Ultimate Family Job: Mauritius

Our typical day at the resort was one of relaxation, indulgence and of course tremendous fun. We would wake early where I would start the day with some sunrise Yoga in the beautiful gardens that backed onto our rooms, looking out onto the sea. I would nearly always be met every day by our youngest Freddie who would come out in search of any fallen coconuts that he loved to collect and take them back to show his daddy. We would then head off to the beautiful Belle Creole where we would choose from a whole host of breakfast options from fresh fruit, cereal, meats, juices, bread and cooked delights (what to eat was the only tough decision you had to make at La Pointe, because there were so many tasty options). We would vary our days going from the main pool at the front of the hotel, trying out different locations on the beach or having fun in the large kids pool if there was a pool party or a kid's activity on.

The view is something that we will never forget, we used to wake up in our room, look through our open patio doors onto the lush green gardens, through the palm trees, over the hammocks and into the sea, that in itself sums up the beauty of La Pointe.
The sound of the local birds and the waves was heavenly.
The large number of facilities and activities available for us made the resort even more wonderful.
Despite the large number of guests staying at the resort you were always able to find a location of stillness and peace.
Evenings at the resort were full of fun and dancing.

We only actually did one excursion which was swimming with the turtles and that is something that we will never forget. The boys absolutely loved it, especially the part of being in the boat where our wonderful guide let them both help drive the boat (he was only pretending of course) which they thought was amazing. We were taken to a spot where there was a bale of turtles where we then had the opportunity to climb into the sea and swim alongside them. Although the boys were apprehensive at first once they were in with us and saw the turtles up close they couldn’t get enough of it, it truly was a beautiful experience. We learned so much about the country on that trip as our guide was more than happy to tell us about the island and answer all our questions which made the experience even better.

Even though we have young children we still found that we had plenty of time to relax, the pools were so safe that we didn’t need to be in with them all the time allowing us time to sit back, relax and watch them enjoy themselves. We completed nearly all activities along with the children. However if we hadn't wanted to, we would have felt more than safe with leaving them in the Kids Club or taking part in the various activities that were going on every day.

We did manage to sneak off to the Zen pool a few times, sometimes enjoying some me time whilst Scott took the boys off on various adventures and this was such a calm and relaxing experience for me.
I would recommend this to everyone that visits La Pointe as it just allows you to take some valuable time out and recharge.

The entertainment on offer at La Pointe was brilliant, the kids absolutely loved the live productions we could all sit and watch for an evening, with their favourite being Aladdin. Without a doubt our favourite event of the holiday was the 'legendary' white part that is traditionally thrown on the final night at all the Club Med resorts. The planning and production that went into this was nothing short of spectacular. The staff moved all of the dining rooms outside enabling all the guests to sit around the pool. There were bridges built across the water with fireworks going off whilst we watched a live singing performance from the whole entertainment team, it was brilliant.

We really couldn’t believe how easy it was to transition from one flight to another. We were only in Paris airport for around 2 hours which seemed to fly by and before we knew it, we were boarding the long flight to Mauritius. The airport at Paris was easy to navigate around and any time we got stuck, one of the airport staff quickly came to our aid and pointed us in the right direction. We really weren’t sure how the children were going to react to the long haul flight but once they found out there was an entertainment system with 100s of games and films they were in their element. We took on plenty of our own games, colouring etc. for them as well so they were pretty much entertained the whole journey and as we flew through the night it wasn’t long before they fell to sleep which of course made a big chunk of the flight fly by. If we had any tips for the long haul it would be to make sure you have plenty of snacks, games and comforts for the children as this helps to settle them a lot quicker. Once we landed in Mauritius once again it was made as very simple as the staff in the airport took us to the front of every queue since we had young children, which meant avoiding unnecessary delays. The transfer to the hotel was around an hour and again very straightforward and of course by now feeling very tired, it gave all of us an opportunity to get some well needed sleep before we arrived at the hotel.