Practical information

Situation : Indian ocean, archipelago of Mascareignes, to 220 km in the east of Réunion
9500 km from Paris.

Mauritius music : sega  RadioMoris

Surface : 1865km2, 65 km on 48 km and 330 km of coast

Population : 1,2 million inhabitants
Languages : English is the official language. The most wide-spread language are then French, Creole, Hindi and Bhojpuri. Urdu and chinese are also a part of spoken languages.

Change : Mauritius Rupee (1€=Rs40)
Dialling code : 230

Flying
The airline compagny is AIR MAURITIUS (MK)
The time of flight
From Paris to Mauritius 11h30.

International airport
The airport (MRU) (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam) is 48km in the southeast of Port Louis, the capital. From the airport to Flic en Flac : 50 minutes.
You will find Dutyfree shops, exchange offices, restaurants and compagny of car rentals(Avis, Europcar, Hertz). A new terminal has just been built..

Subtropical climate :
warm and wet summer             28° à 32° (november - april)
less warm and dry winter          20° à 25° ( may - october)

Some supplementary details
- Driven to the left
- topless to avoid
- Beware at the sun even hidden, think of suncream, hat and cap
- foresee protections against mosquitoes

Formalities
valid passport 6 month after the date of return
The plane ticket, there and back, is obligatory
To your arrival, you receive a visa for only one month
No compulsory vaccines

Jet lag (FRANCE)
+3 hours winter  -  +2 hours summer