Mauritius is a relatively short flight from Johannesburg, making it the perfect post South Africa tropical island golf holiday. With lush fairways, beautiful coastal backdrops, luxurious resorts - this Indian Ocean island is a golfers’ haven. We stayed for a week and enjoyed the perfect blend of sun, sea, and swings.

My favourite course was Ile Aux Cerfs, set on its own island and only accessible by air or water. We arrived by ‘golf water shuttle’ which was an outing in its own right. Designed by Bernhard Langer, all 18 holes have views of the ocean. If you only play one course on the east coast, I would recommend this one.

We also played at Heritage Le Château Golf Course. Carefully curated in the lush, landscaped grounds of a 19th century chateau, and blessed with lakes, streams and grand centenary trees, stepping out onto the Le Château Golf Course is like playing in a tropical garden.

The two Constance courses rounded out or week on the island. The Legends is a short walk from the Constance Belle Mare Plage, designed by Hugh Baiochhi it is set in the heart of an indigenous forest and it features lagoons and lakes with dense, natural vegetation.

The Constance Links designed by Rodney Wright and Peter Allis is set over rolling links style terrain and is complemented by excellent fairways and firm greens. Surrounded by forest, it is dotted with natural ponds, plants, volcanic rocks and craters. The volcanic rock outcrops are reminiscent of golf on the Big Island of Hawaii.