SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, SONGS OF THE SEA

Haute cuisine, roaring parties, and a slice of the Indian Ocean are your housemates at Club Med La Plantation d’Albion

- Pooja Naik

A fleet of catamarans sail in the Tiffany blue Indian Ocean. Clad in bikinis, tourists lounge on sun decks after a dip in the coral-peppered waters. A flock of Mauritius fody dance around the Belle Mare Plage beach, their olive feathers melting into the greens of swaying beach palms. It’s sunny, yet there is a light nip in the air as a June winter begins to cloak this region south of the equator. In sync with the sandy splendour, the setting at the on-the-beach Club Med La Plantation d’Albion, a 52-acre luxury property on the west coast of Mauritius, is idyllic. A three-day stay here is enough to grab a slice of the all-frills-island life, packed with seaside spright, multicultural cuisine and swinging parties.