🇳🇱 Amsterdam → 🇲🇺 Mauritius · 2 weeks

Swim with wild spinner dolphins off Tamarin Bay on the west coast — local fishermen-turned-guides run early morning boat trips (leave by 06:00) before the dolphins head offshore. Do not use operators who chase pods; Yemaya Adventures is responsible.

Hike to the summit of Le Pouce mountain above Port Louis — 2.5 hours return, no guide needed, and the view takes in the whole west coast and the capital below. Go Tuesday to Friday to avoid weekend crowds.

Eat dholl puri from a street cart in Quatre Bornes market on a Saturday morning — it is the national breakfast food, a flatbread stuffed with yellow split peas and eaten with rougaille tomato sauce, and costs about Rs 15 (€0.30).

Visit Île aux Aigrettes, a coral island nature reserve 500m offshore from Mahebourg — boat trips run twice daily, and the sanctuary has brought back giant Aldabra tortoises and pink pigeons to a habitat otherwise extinct in Mauritius.