A blend of luxury, intimacy and elegant architecture exuding the ambience of grand tradition properties for a stay tailored around fine dining, personalised service, exclusive spa facilities and access to a multi-award golf course. Named after famous Irish naturalist, Charles Telfair, who lived in the area in the 19th century, the hotel basks in the history of Mauritius and the Bel Ombre region showcasing the rich heritage of the island! A unique destination boasting the best golf course in the Indian Ocean, varied culinary concepts in 12 restaurants, exceptional spas, a Nature Reserve and a 19th Century historic plantation house.
Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Wellness Resort, Bel Ombre, Mauritius
A unique destination on the un-spoilt south coast of Mauritius at the foot of the Bel Ombre region, within 2500 hectares of preserved parkland. The resort is a 50-minute transfer from the airport. On the south coast, there is a wide range of experience in the local vicinity perfect for exploring.
- Affiliate member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World
- Within the integrated resort of Heritage Bel Ombre
- Offering a unique Gourmet Bliss dining passport on the island
- Elegant colonial architecture
- Butler at your service in all suites
- An exclusive wellness offer with the Seven Colours Spa
- 1 km of pristine beach
- Complimentary baby corner for toddlers under 3 years of age
- A heated pool, perfect for Junior and Senior guests
- Wide array of restaurants across the Domaine with different gourmet experiences
Ground floor configuration
- 29 Ground floor with terrace – Garden View Suites (62 m2)
- 16 Inter-leading with Garden View Suite
- 2 Inter-leading with Junior Suite Garden
- 11 Non inter-leading
1st-floor configuration
- 25 1st floor with balcony – Garden View Suites (62 m2)
- 2 Inter-leading with Junior Suite Garden
- 23 Non inter-leading
Occupancy of Garden View Suites
- 2 adults + additional Double sofa bed
- Kids or Teens in their own room:
- A minimum 2 kids / teens and maximum 3 kids / teens in own
- 1 king-size bed or twin beds
- Baby cot on request
Ground floor configuration
- 25 Ground floor with terrace – Sea View Suites (62 m2)
- 18 Inter-leading with Sea View Suite
- 9 Non inter-leading
1st-floor configuration
- 29 1st floor with balcony – Sea View Suites (62 m2)
Occupancy of Sea View Suites
- 2 adults + additional Double sofa bed
- Kids or Teens in their own room:
- A minimum 2 kids / teens and maximum 3 kids / teens in own
- 1 king-size bed or twin beds
- Baby cot on request
Ground floor configuration
- 10 Ground floor with terrace – Beachfront Suites (62 m2)
1st-floor configuration
- 10 1st floor with balcony – Beachfront Suite (62 m2)
Occupancy of Sea View Suites
- 2 adults + additional Double sofa bed
- Kids or Teens in their own room
- A minimum 2 kids / teens and maximum 3 kids / teens in own
- 1 king-size bed or twin beds
- Baby cot on request.
Ground floor configuration
- 2 Ground floor with terrace – Junior Suite Garden View (81 m2)
- Inter-leading with Garden View Suite or Seaview Suite
1st-floor configuration
- 2 1st floor with balcony – Junior Suite Garden View (81 m2)
- Inter-leading with Garden View Suite or Seaview Suite
Occupancy of Junior Suite Garden View
- 2 adults + 1 infant,
- 1 Queen size bed
- Kids or teens in their own room – min/max
- Baby cot on request
- No twin beds, no sofa bed in Junior suites
Ground floor configuration
- 8 Ground floor with terrace – Junior Suite Sea View (81 m2)
- Inter-leading with Beachfront Suite
1st-floor configuration
- 8 1st floor with balcony – Junior Suite Sea View (81 m2)
- Inter-leading with Beachfront Suite
Occupancy of Junior Suite Sea View
- 2 adults + 1 infant,
- 1 Queen size bed
- Kids or teens in their own room – min/max:
- Baby cot on request.
- No twin beds, no sofa bed in Junior suites
Ground floor configuration
- 1 Ground floor with terrace – Senior Suite Garden View (102 m2)
1st-floor configuration
- 1 1st floor with balcony – Senior Suite Garden View (102 m2)
Occupancy of Senior Suite Garden View
- 2 adults and (2 children under 12 years old or 1 teenager under 17 years old) or 3 adults
- Kids or Teens in own room: Minimum 2 and Maximum 3
- Configuration: 1 King size bed + Double sofa bed
- Baby cot on request
- No Twin beds available in Suites
Ground floor configuration
- 1 Ground floor with terrace – Senior Suite Sea View (102 m2)
1st-floor configuration
- 1 1st floor with balcony – Senior Suite Sea View (102 m2)
Occupancy of Senior Suite Sea View
- 2 adults and (2 children under 12 years old or 1 teenager under 17 years old) or 3 adults
- Kids or Teens in own room: Minimum 2 and Maximum 3
- Configuration: 1 King size bed + Double sofa bed
- Baby cot on request
- No Twin beds available in Suites
- 2 Ground floor with terrace – Ocean Suite (104 m2)
- 2 Inter-leading with Beachfront Suites
Occupancy of Ocean Suite
- 2 adults and (2 children < 12 years old or 1 teenager < 17 years old) or 3 adults
- Kids or Teens in own room: Minimum 2 and Maximum 3
- Configuration: 1 Queen size bed + double sofa bed
- Baby cot on request
- No Twin beds available in Suites
This is the hotel’s main restaurant which offers a grand brasserie cuisine! A la carte with interactive theme evenings and live cooking stations.
Opening hours: 06.30am – 10.30am & 7pm – 10pm
Service: Menu “from the Market”
Kids menu available
Non-smoking restaurant
Dress Code: smart and casual from 7pm – trousers, closed shoes and collared shirts for men.
Pan-Asian restaurant set on the beach and overlooking the lagoon.
Capacity: 60 seats + VIP tent
Teppanyaki corner: 8 people max
Opening hours: Lunch 12pm – 3pm -Asian Street Food Buffet
Dinner: 7pm – 10pm – ‘A la carte’
This luxurious hotel features a relaxed piano bar atmosphere. Here, you can find a variety of old rums and whiskeys from all over the world, including a fine selection of cigars and a snooker table!
Opening hours: 10.30am – 11.30pm
Light meals service: 12pm – 5pm
This restaurant is designed as a 19th-century plantation house – it features a stunning wine cellar where guests can enjoy wine tasting with the Chef.
Dinner: 7pm – 10pm (open 6 days a week)
Service: ‘à la carte’ – on reservation
Non-smoking restaurant
Children under 12 years old are not allowed
Pool and beach restaurant & bar
Opening hours
Drinks service: 10.30am – 7pm
Food service
Lunch – 12pm – 3pm – ‘A la carte’ with Bar Salad and Plancha concept
Dinner – 7pm – 10pm ‘A la carte’ with fish and seafood selections
Non-smoking restaurant
Dress Code: Island Chic (Bermudas authorised)
La Plage
Food and beverage service
Available on the beach from 12pm – 3pm
Food service available from 12pm – 3pm – A la carte service
Drinks service from 10.30am to 7pm
Le Kiosque Gourmand
Pancakes and ice-cream menu (homemade)
Available from noon – 8pm
Heritage Telfair offers a variety of treatments and wellness experiences.
Open daily from 9am to 8pm
- Massages and Spa Rituals
- Facials, Body and Beauty care
- Customised treatments and Spa packages
- Seven Colours signature treatments
- 2500 m2 in the midst of tropical gardens
- 8 treatment rooms, including: 3 single treatment rooms, 2 double treatment rooms, 2 private double ‘Outdoor Suites’ & 1 ‘Couple Suite’
- 1 hairdresser (on appointment only)
- 1 manicure & pedicure parlour
- 1 hammam and 1 sauna (appointment only)
- 1 vitality pool – relaxing bubble beds, hydromassage jets & deluxe experience showers
- Wellness Pavilion
- Fully equipped fitness centre
- Yoga – Yoga & Pilates / Yoga at Sunset at an additional fee
Heritage Telfair offers a range of water-based experiences at an additional fee such as Waterskiing, Kite Surfing, Catamaran Cruise, Dolphin Watching and Cruise at Sunset. The following are complimentary water sports:
- Windsurfing
- Lasers
- Kayak (single and double)
- Pedal boats
- Glass bottom boat trips
- Snorkelling
- Traditional fishing
- Counter current walk
- Stand-up paddleboarding
A selection of excursions can be arranged at an additional cost. The resort provides the following activities complementary:
- Sports Activities – Table tennis, Pool table, French bowls, Badminton
- Tennis – 3 floodlit tennis courts, tennis rackets & balls
- Beach Activities -Beach volley, Beach soccer, Beach tennis
- Mountain biking – Independent or Guided
- Walk in Heritage Nature Reserve
- Guided hiking in Heritage Nature Reserve
- An 18-hole championship golf course (PAR 72)
- A 9-hole short course (PAR 3 Course)
- A putting green, chipping green, and driving range
- Carts, trolleys and equipment hire
- A golf Academy with golf lessons
- A club house, shop, restaurant and bar
- A PGA Pro
- GPS in golf carts
- Privileged access to three other 18 hole golf courses in the region. Le Paradis, Tamarina and Avalon Golf Estate
- SNAG (Starting New At Golf) for children from 6 to 12 years old (at extra cost). Booking needs to be done at Heritage Golf Club Proshop. Free sessions on Wednesdays at 11.30am
- FootGolf on the 9 hole short course (at extra cost)
Heritage Le Telfair has implemented a recycling policy and separate paper, glass and plastic waste so that it can be sorted appropriately instead of going to the landfill. Additionally, they have been serving guests water from their in-house bottling plant in order to negate the need for plastic bottles and reduce the amount of waste plastic generated which can do irreparable damage to the oceans and marine life. They also provide eco-friendly soaps, shampoos and lotions for guests.
Heritage Le Telfair is working with a non-governmental organization in order to distribute unneeded food supplies to less fortunate people, and also collect cooking oils for reuse after cooking. All of these initiatives minimise waste and allow the resort to make the most out of resources.
Heritage Le Telfair has a number of regulations that help to reduce their water consumption, including dual-flush toilets which consume less water and flow regulators in the taps and showers. The resort also encourages their guests to wash bed sheets and towels only as and when needed throughout their stay to conserve water. Rainwater is collected so that it can be utilised, and the onsite wastewater treatment plant recycles water so that it can be used for irrigation.
Employees at Heritage Le Telfair receive regular training regarding sustainable development issues so that they are kept up to date and informed on any new practices that could benefit the environment and the local community.
‘Every year, we offer our teams environmental and sustainable development awareness sessions. The key players in the hotels, Directors, Human Resources Managers and Project Managers are members of an environmental committee. Our first green ambassadors are therefore our employees, who themselves relay their personal commitment to their loved ones. As for Bis Lamer, a mobile learning centre, it raises awareness among employees and local residents of the impact of mankind on the marine ecosystem.’
Guests are also informed about the resort’s environmental initiatives, allowing them to take part in helping to be more sustainable and furthering Heritage Le Telfair’s efforts. An example of this is that the resort will encourage guests to use more environmentally friendly methods of transportation, and a Lagoon Directory was made so that guests can easily find out more about the local marine life and biodiversity information.
Heritage Le Telfair sources regional and organic products from Bel Ombre and surrounding villages, offering guests seasonal and local fruits and vegetables to support the local community. Additionally, they favour suppliers with an eco-friendly business model and choose eco-labelled products, keeping in constant communication with suppliers in an attempt to eliminate single-use plastic packaging.
Heritage Le Telfair employs local people through their Heritage Training Academy program, allowing the communities where they operate to benefit and receive new opportunities that will support them. They also provide healthy food to families in the vicinity of the hotel with the collaboration of the Foodwise initiative, a Mauritian social enterprise that aims to reduce food waste and ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds are kept well-fed and healthy.
‘In 2019, Heritage Resorts partnered with Foodwise to redistribute its food surpluses to Safire – an NGO that provides street children with support, training and social reintegration services. It is the hotel suppliers who are responsible for delivering meals to the NGO when they leave the hotels in an empty truck. To date, children welcomed by Safire at the Riambel Community Centre receive a complete and nutritious meal from Heritage Resorts twice a week. Heritage Resorts also contributes to the maintenance of the site for periodic renovations and repairs.’
Heritage Resorts monitor their daily energy consumption to make sure that they do not surpass their target usage, and use energy-saving lighting and air-conditioning systems that turn off the AC units when doors are open to conserve power. Heritage Resorts also use renewable energy sources such as solar collectors which can be used to produce hot water. This clean and sustainable use of energy helps to reduce carbon emissions and the resort’s impact on the environment.
The resort uses a number of practices to help protect the surrounding landscape, such as using organic products and natural fertilisers rather than harsh chemicals in the garden, composting green waste for fertilising plants, and selecting indigenous plants for the landscape which are naturally acclimatised to the conditions. Heritage resorts also work with the local community on environmental actions and clean-up campaigns to collaboratively help maintain a healthy environment.
Heritage Resorts operate their own nature reserve in the Bel Ombre region. The Macchabée-Bel Ombre area in the South-West of Mauritius has been recognised as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) since 1977. Covering 3,594 hectares on the outskirts of Plaine Champagne, it is a protected and preserved site that is home to the last remnants of the island’s endemic vegetation.
The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is accessible with a four-wheel-drive safari vehicle or through trekking on foot and experienced guides from the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation will introduce you to some wonderful marshlands, heath, tropical evergreen forest and mid-latitude forest. They will also help you identify the rare endemic bird species with exotic names such as the Echo Parakeet, the Mauritius Kestrel, the Pink Pigeon, the Cuckoo Shrike, the Olive White-eye and the Mauritius Fody.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed at Gin’ja Annabella’s.
Baby Timomo
- Free baby club dedicated to babies from 0 to 35 months old
- Open seven days a week from 8.30am to 4pm
- Baby nurses trained in first aid and childcare. Each nurse will be responsible for a maximum of 2 babies.
- Capacity : Up to 5 babies. Limited availability, bookings advised 24 hrs in advance
Timomo Kids Club
- Welcomes children from 3 to 11 years old.
- Opening hours: 8.30 am to 11 pm
Activities during the day
- Swimming, Golf initiation, Sega dance classes
- Mini culinary workshop at the club
- Mini-golf, ropes and tyroleans traverse at Heritage C Beach Club
- Art & Crafts Classes: Pirates Mask making, Mauritian postcards, manufacture of paper masks, make-up, t-shirts, necklaces, henna tattoo.
- Water Polo
- Glass bottom boat trips
- Treasure hunting in the garden
In the evening
- Crab hunting on the beach
- Outdoor cinema (Weather permitting)
- Mauritian Sega / Sega Initiation and Show
- Theatre
Paying activities:
- Swimming lessons
- Golf lessons (as from 6 yrs old)
- Tennis camp (as from 6 yrs old)
- SNAG (Starting New at Golf) for children from 6 to 12 years old. Booking needs to be done at Heritage Golf Club Proshop.
- Meals can be served upon request
Teenagers Programme
- Teens from 12 to 17 years old Activities:
- Golf initiation
- Tennis and beach volley tournaments
- Horse riding at extra cost
- Wii game consoles
- Pool table
- Quad in Heritage Nature Reserve (at extra cost)