Top 10 Golf Courses in Mauritius
Mauritius has built one of the Indian Ocean's most impressive golf portfolios, a collection of courses that benefits from the island's dramatic volcanic landscape, year-round warm climate, and the investment that high-end tourism has brought to this relatively small island nation. The game arrived here during the colonial period but the courses that matter today are all products of the post-independence resort development that began accelerating in the 1990s: championship layouts designed by names like Bernhard Langer, David Leadbetter and the Ernie Els group, set against backdrops of sugarcane fields, mountain ridges and the turquoise Indian Ocean. The playing season is effectively year-round, with the cyclone season from January to March introducing occasional disruption but rarely cancelling play for extended periods. The best conditions fall between May and November when the southeast trade winds keep temperatures comfortable and the humidity is manageable. Open the map to see how Mauritius's courses are distributed around the island's coastline.
1. Belle Mare Plage — The Legend Course
The Legend Course at Belle Mare Plage on the east coast is the course that put Mauritius firmly on the international golf map. Designed by Hugh Baiocchi and Rodney Wright, the course occupies flat coastal land behind the famous white-sand beach of Belle Mare and plays through a combination of sugarcane margins, palm groves and carefully engineered water features. The championship layout stretches to around 6,600 metres and has hosted the Mauritius Open on several occasions, bringing DP World Tour professionals to the island and providing the kind of television exposure that confirms a destination's credentials. The par-5 17th, a sweeping three-shotter alongside a large lake with the Indian Ocean visible beyond the boundary, is the signature hole. Belle Mare Plage operates two courses — the Legend and the Links — giving it the multi-round appeal typical of the island's top resort properties.
2. Heritage Le Château Golf Club, Domaine de Bel Ombre
Heritage Le Château at the Domaine de Bel Ombre estate on the southwest coast is the most architecturally distinctive course in Mauritius, designed by Peter Matkovich on former sugarcane land that was converted into a comprehensive luxury estate. Matkovich's routing exploits the natural landscape features of the Bel Ombre area — the volcanic ridges, the river systems, the mature trees of the old plantation — to create a parkland course with genuine topographic variety unusual for a flat island. The course plays to around 6,700 metres and several holes require shots that carry natural ravines or river gorges, adding a risk-reward dimension to the strategy. The closing stretch, with views toward the Le Morne Brabant mountain, is among the most scenic in Indian Ocean golf. The Heritage estate is a self-contained resort with luxury villas, spa facilities and an impressive food operation; visitor access is available.
3. Ile aux Cerfs Golf Club, Bernhard Langer Course
The Ile aux Cerfs course is the most dramatic setting in Mauritian golf — an 18-hole layout on a private island in the Trou d'Eau Douce lagoon off the east coast, accessible only by boat from the mainland. Designed by Bernhard Langer and opened in 2003, the course exploits the island setting with holes that play along coral-fringed coastlines, cross tidal channels and climb to elevated points above the lagoon from which the surrounding reef and open ocean are visible simultaneously. At around 5,850 metres, the course is not long by championship standards, but the island wind, the oceanside hazards and the spectacular setting create a round that is genuinely unlike anything else in the Indian Ocean region. The course is managed by the Touessrok resort and access is primarily for resort guests, with day visitor packages available from the mainland.
4. Tamarina Golf Club, Black River
Tamarina on the west coast of Mauritius near Black River is the island's most challenging course by conventional difficulty metrics — a design by Rodney Wright that takes full advantage of the rugged basalt landscape of the western interior to create a course with more genuine topographic drama than anything on the flatter east coast. The routing climbs and descends volcanic hillsides, passes through stands of tamarind trees (from which the course takes its name), and uses the constant trade wind from the Indian Ocean as a strategic variable across the full 18 holes. The course plays to around 6,700 metres and the combination of elevation, wind and the technical demands of several approach shots makes Tamarina the course most recommended to visiting golfers with a single-figure handicap who want to be properly tested. The club operates as a semi-private facility with visitor access through advance booking.
5. Mont Choisy Le Golf, Grand Baie
Mont Choisy Le Golf near Grand Baie on the north coast provides one of the most accessible championship courses for visitors based in the main north-coast resort belt. The 18-hole course was designed by Ernie Els and Shaun Möller and opened as part of the Mont Choisy property development, incorporating a combination of open parkland and woodland corridors across gently undulating terrain. The Els design philosophy emphasises playability for mid-handicap golfers without compromising the interest for better players: the fairways are generous but the greens are large and complexly contoured. The par-3 5th, playing over a lake with a green peninsulated into the water, is the signature hole. Visitor access is open and the clubhouse facilities are among the best on the island.
6. La Pirogue Golf Course, Flic en Flac
La Pirogue on the west coast is a resort course associated with the Sun Resorts group, a nine-hole layout that serves primarily as an amenity for guests of the adjacent hotel. The course is modest in scope but well-maintained, and the west coast setting means afternoon play benefits from the spectacular sunsets for which this coastline is famous. The green fees are reasonable and the club can arrange rental equipment, making it a practical choice for visiting golfers who want a casual nine holes alongside beach and water activities rather than a dedicated golf day.
7. Anahita Golf Club, East Coast
Anahita is part of the Four Seasons Mauritius resort development on the east coast, an 18-hole course designed by Ernie Els that opened in 2008. The course plays through the resort's lagoon and villa precinct, with several holes running along or across the resort's internal waterways. At around 6,500 metres, Anahita provides a solid test in an extremely comfortable resort setting, and the Four Seasons infrastructure gives it some of the best support facilities of any course on the island. The course operates under the Four Seasons' guest-priority booking policy; limited day visitor tee times are available at premium rates.
8. Paradis Golf Course, Le Morne
The Paradis Hotel and Golf Club on the Le Morne peninsula in the southwest occupies one of the most photographically distinctive sites in all of Mauritius — the UNESCO-listed Le Morne Brabant mountain rises immediately behind the course while the Indian Ocean frames the opposite side. The 18-hole course plays to around 6,300 metres through open coastal ground and while the design is not among the most architecturally adventurous on the island, the setting compensates generously. The hotel's resident golfers have access to a well-equipped practice facility and the teaching operation has a strong reputation for working with resort guests of all ability levels. Day visitors are accepted outside peak season.
9. Constance Belle Mare Plage — The Links Course
The Links Course at Belle Mare Plage, the companion layout to the Legend, was designed with a different character: more open, more links-influenced in its use of mounding and bunker placement, and with a routing that puts a greater premium on wind management. At around 6,000 metres, it is shorter than the Legend but not straightforwardly easier, as the open fairways and firmer ground conditions produce the kind of variable bounces that can undo careful club selection. The two courses at Belle Mare Plage work well together for a multi-day golf stay, and the resort's high standards of accommodation and dining support an extended visit.
10. St Géran Golf Course, East Coast
The original St Géran resort, now operating under the One&Only brand, has a nine-hole golf facility that serves resort guests looking for a casual round alongside the property's main focus of beach and water sports. The course is compact and short but attractively maintained and the East Coast setting, with views across the reef lagoon to the open Indian Ocean, makes for a pleasant couple of hours on the course. It is one of the older golf facilities on the island and while its specifications are modest, the location and the resort context give it a leisurely charm.
Planning Your Golf Trip to Mauritius
Mauritius is a genuine year-round golf destination, with the best conditions between May and November. The cyclone season risk is primarily concentrated in January and February. Most courses are attached to resort properties, and the most common approach is a multi-round itinerary built around a week-long hotel stay, using the resort's own course as a base and booking day visits to other layouts. Green fees at the top courses — Heritage, Tamarina, Ile aux Cerfs — range from roughly EUR 80–150; resort guest rates at the property's own course are typically lower. Mauritius is well-connected by direct flights from Europe, South Africa, India and Australia, with Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport near Mahébourg serving all arrivals. Open the map to plan your course-by-course itinerary and identify which clubs are closest to your resort.