I would not argue with that assessment, but still Mauritius is a very beautiful, interesting place and well worth a visit.

This decision was too hard for me. I wanted to visit Mauritius but spend enough time in Seychelles... so my fiancee and I are extending our time. We're now spending the entire month of November there: 1 week in Mauritius (with a couple of days in Rodrigues), 5 days in Praslin, 5 days in La Digue, 7 days in Alphonse/Desroches (scuba package) and 3 days in Mahe. To be able to afford this, we had to downgrade from business to coach. OUCH. Oh well... Thanks for the input everyone! I'll give you an update when I get back. =)

Wow...I hope you will have a wonderful time and am looking forward to hearing about your trip...I would love to go there myself. Are you going to use that Indian Ocean airpass? That one seems to offer a pretty good value.

What Indian Ocean airpass?!!! I didn't hear anything about that...

While on our vacation in Seychelles 2 years ago, the same phrase was used by the locals as well. We heard this from a young visitor from the UK who had been living in Mauritius and went on vacation to Seychelles for a month ... now that says something!

I saw it on this webpage:

http://www.skyways.de/ap/indian_ocean.html

It's all in German, but you can get an idea about the prices there. Seems rather cheap to me. Hope it helps. http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/smile.gif

Some more info on it:

http://www.airseychelles.net/news/IOP.html

http://www.tulipstravel.com/airpass/seychelles.htm

Looks like I can't use the Indian Ocean airpass since I didn't buy my ticket from either Air Seychelles, Air Mauritius or Air Austral. I'm using my AA miles. What a bummer! A small price for going to heaven on earth... =)

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When I was researching my trip to Mauritius and the Seychelles about 3 years ago, I also looked into the Indian Ocean Airpass. Considering the price, the restrictions involved and the distances covered, it didn't seem like any great bargain to me.

http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/frown.gif Looks like I will be the only negative comment on Mauritius!

I went in September 2001 for our honeymoon and hated it. I found the hotel to be very nice but just didn't like the resort feel to the island. The hotels are great but outside of that I didn't find that much we enjoyed.

We were booked for 14 night but after 2 we got back on a BA to LHR then went on to NYC instead and had a much better time.

I/We maybe odd. EVERYBODY else I know who has been loves it http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/smile.gif