Mauritius

Country:	Mauritius
Time Difference:	4 hour(s)
Flight time from UK:	12 hours
Visa required:	No
Currency:	Mauritian Rupee (Rs)
Health advice:	No vaccinations are manditory altough Hepatitis A is recommended. A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required for travellers over 1 year of age who arrive from areas where yellow fever cases are reported.

View DMC:	Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority

Mauritius is a volcanic island of lagoons and palm-fringed beaches in the Indian Ocean. Air Mauritius operates more than 30 weekly flights to and from all the European major cities. There are also combined flights with Air France to and from Paris as well as flights with British Airways, Emirates Airlines and Condor. The international airport is 30 miles southeast of Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. Most people in Mauritius are bilingual and are fluent in English and French. Creole and French are the main languages in the everyday environment and several oriental languages are also spoken. The island of Mauritius is renowned as the only known home of the dodo.