Sailing in Mauritius

A tropical pearl situated in the warm clear waters of the great Indian Ocean is Mauritius. This gorgeous sea island is neighbored by gorgeous coral reefs. The island is an ideal holiday destination endowed with a wide variety of water sports, delicious cuisines, various tourist attractions and beautiful dishes. There is no better way to spend your hotel than going for a boat cruise, or any wonderful activity on this gorgeous island. The Indian ocean’s clear water, gorgeous lagoons plus gentle sea-breeze all make water sports and water voyages very exciting for the body and soul.

Mauritius provides a variety of sailing activities on different cruising vessels that take you to memorable sailing trips on any of the 100 small islands that neighbor the main Mauritius Island. Be it a catamaran day after day cruise to any of the islands, a yacht voyage or any other of the various available activities, you will be required to select the activity you prefer and are sure to enjoy fully.

There are various sizes and makes of Cruising vessels in Mauritius among which are:

The Mauritius Cruising vessels catamaran

The various makes and sizes of cruising vessels like the catamaran vessels, luxury yachts plus speeding boats are accessible to take you on cruises, trips or any exciting sea voyages while in Mauritius with at most security.

The vessels are well equipped with communication, safety and navigation devices plus other facilities to make your voyage quite memorable.

Below is a listing of some of the operational vessels on the island today.

Isla Mauritia. Built in 1852 by the prominent shipbuilders Sollier from Spain, the Isla Mauritia is the oldest operating ship. Through their craftsmanship and devotion, they spent several years transforming 90 tons of extremely strong and long-lasting pine into a fine sailing vessel with ultimate durability and elegance. This vessel was designed basing on the traditional style of internally renowned Balearic Island Schooners that transported freight between Africa and Europe and was popular for its professional sailing.

Catamaran Boats; this is a multihull boat/ship with two hulls or vakas connected by a structure. The catamarans are either engine powered or sailed. The day-to-day charter catamarans carry 10 to 30 people basing on their size. There is an alternative of renting the catamaran privately for your visitors or yourself. As part of the catamaran services, lunch, towels snorkeling equipment and drinks are normally supplied.

Motor or Speed Boats; these motor boats are powered by an internally built combustion engines or at times an electric motor that runs a propeller or a jet pump. A speed boat is a smaller motor boat designed to travel faster. Because of the complex structure of lagoons and policies regarding the use of bliss craft speed boats, there are limited speedboats available for hire in Mauritius, however, to be rented out, they do so with a skipper.

Luxury Yachts; luxury yachts means an privately owned expensive yacht that is crewed by professionals. The luxury yacht also known as a supper Yacht can be motor or a sail yacht. To have a pleasurable experience at sea, we suggest the private basis day-chartering of the vessel.  The rental fee includes food, drinks plus crew services.

Exclusive Day; this involves a more expensive service that offers true enjoyment of the tranquility of the sea and its surrounding. It offers flexibility in itineraries plus time and is a fine alternative for groups and people with an elastic budget.

Harris Wilson; the true eighteen meters racing, sixty feet catamaran was constructed for ocean racing. It provides speedy traveling. On this catamaran you will experience true ecstasy as you sail away on this speedy boat.

Sailing destinations include:

Sailing destinations in Mauritius

Other than cruising along the gorgeous Mauritius coastline, it is very advised that you take a sailing voyage to any of the small neighboring islands.

The Mauritian main-island is neighbored by close to 100 islets some of which are closer and more accessible from the main-island than others.  Today some of these islets serve as reserves for some endemic wildlife for instance the Round Island plus the Ile aux Aigrettes Island. Other islets like Ile Aux Benitiers have coconut plantations. May of these are commonly visited by the locals and foreign visitors because of the remarkable beaches and breathe taking scenery.