STANDARD ROOM

The cottages are grouped in small villages laid out in an arc.

There are 200 Standard guest-rooms of 25 m2 each, some communicating, which is ideal for families.

Bathed in light and warmth, with fragrant frangipani flowers delicately disposed here and there and ceiling fans with large blades of marine wood, the guest-rooms and their terraces are an invitation to lazing about and day-dreaming.

SUPERIOR ROOM

The 46 Superior guest-rooms, of 35 m2 each, are grouped insmall villages immediately fronting the Indian Ocean.

Each can accommodate a family of four (provided the two children are under twelve years of age) thanks to a sofa-bed or two convertible armchairs.

ROYAL SUITES

Located in the northern part of the resort, the two 78-m2 Royal Suites: Bougainvillaea and Flamboyant, each occupy a larger cottage. At once very private, with their own private garden, and close to the heart of the resort, they open onto the palm-grove and the sea.

Superbly appointed in the refined and elegant Asian style furniture, they are particularly bright and pleasing, with a large bedroom and separate lounge and dining-room.

The terrace offers a privileged upfront view of the magnificent beach and crystal-clear sea.

From the lavish buffets of Thatches, the main restaurant, to romantic dinners under the thatch-tops of Paul et Virginie’s dining-islets overhanging the infinity pool, the food experience at La Pirogue is an exciting voyage of discovery through the flavours of the world, with a unique emphasis on demonstration, generosity and variety.

Thatches

Completely redesigned and now more spacious and tropical, the main restaurant, Thatches, provides a great energy-and-vitamin start to the day with its copious and appetising breakfast buffets in its dining-room opening onto the garden or overlooking its decorative pool.

In the evening, from 19h30 to 22h00, Thatches showcases demonstrative World Cuisine for a totally new dining experience, with six themed live-cooking stations: a stir-fry and fresh-noodle station; an Indian station with its tandoor oven for traditional local cuisine; a huge salad station; a fresh-pasta and pizza station; a grill-and-tepanyaki station; and a multitude of desserts as well as an Ice-Cream Bar to complete the array.

Paul et Virginie

Immediately fronting the Indian Ocean, the renovated Paul et Virginie Restaurant has enhanced its romantic appeal yet further with the cosiness of small thatch-roofed dining pavillons overhanging the new infinity pool.

At lunchtime, from 12.30 to 14h30 everyday, it offers delicious authentic local cuisine as well as a whole range of exotic preparations of Mauritian Creole dishes, smoked marlin with heart of palm, sea-bream in lime sauce, tandoori lamb, grilled crayfish, and traditional ‘kulfi’ ice-cream, to name but a few.

Citronella's Cafe

Facing the sea, between La Pirogue and Sugar Beach Resort, guests can savour the delightsof the Mediterranean’s sunny cuisines in the cordial warmth of Citronella’s dining-room, with its fine wrought-iron tables, or in the shade of the café’s teak terrace.

The Blue Bar

Located at the heart of the resort, next to Thatches, the main restaurant, the Blue Bar, with its blue-granite décor, electric-blue lighting, and tropical, contemporary blue cocktails, is the privileged core of the resort’s nightlife and entertainment.

A must for savouring known cocktail recipes or the barman’s latest creations and for getting the best view of the evening’s show.

The Beach Bar

Overlooking the beach, the wood-and-thatch Beach Bar offers the best panorama in the resort: the sea’s superb palette of blues with the mountain scenery of Black River Gorges and Le Morne in the background.

It is a great meeting-place for enjoying excellent health and well-being cocktails, vitamin-packed with 100% fruit or vegetable juices.

Water Sports

In the vast turquoise stretch of sea between the beach and the barrier reef, guests can learn and indulge in all manner of water sports.

Facilities include kayaks, water-skiing, lasers, snorkelling, windsurfing, glass-bottom-boat tours and surfvision. At the immense swimming-pool, moreover, guests can partake in aquagym. All these activities are free of charge.

Big Game Fishing

The Black River Fishing Centre, one of the island’s most famous big-game-fishing operators, beckons for a thrilling adventure on board one of its superb cruisers manned by professional skippers and equipped with state-of-the-art gear and 30-, 50-, 80- and 130-lb lines.

Scuba Diving

Gorgeous and teeming with fish, the coral ocean depths off La Pirogue and around Mauritius contain a number of celebrated diving sites.

Professional instructors from one of the island’s best diving clubs are on hand at the resort to teach beginners and take them through their paces, starting from basics in the swimming-pool.

Land Sports

Between the magnificent palm-grove and the beach, you will be spoilt for choice: discovery tours of the west coast on mountain-bikes or horseback, tennis, golf (all of these are chargeable, though tennis only partly so – see Tennis); and basket-polo, badminton, beach volleyball, aerobics, croquet, frisbee, jogging, mini-football, mini-golf, pétanque, table-tennis, and volleyball (all of which are free of charge).

Tennis

There are 7 tennis courts between La Pirogue and the neighbouring Sugar Beach Resort, for tennis fans to fully indulge their passion. One of the courts can also be used for basket-ball and hand-ball. Use of the courts is free of charge.

There are also excellent professionals on hand to provide individual coaching to both children and adults and to give guests a game or serve as their playing partners. The pros’ services are chargeable; package rates are available for lessons.

Horse Riding

The Riding Club is located just opposite the resort. It offers 45-minute rides along the beach – an exquisite experience on the immaculate sand early in the morning. The horses are ex-racehorses, splendid South African thoroughbreds all.

FUNS KIDS CLUB

Open twelve hours a day, the Fun Kids Club provides facilities and numerous fun activities specifically designed to cater for the needs of children on holiday.

The kids are organised in age groups, with activities to match. Educational excursions are organised for all groups, as are special games and mini-events, such as crab-catching on the beach, underwater-life discovery, treasure hunts, hair-tinting, decorative painting, etc.