How best to get around

Car rental

As a former British colony, Mauritius is a left-hand-drive country. Traffic is very heavy during the hours of 8am-10am and 5pm-6pm, as most residents return from work back to their homes on the Central Plateau. Be sure to watch out for the roundabouts, which you will encounter at every turn.

A car is the best way to get around the island. The only tricky part can be driving on the left and the often erratic drivers. A Nissan Micra or Toyota Vitz/Yaris are ideal both in price (prices are around €30 per day) and size, as you'll often be zigzagging through narrow streets and avoiding cars parked at the edge of roads/sidewalks. Signposts often lead to one-way streets, so don't blindly follow them. We recommend downloading the Google Maps mobile app, which is the most accurate and works offline.

Renting a car usually works out at around €30 to €35 per day.

Petrol prices are slightly more expensive than our domestic ones, but the island is really small and you can get around a lot on one tank.

Avoid renting a scooter, as it is no cheaper than a small car and frequent showers would not make the ride any more pleasant.

By bus

The cheapest transport option is, of course, public bus transport. Tickets range from 12-40 mur depending on the destination and are bought on the bus. The bus network is dense and covers almost all parts of the island.

It should be noted that this is a very slow mode of transport and we recommend using it only rarely, and more for shorter journeys. There are no fixed timetables. Buses run from approximately 5-6am until 6pm, after which their frequency decreases rapidly and some lines do not run at all.

Often the bus does not come to a stop, the driver just blows his horn and if you don't wave for it to stop, it continues on its way. In some places you won't find stops, you will only see a BUS STOP sign, however it is often possible to get on outside the stops if you wave to the driver.

For timetables and routes, visit nta.govmu.org.

Domestic flights

Mauritius - Rodrigues

Air Mauritius flies to Rodrigues almost every day and the price of a return ticket is around 7.000 mur.