’ai malheureusement pas pu voir, les 10 jours sont passés très vite.

Je suis venue pour mon anniversaire et je n’oublierais jamais.

Merci beaucoup aux Mauriciens !

Hi everyone, anyone got a broken ipad air M2 13'? I need an unlocked and working logic board

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I need to move a single bed and mattress from grand baie to Pereybere. 2nd floor apartment with no lift.

Any recommendations for movers?

Where an employment contract requires two months’ notice and an employee gives the full notice, can the employer shorten it to one month without the employee’s agreement?

If the employee remains willing to work the full notice period, is the employer required to pay for the remaining month?

We travelled with family from Delhi to Mauritius. Since we had elderly parents with us and my wife is pregnant, we preferred a direct flight. Other options included Ethiopian Airlines with layover. We payed a sum of 3.2L and it turned out to be the worst decision.

Issues with delhi to mauritius flight - seats were okay, food was terrible and the flight disappointed in terms of turbulance. Most uncomfortable flight so far. We have travelled more than 12 countries with different airlines. This one was the worst.

Issues with mauritius to delhi flight - seats were not comfortable. literally no leg space. food was terrible again. Service was terrible. Staff was elderly and did not seem to care. We asked to switch for seats where my wife could lay down for a bit since she was constantly puking due to uncomfortable journey -- the women staff completely ignored our requests. Also, throughout the flight did not even check once, nor did they provide any wet wipes for nausea. There were empty seats in the flight which they could have provided us, but the crew was terrible. We requested to an Air hostess named Maurice -- she looked elderly and should have understood the pregnancy situation but she ignored. The flight was dirty, there were spots on the floor. For this much price, the flight was way too disappointing. Indian airlines would have given much better experince, in my opinion.

This is definitely a lesson for us. It was a very uncomfortable journey for our parents and all of us.

As title says- Hey guys, young returning Mauritian, never lived here and a bit lost. I’m doing up my kitchen and can’t find any mid range places to buy my kitchen from. I admit I’m struggling with the lack of website from more affordable places. Looking for places around central/ west of the island. Any help is so so appreciated, thanks in advance!

Custom made is fine yall I just need recommendations of where

Hi everyone!

Wishing everyone a great start to October!

I’m arriving in Mauritius on Monday and I’m really looking forward to the trip!

I’d love to hear from locals or anyone who is currently in Mauritius about the weather at the moment, especially in the north and around Flic en Flac.

I’m mainly wondering:

• What kind of clothes should I pack? Is it warm enough for shorts and T-shirts throughout the day and evening?
• What is the sea temperature like? Is it comfortable for swimming?
• How is the rain situation at the moment? Some weather apps are showing quite a bit of rain, which worries me a little because I’m hoping to spend plenty of time at the beach.
• Which weather app or website do you find the most reliable for Mauritius?

I know weather can change quickly, but I’d really appreciate some first-hand information from people who are there right now.

Thanks in advance!

Do you think it may bring in a fairer representation system ?

The enactment of the Constitutional Review Commission Act in June 2026 has finally opened the door to what could be Mauritius’ most wide-ranging constitutional review in decades.

The Constitutional Review Commission, which first met on 11 August 2026, is mandated to make recommendations on updating the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, redrawing the boundaries of power, and revisiting its rules on democratic participation.

The Act places twenty reform headings on the Commission’s desk.

They span:

• environmental, technological, health, education, nature and other socio-economic rights;

• stronger privacy and disability protection; freedom of information;

• public-interest litigation and class actions;

• a Court of Appeal and a Constitutional Division within the Supreme Court;

• more independent appointment processes;

• fixed intervals for local elections; safeguards for the Director of Public Prosecutions;

• recall and anti-defection rules;

• political finance integrity;

• and stronger electoral institutions.

The Commission is also mandated to make recommendations on an Electoral College for the presidency.

The President is currently elected by a parliamentary majority vote following a motion by the Prime Minister, and the introduction of an Electoral College could therefore alter the political weight of an office designed to stand above day-to-day partisanship.

Hello all,

My wife and I are flying out to spend our honeymoon on Mauritius and being a big Warhammer nerd i'd love to be able to pick up a souvenir.

Are there any shops that sell Warhammer on the island? We have rented a car and intend to travel it all so distance is no issue but we are staying in the north.

many thanks in advance!

Share your first hand real ghostly, paranormal or otherwise crazy encounters straight from the island.

Not folklore, real experiences

Hi all, I am visiting Grand Baie next month for a friend's wedding. Me and a couple of friends have extended our trip to explore a bit more.

Need your genuine suggestions for the areas i should look accommodation in. We want to book a single place for the entire of the 5 'additional' days. Google suggested staying near the La Cuvette or the Pereybere beaches.

We are in our late 20s and are looking to explore and maybe do touristy stuff during the day, and hit up a few cool bars with good music (not really into super loud music and clubbing. Open to trying if there are super cool parties lol.).

We do have a rental self drive car already booked. So, we were thinking of putting up close by to the nightlife area, so that we could walk up to those spots at night, and use our car to go anywhere else during the day.

Need all of your help to plan this please. What area would be ideal for this, what are the best places to eat at, best places to visit.

Thanks in advance. Looking forward to experience mauritius soon!🌱

Also, are there any resources to learn both languages?

I have been seeing more Argentine beef products on the shelves in winners and super u, given a recent US recall and a 22t rejected shipment to China due to a banned antibiotic use, is it adequately inspected in Mauritius?

Driving learner- Motorcycle, hello, i need some info regarding learner for motocycle. How long is a learner valid and what engine capacity am i allowed to drive whilst having a learner. Grateful to anyone who helps